From lmartinsamos at gmail.com Wed Oct 5 10:33:09 2011 From: lmartinsamos at gmail.com (Layla Martin-Samos) Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 10:33:09 +0200 Subject: [Pw_users] server maintenance Message-ID: Dear all, this afternoon there will be probably some connection problems with the Quantum ESPRESSO web page due to server maintenance. thank you for your comprehension Layla -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.democritos.it/pipermail/pw_users/attachments/20111005/93e4798f/attachment.htm From stewart at cnf.cornell.edu Wed Oct 12 19:54:44 2011 From: stewart at cnf.cornell.edu (Derek Stewart) Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:54:44 -0400 Subject: [Pw_users] PASI Workshop "Computational Materials Science for Energy Conversion and Generation" January 9-20, 2012 Message-ID: <4E95D464.9000108@cnf.cornell.edu> *Computational Materials Science for Energy Conversion and Generation* *Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute* *January 9-20, 2012* *Santiago, Chile -- Pontifica Universidad Catolica de Chile* *http://www.cnf.cornell.edu/cnf_pasi2012.html* *Registration Deadline: Oct. 21, 2011* *Travel funding available for participants* *_Overview_* This workshop will provide young researchers (graduate students and post-docs) from across the Americas with lectures and hands-on tutorials on computational material science for energy applications.Participants will also give presentations on their own research and work together in collaborative teams on challenge projects.This two week workshop provides a unique opportunity to develop international connections and collaborations. *_Energy Topics include:_* Thermoelectrics (electronic and thermal transport), Battery Design Optimization , Structure Searches for New Materials, Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting, Nanophotonics for Solar Energy Applications, Catalysis Design *_Code Tutorials in:_ *Density functional theory (Quantum Espresso, Siesta, OpenMX), Molecular dynamics (LAMMPS), Photonics (MEEP, MPB), Multiphysics (Elmer), and more *_Registration Info:_ *The registration procedure is available on the PASI website.All qualifying participants will receive travel and expenses support to attend the workshop.*Applicants must be doing research in a country in North or South America.*** There are limited spots so please apply early. Registration Deadline: October 21, 2011 *Questions?*:Please contact the workshop organizers Derek Stewart (derek.stewart at cornell.edu ) or Richard Hennig (rhennig at cornell.edu ) *Funding:* This workshop is made possible through generous support from the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, the Office of Naval Research Global (ONRG), the International Center for Materials Research (ICMR), and the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network (NNIN). -- ################################ Derek Stewart, Ph. D. Senior Research Associate ** New Webpage ** http://sites.google.com/site/dft4nano/ 250 Duffield Hall Cornell Nanoscale Facility (CNF) Ithaca, NY 14853 stewart (at) cnf.cornell.edu (607) 255-2856 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.democritos.it/pipermail/pw_users/attachments/20111012/d296348a/attachment.htm