Conference Topics
Last update:
Mon Dec 3 2001
The topics to be covered encompass new areas as well as
traditional topics. They include, but are not limited to,
the following:
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Electrical transport and optical properties in
composites
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Localization in non-linear periodic and non-periodic media
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Photonic crystals and band-gap structures
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Transport properties of nanostructures
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Semiconductor heterostructures
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Porous media and percolation
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Conducting polymers
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Biocomposites (e.g., electrical activity in the heart
and brain)
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Transport in complex biological systems (e.g., slime
molds and algal colonies)
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Transport in geophysical media (e.g., sea ice, glacial
ice, soils, and rocks)
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Inverse problems and imaging in inhomogeneous media in
geophysics, biology, and medicine
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Numerical methods for composites
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Active composites (e.g., electrorheological fluids,
smart composites and sensors)
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Optimal design of composite structures
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Giant magnetoresistance
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Magnetic nanostructures and spintronics
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Thin film composite structures
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Propagation and scattering in media with rough surfaces
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Quantum phenomena in composites