Programme Overview

(Actual May Vary) – Last updated: 7 May 2015

Time Sunday, 24 May 2015
08:00 – 09:00 Tutorial Registration (Level 2)
Venue → Breakthrough (Level 4) Discovery (Level 4) Level 2 Level 4
09:00 – 11:00 AM Tutorial 1 – Kenji UCHINO
“Introduction to Piezoelectric Actuators ‒ Professor’s Misconceptions Top 10”
AM Tutorial 2 – Andrei KHOLKIN
“Fundamentals and new developments in piezoresponse force and electrochemical strain microscopies”
Tutorial & Conference Registration Exhibition & Poster – Build Up
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee/Tea with Snacks (Level 2)
11:15 – 13:15 AM Tutorial 3 – Zuo-guang YE
“Development and understanding of high-performance piezo-/ferroelectric single crystals”
AM Tutorial 4 – Pablo GURMAN & Orlando AUCIELLO
“Science and technology of oxide
and nanocarbon multifunctional materials and applications to industrial and biomedical devices”
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch Buffet (Level 2)
14:30 – 16:30 PM Tutorial 5 – Ian REANEY
“The use electron diffraction and dark field imaging to determine superstructure in perovskites”
PM Tutorial 6 – Carlos PAZ de ARAUJO & Jolanta CELINSKI
“Materials science and device architecture of resistive random access memories”
16:00 – 18:00 16:45 – 17:45
UFFC President’s Student Reception
( Breakthrough Theatrette – Level 4)
16:00 – 18:00
PFM Advisory Board Meeting
(By Invitation Only)
(Meeting Room 1 – Level 3)
18:00 – 20:00 Welcome Reception (Level 2)
Time Monday, 25 May 2015
08:00 – 08:30 Welcome Coffee/Tea (Level 2) Level 2 Level 4
Venue → Auditorium (Level 2) Conference Registration Poster Set-up by Authors: 10:15 to 10:45am
08:30 – 08:45 Official Opening
Session Chairs Ahmad SAFARI, Rutgers University, USA ; Jacob JONES, North Carolina State University, USA
08:45 – 09:30 Plenary 1 – Thomas R. SHROUT, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
“Relaxor-PT Single Crystals: There and Back Again”
09:30 – 10:15 Plenary 2 – Stefan MÜLLER, NaMLab gGmbH, Germany
“Next-Generation Ferroelectric Memories Based on X:HfO2
10:15 – 10:45 Coffee/Tea With Snacks (Level 2)
Venue → Auditorium
(Level 2)
Breakthrough (Level 4) Discovery
(Level 4)
Creation
(Level 4)
Exploration
(Level 4)
AM2 Defects and Domains 1 Processing and Integration of
Thin Films 1
Ceramics 1: Lead-Free Biomaterials Special Session Memorial of
Hans Schmid
10:45 – 12:30 Poster Display on Level 4 Mon – Wed 25 to 27 May 2015
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Buffet (Level 2)
13:00 – 14:00 Women in Engineering (WIE) Panel Session (Auditorium – Level 2)
Venue → Auditorium
(Level 2)
Breakthrough (Level 4) Discovery
(Level 4)
Creation
(Level 4)
Exploration
(Level 4)
PM1 Defects and Domains 2 Processing and Integration of
Thin Films 2
Ceramics 2: Lead-Free Local Characterization Energy Harvesting and Capacitor Devices
14:00 – 16:00
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee/Tea With Snacks (Level 2)
Venue → Auditorium
(Level 2)
Breakthrough (Level 4) Discovery
(Level 4)
Creation
(Level 4)
Exploration
(Level 4)
PM2 Defects and Domains 3 Processing and Integration of
Thin Films 3
Ceramics 3: Fe-based and Non-perovskite Capacitors and Energy Storage Materials Biomedical, Ultrasonic, and Ferroelectric Field Effect Devices
16:30 – 18:30
18:15 – 19:00 Student Poster Competition (Level 2)
19:00 – 22:30 Meeting of the Ferroelectrics Committee of UFFC-S – Dinner Provided
(Meeting Room 1 – Level 3)
Time Tuesday, 26 May 2015
08:00 – 08:30 Welcome Coffee/Tea (Level 2) Level 2 Level 4
Venue → Auditorium (Level 2) Conference Registration Poster Display on Level 4
Mon – Wed 25 to 27 May 2015
Session Chairs Andrei KHOLKIN, University of Aveiro, Portugal ; Susan TROLIER-MCKINSTRY, University of Pennsylvania, USA
08:30 – 10:00 Plenary 3 – Paul S. WEISS, University of California, USA
“Cooperative Function in Atomically Precise Nanoscale Assemblies”
Plenary 4 – Kazumi KATO, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
“Nonclassical Materials and Processing Toward Technology Innovation”
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee/Tea With Snacks (Level 2)
Venue → Auditorium
(Level 2)
Breakthrough (Level 4) Discovery
(Level 4)
Creation
(Level 4)
Exploration
(Level 4)
AM2 Defects and Domains 4 Novel Processing Soft Materials and Composites Multifunctional Materials and Cross-Coupling Effects 1 PiezoMEMS, Actuators and Sensors
10:30 – 12:30
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Buffet (Level 2)
Venue → Auditorium
(Level 2)
Breakthrough (Level 4) Discovery
(Level 4)
Creation
(Level 4)
Exploration
(Level 4)
PM1 Fundamentals and Theory Sintering and Growth Single Crystals Multifunctional Materials and Cross-Coupling Effects 2 Domains and Switching
13:30 – 15:30
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee/Tea With Snacks (Level 2)
Venue → Auditorium
(Level 2)
Breakthrough (Level 4) Discovery
(Level 4)
Creation
(Level 4)
Exploration
(Level 4)
PM2 Characterization Techniques 1: Nano-scale Composites Crystals Containing Pb Multiferroics 1 Resistive Switching
16:00 – 18:00
18:00 – 19:00 Coach Transfer to Conference Banquet (Last Bus Departs 18:30)
19:00 – 22:00 Conference Banquet (Venue: Chui Huay Lim Club at No. 190 Keng Lee Road, Singapore 308849 Tel: +65 6253 0111 )
Time Wednesday, 27 May 2015
08:00 – 08:30 Welcome Coffee/Tea (Level 2) Level 2 Level 4
Venue → Auditorium
(Level 2)
Breakthrough (Level 4) Discovery
(Level 4)
Creation
(Level 4)
Exploration
(Level 4)
Conference Registration Poster Display on Level 4
Mon – Wed 25 to 27 May 2015

