About This Conference
This conference series, inaugurated in 1978, brings scientists together to discuss fundamental issues associated with experimental and theoretical methodologies of chemical kinetics in all physical phases. To accelerate the inclusion of chemical kinetics data into computational simulations (e.g., of flames, atmospheres, and semiconductor processing), the conference will encourage dialogue between the producers and consumers of these data. Topics will include state-of-the-art laboratory rate measurements, computational studies of chemical reactions, and process simulations that incorporate detailed rate data.
Plenary Speakers
- Prof. Michael Frenklach (U. of California, Berkeley) "Development of Predictive Models for Complex Reaction Systems"
- Dr. Carlos Gonzalez (NIST) "On the Possibility of Validation of Quantum Chemistry Methodologies for Computational Kinetics"
- Prof. John H. Kiefer (U. of Illinois, Chicago) "Some observations of vibrational relaxation, unimolecular dissociation, and unimolecular incubation at high temperatures"
- Dr. Stephen Klippenstein (Combustion Research Facility) "Predictive Theory for Radical-Radical Kinetics"
- Dr. John Orlando (National Center for Atmospheric Research) "The Atmospheric Chemistry of Alkoxy Radicals"
- Dr. William J. Pitz (Lawrence-Livermore National Laboratory) "Challenges in the Development of Detailed Chemical Kinetic Mechanisms for Practical Fuels"
- Dr. Ross J. Salawitch (Jet Propulsion Laboratory and California Institute of Technology) "Atmospheric Modeling and Measurements: Reducing Uncertainties through Improved Kinetics and Spectroscopic Data"
Conference Topics
The Conference will feature nine oral sessions and three poster sessions. The single-session oral presentations will consist of plenary lectures and several contributed lectures.
Abstract Submission: The meeting is over.
Subject areas of interest include:
- experimental measurements of the rates and mechanisms of gas, liquid, and heterogeneous reactions involving atomic and polyatomic free radicals and molecules.
- the applications of theory to kinetics including:
- tunneling corrections
- calculation of reaction mechanisms
- development of estimation schemes
- validation of computational uncertainties.
- modeling of real world systems with fundamental chemical kinetic rate data, e.g., combustion, atmospheric chemistry, semiconductor processing, plasma chemistry, and chemical vapor deposition.
- the thermochemistry and reactivity patterns of free radicals, ions, and electronically excited species.
- intramolecular and intermolecular energy transfer.
- chemistry in exotic and extreme environments.
