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.


Programme 2024


SUNDAY, January 21, 2024

from 15:00

ARRIVAL

16:09

Tegernsee train station

Shuttle 1 to the castle

 

17:09

Tegernsee train station

Shuttle 2 to the castle

 

18:09

Tegernsee train station

Shuttle 3 to the castle

 

19:00

Gartenzimmer

Get Together (snack bar)

 

MONDAY, January 22, 2024

8:00–8:45

Speisesaal

Breakfast

8:45

Konferenzraum

Welcome to the MSIT.

Dr. Svitlana Iljenko (MSI, Germany) and Dr. Andy Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK)

 

MSIT Winter School

MSIT Workshop

9:00

Principles of Chemical Thermodynamics

Prof. Lesley Cornish (Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa)

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data
(allocated group rooms)

10:20

Konferenzgebäude

Coffee & Poster Session

10:40

Konferenzraum

Phase Equilibria and Phase Diagrams, Part 1

Prof. Andreas Leineweber, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data
(allocated group rooms)

12:30

Speisesaal

Lunch

14:00

Konferenzraum

Phase Equilibria and Phase Diagrams, Part 2 with practical session

Prof. Andreas Leineweber, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data
(allocated group rooms)

15:10

Konferenzraum

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

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data
(allocated group rooms)

16:10

Konferenzgebäude

Coffee & Poster Session

16:30

Konferenzraum

Crystallography, Part 1

Dr. Vitaliy Romaka (Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Germany)

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data
(allocated group rooms)

18:30

Speisesaal

Dinner

 

TUESDAY, January 23, 2024

8:00 – 8:45

Speisesaal

Breakfast

8:45

Konferenzraum

Crystallography, Part 2

Dr. Vitaliy Romaka (Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Germany)

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data
(allocated group rooms)

9:45

Konferenzraum

Experimental Determination of Phase Diagrams, Part 1

Dr. Frank Stein (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Germany)

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data
(allocated group rooms)

10:30

Konferenzgebäude

Coffee & Poster Session

10:50

Konferenzraum

Experimental Determination of Phase Diagrams, Part 2 incl. practical session - analysis of data

Dr. Frank Stein (Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Germany) and Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India);

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data
(allocated group rooms)

12:30

Speisesaal

Lunch

14:00

Konferenzraum

Experimental Methods in Thermodynamics, incl. practical session - analysis of data

Dr. Alexander Pisch (SIMaP, UGA-CNRS-Grenoble INP, France)

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data
(allocated group rooms)

15:30

Konferenzraum

Phase Diagram Modelling.

Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, Hampton, UK)

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data
(allocated group rooms)

16:00

Konferenzgebäude

Coffee & Poster Session

16:20

Konferenzraum

Introduction to Pandat.

Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, Hampton, UK)

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data
(allocated group rooms)

17:20

Konferenzraum

General Thermodynamic Aspects of Phase Diagrams.

Prof. Klaus Hack (GTT Technologies, Aachen, Germany)

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data
(allocated group rooms)

18:30

Speisesaal

Dinner

20:00

Konferenzraum

Diffusion Controlled Phase Transformations and Precipitation Reactions.

Dr. Andre Schneider (Thermo-Calc Software, Solna, Stockholm)

21:00

Speisesaal

Feuerzangenbowle

 

WEDNESDAY, January 24, 2024

8:00 – 8:45

Speisesaal

Breakfast

8:45

Konferenzraum

Description of Datafiles for Optimisation.

Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India)

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data
(allocated group rooms)

9:30

Konferenzraum

Theory of Optimisation

Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India); Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK)

10:15

Gartenzimmer

Coffee

10:35

Konferenzraum

Computational Materials Thermodynamics - Practical Session: Thermodynamic Modelling of Phase Equilibria

Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India); Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK)

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data
(allocated group rooms)

12:30

Speisesaal

Lunch

14:00

Konferenzraum/
Grüner Seminarraum

Computational Materials Thermodynamics - Practical Session: Thermodynamic Modelling of Phase Equilibria.

Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India); Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK)

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data
(allocated group rooms)

16:00

Gartenzimmer

Coffee

16:20

Konferenzraum

Computational Materials Thermodynamics - Practical Session: Thermodynamic Modelling of Phase Equilibria.

Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India); Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK)

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data
(allocated group rooms)

18:30

Speisesaal

Dinner

 

THURSDAY, January 25, 2024

8:00 –8:45

Speisesaal

Breakfast

8:45

Konferenzraum

Computational Materials Thermodynamics - Practical Session: Thermodynamic Modelling of Phase Equilibria.

Prof. K.C. Hari Kumar (IIT Madras, India); Dr. Andrew Watson (Hampton Thermodynamics, UK)

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data
(allocated group rooms)

 

10:15

Gartenzimmer

Coffee

 

10:35

allocated group rooms

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data.
Participants of the Winter School join groups for evaluation work.

 

12:30

Speisesaal

Lunch

 

14:00

Konferenzraum

Problems and Pit Falls in Evaluating Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamic Data; Dr. Liya Dreval (MSI GmbH, Germany)

  for participants of the Winter School and the Workshop

 

15:00

allocated group rooms

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data.
Participants of the Winter School join groups for evaluation work.

 

16:00

Gartenzimmer

Coffee

16:20

allocated group rooms

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data.
Participants of the Winter School join groups for evaluation work

 

17:30

Fireplace
ground floor

Guided tour through the Castle of Ringberg

18:30

Speisesaal

 Dinner (Bavarian buffet)

 

FRIDAY, January 26, 2024

8:00 – 8:45

Speisesaal

Breakfast

before 9:00

 

Clear rooms before 9:00

8:45

Re-allocated
group rooms

Critical Evaluation of Materials Constitution Data.
Participants of the Winter School join groups for evaluation work

10:00

Gartenzimmer

Coffee

10:20

Konferenzraum
Chair: Dr. Liya Dreval

Group Reporting

11:45

Konferenzraum

Closing of the Winter School and the Workshop

12:00

Speisesaal

Lunch

After lunch

 

Departure

 

 


ECTS credit-equivalents

Although we are not giving ECTS credits, many Universities allocate equivalents of ECTS credits for participation in the MSIT Winter School. We recommend that you make enquiries at your Institution. Four and a half days of participation is the equivalent of at least 36 hours including breaks.

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