Student Conference Support

AVS Pacific Northwest Chapter

Student Conference Support for 2011

Information coming soon

Student Conference Support for 2010

Student Travel, Accommodation & Registration Support

To encourage student participation, reduced registration fee, $25 will be charged to current students. First 30 students that submit abstract for oral and/or poster session by August 22 will be eligible for two nights (Sep 15-16) of free accommodation in a dorm style room in PNNL User Guest House. Please contact Barbara Diehl (barb@pnl.gov), Tel: (509)371-6453 for more information.

Accommodation & Transportation

A block of 30 dorm rooms (free to presenting students) has been set aside at User Guest House which is located within walking distance from conference site. More information and driving direction can be found at www.pnl.gov/guesthouse. Additional accommodation is available in nearby hotels within North Richland (4-7 miles). Please contact Barbara Diehl (barb@pnl.gov), Tel: (509)371-6453 for more information.

EMSL Tutorials

A tutorial is planned on September 14 and 15 (two days prior to PNW-AVS symposium) on the application and integration of experimental imaging and spectroscopic capabilities and molecular simulations using NWChem (A scalable computational chemistry code utilizing the supercomputers at EMSL), with the focus on surface and interfacial characterization of materials. Although the tutorial is free of charge, registration is needed to reserve a place. We can only accommodate about 40 attendees and places will be reserved on first-come, first-served basis. Limited financial support maybe available for graduate students (accommodation) and if the support is needed the graduate students are encouraged to indicate the need for the support in their emails. Tutorials will be held for 1.5 days followed by a half day hands-on session to gain experimental and simulation experience. The following topics will be discussed:

	Combination of atom probe tomography and focused ion beam capability
	Applications of Helium ion microscopy in material characterization
	Surface analysis methods (XPS, ToF SIMS and RBS)
	Applications of Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) in surface and interface characterization
	NWChem computational chemistry and Chinook

The graduate students, researchers, engineers and the faculty members are encouraged to attend this tutorial. The interested people should send their requests to Dr. Theva Thevuthasan (theva@pnl.gov) or Ms. Barbara Diehl (barb@pnl.gov).