Special Session 1
DEFECT DYNAMICS AND MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION (SS1)

This special session will highlight recent advances in understanding of defect dynamics and microstructural evolution in materials, particularly subjected to extreme conditions such as high temperatures, stress, irradiation and corrosive environments. Experimental, computational, and theoretical contributions are invited that connect defect-scale mechanisms to microstructural evolution and material performance across time and length scales. Emphasis will be placed on multiscale modeling, advanced in situ characterization, and physics-informed data-driven approaches that enable predictive understanding and design of materials for extreme environments.

Topics of the special session include:

• In situ and high-resolution characterization of dynamic processes
• Atomistic, mesoscale, and continuum modeling across time and length scales
• Thermodynamic and kinetic stability under extreme conditions
• Defect generation, migration, interaction, and pattern formation
• Coupled evolution of defects, interfaces, phases, and microstructures
• Irradiation-, deformation-, temperature-, and environment-driven degradation
• Physics-informed machine learning for defect kinetics and microstructure evolution
• Processing-defect-microstructure-property relationships

ORGANISER(S):

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  Prof. Penghui Cao University of California San Diego,
  USA
  caoph@ucsd.edu

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  Dr. Emmanuel Clouet Université Paris-Saclay,
  CEA, France
  emmanuel.clouet@cea.fr

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  Dr. Blas P. Uberuaga Los Alamos National Laboratory,
  USA
  blas@lanl.gov

INVITED SPEAKER(S):

Info will be available soon!