Computational Materials Science Seminar
This seminar series is sponsored by the Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR), the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
Spring 2009
- January 19, 2009
Dr. Nicole Benedek Department of Materials, Imperial College London
Complexity at Interfaces: Grain Boundaries in SrTiO3
Fall 2008
- November 19, 2008
Dr. Derek Stewart Cornell Nanoscale Facility, Cornell University
A first principles approach to thermal transport in materials and nanostructures - October 31, 2008
Prof. Jochen Autschbach Department of Chemistry, University of Buffalo
Density Functional Calculations of Static and Dynamic Electric and Magnetic Response Properties of Molecules - October 22, 2008
Dr. Sven P. Rudin Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Alternating Layers of Plutonium and Indium as Surrogate for Plutonium - September 5, 2008
Prof. Artem R. Oganov ETH Zurich (Switzerland) and Moscow State University (Russia)
Predicting crystal structures from scratch.
Schedule Spring 2008
- May 1, 2008, 2pm, Thurston
Dr. Anders Niklasson Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Extended Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics. - April 24, 2008, 2pm, Thurston
Prof. Derek Warner School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rate dependence of dislocation nucleation processes predicts twinning trends in f.c.c. metals - April 10, 2008, 2pm, Thurston
Prof. Steven B. White Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine
The renormalization group meets quantum information: new approaches to simulating quantum systems. - March 5, 2008, 2pm, Olin 458
Prof. Barry Dunietz Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan
Exploring Conductance Switching Properties of Molecular Scale Devices - A Computational Approach. - February 7, 2008, 1pm, Baker 132
Prof. Piotr Piecuch Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University
Accurate Quantum Calculations for Many-Electron and Other Many-Fermion Systems: From Reaction Pathways in Chemistry to Properties of Atomic Nuclei.
Other Cornell Seminars on Computational Materials Research
- March 6, 2008, 4:30 pm Bard 140, Materials Science Seminar
Prof. Alan Aspuru-Guzik Department of Chemistry, Harvard University
Excitonic Energy Transfer: Lessons from Nature and Possible Applications to Artificial Solar Energy Harvesting. - February 28, 2008, 4:30 pm Bard 140, Materials Science Seminar
Prof. Gerbrand Ceder Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
The Prediction of Crystal Structure by Combining Knowledge Methods with First Principles Energy Methods.