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| 5th International Workshop on Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics IWNET 2009 |
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ScopeThe application of thermodynamics to non-equilibrium systems is by no means obvious. Therefore, it is not surprising that there have been a number of theoretical developments following various approaches to deal with such systems: Classical nonequilibrium thermodynamics with internal variables, Lagrangian methods, bracket formulations, continuum or rational thermodynamics, variational formulations, extended irreversible thermodynamics, the matrix model, network thermodynamics, the GENERIC formalism and finite-time thermodynamics. To bring together and unify this variety of approaches and to achieve a common framework, suited for applications, a first workshop was organized in 1996 in Montreal to discuss this matter (Workshop report by M. Grmela, JNNFM 69 (1997) 105-107). The common opinion was that it should be possible now to combine the various approaches in some kind of common generalized theory. In order to achieve this, a second, third and fourth international workshop were held in Oxford, 2000, Princeton, 2003 (Workshop report by A. Beris and B.J. Edwards, JNNFM 120 (2004) 1-2) and Rhodes, 2006 (Workshop report by V. G. Mavrantzas, A. N. Beris and Ath. Tzavaras, JNNFM 152 (2008) 1). To continue the previous efforts of bringing non-equilibrium thermodynamics to the same level of clarity and usefulness as equilibrium thermodynamics, the fifth international Workshop will take place in Cuernavaca, in August 23-28, 2009. The workshop is expected to highlight recent advances in the field, in particular, new theoretical developments and state-of-the-art modelling/simulation techniques founded on or guided by principles of non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Particular emphasis will be given in this edition to areas of possible application that open up new challenges and perspectives as well as the more traditional topics. These include small and confined systems, granular matter, interfacial phenomena and biological systems. By the end of the Workshop we hope that participants will not only have had the chance to widen their own views on the possibilities and present limitations of non-equilibrium thermodynamics but also to confirm the importance of establishing self-consistent links between the different levels of description (each level addressing phenomena over a specific window of length and time scales).The Proceedings of IWNET2009 will be again published as a special issue of the Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics. The Guest Editors in this occasion will be L. García-Colín Scherer, M. López de Haro and F. Vázquez Hurtado. Apart from the contributions of the invited speakers, papers presented at the Workshop may be submitted for publication in this special issue to any of the Guest Editors and will follow the usual review process. Deadlines for submission and instructions for preparing the accepted manuscripts will be provided in due course.
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