Solid State Studies in Ceramics Gordon Research Conference, Holyoke College, MA, July 31 - August 05, 2016

非技术描述：2016年固体陶瓷研究戈登研究会议（https://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?id=11083）侧重于先进陶瓷的基于知识的设计，这需要详细了解材料在所有长度尺度上的行为，从原子到宏观，但也跨越长度尺度。会议将这些不同的主题汇编成一个单一的节目，并向单一的多学科观众展示不同的领域和观点。包括非正式聚会在内的学院氛围为各自领域前沿的多元化和国际研究人员、初级科学家和研究生提供了一个令人兴奋的论坛。独特的会议形式提供了探索新思想的可能性，并促进了各个研究领域的跨学科合作。初级科学家和研究生有机会展示他们的工作，并与该领域的领导者交流思想。从长远来看，本次会议将有利于先进材料领域的进步步伐，推动创新，创造合格和多样化的劳动力，从而有利于经济和社会。技术细节：新的和独特的微结构的产生取决于材料，应用以及制造成本，并且可能需要完全不同的加工路线，用于不同的材料和应用。因此，加工科学和技术的主要目标是对烧结和微观结构演变的特定控制，以实现最理想的具有独特性能的产品。实现这些目标的策略的发展需要一种高度多学科的方法，基于表征方法来分析材料的行为，基于建模技术来理解微观结构的演变，以及基于新的加工方法，如增材制造。预期的结果不仅限于陶瓷，而是在更广泛的框架内考虑，以建立一个新的，更全面的理解，可以转移到许多其他基于粉末加工技术的多材料系统。研究生和初级科学家获得了复杂的实验和建模工具的知识，用于微结构设计，以创造增强的新功能。

NON-TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION: The 2016 Solid State Studies in Ceramics Gordon Research Conference (https://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?id=11083) focuses on a knowledge-based design of advanced ceramics which requires a detailed understanding of the materials behaviour at all length scales, from atomistic to macroscopic, but also across the length scales. The conference compiles these different topics into a single program and exposes the different areas and viewpoints to a single multidisciplinary audience. The collegial atmosphere including informal gatherings gives a stimulating forum for diverse and international investigators at the forefront of their field, junior scientists, and graduate students. The unique conference format offers the possibility to explore new ideas and promotes cross-disciplinary collaborations in various research areas. Junior scientists and graduate students have the opportunity to present their work and exchange ideas with leaders in the field. In the long term, this conference will benefit the pace of progress in the field of advanced materials, drive innovation, create a qualified and diverse workforce and thus benefit economy and society.TECHNICAL DETAILS: The generation of new and unique microstructures depends on the material, the application and as well as the manufacturing costs, and may require radically different processing routes for different materials and applications. Hence, the primary goal of processing science and technology is a specific control of sintering and microstructural evolution to accomplish the most desirable product with distinctive properties. The development of strategies to obtain these goals requires a highly multidisciplinary approach based on characterization methods to analyse the materials behaviour, on modelling techniques to understand the microstructural evolution, and on new processing methods, such as additive manufacturing. Expected outcomes are not limited to ceramics, but instead considered in a wider frame to build a new, more global understanding that can be transferred to many other multi-material systems based on powder processing techniques. Graduate students and junior scientists gain knowledge of sophisticated experimental and modelling tools for the design of microstructures to create enhanced and new functionalities.