Monday, July 31
AM Session Chairperson: S. Matsuoka, AT&T Bell Laboratories
“Hierarchies and Power Laws in Relaxation Processes”,
G. Zumofen, ETH, Zurich
“Non-Debye Primary Response of Liquids, Glasses, Polymers and Crystals”,
R. V. Chamberlin, Arizona State University
“The Unsolved Problem of Physical Aging”,
N. G. McCrum, Oxford University
PM Poster Session Chairperson: W. J. Sarjeant, SUNY at Buffalo
Tuesday, August 1
AM Session Chairperson: B. E. Read, National Physical Laboratory, Tedingtom
“First Principles Atomistic Simulations of Polymers”,
W. A. Goddard III, California Institute of Technology
“Dielectric and Related Dynamic and Equilibrium Properties of Poly(Ethylene Oxide) from Molecular Dynamics Simulations”,
G. D. Smith, Eloret Institute
“Dipole Moments in Glassy Polyetherimides”,
J. Bendler, General Electric Research Laboratories
PM Session Chairperson: R. E. Wetton, Rheometrics Inc.
“Dielectric Relaxation in Systems With Confined Geometries”,
F. Kremer, Universitaet Leipzig
“Dielectric Relaxation and Depolarization Current Studies of Polymers and Blends”,
P. Cabe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Wednesday, August 2
AM Session Chairperson: L. Dissado, King’s College, London
“Scaling Effects in Ferroelectric Ceramics”,
R. E. Newnham, Pennsylvania State University
“Fluorinated Polyimides for Interlayer Dielectrics in Electronics Applications”,
B. Auman, E. I. DuPont de Nemours Company
“Dynamic and Structural Behavior of Dislocation Domains in Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal”,
W. Haase, Technical University Darmstadt
PM Session Chairperson: M. Buttram, Sandia National Laboratory
“Energy Storage in Practical Dielectric Issues Versus Reality”,
W. J. Sargeant, SUNY at Buffalo
“Development of High Energy Density Dielectrics”,
R. Jow, Army Research Laboratory, Ft. Monmouth
Thursday, August 3
AM Session Chairperson: J. E. Anderson, Ford Motor Company
“Microwave Processing Application in the Semiconductor Industry”,
J. Shaw, IBM Watson Research Center
“Orientational Relaxation Phenomena in Electrooptic Polymers”,
K. D. Singer, Case Western University
“Fundamental Aspects of Supercapacitor Behavior and the Origins of Double-Layer and Pseudocapacitance”,
B. E. Conway, University of Ottawa
PM Session Chairperson: N. G. McCrumb, Oxford University
“Anelastic and Dielectric Effects in Polymer Solids, Then and Now”,
G. Williams, University College of Swansea; B. Read, National Physical Laboratory, Tedington
Friday, August 4
AM Session Chairperson: J. J. Fitzgerald, Eastman Kodak
“Applications of Thermally Stimulated Currents, Including to Amorphous and Semicrystalline Polymers and Blends”,
B. Sauer, E. I. DuPont de Nemours Company
“Dielectric Relaxation Behavior of Thermosetting and Photosetting Polymer Systems”,
G. Williams, University College of Swansea
“Dielectric Relaxation and Libration Spectroscopy of Dipolar Liquids”,
J. K. Vij, Trinity College Dublin
Row 1: R. Chamberlin, N. Schlotter, K. Singer, G. Smith, P. Cebe, W. Goddard, N. Mccrum, B. Read, R. Boyd, W. Sarjeant, G. Williams, F. Kremer, F. Mopstick, J. Berberian, M. Baron
Row 2: M. Ishida, Z. Zhong, T. Jow, V. Halpern, C. Angell, J. Bendler, J. Anderson, G. Zumofen, A. St. Clair, J. Simpson, W. Haase
Row 3: T. Ezquerra, J. Vij, L. Dissado, M. Wintersgill, Y. Tajitsu, R. Bruce, N. Hager, W. MacKnight, R. Wetton, H. Marand, P. Winsor, R. Diaz, D. Sidebottom, F. Liu, D. McCall
Row 4: M. Jones, P. Avakian, K. Liedermann, R. Richert
Row 5: R. Newnham, B. Sauer, J. Fitzgerald, G. Berkovic, A. Schoenhals, K. Ware, J. Fontanella, M. Buttram, S. Havriliak, D. Damon, L. Walpita, J. Mason, M. Parthun, D. Wasylyshyn, Y. Feldman