News from Materials Sciences and Engineering

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News from Materials Sciences and
Engineering Basic Energy Sciences Advisory
Committee
Iran L. Thomas, Director October 11, 2000
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Materials Sciences and Engineering Division
l IPA u Detailee
Iran Thomas, Director Christie Ashton, Program
Analyst Tarra M. Hardeman, Secretary
Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Chemistry
Metal, Ceramic, and Engineering Sciences
William Oosterhuis Melanie Becker, Procurement
Tech
Robert Gottschall Terry Jones, Procurement Tech
Metal and Ceramic Sciences
Condensed Matter Physics

• Alan Dragoo (Materials Science)
• Yok Chen (Materials Science)
• Vacant (E-Beam Micro.)
• Angus Rockett, U. of IL
• u Andrew Quong, LLNL (1/4 time)
• u Wendy Cieslak, SNL (1/4 time)
• u John Vetrano, PNNL
• Vacant (Synthesis and Processing)

Helen Kerch (X-ray and Neutron Scattering) Jerry
Smith (Experiment) Manfred Leiser (Theory) Don
Liebenberg, Consult. New Hire Coming on Board
(X-ray and Neutron Scattering Facilities) New
Hire Coming on Board (Theory, Modelling and
Computation) u Dale Koelling, ANL
Engineering Sciences
Materials Chemistry

• Robert Price
• Bassem Armaly, U. of MO

Richard Kelley Matesh Varma Vacant (Biomolecular
Matls.)
SNS Project
DMSE staff on detail
Jeffrey Hoy

• Timothy Fitzsimmons, Detailed as Congressional
  Fellow, Minority Staff, Senate Committee on
  Energy and Natural Resources

EPSCoR
Matesh Varma
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Status of Positions within the Division

• Vacancy was posted for the X-ray and Neutron
  Scattering Facilities. Applicant accepted the
  position and will be on board by January 2001.
• Vacancy was posted for the Theory, Modeling and
  Computation. Applicant accepted the position and
  will be on board by November 2000.
• Position Description for the Electron Beam
  Microcharacterization has been approved and the
  vacancy will be posted on the board very soon.

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Awards Funded by Materials Sciences and
Engineering Division in FY 2000
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Changes from FY2000
Nanoscience 11,592 Nanoscience
Computation 3,371 Nanoscience Facilities
Utilization 2,726 Facilities
Utilization 12,661 LANSCE Upgrade (MIE,
Research CE) 1,000 ALS Upgrade (MIE,
Research CE) 900 HFIR HB-2 Extension
(MIE, Research CE) - 450 HFIR Upgrade
Instrumentation (Research CE) 2,000 SPEAR3
(MIE, Research CE) 8,000 EPSCoR
870 Core Research Base 1,055a/ SNS Other
Project Costs 1,200 Waste
Management 8,073 SBIR/STTR
496 Total 53,494 a/ Includes 3.2M of HFIR
Ops funded in FY 2000
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DOE Offices of Science and Defense Programs are
jointly funding a Nanoscience Network to advance
the discovery and understanding of nanoscale
phenomena.

• Use glue funding to stimulate and facilitate
  synergistic, multi-laboratory collaborations
  among the existing nanoscience programs.
• Selection Criteria
• Excellence in science
• Mission relevance to DP
• Demonstrable new potential
• At least 2 DP and 2 other DOE labs

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• A workshop in April identified 5 scientifically
  challenging research areas with DP mission
  relevance and potential for high impact
  multi-laboratory synergy.
• In FY 2001, 3 Network projects will be launched
  and funded at the level of 300K glue funding each

• Nanoscale Tribology
• Microsystems for surety, detonation, and high
  fidelity Joint Test Assemblies

• Nanostructured Energy Storage
• Precision detonators, net-shape casting of
  explosives, and optical surface ignition

• Tailored Nanostructures
• New materials for physics experiments, Joint Test
  Assemblies, and microsystems

• Nanoscale Features of Deformation
• Nanostructural effects for predictive aging of
  the nuclear explosive package

• Nanostructural Photonics
• Surety and environmental sensing

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Computational Materials Sciences Network (CMSN)

• Mission Statement The Computational Materials
  Sciences Network is to advance frontiers in
  computational materials science by assembling
  diverse sets of researchers committed to working
  together to solve relevant materials problems
  that require cooperation across organizational
  and disciplinary boundaries.
• Network Coordinators
• Bruce Harmon - Ames Laboratory Ellen Stechel -
  Ford Motor Company
• Malcolm Stocks - ORNL Chuck Henager - PNNL
• Sponsor
• Iran L. Thomas - Office of Basic Energy
  Sciences
• BES-Division of Materials Sciences and
  Engineering
• Manfred Leiser - Condensed Matter Physics and
  Materials Chemistry Programs
• Wendy Cieslak - Metal, Ceramic and
  Engineering Sciences Programs

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Computational Materials Sciences Network (CMSN) -
Continued

• Title of Projects Funded Under CMSN
• Microstructural Evolution Based on Fundamental
  Interfacial Properties - T. Rollett (Carnegie
  Mellon University) and D. Srolovitz (Princeton
  University)
• Microstructural Effects on the Mechanics of
  Materials - R. LeSar (Los Alamos
  National Laboratory) and D. Wolf (Argonne
  National Laboratory)
• Polymers at Interfaces - G. S. Grest (Sandia
  National Laboratories)
• Magnetic Materials Bridging Basic and Applied
  Science - M. Stocks (Oak Ridge National
  Laboratory) and B. Harmon (Ames Laboratory)
• Excited-State Electronic Structure and Response
  Functions - S. Louie (University of California at
  Berkeley) and J. Rehr (University of Washington)