July 31-Aug 1, 2007

July 31-Aug 1, 2007

Topics: News from BES; Introduction of BESAC Grand Challenges Report; Reports on the Chapters of the Grand Challenges Report; Report of the BRN for Combustion Workshop; Report of the BRN for Geosciences Workshop; Report of the BRN for Energy Storage Workshop; Report ofthe Committee of Visitors for the Scientific User Facilities Division; Report of the BRN for Extreme Environments Workshop; Update on BRN Workshop for Catalysis; Report of Chemistry and Physics Gender Equity Workshop

1) News from the Office of Basic Energy Sciences Patricia Dehmer, BES ppt
2) Introduction and Executive Summary of the BESAC Grand Challenges Report Graham Fleming, Univ. of California, Berkeley ppt
3) Grand Challenges: Chapter 2 - Control of Electron in Atoms, Molecules and and Materials - Creating a New Language for the Behavior of Electrons Philip Bucksbaum, Stanford University ppt
4) Grand Challenges: Chapter 3 - Basic Architecture of Matter-Director Assembly, Structure and Properties Tobin Marks, Northwestern Univ. ppt
5) Grand Challenges: Chapter 4 - Emergence of Complex Phenomena--Strongly Correlated Multiparticle Systems Leon Balents, Univ. of California, SB ppt
6) Grand Challenges: Chapter 5 -Nanoscale Communication - Energy, Entropy and Information Jay Groves, LBNL ppt
7) Grand Challenges: Chapter 6 - Science of Matter Beyond Equilibrium Mark Ratner, Northwestern Univ. ppt
8) Report on the BES Basic Research Needs for Combustion Workshop Andy McIlroy, SNL ppt
9) Report on the BES Basic Research Needs for Geosciences Workshop Don DePaolo, UCB Lynn Orr, Stanford U ppt
10) Report on the BES Basic Research Needs for Energy Storage Michelle Buchanan, ORNL ppt
11) Report of the Committee of Visitors for the Scientific User Facilities Division Richard Osgood, Columbia University ppt
12) Report on the BES Basic Research Needs for Extreme Environments George Crabtree, ANL ppt
13) Report on the upcoming BESBasic Research Needs for Catalysis Workshop Raul Miranda, BES ppt
14) Report of Chemistry and Physics Gender Equity Workshop Linda Blevins, BES pdf