Modeling the evolution of polycrystalline and multi-phase materials is a challenging task, due to its inherent multi-scale nature, which requires expertise in both materials science and scientific computing.
Grain boundary and interface movement, for instance, are influenced by phenomena on scales ranging from the atomistic (dislocations, ...) up to the mesoscale (dislocation structures, solutes, second phase
particles,...).

The goal of this workshop is to bring together scientists in materials
science, scientific computing and computational engineering, and to provide them an introduction
to :
(1) the principles and state-of-the-art of modeling and simulation techniques at the (near) atomistic scale;
(2) coarse-graining techniques for upscaling to larger length and time scales.

We have very limited room for contributed lectures related to the above topics. However, we will provide
room to put up a poster for the entire duration of the workshop, and we encourage every participant to bring a poster.

Please register (before June 15, 2008) to participate.

The organizers,

Nele Moelans, Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, K. U. Leuven
Giovanni Samaey, Scientific Computing, Dept. of Computer Science, K. U. Leuven