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   COLLOQUIUM OF THE LABORATORY FOR COMPUTER DESIGN OF MATERIALS
                   School of Computational Sciences
                           (CSI 898-Sec 001)
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	   Object Oriented Modeling of Microstructural Physics

			Stephen A. Langer
           National Institute of Standards and Technology
			Gaithersburg, MD 20899

The physical properties of a material, such as its thermal
conductivity or elasticity, often depend in detail on its
microstructure: the complex arrangement of grains, phases, and pores
that define its microscopic geometry.  Knowledge of these physical
properties is crucial to the development and application of new
materials, but they can be difficult to measure directly.  An
alternative approach is to compute the properties, starting from an
image of the microstructural geometry.  This is the goal of the OOF
(Object-Oriented Finite element) project at NIST.  OOF is currently
undergoing a major transformation.  In this talk I will illustrate the
applications of OOF1 and discuss the motivation and design of OOF2.
                         
			Monday , March 24, 2003
                              4:30 pm
                        Room 206, Science & Tech. I

Refreshments will be served at 4:15 PM.
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