Speaker: Maria Emelianenko
Title: On a Statistical Theory of Critical Events in Miscrostructure Evolution
Affiliation: George Mason University.
Date: Friday, November 9, 2007.
Place and Time: Room 101, Love Building, 3:35-4:30 pm.
Refreshments: Room 204, Love Building, 3:00 pm.

Abstract. In this talk, I will focus on the microscopic behavior of the grain boundary system and on understanding the role of topological reconfigurations during evolution. We have explored several evolution equations based on pure probabilistic and stochastic descriptions and compared against the results provided by simulation. Their advantages and limitations, numerical characteristics and possible extensions to higher dimensions will be discussed.