Workshop on Predicting the Thermophysical
Properties of Fluids by Molecular Simulation

N.I.S.T., Gaithersburg, MD

June 18-19, 2001

Sunday, June 17 Organizing Committee and Facilitators Meeting

4:00 PM
Hilton Hotel

Attendees: Siepmann, Murad, Friend, Mountain, Nyden, Johnson,
Garrett, Case, Furip, Moore, Storer, Golab, Chaka

Appointment of session reporters
Meeting of breakout session facilitators
Initial charges to Working Group chairs
Other business

Program

Note: Continental breakfasts, box lunches, and coffee
breaks will be provided for all workshop participants.

Monday, June 18

9:00 am - 11:15
Bldg. B101, LR-C

Plenary Session I: Industry Requirements for Molecular Simulations
D. Frurip (Dow) and J. Golab (BP), chairs

9:00

Opening Remarks, Raymond Mountain

9:15

Talk No. I1: Christina Thomas (3M Corporate Technical Center)

9:45

Talk No. I2: Fiona Case (Colgate-Palmolive Company)

10:15

Talk No. I3: Michael Greenfield (Ford Research Laboratory)

10:45

Talk No. I4: Tyler Thompson (The Dow Chemical Company)

11:15

Break

11:30 - 1:00

Discussion and Planning Sessions

Bldg, 224, B245

IA. Key Properties and Compounds [Frurip]

Bldg. 101, LR-C

IB. Molecular Simulation Tools in Industry [Golab]

1:00 - 2:00

Lunch Break and Informal Discussions

2:00 - 4:15
Bldg. 101, LR-C

Plenary Session II: Force Fields in Molecular Simulation
B. Garrett (PNNL) and R. Johnson (NIST), chairs

2:00

Reports from Discussion Sessions IA and IB

2:15

Talk No. II.1: William Goddard, III (Caltech)

2:45

Talk No. II.2: Richard Friesner (Columbia)

3:15

Talk No. II.3: Ilja Siepmann (Minnesota)

3:45

Talk No. II.4: Stanley Sandler (Delaware)

4:15

Break

4:30 - 6:00

Discussion and Planning Sessions II

Bldg. 101, LR-C

IIA. Developing Benchmarks [Siepmann]

Bldg. 224, A312

IIB. Transferability of Force Fields [Case]

Bldg. 224, B245

IIC. Alternatives in Force Field Development [Garrett]

Bldg. 226, B221

IID. Sensitivity of Simulation Results [Mountain]

6:00 - 6:15
Bldg. 101, LR-C

Plenary Session II (continued)
Reports from Discussion Sessions IIA, B, C, D

6:15

Adjourn

7:30

Dinner: Tack Room at Gaithersburg Hilton (contact Marc Nyden)

Tuesday, June 19

8:30 am - 10:30
Bldg. 101, LR-C
Plenary Session III: Methods in Molecular Simulation
I. Siepmann (Minnesota) and S. Murad (Illinois-Chicago), chairs

8:30

Talk No. III.1: Sohail Murad (Illinois-Chicago)

9:00

Talk No. III.2: David Kofke (SUNY Buffalo)

9:30

Talk No. III.3: Athanassios Panagiotopoulos (Princeton)

10:00

Talk No. III.4: Edward Maginn (Notre Dame)

10:30

Break

10:45 - 12:15

Discussion and Planning Sessions III
Bldg. 226, B221 IIIA. Equilibrium and Transport Properties [Thompson, Moore]
Bldg. 101, LR-C IIIB. Multiple Components and Inhomogeneous Systems [Storer, Golab]

12:15 - 1:15

Lunch and Informal Discussions

1:15 - 2:00
Bldg. 101, LR-C

Plenary Session IV: Programmatic Issues in Molecular Simulation
A. Chaka (NIST) and D. Friend (NIST), chairs

1:15

Reports from Discussion Sessions IIIA, B, C, D

1:30

NIST program initiatives
1:45 Assignments and Charges to the Working Groups

2:00

Break

2:15 - 3:15

Working Group Meetings I

Bldg. 226, B221

IA. Tutorials Working Group [Murad]

Bldg. 224, A359

IB. Publications Working Group [Siepmann]

Bldg. 226, B317

IC. Website Working Group [Johnson]

3:15 - ?

Working Group Meetings II

Bldg. 224, B245

IIA. Recommendations Working Group [Mountain]

Bldg. 224, A312

IIB. Open Competition Working Group [Nyden]

Bldg. 224, A359

IIC. Consortium Working Group [Friend]

A block of rooms has been reserved for the workshop participants at the Gaithersburg Hilton (301-977-8900) for June 17 and 18. You must identify yourself as part of the "PTPFM group" to get the workshop rate of $109/night. If this is not to your liking, you will find a list of hotels on the NIST website. Please feel free to contact Marc Nyden at 301-975-6692 or by email if you need any additional information.

For those staying at the Hilton, they will provide transportation to and from NIST. Please make reservations upon your arrival at the front desk for Monday morning (leave the Hilton at 8:30am), Tuesday morning (leave the Hilton at 8:00am), and Monday evening (leave NIST at 6:30pm).


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