COLLOQUIA of the Computational Materials Science Center
SPRING 2011
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 Sciences
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 7
Chiral Selectivity and Surface Enhancement of Raman Optical Activity
Bruce Johnson
Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX and National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
(Abstract)
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February 14
Relationship between structure and dynamics of complex fluids
William Krekelberg
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
(Abstract)
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February 21
Theory of Correlated Superconductors: s-wave versus d-wave
Predrag Nikolic
School of Physics, Astronomy and Computational Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
(Abstract)
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February 28
Predicting Reactivity of Metallic Nanoparticles
Thomas Allison
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
(Abstract)
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March 7
Studying materials properties from first-principles using the
tools of density functional theory
Dimitris Papaconstantopoulos
School of Physics, Astronomy and Computational Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
(Abstract)
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March 14
No seminar - Spring break
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March 21
Parallel Computing on Distributed-Memory Clusters
for Long-Time Simulations of Calcium Waves in a Heart Cell
Matthias Gobbert
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Maryland Baltimore Co, Baltimore, MD
(Abstract)
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March 28
Theory of Charge Doping of PbSe Nanocrystals and Nanowires using Surface Adsorbates and Defects
Alex Kutana
Center for Computational Materials Science, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D. C.
(Abstract)
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April 4
Using computational design to make rechargeable batteries smaller, faster and lighter
Michelle Joannes
Center for Computational Materials Science, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC
(Abstract)
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April 11
Atom Lasers in Optical Lattices: The Next Generation of Coherent Matter
Waves
Marcos Rigol
Department of Physics, Georgetown University, Washington DC
(Abstract)
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April 18
Quantum Computing Based on Josephson-Junction SQUID Phase
Qubits, Qubits Representations, and Coherence Time
Robert Anderson
Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
(Abstract)
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Past schedules are also available.
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