COLLOQUIA of the Computational Materials Science Center
SPRING 2009
Coordinator:
Estela Blaisten-Barojas |
This series of colloquia is related to the research activities of the
Computational Materials Science Center.
Recent topics of interest in condensed
matter, physics, and chemistry are presented weekly by speakers both internal and
external to GMU. This activity is part of the
Computational Materials and Chemical Science
and
Computational Physics components of the doctoral program in
Computational Sciences and Informatics. Students interested in obtaining one credit for their
attendance can register in
CSI 898.
Seminars are held on Mondays at 4:30 PM in Room 301 of Research I, except as noted. Coffee and refreshments are served when
funds are available. New visitors may find
directions
to reach our
Fairfax campus. |
February 2
Rough surface adhesion in dry and wet environments
Frank del Rio
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
(Abstract)
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February 9
Phase transitions of films and adsorbed gases caused by the structure and relaxation of the substrate
Silvina Gatica
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Howard University, Washington D.C.
(Abstract)
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February 23
Getting it right. An internally consistent method for the molecular dynamics simulation of surface tension
Raymond Mountain
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
(Abstract)
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March 9
Spring break - No seminar
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March 16
Designing Neutron Sensors Using Open Source Monte Carlo Software
Matthew Schor
Trojan Defense LLC, Reston, VA
(Abstract)
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March 23
Deformable Autonomous Vehicles; ongoing research and challenges
William Sandberg
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), McLean, VA
(Abstract)
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March 30
Nano Materials for Hydrogen Storage
Puru Jena
Department of Physics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
(Abstract)
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April 6
Buckyball Maracas: Chemical and Electrochemical Properties of
Endohedral Fullerenes
Luis Echegoyen
Clemson University, Department of Chemistry, Hunter Laboratories, Clemson, SC
(Abstract)
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April 13
"Stitching Time: Accelerating the simulation of materials systems"
Michael Falk
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
(Abstract)
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April 20
Informatics approach for classification of inorganic crystals
and computer experiments of molecular systems
Estela Blaisten-Barojas
Department of Computational and Data Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
(Abstract)
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April 27
The quest for optical metamaterials
Eleftherios N. Economou
Institute of Electronic Structure and Lasers
FORTH, Crete, Greece
(Abstract)
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May 4
Kinetics of Phase Transitions in block-copolymers
Rama Bansil
Department of Physics, Boston University, Boston, MA,
(Abstract)
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Past schedules are also available.
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