ICMR : International Center for Materials Research

Dates: December 7 - 13, 2008
Location: JNCASR, Bangalore, India
Held in collaboration with the International Center for Materials Science at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research

Workshop on Grand Challenges of Electron Chemistry and Catalysis at Interfaces

Dates: August 10 - 15, 2008
Location: University of California, Santa Barbara
Held in collaboration with UCSB's PIRE-ECCI Program.

Summer School on Periodic Structures and Crystal Chemistry

Dates: July 27 - August 9, 2008
Location: University of California, Santa Barbara

Worskhsop on Design and Synthesis of New Materials

Dates: August 1 - 3, 2008
Location: University of California, Santa Barbara

Summer School on Multiferroics and Beyond

Dates: July 20 - August 1, 2008
Location: University of California, Santa Barbara

African School on Electronic Structure Methods and Applications

Dates: July 14 - 25, 2008
Location: African Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa

Workshop on Frontiers in Complex Oxides

Dates: July 7 - 11, 2008
Location: University of California, Santa Barbara

International Workshop on Functional Materials

Dates: April 22 - 25, 2008
Location: Chiang Mai University, Thailand

UCSB-MPG Workshop on Inorganic Materials for Energy Conversion, Storage and Conservation

Dates: February 19 - 22, 2008
Location: UCLA Lake Arrowhead Conference Center

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2007 Events

The African Materials Research Society Fourth International Conference
ICMR Sympoisum on Hybrid inorganic-organic and nanostructured materials

Dates: December 10 - 14, 2007
Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The ICMR will hold a one day symposium at the MRS Conference.

ICMR-JNCASR Winter School

Dates: December 6 - 14, 2007
Location: Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India

African Regional College on Science at the Nanoscale

Dates: November 19 - 30, 2007
Location: iThemba Labs, Cape Town, South Africa

XIV International Workshop on Quantum Atomic and Molecular Tunneling in Solids and other Condensed Phases

University of Houston
October 28 - November 1, 2007

Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Studies - US Workshop on Advanced Materials
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

September 12 - 15, 2007

International Workshop on Synthesis of Functional Oxide Materials

DatesL August 19-24, 2007
Location: UCSB
Organizers: Tony Cheetham (UCSB), David Mandrus (Oakridge National Lab), Ken Poppelmeier (Northwestern), Ram Seshadri (UCSB)

Summer School on Polymeric and Self Assembled Gels

Dates: August 5-17, 2007
Location: UCSB
Organizers: Dick Weiss (Georgetown), Pierre Terech

1st WUN International Conference on Spintronic Materials and Technology

Dates: August 7-10, 2007
Location: St. Williams College, York, UK

Workshop on Structure and Properties of Nanomaterials

University of Zululand
July 30 - August 2, 2007
A Partnership between ICMR, Jackson State University and the University of Zululand

Summer School on Nanomaterials

Dates: July 23-28, 2007
Location: International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS), Tsukuba, Japan
Organizers: Workshop co-organized and co-sponsored by the ICYS of the National Institute for Materials Science, Japan and the ICMR.

Brazil-US Workshop on Materials

Gramado, Brazil
April 25 - 28, 2007

Advanced Workshop on Nanomaterials: A Partnership between ICTP, ICMR, and Twas International Center for Theoretical Physics

Trieste, Italy
January 15 - 19, 2007
The workshop will be co-sponsored by the ICMR, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), and the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS).

2007 Taiwan-US Soft Materials Symposium

National Taiwan University, Taiwan
January 4 - 6, 2007
This symposium is being co-organized by the ICMR and the National Taiwan University and is being cosponsored by the Nationanl Science Council of Taiwan and the ICMR.

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2006 Events

1st International Workshop on Functional Materials

Institute of Materials Science, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology
Halong City, Vietnam
December 6-9, 2006

International Symposium on Materials Issues in Hydrogen Production and Storage

Dates: August 20-26, 2006
Location: UCSB
Organizers: Juergen Eckert (UCSB and LANL), Wayne Goodman (Texas A&M University), Chris Van de Walle (UCSB)

Summer School on Techniques of Surface Sciences and Catalysis

Dates: August 13-26, 2006
Location: UCSB
Organizers: Horia Metiu (Chemistry, UCSB) and Susannah Scott (Chemical Engineering, UCSB)
Topics to be covered include experimental theoretical approaches to understanding reactivity at the gas/solid and liquid/solid interface. School coordinated and sponsored jointly with the Partnership for International Research and Educations (PIRE-ECCI) at UCSB.

Summer School on Advanced Thermostructural Materials

Dates: August 6-19, 2006
Location: UCSB
Organizers: Ted Bennet (Mechanical Engineering, UCSB), Tony Evans (Materials, UCSB), Carlos Levi (Materials, UCSB)

Summer School on Porous Materials

Dates: July 30, 2006 - August 12, 2006
Location: UCSB
Organizers: Andrew Cooper (Chemistry, Liverpool), Matt Rosseinsky (Chemistry, Liverpool), Ram Seshadri (Materials, UCSB)
The emphasis of the school will be to provide a broad overview of the field of porous materials, including important concepts and frontier research areas.

Summer School on Nanomaterials

Dates: July 23-29, 2006
Location: International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS), Tsukuba, Japan
Organizers: Workshop co-organized and co-sponsored by the ICYS of the National Institute for Materials Science, Japan and the ICMR.

Bangalore Summer School on Electronic Structure Methods and Their Applications

Dates: July 10-22, 2006
Location: Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, India
Organizers: Shobhana Narasimhan (JNCASR), Sandro Scandolo (ICTP, Italy), David H. Vanderbilt (Rutgers, USA), S. de Gironcoli (SISSA, Italy)

Symposium on Statics and Dynamics of Interfaces

International Center for Theoretical Physics
Trieste, Italy
May 2 - 5, 2006
Symposium in honor of Professor Pierre Gilles de Gennes.

Advanced Workshop on Recent Developments in Inorganic Materials

International Center for Theoretical Physics
Trieste, Italy
January 16 - 20, 2006
The workshop will be co-sponsored by the ICMR, Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), and the International Center for Young Scientists (NIMS, Tsukuba).

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2005 Events

The African Materials Research Society Third International Conference

ICMR Sympoisum on New Materials for the Twenty First Century
Marrakech, Morocco
December 7 - 10, 2005
The ICMR will hold a one day symposium at the MRS Conference.

Asia Materials Network Meeting

Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), Singapore
November 14-16, 2005

Future Trends in Materials Science

A UCSB / MPG Workshop
Berlin, Germany
September 11-14, 2005
The workshop will be held in partnership with the Max Planck Society.

First Principles Calculations for Condensed Matter and Nanoscience

Dates: August 21–September 3
Organizers: Michel Coté (U. of Montréal), Xavier Gonze (U. Catholique de Louvain), Nicola Spaldin (UCSB), Gilles Zerah (Le Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Paris)
First Principles Flyer
First Principles Program
ABINIT Tutorials

Stereochemical Aspects of Novel Materials

Dates: August 14–August 27
Organizer: Fred Wudl (Chemistry, UCLA), Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay (Chemistry, UCLA)
Stereochemical Aspects Flyer
Stereochemical Aspects Program
Stereochemical Summer School Lectures

Topics in Bio-Materials

Dates: August 7–August 20
Organizers: Philip Pincus (Physics and Materials, UCSB) Ram Seshadri (Materials, UCSB), Joan-Emma Shea (Chemistry, UCSB)
Biomaterials Flyer
Biomaterials Program
Topics in Biomaterials Summer School Lectures

New Trends in Complex Materials

Seventh J.J. Giambiagi Winter School
Beunos Aires, Argentina
July 25 - 29, 2005

China-US Workshop

Beijing, China
May 23-25, 2005
The workshop was held in partnership with the National Science Foundation of China (NSFC).
Workshop Technical Program

Prospects in New Materials Science

Kyoto - US Workshop
Kyoto University, Japan
April 25-27, 2005
The workshop was held in partnership with Kyoto University and was co-sponsored by the ICMR, Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials (UCSB), and the Materials Research Lab (UCSB).
Workshop Technical Program

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2004 Events

Indo-US Workshop on Collaborations and Networking

National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
December 19 - 21, 2004

The following workshops have been organized under the auspices of the MRL:

1995: Weizmann Institute, Israel
1996: Max Planck Labs, Stuttgart & Mainz, Germany
1997: KAIST, Taejon, S. Korea
1998: CSIRO Melbourne and Aust. Nat. Univ., Australia
1999: CNRS (Institut Jean Rouxel), Nantes, France
2000: IMRE, Singapore
2000: UNAM, Sonora, Mexico
2001: ICTP/TWAS Trieste, Italy (for developing countries)
2001: ETH, EPFL, and Weizmann Institute, Switzerland
2001: CNRS (CRPP), Bordeaux, France
2002: CNRS Headquarters, Paris, France
2002: Max Planck Society, Mainz, Germany
2002: Univ. Chile, Santiago, Chile (with TWAS & ICTP)
2003: KAIST, Taejon, S. Korea
2003: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
2004: Oxford, England
2004: Indo-US Workshop in Pune, India

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