July 1-26, 2002: Physics of Soft Condensed Matter:
Colloids, Liquid Crystals, Emulsions, Granular Matter and Foams

Scientific Coordinators:

Randall D. Kamien, Fred MacKintosh, Leo Radzihovsky, David A. Weitz

Site Coordinator: Leo Radzihovsky

The Boulder 2002 summer school aims to give attendees exposure to some of the most vital experimental and theoretical areas of study in the physics of soft condensed matter.

Schedule * Lecturers * Lecture Notes

Yahoo Group For Attendees * Boulder Survival FAQ * Roster

For information about applications, travel, student support, facilities, and general background of the Boulder school, please see the Boulder School general site. When the School has started, lecture notes will also be archived at the general site.

This page contains information specific to the 2002 Boulder School.

E-mail with questions about the scientific program can be sent to the organizers at Boulder Organizers.

Email with questions about local organization logistics, housing, etc. can be sent to the Site Coordinator. First however, PLEASE READ the information available on the web page Boulder Survival FAQ.

Confirmed list of 2002 lecturers and seminar speakers:

Paul Chaikin Colloids (Princeton University)
Douglas Durian Foams (University of California, Los Angeles)
Daan Frenkel Simulation of Ordered Phases (FOM, Netherlands)
Randall Kamien Geometry of Materials (University of Pennsylvania)
Ka Yee Lee Langmuir Films (University of Chicago)
Andrea Liu Polyelectrolytes (University of California, Los Angeles)
Tom Lubensky Hydrodynamics and Elasticity (University of Pennsylvania)
Robert Meyer Liquid Crystals (Brandeis University)
Sid Nagel Granular Material (University of Chicago)
David Nelson Defects and Phase Transitions (Harvard University)
Phil Pincus Charged Systems (University of California, Santa Barbara)
David Pine Rheology and Scattering (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Thomas Powers Biophysics (Brown University)
Michael Rubinstein Polymer Physics (University of North Carolina)

The Boulder Summer School in Condensed Matter and Materials Physics has been established to provide education for advanced graduate students and postdocs working in condensed matter physics, materials science and related fields. The goal is to enable students to work at the frontiers of science and technology by providing expert training not easily available within the traditional system of graduate education and postdoctoral apprenticeship. The School is supported by the National Science Foundation, with additional funding provided by the University of Colorado and NIST, and meets annually during July in Boulder, Colorado.