Program

Gordon Research Conference on

"Oscillations and Dynamic Instabilities in Chemical Systems"

Plymouth State College, Plymouth, New Hampshire

July 18-22, 1988

Chairman:   J. Ross          Vice Chairman:   K. C. Showalter

Day                             Speakers                      Title

Monday Morning

Chair:   I. Epstein        P. de Kepper               "Aspects of Sustained Temporal and

                                                                        Spatiotemporal Dynamics in Isothermal

                                                                        Liquid Phase Reaction Systems"

                                    K. Showalter               "Complex Oscillations in the Belousov-

                                                                        Zhabotinsky Reaction"

Monday Evening      

Chair:   J. Laplante      G. Ertl                         "Oscillations in Catalysts at Platinum

                                                                        Single Crystal Surfaces"

                                    J. L. Hudson               "Dynamics of Electrochemical Reactions

Tuesday Morning

Chair:   J. Ross            I. Proccacia                  "The Organization of Chaos"

                                    G. Nicholis                  "Chemical Dynamics, Deterministic

                                                                        Chaos and Markov Processes"

Tuesday Evening

Chair:   J. Tyson         C. Vidal                       "Experimental Study of Chemical Waves"

                                    P. Ortoleva                  "Spatio-Temporal Structure in Reaction-

                                                                        Transport Systems"

Wednesday Morning

Chair:   Y. Kevrekidis   R. Kapral                  "Discrete Dynamics and Pattern Formation

                                                                        in Chemical Systems"

                                      R. Field                     "From Chemical Oscillations to Chemical

                                                                        Mechanisms to Models"

Wednesday Evening

Chair:   E. Koros         Short Presentations

Thursday Morning

Chair:   F. Schneider    A. Winfree                  "2D and 3D Vortex Waves (Reentry) in

                                                                        Vivo, in Vitro, and in Numero"

                                    R. Larter                      "Oscillations and Pattern Formation in

                                                                        Membranes"

Thursday Evening

Chair:   D. Luss           J. Villermaux               "Mixing Effects on Complex Reactions

                                                                        In Stirred Reactors:  A Chemical Engineer

                                                                        Approach"

                                    R. Tranquillo               "On Why Cells Don't Crawl in Straight

                                                                        Lines:  Consequences of Stochastic

                                                                        Receptor Sensing of Chemical

                                                                        Concentrations"

Friday Morning

Chair:   E. Wasserman Short Presentations

Everyday:   Poster Session