| ICMR Summer School on Porous Materials |
International Center for Materials Research Summer
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.
Click here for a printable version of the schedule.
The school is also supported by the
Liverpool Materials Chemistry Group Portfolio Partnership.
Click here for a printable version of the announcement.
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
We welcome applications for the Summer School from graduate (PhD)
students, post doctoral fellows and early career faculty. Participants
are expected to be actively researching porous materials. Local hospitality,
meals, and housing will be provided. Partial travel support may be available.
- All applicants must complete the following application form for the summer school.
Porous Materials Application
- As a separate document, please submit one page addressing your research interests, previous research experience, reason for wishing to participate in the activity and listing relevant publications.
- Graduate students and post doctoral fellows should, in addition to the application and statement, have their research supervisor email a statement of how the Summer School might benefit the participant.
Please include your last name in each document's file name
(e.g. smithstatement.doc). All materials can be sent as email
attachments (word, RTF or PDF) to the ICMR Program Coordinator,
Jennifer Ybarra, at ybarra@icmr.ucsb.edu.
Please include the name of the summer school (e.g."Porous Materials Summer School")
in the subject line of your email.
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.
For further details, please contact the ICMR Program Coordinator,
Jennifer Ybarra, at ybarra@icmr.ucsb.edu
The school is also supported by the
Liverpool Materials Chemistry Group Portfolio Partnership.
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