12th International Conference on Martensitic Transformations: An Integrated Synthesis, Characterization and Modeling Approach; Santa Fe, CA; June 29-July 5, 2008

技术：一个综合的方法来合成，表征和建模马氏体相变计划。为了实现这一目标，PI将于2008年6月29日至7月5日在新墨西哥州圣达菲帮助组织第12届马氏体相变国际会议（ICOMAT-08）。这个会议每三年举行一次，从一个大洲到另一个大洲。主要重点是基础科学以及马氏体（无扩散，一阶）相变和形状记忆及相关合金的微观结构的技术应用。这一重要课题的知识价值涵盖了所有类型材料的马氏体相变的科学和技术，各种位移相变包括耦合位移/扩散相变，马氏体材料的时效和回火，形状记忆，铁和多铁材料与磁弹性，铁电体和磁性形状记忆合金相关的方面。与会者还将讨论从运动学、结构、热力学、机制和动力学的基本原理。新的理论方法的多尺度建模和新兴的实验方法，如三维成像和表征的微观结构将被解决。在许多这些材料中，应变可能耦合到其他自由度，如极化、磁化和洗牌模式。因此，具有马氏体的铁材料的共同特征将在本次会议上得到强调。非技术：将有来自世界各地的300多名研究人员参加会议。重要的是，许多来自美国的学生、博士后和年轻教师（包括女性和少数民族）将参加会议。它还将作为教育推广和多学科研究培训的论坛。届时将有约30场特邀演讲、150场专题演讲和约100场海报演讲。会议记录将由TMS以两卷（书）的形式出版，分发给来自世界各地的与会者。其他细节可以在网站上找到：http://cnls.lanl.gov/ICOMAT/

TECHNICAL: An integrated approach to synthesis, characterization and modeling of martensitic transformations planned. To further this goal PI will help organize the 12th International Conference on Martensitic Transformations (ICOMAT-08) during June 29 - July 05, 2008 in Santa Fe, NM. This conference is held every three years and moves from one continent to another. The main focus is on fundamental science as well as on the technological applications of martensitic (diffusionless, first order) phase transitions and microstructure in shape memory and related alloys. The intellectual merit of this important topic encompass science and technology of martensitic transformations across all classes of materials, diverse displacive transformations including coupled displacive/diffusional transformations, aging and tempering of martensitic materials, shape-memory, ferroic and multiferroic materials with aspects relevant to magnetoelastics, ferroelectrics and magnetic shape memory alloys. Participants will also address topics ranging from fundamentals of kinematics, structure, thermodynamics, mechanisms and kinetics. Novel theoretical approaches of multiscale modeling and emerging experimental methods such as three dimensional imaging and characterization of microstructure will be addressed. In many of these materials strain may couple to other degrees of freedom such as polarization, magnetization and shuffle modes. Thus, common features of ferroic materials with martensites will be highlighted in this conference. NON-TECHNICAL: There will be over 300 researchers participating in the conference from around the world. Importantly, many students, postdocs and young faculty (including women and minorities) from the US will attend the conference. This will also serve as a forum for educational outreach and multidisciplinary research training. There will be about 30 invited talks, 150 contributed talks and about 100 poster presentations. The proceedings will be published by TMS as two volumes (books) which will be given to participants from around the world. Other details can be found at the web-site: http://cnls.lanl.gov/ICOMAT/