Geodynamics - Events: Details: 2008 Workshop for Advancing Numerical Modeling of Mantle Convection and Lithospheric Dynamics

	Speaker	Topic
Breakfast 6:30 - 7:45 am
Session 1: Spherical Convection Modeling: Thermo-Chemical Problems and Phase Changes
8 - 8:30 am	Paul Tackley, ETH Zurich	Spherical Multigrid Finite Volume
8:35 - 9:05 am	Allen McNamara, ASU	Chemical Heterogeneity: Tracers and Entrainment
9:10 - 9:40 am	Luce Fleitout, ENS Paris	Convection with Phase Changes
9:45 - 10 am	Magali Billen, UC Davis	Discussion
Morning Break 10 - 10:30 am
Session 2: Lithosphere Deformation and Surface Processes
10:30 - 11:30 am	Sean Willett, ETH Zurich	Implementing Erosional Crustal Deformation
11:30 - 11:45 am	Dennis Harry, Colorado C	Discussion
Lunch 11:45 am - 1:15 pm
Session 3: Lithospheric Large-Scale Deformation Codes and Free Surface Problems
1:15 - 1:45 pm	Boris Kaus, ETH Zurich	Lagrangian Large Deformation Finite Elements
1:50 - 2:20 pm	H. Muhlhaus, U of Queensland	Level Sets
2:25 - 2:55 pm	Walter Landry, CIG	CIG Software and Gale
Afternoon Break 3 - 3:30 pm
Session 4: Mini-Lectures on Numerical Methods
3:30 - 5:15 pm	Walter Landry	Gale Hands-On Tutorial
Dinner 5:15 - 6:30 pm
Posters in the Residence Halls: 7 - 10 pm

	Speaker	Topic
Breakfast 6:30 - 7:45 am
Session 1: Lithosphere-Mantle Coupling and Spectral Methods in Mantle Convection
8 - 8:30 am	Mike Gurnis, Caltech	G-Plates and Mantle Convection
8:35 - 9:05 am	Robert Moucha, UQAM	Spectral Methods for Mantle Convection with 3D Viscosity Variations
9:10 - 9:40 am	Alex Forte, UQAM	Spectral Methods for Time-Dependent Mantle Convection
Morning Break 9:45 - 10:15 am
Session 2: Convergent Margins
10:15 - 10:45 am	Eugeni Burov, Paris VI	Convergent Margin Processes
10:50 - 11:20 am	Boris Kaus, ETH Zurich	Subduction Benchmarks
11:25 - 11:45 am	Thorsten Becker, USC	Discussion
Lunch 11:45 am - 1:30 pm
Session 3: Lithospheric Deformation and Extensional Tectonics
1:30 - 2 pm	Mian Liu, Missouri	Lithospheric Deformation with Faults
2:05 - 2:35 pm	Garrett Ito, U of Hawaii	Extensional Tectonics and Magmatism
2:40 - 3 pm	Magali Billen, UC Davis	Discussion
Afternoon Break 3 - 3:30 pm
Session 4: Mini-Lectures on Numerical Methods
3:30 - 3:55 pm	Dell Computers (Workshop Sponsor)	High-Performance Computing
4 - 4:30 pm	Shijie Zhong, CU Boulder	Multigrid Methods
4:35 - 5:05 pm	Alik Ismail-Zadeh, Karlsruhe U	Data Assimilation
5:10 - 5:15 pm	Magali Billen, UC Davis	Travel Reimbursement and Future Workshops
Dinner 5:15 - 6:30 pm
Posters in the Residence Halls: 7 - 10 pm

	Speaker	Topic
Breakfast 6:30 - 7:45 am
Session 1: Mantle Convection and Rheology: Results and Technical Challenges
8 - 8:30 am	Slava Solomatov, Washington U	Grain-Size Dependent Convection
8:35 - 9:05 am	Einat Lev, MIT	Anisotropic Convection
9:10 - 9:40 am	Dave May, Monash U	Rheology of Plates and Mantle Convection
Morning Break 9:45 - 10:15 am
Session 2: More on Numerical Methods
10:15 - 10:45 am	Matt Knepley, Argonne Nat. Lab	PetSc
10:50 - 11:20 am	Huw Davies, Cardiff	Adaptive Mesh Refinement
11:25 - 11:45 am	J. van Wijk, LANL	Discussion
Lunch 11:45 - 1:15 pm
Session 3: Dynamic Topography and Gravitational Potential Energy: Results and Technical Challenges
1:15 - 1:45 pm	Eh Tan, CIG	Exchange, CitcomS, Coupling Mantle Convection Codes
1:50 - 2:20 pm	Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, UC London	Modeling Sources of Topography and Stress
2:25 - 2:55 pm	Lucy Flesch, Purdue	The Role of Mantle Tractions and the Crust
Afternoon Break 3 - 3:30 pm
Session 4: Modern Clusters and Visualization of Dynamic Simulations
3:30 - 4 pm	B. Broadley, UC Davis	Next Generation Parallel Machines
4:05 - 4:35 pm	O. Kreylos, UC Davis	Interactive Visualization Tools for Large-Scale Dynamic Simulations
4:40 - 5:15 pm	Scott King, V Tech	Discussion, Feedback, Wrap-Up
Dinner 5:15 - 6:30 pm
Demonstration of KeckCAVES: 7 - 10 pm