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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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         Phase Field Modeling of Microstructure Formation

                           James A. Warren
    Center for Theoretical and Computational Materials Science
 National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD

The phase field method is a technique for modeling the motion of phase 
boundaries without having to explicitly track those boundaries. This 
allows for for the simulation of enormously complicated, 
multi-lengthscale microstructures such as dendrites (snowflakes), 
eutectic lamellae, and  a zoo of other structures which often emerge 
during materials processing.  In this talk I will develop the basics 
of this model, and describe some of the areas of application which are 
being pursued at NIST.

			Monday , March 17, 2003
                              4:30 pm
                        Room 206, Science & Tech. I

Refreshments will be served at 4:15 PM.
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