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CAREER: Theory and Simulation of the Structure and Mechanical Properties of Non-crystalline Solids

Sponsor: National Science Foundation - MPS DMR

Non-crystalline solids, also known as glasses, are found amongst all types of materials including semiconductors, ceramics, polymers and, more recently, metals. These non-crystalline metals, referred to as bulk metallic glass (BMG) alloys, have only been successfully produced in the last twenty years, and they
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Integrated Atomistic and Continuum Simulation Studies of Stress-defect Interactions in Semiconductors

Sponsor: National Science Foundation - ENG CMS

This work seeks to lay the foundation for a new class of continuum modeling methods for simulating the coupling of stress and diffusion at length scales from nanometers to microns. Correctly accounting for coupling between stress and defects is of crucial importance for addressing fundamental

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Fundamental Simulation Studies of Mixing at Sliding Interfaces

Sponsor: National Science Foundation - ENG CMS

The investigator and student supported by this grant employ computer simulation on the atomic scale to model the mixing that occurs at the surface when two materials slide against one another. During sliding the way the material responds to elevated stress is intimately connected to

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AtomLab: An Open Source MATLAB Environment for Instruction Regarding Atomic Processes in Materials

Sponsor: CRLT Whittaker Fund

This project resulted in the creation of AtomLab, a MATLAB based learning environment for use in introducing concepts regarding atomic scale physics in materials. AtomLab was designed to be utilized at three different levels of instruction. In graduate and upper division undergraduate classes in

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