SPECIAL SESSIONS, SYMPOSIA AND WORKSHOPS

ORGANISERS, PLENARY AND INVITED LECTURES

 

OPENING SESSION (OS)

• PLENARY: Professor Wolfgang ARLT, University of Erlangen, Germany Wolfgang.Arlt in cbi.uni-erlangen.de ^* : "Thermodynamics for a changing world"
• PLENARY: Professor Robert HOLYST, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland holyst in ichf.edu.pl : "Evaporation and condensation in nano- and micro-scale: 100 years of misconceptions"

 

ROSSINI AWARD (RA)

• Professor Juergen GMEHLING, University of Oldenburg, Germany gmehling in tech.chem.uni-oldenburg.de : "Present status and potential of group contribution methods for process development"

 

SYMPOSIA

• Molecular simulations of fluids and statistical thermodynamics (MS-ST)

Organisers:                  Professor Joachim GROSS

Delft University of Technology

Netherlands

J.Gross in tudelft.nl

 

Professor Doros N. THEODOROU

                                   National Technical University of Athens

Greece

                                   doros in central.ntua.gr

 

PLENARY:                 Professor Pablo DEBENEDETTI

Princeton University, USA
pdebene in princeton.edu

“Hydrophobicity and its consequences: from nano-scale hydration to protein phase diagram”

 

INVITED:                  Professor Peter CUMMINGS

Vanderbilt University

and Oak Ridge National Laboratory

USA

peter.cummings in vanderbilt.edu

“Many-scales and multi-scales modelling in computational nanoscience”

 

Professor Juan de PABLO

University of Wisconsin – Madison

USA

depablo in engr.wisc.edu

“Field-driven assembly in nanotechnology”

 

 

• Phase equilibria, supercritical fluids and separation techniques (PE)

Organisers:                  Professor Theo W. de LOOS

                                   Delft University of Technology

Netherlands

                                   T.W.deLoos in tnw.tudelft.nl

 

                                   Professor Hirohisa YOSHIDA

                                   Tokyo Metropolitan University

                                   yoshida-hirohisa in c.metro-u.ac.jp

 

PLENARY:                Professor Kazuya SAITO

Department of Chemistry

University of Tsukuba

Japan

kazuya in chem.tsukuba.ac.jp

“Microphase separated multicontinuous phase in low-molecular mass thermotropic liquid crystal”

 

INVITED:                  Professor Ulrich K. DEITERS

University of Cologne

Institute of Physical Chemistry

Germany
deiters in xenon.pc.uni-koeln.de

“The meaning behind the peaks – a combined study of asymmetric mixtures with transitiometry and equation of state”

 

Professor Kazuhiro TAMURA

Material Science and Engineering

Kanazawa University

Japan

tamura in t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

"Solubility measurement and representation of polyaromatic compounds in supercritical carbon dioxide"

 

• Electrolyte solutions and non-electrolyte mixtures including reactive chemical systems (ES-RS)

Organisers:                  Professor Takayoshi KIMURA

                                   Kinki University

Japan

                                   kimura in chem.kindai.ac.jp

 

Professor Gerd MAURER

                                   Universität Kaiserslautern

                                   Germany

                                   gmaurer in rhrk.uni-kl.de

 

PLENARY:                Professor Hans HASSE

University of Stuttgart

Germany

hasse in itt.uni-stuttgart.de

“Thermodynamics of chemically reactive systems: from spectroscopic studies to industrial applications”

 

INVITED:                  Professor Makoto ARATONO

Kyushu University

Japan

m.arascc in mbox.nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp

“Criterion of an ideal mixing of nonionic and ionic material mixtures and its application to some experimental systems”

 

Professor Alan MATHER

University of Alberta

Canada

mather in ualberta.ca

“Vapour – liquid equilibria in chemically reactive systems: application to gas purification”

 

• Thermodynamics and properties in the biological, medical, pharmaceutical, agricultural and food sectors (BMPAF)

Organisers:                  Professor Gonul KALETUNC

The Ohio State University

USA

kaletunc.1 in osu.edu

 

Professor David P. REMETA

Rutgers University-Piscataway

dpremeta in rutchem.rutgers.edu

 

Professor László SMELLER

Semmelweis University of Medicine

Budapest,  Hungary

smeller in puskin.sote.hu

 

PLENARY:                Professor Roland WINTER

University of Dortmund

Germany

roland.winter in uni-dortmund.de

“Themodynamic and structural properties of biomolecular systems under extreme conditions – from basic research to technological applications”

                       

