Conference Location Information
Norris University Center, Louis Room, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
- 1999 Campus Drive, Evanston, IL 60208
Day 1: Monday, June 30
8:15 Breakfast and Registration
9:00 Welcome
Session Chair Lars Heinke
9:15 Keynote Lecture: Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Northwestern University, “Dynamics of Simple and Complex Electrolytes in Confinement"
9:50 Discussion
10:00 Break
10:30 Cristián Huepe, Northwestern University, “Contagion Dynamics in Active Agents”
10:50 Discussion
11:00 Sotiris Pratsinis, ETH Zürich, “Diffusion of Tiny Nanoparticles (TNPs) in Gases”
11:20 Discussion
11:30 Dhairya Vyas, Northwestern University, “Diffusion in Granular Mixtures”
11:50 Discussion
12:00 Lunch
Session Chair Matthew Grayson
1:15 Keynote Lecture: Stefano Brandani, University of Edinburgh, “The Ruthven Number: An Essential Quantity in Determining Diffusion Coefficients in Nanoporous Materials Using Uptake Experiments”
1:50 Discussion
2:00 Poster Lightning Talks (8 x 3 minutes per person) Posters 1-8
2:30 Break
3:00 Michael Goepel, Leipzig University, “Diffusion in Nanoporous Materials in the Focus of an IUPAC Initiative: On the Benefit of Microscopic Measurement”
3:20 Discussion
3:30 Yu Wang, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering, “Identification of Mass Transfer Resistances with Pressure-Swing Frequency Response”
3:50 Discussion
4:00 Poster Lightning Talks (8 x 3 minutes per person) Posters 9-16
4:30 Poster Session 1 (odd numbered posters)
5:15 Poster Session 2(even numbered posters)
6:00 End
Day 2: Tuesday, July 1
8:30 Breakfast
Session Chair Danny Abrams
9:00 Keynote Lecture: Mary Silber, University of Chicago, “Semi-arid self-organizing vegetation patterns”
9:35 Discussion
9:45 Duncan Burns, Northwestern University, “Competition of Diffusion Modes at the Nanoscale: Dewetting and Sublimation”
10:05 Discussion
10:15 Break
10:45 Matthew Grayson, Northwestern University, “The Generalized Heavy-Tail Function: Fitting Slower-than-Exponential Relaxations in Complex Systems, Matter, & Molecules”
11:05 Discussion
11:15 Edmund Seebauer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, “Diffusive Isotopic Fractionation: Implications for Diffusion Modeling in Crystalline Solids”
11:35 Discussion
11:45 János Tomán, University of Debrecen, “Low-Temperature, Ultra-Giant Blistering of Atomic Layer Deposited Barrier Coatings on Polyethylene Films Caused by Additive Segregation”
12:05 Discussion
12:15 Lunch
Session Chair Todd Gingrich
1:30 Keynote Lecture: Eric Vanden-Eijnden, New York University, “Some Applications of Machine Learning in Active Matter”
2:05 Discussion
2:15 John Zima, Northwestern University, “Tensor Networks as an Alternative to Trajectory Sampling for Chemical Reaction Networks”
2:35 Discussion
2:45 John Strahan, Northwestern University, “Computing the Linear Response of Stationary Distributions Corresponding to Markov Processes with Rare Events”
3:05 Discussion
3:15 Break
3:45 Rebecca Bivins, Georgia Institute of Technology, “Comparing Solvent Diffusion in Carbon Molecular Sieve Membranes via Macroscopic Permeation and Pulsed-Field Gradient NMR”
4:05 Discussion
4:15 William Price, Western Sydney University, “Probing Reacting Systems with Diffusion NMR”
4:35 Discussion
Session Chair Randy Snurr
4:45 Pre-Dinner Talk: Julio Ottino, Northwestern University, “Determinism, Chaos, and Probability: Newton, Poincaré, and Maxwell”
5:45 End
7:00 Conference Dinner - Five & Dime, 1026 Davis Street, Evanston
Day 3: Wednesday, July 2
8:30 Breakfast
Session Chair Hilal Daglar
9:00 Keynote Lecture: Alberto Striolo, University of Oklahoma, “Interrogating Transport Mechanisms in Crowded Narrow Pores Using Molecular Simulations"
9:35 Discussion
