The Advanced Surface Engineering Division (SE) Program expands its interest in new materials, technologies, characterization, manufacturing, applications, and fundamentals of surface engineering. Sessions are planned for: hard coatings, nanocomposites, nanolaminates, and MAX phase synthesis, structure and property correlations; recent advances in multilayer, functionally gradient, and self-assembled protective and multifunctional coatings; glancing angle deposition; pulsed plasma technology, understanding of coating wear protection mechanisms and tribochemistry; conventional (TiO₂ and doped TiO₂) and alternative photocatalytic coatings. Under these topics, presentations on novel coating materials, processes, design and modeling, diagnostic and growth control, mechanical property characterizations, wear and corrosion protection, oxidation resistance and thermal stability, self-cleaning processes and air/water purification, and other aspects related to surface engineering and coatings are solicited.

SE1 Hard and Nanocomposite Coatings: Synthesis, Structure, and Properties

 L. Martinu, École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada, "Effect of Subsurface Reactions on the Growth Mechanism, Microstructure and Properties of Nano-Structured Functional Thin Films Grown under Energetic Ion Bombardment"

 J. Vetter, Sulzer Metaplas GmbH, Germany,"Nanostructured PVD Hard Coatings in Industrial Research and Application"

SE2+PS  Pulsed Plasmas in Surface Engineering

 A.P. Ehiasarian, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, "Mechanisms for Thin Film Adhesion Enhancement by High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering"

 I. Petrov, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, "Atomistic Processes during Energetic Deposition and Etching Studied by STM and LEEM"

SE3 Glancing Angle Deposition

 M.J. Brett, University of Alberta, Canada, "Applications of Porous Thin Films"

SE4 Naturally and Artificially Nanolaminated Coatings: Synthesis, Structure and Properties

 H. Högberg, Linköping University, Sweden, "MAX Phase Coatings"

 J.M. Schneider, RWTH-Aachen, Germany, "Bonding and Elastic Properties of Nanolaminates"

TR+SE5  Multifunctional Nanostructured Ceramic Coatings

 C. Muratore, Air Force Research Laboratory, "Adaptive Tribological Nanocomposite Coatings"

TR+SE6  Wear Mechanisms, Tribochemistry and Nanotribology

 R.W. Carpick, University of Pennsylvania, "Scale Friction and Wear of Carbon-based Materials"

SE7 Photocatalytic Coatings

 A. Fujishima, Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology, Japan, "Photocatalytic Coatings -- Present Situation and Future Direction"

 K.A. Gray, Northwestern University, "Structuring Highly Active, Nano-scale Photocatalytic Films using Reactive Sputtering"

SE8 Advanced Surface Engineering Poster Session