Program

Hosted by Christian Van den Broeck, Hasselt University, Peter Salamon, San Diego State University, and Katja Lindenberg, University of California San Diego.

Presentations 25 minutes/Followed by 15 minutes of discussion

Wednesday, July 26
19:00 - 21:30 Welcome reception and dinner at Salamon home
4823 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92115, (619) 286-3562 (see map&directions)
Guest parking in this area is prohibited before 7 pm.
(Conference packets & badges provided at this time)
Thursday, July 27 (UCSD Revelle Campus, Natural Science Building, Room 3211)
08:45 - 09:15 Continental breakfast, conference room area
09:15 - 09:30 K. Lindenberg Opening remarks
09:30 - 10:10 R. Kawai

Fluctuation Theorems Explained with Freshman Physics

10:10 - 10:50 Coffee break
10:50 - 11:30 C. Van den Broeck Carnot efficiency revisited.
11:30 - 12:10 G. Crooks Bayesian estimates of free energies from nonequilibrium work data in presence of instrument noise.
12:10 - 14:00 Lunch & break (inside seating available in Room 3209 NSB; outside patio tables available on 2nd & 3rd floors)
14:00 - 14:40 P. Salamon Principles of Finite Time Thermodynamics
14:40 - 15:20 K. H. Hoffman

Quantifying Dissipation

15:20 - 16:00 Coffee break & discussion time
16:00 - 16:40 B. Andresen Fuel cells and finite-time thermodynamic optimization of mitochondrial chemistry (with Chris Essex).
16:40 - 17:20 C. Essex
Evening Free
Friday, July28 (UCSD Revelle Campus, Natural Science Building, Room 3211)
08:45 - 09:15 Continental breakfast, conference room area
09:15 - 09:55 T. Komatsu A working mechanism of molecular heat engines and heat pumps
09:55 - 10:35 K. Sekimoto

Bidirectional control: a way to look at molecular motors

10:35 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 11:40 N. Nakagawa

Modeling protein thermodynamics, fluctuations and slow folding process from the inherent structure landscape.

11:40 - 12:20 J. Mateos

Walking on Ratchets with Two Brownian Motors

12:20 - 14:00 Lunch & break (inside seating available in Room 3209 NSB; outside patio tables available on 2nd & 3rd floors)
14:00 - 14:40 Discussion
14:40 - 15:20 A. Gomez-Marin

Work and Heat in Feynman Brownian devices

15:20 - 16:00 Coffee break & discussion time
16:00 - 16:40 M. Esposito Electron Counting Statistics in Nanosystems
18:30 - 20:00 No host dinner at El Torito (easy walk from Residence Inn)
Saturday, July 29 (UCSD Revelle Campus, Natural Science Building, Room 3211)
08:45 - 09:15 Continental breakfast, conference room area
09:15 - 10:15 Round table 1:  Can Brownian motors achieve Carnot efficiency?
10:15 - 10:45 Coffee break
10:45 - 11:45 Round table 2:  What was new that we learned about irreversibility?
11:45 - 12:00 Wrap up and closing remarks
12:00 - 12:30 Box lunch and departure