            INVITED:                  Professor Beverley D. GLASS

James Cook University

Townsville, Australia

beverley.glass in jcu.edu.au

“Medical Applications of Thermoanalytical Methods”

 

Professor Perla RELKIN

AgroParisTech

France

perla.relkin in agroparistech.fr

“Using microcalorimetry to study milk fat crystallization behavior in dairy whipped creams”

 

                                               Dr. Erwin MARTI

APCh Marti Consulting

Basel, Switzerland

erwin.marti in apch.ch

"PhandTA's: From Physical Chemistry to Pharmaceutics - 15 years of experience"

• Nano-systems, nano-devices and advanced new materials (N-NM)

Organisers:                  Professor Stanislaw L. RANDZIO

                                   Polish Academy of Sciences

Warsaw, Poland

                                   randzio in ichf.edu.pl

 

                                   Professor Li-Xian SUN

                                   Chinese Academy of Sciences

Dalian, China

                                   lxsun in dicp.ac.cn

 

PLENARY:                Professor Benjamin WIDOM

Cornell University

USA

widom in vdwaals.chem.cornell.edu

"The line in which three phases meet: line tension and adsorption."

 

INVITED:                  Professor Michel WAUTELET

University of Mons-Hainaut

Faculty of Sciences

Belgium

michel.wautelet in umh.ac.be

                                               “Thermodynamics: nano vs. macro”

 

Dr. Wojciech GROCHALA

Warsaw University

Department of Chemistry

Poland

                                               wg22 in cornell.edu

“Influence of chemical substitutions on the thermodynamics of the H₂ evolution from solid stores of hydrogen fuels"

 

• Thermochemistry, calorimetry and molecular energetics (TC-ME)

Organisers:                  Professor Juliana BOERIO-GOATES

Brigham Young University

USA

boerio-goates in byu.edu

 

Professor Manuel A. V. RIBEIRO DA SILVA

University of Porto

Portugal

risilva in fc.up.pt

 

PLENARY:                Professor Lee HANSEN

Brigham Young University

USA

lee_hansen in byu.edu

“Equilibrium thermodynamics and metabolic calorimetry of living systems”

 

INVITED:                  Dr. Maria Victoria ROUX ARRIETA

Institute of Physical Chemistry Rocasolano, C.S.I.C

Spain

victoriaroux in iqfr.csic.es

“Thermochemistry of organic molecules: the way to understanding the energy-structure relationship”

 

Professor Zhi – Cheng TAN

Thermochemistry Laboratory

Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

China

tzc in dicp.ac.cn

“Study on heat capacity enhancement and thermodynamic properties of nanomaterials with adiabatic calorimetry”

 

• Properties of ionic liquids and their application in chemical engineering (IL)

Organisers:                  Professor Joan F. BRENNECKE

University of Notre Dame, USA

jfb in nd.edu

 

Professor Urszula DOMANSKA-ZELAZNA

Warsaw University of Technology

Poland

ula in ch.pw.edu.pl

 

Professor Luis Paulo N. REBELO
Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Portugal

luis.rebelo in itqb.unl.pt

 

PLENARY:                Professor Edward J. MAGINN

University of Notre Dame

USA

ed in nd.edu

“On the use of atomistic simulations to understand and predict the thermodynamic properties of ionic liquids”

 

INVITED:                  Professor Robin D. ROGERS

The Queen's University of Belfast

Northern Ireland (UK)

r.rogers in qub.ac.uk

The University of Alabama

USA

RDRogers in bama.ua.edu

“Approaches to the understanding and utilization of unique ionic liquid properties: physical (solvents), chemical (energetic materials), and biological (pharmaceuticals)”

 

Professor Masayoshi WATANABE

Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology

Yokohama National University, and CREST-JST

Japan

mwatanab in ynu.ac.jp

"LCST Behavior of Linear Polymers in Ionic Liquids and the Corresponding Volume Phase Transition of Polymer Gels"

 

                                              

 

• Surface and colloid chemistry (S-CC)

Organisers:                  Professor Geoffrey C. MAITLAND

Imperial College

London, England

g.maitland in imperial.ac.uk

 

Professor Alexey VICTOROV

St. Petersburg State University

Russia

victorov_a in yahoo.com

 

PLENARY:                Professor Samuel SAFRAN

Weitzmann Institute of Science

Department of Materials and Interfaces

Israel

sam.safran in weizmann.ac.il

"Passive and active fluctuations of membranes and biological cells"

 

INVITED:                  Professor Carol HALL

North Carolina State University

USA
hall in turbo.che.ncsu.edu

"Thermodynamics and Kinetic Origins of Alzheimer's and Related Diseases"

 
                                                       Professor M. SLIWINSKA-BARTKOWIAK

A. Mickiewicz University

Poznan, Poland
msb in amu.edu.pl

"Phase Transitions and Structural Studies of Fluids Confined in nanopores"

 

 

 

• Industrial thermodynamics and databases (IT-DB)

Organisers:                  Professor Juergen GMEHLING

University of Oldenburg, Germany

gmehling in tech.chem.uni-oldenburg.de

 

                                               Dr. Martin SCHILLER

                                               Du Pont de Nemours (Deutschland) GmbH

Hamm, Germany

                                               martin.schiller in deu.dupont.com

 

PLENARY:                Dr. Paul M. MATHIAS

Fluor Corporation, USA

Paul.Mathias in Fluor.com

“The Role of Experimental Data in Chemical Process Technology.”

 

INVITED:                  Dr. Juergen R. RAREY

Technische Chemie, Fk.V
Universität Oldenburg, Germany
Rarey in tech.chem.uni-oldenburg.de

"Factual data banks and their application of for the synthesis and design of chemical processes and the development and test of physical property estimation methods"

 

Professor Dominique RICHON
Laboratoire de Thermodynamique
Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Paris

France
richon in paris.ensmp.fr

“Presentation of experimental techniques for the determination of thermophysical properties required to the benefit of chemical processes”

 

WORKSHOPS

• Thermodynamic frontiers and education (TFE)

Organisers:                  Dr. Hertanto ADIDHARMA

                                               University of Wyoming, USA

                                                Adidharma in uwyo.edu 

 

Professor Jerzy BLAZEJOWSKI

                                   Gdansk University, Poland

                                   bla in chemik.chem.univ.gda.pl

 

Professor Trevor LETCHER
University of KwaZulu-Natal

South Africa
trevor in letcher.eclipse.co.uk

 

INVITED:                   Professor Keith E. GUBBINS

North Carolina State University
USA
keg in ncsu.edu

"Multi-Scale Modeling of Matter: A Graduate Course"

 

Professor Andreas HEINTZ

                                   University of Rostock

Germany

andreas.heintz in uni-rostock.de

"Thermodynamics in an icy world - the atmosphere in internal structure of Saturn's moon Titan"

 

 

 

• Modulated and oscillation temperature techniques (MOTT)

Organisers:                  Professor Jean-Pierre E. GROLIER

                                               Université Blaise-Pascal

                                               France

                                               J-Pierre.GROLIER in univ-bpclermont.fr

 

                                               Professor Marek PYDA

Rzeszow University of Technology

Poland

                                               mpyda in utk.edu

                                               mppyda in prz.edu.pl

 

INVITED:                  Professor Bernhard WUNDERLICH

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Department of Chemistry

USA

                                               wunderlich in charterTN.net

“Quantitative quasi-isothermal TMDSC techniques to separate reversible and irreversible thermodynamic changes in heat capacity in the glass and melting range”

 

Professor Christoph SCHICK

University of Rostock

Germany

                                               christoph.schick in uni-rostock.de

“High frequency thin film calorimeters in combination with ultra fast scanning”

 

 

• Environmental thermodynamics (ET)

Organisers:                  Dr. Pawel GIERYCZ

                                   Polish Academy of Sciences

Warsaw, Poland

                                               gierycz in ichf.edu.pl

                                              

                                               Dr. Alexandar SABLJIC

                                               Ruder Boskovic Institute

                                               Zagreb, Croatia

                                               sabljic in irb.hr  

                                              

                                               Dr. Daniel SALVITO

Research Institute for Fragrance Materials

Woodcliff Lake, USA

dsalvito in rifm.org

 

INVITED:                  Professor Jozef PACYNA

Norwegian Institute for Air Research

Norway

jp in nilu.no

“Application of material flow analysis for the assessment of implementation of the EU water framework directive in Europe”

 

Professor Kalliat T. VALSARAJ

Louisiana State University

USA

valsaraj in lsu.edu

“Thermodynamics of adsorption of organic vapours at the air-water interface and its implications in atmospheric chemistry”

 

Professor Delbert J. EATOUGH

Brigham Young University

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

USA

delbert_eatough in byu.edu

“How far and how fast. The thermodynamics and kinetics of formation of fine particulate aerosol in the atmosphere”

 

Professor Yatsuhisa NAGANO

Osaka University

Research Center for Molecular Thermodynamics

Japan

nagano in chem.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp

“Catastrophic change in living cells and ecosystems”

 

 

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Time allowed (with discussion): PLENARY - 45 min; INVITED - 30 min; ORAL COMMUNICATION - 20 min