News from Materials Sciences and Engineering Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee

1. News from Materials Sciences and Engineering Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Iran L. Thomas, Director October 11, 2000

2. Materials Sciences and Engineering Division lIPA uDetailee Iran Thomas, Director Christie Ashton, Program Analyst Tarra M. Hardeman, Secretary Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Chemistry Metal, Ceramic, and Engineering Sciences William Oosterhuis Melanie Becker, Procurement Tech Robert Gottschall Terry Jones, Procurement Tech Metal and Ceramic Sciences Condensed Matter Physics • Alan Dragoo (Materials Science) • Yok Chen (Materials Science) • Vacant (E-Beam Micro.) • Angus Rockett, U. of IL • u Andrew Quong, LLNL (1/4 time) • u Wendy Cieslak, SNL (1/4 time) • uJohn Vetrano, PNNL • Vacant (Synthesis and Processing) Helen Kerch (X-ray and Neutron Scattering) Jerry Smith (Experiment) Manfred Leiser (Theory) Don Liebenberg, Consult. New Hire Coming on Board (X-ray and Neutron Scattering Facilities) New Hire Coming on Board (Theory, Modelling and Computation) u Dale Koelling, ANL Engineering Sciences Materials Chemistry • Robert Price • Bassem Armaly, U. of MO Richard Kelley Matesh Varma Vacant (Biomolecular Matls.) SNS Project DMS&E staff on detail: Jeffrey Hoy • Timothy Fitzsimmons, Detailed as Congressional Fellow, Minority Staff, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources EPSCoR Matesh Varma

3. Status of Positions within the Division • Vacancy was posted for the X-ray and Neutron Scattering Facilities. Applicant accepted the position and will be on board by January 2001. • Vacancy was posted for the Theory, Modeling and Computation. Applicant accepted the position and will be on board by November 2000. • Position Description for the Electron Beam Microcharacterization has been approved and the vacancy will be posted on the board very soon.

4. Awards Funded by Materials Sciences and Engineering Division in FY 2000

5. Changes from FY2000 Nanoscience $11,592 Nanoscience Computation $ 3,371 Nanoscience Facilities Utilization $ 2,726 Facilities Utilization $12,661 LANSCE Upgrade (MIE, Research CE) $ 1,000 ALS Upgrade (MIE, Research CE) $ 900 HFIR HB-2 Extension (MIE, Research CE) $- 450 HFIR Upgrade Instrumentation (Research CE) $ 2,000 SPEAR3 (MIE, Research CE) $ 8,000 EPSCoR $ 870 Core Research Base $ 1,055a/ SNS Other Project Costs $ 1,200 Waste Management $ 8,073 SBIR/STTR $ 496 Total $53,494 a/ Includes $3.2M of HFIR Ops funded in FY 2000

6. DOE Offices of Science and Defense Programs are jointly funding a Nanoscience Network to advance the discovery and understanding of nanoscale phenomena. • Use “glue” funding to stimulate and facilitate synergistic, multi-laboratory collaborations among the existing nanoscience programs. • Selection Criteria: • Excellence in science • Mission relevance to DP • Demonstrable new potential • At least 2 DP and 2 other DOE labs

7. A workshop in April identified 5 scientifically challenging research areas with DP mission relevance and potential for high impact multi-laboratory synergy. • In FY 2001, 3 Network projects will be launched and funded at the level of $300K glue funding each • Nanoscale Tribology • Microsystems for surety, detonation, and high fidelity Joint Test Assemblies • Nanostructured Energy Storage • Precision detonators, net-shape casting of explosives, and optical surface ignition • Tailored Nanostructures • New materials for physics experiments, Joint Test Assemblies, and microsystems • Nanoscale Features of Deformation • Nanostructural effects for predictive aging of the nuclear explosive package • Nanostructural Photonics • Surety and environmental sensing

8. Computational Materials Sciences Network (CMSN) • Mission Statement: The Computational Materials Sciences Network is to advance frontiers in computational materials science by assembling diverse sets of researchers committed to working together to solve relevant materials problems that require cooperation across organizational and disciplinary boundaries. • Network Coordinators Bruce Harmon - Ames Laboratory Ellen Stechel - Ford Motor Company Malcolm Stocks - ORNL Chuck Henager - PNNL • Sponsor Iran L. Thomas - Office of Basic Energy Sciences • BES-Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering Manfred Leiser - Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Chemistry Programs Wendy Cieslak - Metal, Ceramic and Engineering Sciences Programs

9. Computational Materials Sciences Network (CMSN) - Continued • Title of Projects Funded Under CMSN • Microstructural Evolution Based on Fundamental Interfacial Properties - T. Rollett (Carnegie Mellon University) and D. Srolovitz (Princeton University) • Microstructural Effects on the Mechanics of Materials - R. LeSar (Los Alamos National Laboratory) and D. Wolf (Argonne National Laboratory) • Polymers at Interfaces - G. S. Grest (Sandia National Laboratories) • Magnetic Materials Bridging Basic and Applied Science - M. Stocks (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) and B. Harmon (Ames Laboratory) • Excited-State Electronic Structure and Response Functions - S. Louie (University of California at Berkeley) and J. Rehr (University of Washington)