Computational Nanoscience: where Chemistry, Materials Science, and Physics meet

Friday, October 12, 2012: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
616 (WSCC)
Chair:
Mario Borunda, PhD, Research Associate, Harvard University

Description: Computational nanoscience will improve our understanding of chemistry, materials science, and physics by combining the application of numerical methods, models, and algorithms. Computational nanoscience will have implications in the design and understanding future nano-devices and novel energy efficient materials. The speakers will discuss approaches to solve problems relevant to society.



8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:55 AM
Using supercomputers to understand how electrons move in graphene/metal junctions
Salvador Barraza, PhD , Assistant Professor , University of Arkansas
9:15 AM
Imaging at the nanoscale: exploring the quantum behavior of electrons
Mario Borunda, PhD , Research Associate , Harvard University
9:35 AM
Modeling mesocale phenomena in crystalline membranes
Monica Olvera de la Cruz, PhD , Lawyer Taylor Professor , Northwestern University