31st International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics

This is the second announcement of 31st International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics, which is to be held in Glasgow, Scotland on 23-27 July 2018. You are very welcome to participate RGD2018. And please pass the information to anyone who may be interested in this symposium.

The deadline for abstract submission is 1 April 2018. And we will regularly update information on our website http://jwfl.ac.uk/events.cfm. Please also check the announcement document. We look forward to seeing you in Scotland.

15^th European Vacuum Conference

From June 17-22, 2018 the 15^th European Vacuum Conference will take place in Geneva, Switzerland. The deadline for the abstracts is December 15^th, 2017. More information can be submitted via the Conference website https://evc15.org/. 

The topics of the conference are the following:

1. Applied Surface Science
2. Biointerfaces
3. Electronic Materials and Processing
4. Nanotechnology
5. Plasma Science and Technique
6. Surface Science and Engineering
7. Thin Films and Coatings
8. Vacuum Science and Technology
9. Vacuum in Accelerators

5^th European Conference on Microfluids and 3^rd European Conference on Non-Equilibrium Gas Flows

From February 28^th – 2^nd March, 2018 the 5^th European Conference on Microfluids (µFlu’18) and the 3^rd European Conference on Non-Equilibrium Gas Flows (NEGF18) will take place in Strasbourg, France.

Registration to one of the conference will give free access to all sessions of the other conference.

The Abstract submission deadline is November 1^st, 2017. This deadline has been extended to November 20th, 2017.

For details about these coupled events, please visit the conference website at http://mflu-negf-2018.com

2^nd  Workshop on Data Assimilation & CFD Processing for PIV and Lagrangian Particle Tracking

From December 13-14, 2017 the 2^nd Workshop on Data Assimilation and CF Processing for PIV and Lagrangian Particle Tracking will take place in Delft, the Netherlands.

The deadline for one-page abstract submission is on September 29, 2017

It is also possible to attend the workshop without oral presentation.

Talks are planned on the following areas:

1. Data assimilation techniques for flow measurements / PIV / LPT
2. Dense velocity/acceleration from volumetric measurements
3. Lagrangian particle tracking in densely seeded flows (e.g. STB)
4. Pressure from PIV / LPT
5. Variational techniques using adjoint Navier‐Stokes for PIV / LPT
6. Kalman filtering techniques for flow measurements

Following the success of the first workshop last year two keynote lecturers are invited:

Prof. Dr. Peter Schmid, Imperial College, London

Data assimilation and dynamic observers for data-based flow field recovery;

Dr. Dominique Heitz, IRSTEA, Rennes

Coupling experimental and computational fluid dynamics: synopsis of approaches, issues and perspectives.

Note that registration on http://cfdforpiv.org is required for attendance.

2nd Workshop on Data Assimilation & CFD Processing, Delft

16^th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, SET 2017

Deadline for abstracts submission extended to March 15th, 2017

From July 17-20, 2017 the 16^th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies, SET 2017, will take place in Bologna, Italy. The deadline for the abstracts submission has been recently extended to March 15th, 2017. More information can be received and abstracts can be submitted via the Conference website www.set2017.org

The topics of the conference are the following:

1. Energy Technology & Renewables (Low-carbon/ low-energy technologies; Solar energy; Wind energy; Geothermal energy; Ocean/tidal energy; Biomass systems; Biofuels; Energy and Exergy efficiency)

2. Energy Storage & Conversion (Artificial photosynthesis; Gasification; Hydropower; Thermomagnetic conversion; Batteries; Carbon sequestration; Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies; Phase change materials)

3. Building Physics & Efficient HVAC systems (Building energy technologies and systems; Ventilation and air conditioning technologies; Heat pumps; Heating and cooling systems; Green and sustainable buildings and materials; Energy efficiency in buildings; Dynamic simulations of buildings and HVAC systems; Domotics & HVAC Control Systems)

4. Sustainable Cities & Environment (Sustainable and resilient cities; Sustainable urban systems and infrastructure; Smart and responsive buildings; Smart grids; Energy demand and use optimization; Life cycle assessment; Ecology, ecosystem and biodiversity; Waste management and recycling)

5. Policies & Management (Energy and environment policies; Energy and carbon savings incentive; Energy and environment security; Enviroeconomics; Exergoeconomics; Sustainable energy education; Sustainable energy awareness, acceptance and take-up; International cooperation)