Poster – Q&A Session, Attendance Required for Poster Presenters
Wed, 27 May from 10:00 to 11:00

AM1 Characterization Techniques 2: Nano-scale Pb-free Bulk Ceramics and Powders 1 Thin Films Without Pb 1: HfO2 and Related Materials Multiferroics 2 Devices and Functionality 1
08:30 – 10:30
10:00 – 11:00 Poster Session – Q & A
Venue → Auditorium
(Level 2)
Breakthrough (Level 4) Discovery
(Level 4)
Creation
(Level 4)
Exploration
(Level 4)
AM2 Characterization Techniques 3: X-rays and Electrons Pb-free Bulk Ceramics and Powders 2 Thin Films Without Pb 2: BiFeO3 and Bi-based Materials Design and Modeling Devices and Functionality 2
11:00 – 13:00
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Buffet (Level 2)
Venue → Auditorium
(Level 2)
Breakthrough (Level 4) Discovery
(Level 4)
Creation
(Level 4)
Exploration
(Level 4)
PM1 Characterization Techniques 4: Big Data, Properties, and Crystallography Pb-free Thin Films Films Containing Pb Phase Transitions and Structures Energy Harvesting and Storage
14:00 – 16:00
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee/Tea With Snacks (Level 2)
Venue → Auditorium (Level 2) Authors Remove Posters:
6 to 6:30pm
Exhibitor Ship-out:
7 to 9pm
Session Chairs Orlando AUCIELLO, University of Dallas, USA ; Hong WANG, Xi’an Jiatong University, China
16:30 – 17:15 Plenary 5 – Chunlin JIA, Institute of Microstructure Research and Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, and Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
“Mapping Electric Dipole Moments in Oxide Ferroelectrics”
17:15 – 18:00 Plenary 6 – Carlos Paz de ARAUJO, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, and Symetrix Corporation, USA
“The New Era of Correlated Electron Devices”
19:00 – 21:00
UFFC President’s Reception – By Invitation Only
(Level 2)