Computational Materials North Workshop: August 3-4, 2023
Queen's University (Kingston, ON) -- Ellis Hall Room 321
Cost: $0, but registation is required REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED.
Update: We received a small grant from Queen's University to help with food! Lunch will be provided on August 3 and 4. Breakfast will be provided on August 4. We go out for dinner in downtown Kingston on August 3. Dinner will not be provided.
Accomodations
Information on how to book residence/accommodation on Queen's campus (we advice on doing this ASAP).
https://www.queensu.ca/eventservices/accommodations/summer
Schedule (Day 1 -- Thursday, August 3)
10h00-10h30: Coffee (some coffee will be provided at 10:00, but we encourage you to bring your own coffee and also have breakfast before the workshop, as it will not be provided on August 3).
10h30-10h35 : Opening remarks
Session Chair: Kirk Bevan
10h35-11h00 : Gabriel Antonius (UQTR) -- 20 minutes + 5 minutes questions
11h00-11h25 : Kulbir Kaur Ghuman (INRS) -- 20 minutes + 5 minutes questions
11h25-11h40 : Véronique Brousseau-Couture -- (U de Montréal) -- 12 minutes + 3 minutes questions
"Effect of non-adiabatic and spin-orbit interactions on the zero-point renormalization of the electronic band gap "
11h40-11h55 : Slavado Valtierra Rodriguez (McGill) -- 12 minutes + 3 minutes questions
"Phase-field modelling applied to hydro-electric turbine casting"
5 minutes buffer
12h00 - 13h30 : Lunch (provided)
Session Chair: Laurent Karim Béland
13h30-13h55 : Ron Miller (Carleton) -- 20 minutes + 5 minutes questions
13h55-14h20 : Farnaz Heidar-Zadeh (Queen’s) -- 20 minutes + 5 minutes questions
14h20-14h35 : Hao Sun (Queen's) -- 12 minutes + 3 minutes questions
"A robust moment tensor interatomic potential for molten NaCl salt, pure sodium, and chlorine "
14h35-14h50 : Shuashuai Yuan (McGill) -- 12 minutes + 3 minutes questions
"A First-Principles Study of Exploring Electron-Phonon Coupling Effects in Low-Dimensional Semiconductor Devices "
10 minutes buffer
15h-15h30 : Coffee/Tea
Session Chair: Chandra Singh
15h30-15h55 : Lena Simine (McGill) -- 20 minutes + 5 minutes questions
15h55-16h20 : Oleksandr Voznyy (U of Toronto) -- 20 minutes + 5 minutes questions
16h20-16h35 : Khalid N Anindya (PolyMtl) -- 12 minutes + 3 minutes questions
"Improved Magnetism in Boron-Doped Graphene Nanoribbons Using Non-Benzenoid Defects "
16h35-16h50 : Gabriela Sanchez-Diaz (McMaster) -- 12 minutes + 3 minutes questions
"AtomDB: a database of atomic properties to facilitate chemical understanding "
16h50-17h05 : Rao Adwitiya (U of Toronto) -- 12 minutes + 3 minutes questions
"I-substituted Halide-rich Lithium Argyrodite Solid electrolytes with improved stability for All Solid State Batteries "
10 minutes buffer
17h++ : Dinner++
Schedule (Day 2 -- Friday , August 4)
8h30-9h00: Coffee and breakfast (provided)
Session Chair: Farnaz Heidar-Zadeh
9h-9h25: Rustam Z. Khaliullin (McGill)
9h25-9h50: Nana Ofori-Opoku (McMaster)
10 minutes buffer
10h-10h30: Coffee
Session Chair: Hao Sun
10h30-10h55: Markus Piro (OntarioTech)
10h55-11h20: Michel Côté (U de Montréal)
11h20-11h35 : Yaoting Zhang (Queen's) -- 12 minutes + 3 minutes questions
"Understanding Transport Properties of Clay using Coarse-Grained Models "
11h35-11h55 : Shideh Ahmadi (Queen’s) -- 12 minutes + 3 minutes questions
"Computational Chemistry for Study Glycerol Adsorption on Unmodified and Modified β- NiOOH Surfaces "
5 minutes buffer
12h-13h30 : Lunch (provided)
Session Chair: Shideh Ahmadi
13h30-13h40 : Chris Maxwell (CNL)
13h40-13h50 : Conrard Feugmo (Waterloo)
13h50-14h05 : Michael Kilgour (NYU) -- 12 minutes + 3 minutes questions
""Geometric Deep Learning for Molecular Crystal Structure Prediction "
14h05-14h20 : Ebrahim Ghasemy (INRS) -- 12 minutes + 3 minutes questions
"Tuning the catalytic activity of Nb2C MXenes via surface functionalization and defects"
14h20-14h30: Closing remarks