ICMR Summer School on Porous Materials

DATES: July 31 to August 12, 2006
LOCATION: University of California, Santa Barbara CA 93106 USA

The International Center for Materials Research (ICMR) is pleased to announce a residential, two-week summer school on Porous Materials from July 31 to August 12, 2006. The school will take place on the UCSB campus. The emphasis of the school will be to introduce the field of porous materials, including important concepts and frontier research areas. Fundamentals will be emphasized.

Areas covered in the school will include: Porous Polymer Based Materials Porous Materials as Tissue Scaffolds Mathematical Aspects of Porosity Computational Approaches Emulsion Templating and Colloidal Crystals Metal-Organic Frameworks Macroporous Materials (Inverse Opals) Catalysis and Porous Materials

Confirmed Speakers:

• Anthony Cheetham, UCSB
• Andrew Cooper, University of Liverpool
• Juergen Eckert, UCSB and LANL
• Stephen Howdle, University of Nottingham
• Martin Moskovits, UCSB
• Mike O'Keeffe, Arizona State, Tempe
• David Pine, NYU
• Matthew Rosseinsky, University of Liverpool
• Ram Seshadri, UCSB
• Andreas Stein, University of Minnesota
• David Willock, Cardiff University
• Paul Wright, St. Andrews

In addition to tutorial sessions presented by experts in the field, a number of UCSB faculty will present seminars. Opportunities will also exist for participants to discuss their current research in poster sessions.

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The school is also supported by the Liverpool Materials Chemistry Group Portfolio Partnership.

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Organizers:

Important information regarding the school:

Accepted participants can find detailed arrival and lodging information in the following pdf document: Porous Information Packet

There is no registration fee for this ICMR Summer School.

Accommodations:

Shared housing will be provided in the UCSB Santa Rosa Residence Hall which are located on campus. Meals will be provided for the duration of the activity. Additional information can be found in the Information Packet.

How to apply:

NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

Financial support for travel:

Participants may request travel support. Travel expenses may be reimbursed up to a maximum of $1000 for overseas participants and up to a maximum of $500 for US participants. Please indicate request in "financial assistance" section of application.

Application Deadline:

The deadline to submit an application is March 1, 2006. All applications will be acknowledged by email. Applicants will be notified by April 1st of their acceptance.

The school is also supported by the Liverpool Materials Chemistry Group Portfolio Partnership.

For further details, please contact the ICMR Program Coordinator, Jennifer Ybarra, at ybarra@icmr.ucsb.edu