August 3, 2021
81st Physical Electronics Conference
2021 - Virtual
at your couch, office, or kitchen table
Hosted by
A half-day event featuring the renowned
"Introducing Solid Carbon Monoxide: A 2D Material with Unique Physical and Electronic Properties and A Path to Commercialization"
Nottingham Prize Competition and People's Choice Awards
Video productions from finalists followed by live Q&A
Participants - you can receive a commemorative PEC2021 NFT if you have registered - which you can use to participate in a raffle
Important Dates
Registration Deadline (Free)
July 20
Final Video Submission (for Nottingham Prize Contestants)
July 20
Conference Schedule - August 3, 2021, starting 11 AM; all times are Eastern US.
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11-11:10 AM - Welcome
11:10-11:55 - Carol Hirschmugl - Introducing Solid Carbon Monoxide: A 2D Material with Unique Physical and Electronic Properties and A Path to Commercialization
12:00-12:45 PM - Kyle Marian Viterbo - Using Comedy in Science Communication
12:45-12:55 - Short Break
12:55-1:00 - Nottingham Prize Intro
1:00-1:20 PM - First Nottingham Finalist
1:20-1:40 - Second Nottingham Finalist
1:40-2:00 - Third Nottingham Finalist
2:00-2:20 - Fourth Nottingham Finalist
2:20 -2:50 - Social Hour in Gather Town
2:50 - 3:00 - Awards (Nottingham and People's choice) and Announce Next Conference
3:00 - until the candles burn out - Happy Hour in Gather Town (BYOB) - includes raffle at 3:30 PM for PEC2021 NFT holders.
Preview below! and full talk here
Thanks to our sponsors below!
The Physical Electronics Conference provides a yearly forum for the dissemination and discussion of novel and fundamental theoretical and experimental research in the physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering of surfaces and interfaces. The conference draws from cutting edge research in material science; topics include structural, electronic, chemical, magnetic, or topological properties of surfaces and interfaces and thin films; electron correlation or processes of energy, electron, ion, and molecular transfer at surfaces and interfaces; energetics, kinetics, and dynamics of physical, chemical, and biological transformations; interactions of organic or biological materials; mechanisms of film growth, effects of reduced dimensionality, confinement or patterning. Presentations of Ph.D. thesis research, made by student contestants for the prestigious Nottingham prize ($1,500), are highlighted.
This year, like so much of 2020, will be different. We are holding the event as a virtual event with a strong focus on the Nottingham Prize Competition. Selected contestants are asked to submit a 10-minute video. It is expected that contestants will compete and collaborate during the production process. Ranking will be based on scientific merit, presentation, and engagement.
The prestigious Nottingham Prize was established from contributions given in memory of Professor Wayne B. Nottingham of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by his many friends and associates.
Some of the most promising emerging surface scientists will showcase their work in the form of 10-minute video productions, with the hope to join the select club of Nottingham Prize winners, and get a few bucks as well.
About the Nottingham Prize
The Nottingham Prize was originally established in 1966 from contributions given in memory of Professor Wayne B. Nottingham of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by his many friends and associates. The prize, currently consisting of a certificate and $1,500, is awarded to the best student paper. This prize represents a seminal honor since many Nottingham winners have gone on to become leaders in the field of surface science. In addition, you and your advisor’s names will be added to the Nottingham Wikipedia website.
A student paper is defined as a paper based on a Ph.D. thesis whose date of submission is no earlier than one year before the meeting at which the Prize is given. That includes students who have not yet completed, their Ph.D. thesis work or have completed their Ph.D. as long as the thesis was submitted less than one year ago. In either case, your talk must be on your Ph.D. thesis work, not on work undertaken subsequently.
All Nottingham contestants must complete and submit the following materials:
1. The PEC registration will open on April 15. Registration deadline for Nottingham contestants May 28, 2021.
2. A Nottingham Prize competition package submitted as a single PDF file, including:
(i) A cover letter indicating your interest in the Nottingham Prize competition. Include in the letter expected thesis submission and graduation dates.
(ii) A brief vita.
(iii) An extended abstract of approximately 1,500 words for the merit review (download template).
The package should be sent as an email attachment to jboscoboinik@bnl.gov or kburson@hamilton.edu . The subject line of the email should start with “PEC2021 Nottingham Your Name.”
We will accept abstracts until May 28, 2021. Although the competition will be judged largely on the video presentation, the Nottingham Prize competition package is needed to provide additional information to the judges to select the finalists. Submission of a thesis or of a manuscript to be published is not acceptable. The committee may limit the number of competitors based on the package.
This is a taste of last year's event:
PEC2021 Team
General Organizers
Kristen Burson - Hamilton College
J. Anibal Boscoboinik - Brookhaven National Lab
Local Organizing Committee
Jyoti Katoch - Carnegie Mellon University
Shruti Sharma - Stony Brook University
Adrian Lewandowski - Harvard University
Dan Dougherty - North Caroline State University
Ashley Head - Brookhaven National Laboratory
Mounika Vutukuru - Boston University (2020 Nottingham Prize Winner!)
Video Support Specialist
Executive Committee
Seth King (Chair), University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, WI
Karsten Pohl (Treasurer) University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Carl A. Ventrice (co-Treasurer), CNSE University of Albany, SUNY, NY
Daniel Dougherty, North Carolina State University, NC
Paul Thibado, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
William Kaden, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Kristen Burson, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
Anibal Boscoboinik, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
Alpha T. N'Diaye, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA
Talat Rahman, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Dan Killelea, Loyola University Chicago
Alexander Sinitskii, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
This event will be virtual, and we will make you feel at home
Let us know if you'll be attending!
Prior Physical Electronics Conferences
PEC 2015 - Rutgers University – New Brunswick
PEC 2014 - University of Wisconsin – La Crosse
PEC 2013 - North Carolina State University
PEC 2011 - University at Albany
PEC 2010 - University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
PEC 2009 - Rutgers University – New Brunswick
PEC 2008 - University of California – Riverside
PEC 2007 - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
PEC 2006 - Princeton University
PEC 2005 - University of Wisconsin – Madison
PEC 2004 - University of California – Davis
PEC 2003 - Cornell University
PEC 2002 - Georgia Institute of Technology
PEC 2001 - Sandia National Laboratories
PEC 2000 - Louisiana State University
PEC 1999 - University of California – Berkeley
PEC 1998 - Pennsylvania State University
PEC 1997 - University of Oregon
PEC 1996 - Boston University
PEC 1995 - Arizona State University
PEC 1994 - University of Tennessee
PEC 1993 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
PEC 1992 - University of California – Irvine
PEC 1991 - Rutgers University – Piscataway
PEC 1990 - Rutgers University – Piscataway
PEC 1989 - National Institute of Standards
PEC 1988 - Brookhaven National Laboratory
PEC 1987- IBM Almaden Research
PEC 1986 - University of Texas – Austin
PEC 1985 - University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
PEC 1984 - Princeton University
PEC 1983 - Sandia National Laboratories
PEC 1982 - Georgia Institute of Technology
PEC 1981 - Montana State University
PEC 1980 - Cornell University
PEC 1979 - University of Maryland
PEC 1978 - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
PEC 1977 - Stanford University
PEC 1976 - University of Wisconsin – Madison
PEC 1975 - Penn State University
PEC 1974 - Bell Laboratories
PEC 1973 - University of California – Berkeley
PEC 1972 - Sandia Laboratories
PEC 1971 - National Bureau of Standards
PEC 1970 - University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
PEC 1969 - Yale University
PEC 1968 - University of Minnesota
PEC 1967 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
PEC 1966 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology