The Materials Properties & Phase Diagrams Center

MSIT Winter School

MSIT Winter Schools comprise lectures given by the MSIT members and invited experts on Phase diagrams, Classical and Computational Thermodynamics, and Crystallography and related applicational topics.

P R O G R A M M E

Zoom link for the Winter School 4-7 April 2022:

* Password you received by email on 01.04.2022.

** It is recommended that you Install Zoom App. Some important features are not available if you join via a web-browser.

SUNDAY, April 3, 2022

CEST/CST/
IST/BST

CEST - Central European Summer Time
CST - China Standard Time
IST - India Standard Time
BST - British Summer Time

15:00/21:00/
18:30/14:00

Get Together.

It will not be our usual Get Together in the Gartenzimmer in Schloss Ringberg, but we would like to use this occasion to introduce the lecturers, MSI staff, MSIT and its activities.

DURATION: ca. 1 hour.

MONDAY, April 4, 2022

CEST/CST/ IST/BST	Group Work on Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data runs in parallel to the Winter School
9:00/15:00/ 12:30/8:00	Welcome to the 6^th MSIT Winter School. Dr. Svitlana Iljenko, Dr. Andrew Watson (MSI, Stuttgart, Germany)
9:10/15:10/ 12:40/8:10	Principles of Chemical Thermodynamics Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK) ABSTRACT
10:30/16:30/ 14:00/9:30	Break (20 minutes)
10:50/16:50/ 14:20/9:50	Crystallography, Part I Dr. Vitaliy Romaka (Technical University Dresden, Germany) ABSTRACT
12:20/18:20/ 15:50/11:20	Break (1 hour)
13:20/19:20/ 16:50/12:20	Crystallography, Part II (with practical session) Dr. Vitaliy Romaka (Technical University Dresden, Germany)	An installation of the VESTA software is required. It is recommended to connect a 2^nd monitor to the device where you follow the lecture in Zoom, or you can use a 2^nd device, where you install VESTA. Please install VESTA prior to this session: http://jp-minerals.org/vesta/en/download.html
14:50/20:50/ 18:20/13:50	Break (20 minutes)
15:10/21:10/ 18:40/14:10	Phase Equilibria and Phase Diagrams, Part I Dr. Martin Palm (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany) ABSTRACT
17:10/23:10/ 20:40/16:10	END

TUESDAY, April 5, 2022

CEST/CST/ IST/BST
9:00/15:00/ 12:30/8:00	Phase Equilibria and Phase Diagrams, Part II (with practical session) Dr. Martin Palm (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany)
10:00/16:00/ 13:30/9:00	Experimental Determination of Phase Diagrams Dr. Frank Stein (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Germany) ABSTRACT
11:00/17:00/ 14:30/10:00	Break (20 minutes)
11:20/17:20/ 14:50/10:20	Experimental Determination of Phase Diagrams, incl. practical session - analysis of data Dr. Frank Stein (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Germany)
12:40/18:40/ 16:10/11:40	Break (1 hour)
13:40/19:40/ 17:10/12:40	Experimental Methods in Thermodynamics, incl. practical session - analysis of data Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK) ABSTRACT
15:10/21:10/ 18:40/14:10	Break (20 minutes)
15:30/21:30/ 19:00/14:30	Application of Density Functional Theory in the Context of Phase Diagram Modelling Dr. Tilmann Hickel, (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany); (BAM, Div.6.4. Materials Informatics) ABSTRACT
16:15/22:15/ 19:45/15:15	Problems and Pitfalls in Evaluating Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamic Data Dr. Liya Dreval (MSI, Stuttgart, Germany) ABSTRACT
17:00/23:00/ 20:30/16:00	END

WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2022

CEST/CST/ IST/BST
9:00/15:00/ 12:30/8:00	Applications of Computational Materials Thermodynamics Prof. Klaus Hack (GTT Technologies, Aachen, Germany) ABSTRACT
10:00/16:00/ 13:30/9:00	Computational Materials Thermodynamics, Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India) ABSTRACT
10:40/16:40/ 14:10/9:40	Break (20 minutes) Please make sure you have downloaded & installed the Pandat software in advance on your device 2, see details below.
11:00/17:00/ 14:30/10:00	Computational Materials Thermodynamics - Practical Session: Thermodynamic Modelling of Phase Equilibria Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India), Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK)
	Device 1: Demonstration	Device 2: Your own Calphad modelling using Pandat
	Device 1: this can be any device (PC or mobile), but we advise that it be no smaller than 10"(250mm), for example an iPad or Android tablet. Here you will watch the step-by-step demonstration of the Calphad modelling given by the lecturer.	Device 2: a Windows PC or laptop, with Pandat software installed. It is recommended that you Install Zoom App! You will use this device for your own Calphad modelling in parallel with the demonstration running on Device 1. With Device 2, you should login into the same Zoom session. When logging into the session here, please enter your name with an identifier, e.g. -Pandat
	“Demonstration” Connect to Zoom with Device 1 Use your name for login, e.g. "J.Smith"	“Pandat” Connect to Zoom with Device 2 Use your name and the word Pandat for login, e.g. "J.Smith-Pandat"

	ASK QUESTIONS in ZOOM: should you wish to ask the lecturer a question you can: a. raise your hand - (the moderator will allow you to unmute in order to ask the question) b. type your question into the chat box - (moderator will read your question to the lecturer.)
	To type your question in the chat window in Zoom: click Chat in the Zoom controls. This will open the chat window. You can type a message into the chat box or click on the drop down next to To: if you want to send a message to a specific person. To raise hand, click on „Reactions“ in the meeting controls:

12:30/18:30/ 16:00/11:30	Break (1 hour)
13:30/19:30/ 17:00/12:30	Computational Materials Thermodynamics - Practical Session: Thermodynamic Modelling of Phase Equilibria Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India) Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK)
15:00/21:00/ 18:30/14:00	Break (20 minutes)
15:20/21:20/ 18:50/14:20	Computational Materials Thermodynamics - Practical Session: Thermodynamic Modelling of Phase Equilibria Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India) Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK)
17:00/23:00/ 20:30/16:00	END

THURSDAY, April 7, 2022

CEST/CST/ IST/BST
9:00/15:00/ 12:30/8:00	Computational Materials Thermodynamics - Practical Session: Thermodynamic Modelling of Phase Equilibria Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India) Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK)
10:30/16:30/ 14:00/9:30	Break (20 minutes)
10:50/16:50/ 14:20/9:50	Computational Materials Thermodynamics - Practical Session: Thermodynamic Modelling of Phase Equilibria Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India) Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK)
12:30/18:30/ 16:00/11:30	Break (1 hour)
13:30/19:30/ 17:00/12:30	Computational Materials Thermodynamics - Practical Session: Thermodynamic Modelling of Phase Equilibria Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India) Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK)
15:00/21:00/ 18:30/14:00	Break (20 minutes)
15:20/21:20/ 18:50/14:20	Computational Materials Thermodynamics - Practical Session: Thermodynamic Modelling of Phase Equilibria Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India) Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK)
16:30/22:30/ 21:00/15:30	MSI Eureka – Modern Electronic Resource and Tool for Efficient Materials R&D. Dr. Svitlana Iljenko (MSI, Stuttgart, Germany) ABSTRACT
16:50/22:50/ 20:20/15:50	Closing and Summary of the 6^th MSIT Winter School 2022
17:00/23:00/ 20:30/16:00	END

FRIDAY, April 8, 2022

CEST/CST/ IST/BST
9:00/15:00/ 12:30/8:00	Group Work on Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data continues in the morning of the 8^th of April 2022.
12:00/18:00/ 15:30/11:00	Closing and Summary of the 36^th MSIT Annual Workshop on Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data. Short group reports.
12:30/18:30/ 16:00/11:30	END

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