9:45 Qinsi Xiong, Northwestern University, “Modeling Ion Diffusion and Selective Transport in 2D Nanomembranes”
10:05 Discussion
10:15 Break
10:45 Saifeldeen Abed Alrhman, New York University, “Machine Learning Insights into H₂S Selective Diffusion in Metal - Organic Frameworks under Methane-Rich Conditions”
11:05 Discussion
11:15 Faramarz Joodaki, Northwestern University, “Computational Investigation of Chemical Warfare Agent Diffusion in Metal-Organic Frameworks in the Presence of Water”
11:35 Discussion
11:45 Amber Mace,Uppsala University, “Understanding Mobile Particles in Solid-State Materials: From the Perspective of Potential Energy Surfaces”
12:05 Discussion
12:15 Lunch
Session Chair Amber Mace
1:15 Keynote Lecture: Charles Nicholson, NYU Langone Health, “Diffusion Properties of Brain Interstitial Space”
1:50 Discussion
2:00 Arindam Raj, Northwestern University, “High Resolution Mapping of Diffusion Characteristics in General Microstructures”
2:20 Discussion
2:30 Youri Ran, University of Amsterdam, “RASPA3: A Monte Carlo Code for Computing Adsorption and Diffusion in Nanoporous Materials and Thermodynamic Properties of Fluids”
2:50 Discussion
3:00 Break
3:15 Gergő Vecsei, University of Debrecen, “The Effect of Stress on the Growth Kinetics of ZnAl2O4 in Cylindrical Nanotubes and Nanopillars”
3:35 Discussion
3:45 Nicolas Chanut, KU Leuven, “Diffusivity Measurements in Nanoporous Materials using a Temperature-Induced Desorption Approach”
4:05 Discussion
4:15 Closing Remarks
4:30 Conference End
Poster Presentations
1. Tiong Wei Teh, University of Stuttgart, “Multimodal study of self-diffusion nanoporous materials: experiment, molecular simulation and classical density functional theory”
2. Michael Saxton, UC Davis, “Lateral diffusion in an archipelago of biomembrane protuberances”
3. Neha Tyagi, Northwestern University, “Hydrodynamically-Enhanced Brownian motion in flowing polymer solutions”
4. Barbara Sárközi, University of Debrecen, “Interdiffusion and internal stress effects in closed geometry”
5. Anagha Pushpa Balakrishnan, Freie Universität Berlin, “Studying the Diffusion of Guest Molecule in the Nanopores of Metal-Organic Framework Thin Films”
6. Emma Xiao, State University of New York Downstate Health Sciences University, “The effect of dead-space microdomain entrance size and volume on brain extracellular space diffusion”
7. Zoltán Erdélyi, University of Debrecen, “Two-step reaction in oxides: nucleation and growth kinetics of ZnAl2O4 spinel in ZnO/Al2O3 bilayers”
8. Zoltán Erdélyi, University of Debrecen, “Reaction-diffusion in Co2Si/Zn diffusion couple”
9. Kaihang Shi, University at Buffalo, “Fickian Diffusion Models for Interpreting Experimental Characterization of Mass Transfer in Nanoporous Materials”
10. Cathyrn Murphy, Northwestern University, “Tensor Networks for Estimating Reliability in Stochastic Low-Powered Circuits”
11. Goda Pauryte, University of Edinburgh, “Modelling the effects of bypass on flow systems working with mg-scale samples”
12. Lucas Pham, Northwestern University, “PEGylation of Carbon Black Yields Stable Colloidal Suspensions for Flow Battery Applications”
13. Xi Wan, Northwestern University, “Understanding ionic and electronic transport in composites with mixed ionic/electronic conducting layers coated on colloidal silica”
14. Kayla Ghezzi, Northwestern University, “Quantifying the Impact of Rotational Diffusion on Electron Transport in Dense Suspensions of Colloidal Rods”
15. Geyao Gu, Northwestern University, “It Takes Two to Make a Thing Go Right: Boosting Current in Coupled Motors”
16. Hilal Daglar, Koç University, “Investigating the Effects of Framework Flexibility on Water Adsorption in the Metal–Organic Framework NbOFFIVE-1-Ni via Molecular Modeling”
