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Week # Topics
1 Introduction: What is modeling, what is simulation, what are they used for?
2 Statistical Mechanics: Statistical averaged behavior of populations of simple actors; percolation = random environments; random walks; diffusion-limited aggregation
3 Molecular Dynamics
4 Monte-Carlo
5 Ab-Initio Calculations: First-principles quantum mechanics calculations of electron density functions
6 Continuum Methods I: Continuum equations, finite difference method for heat conduction
7 Continuum Methods II: From discrete to continuous, finite element method for elastic mechanics
8 Dtraining Sand and Pebble-Bed Nuclear Reactors; How Crystals Melt
9 Interfaces at Equilibrium; Interface Dynamics; Transport-Limited Electrochemistry
10 Phase Transitions; Mechanical Equilibrium and Thermal Transport
11 Dendritic Solidification; Atomistic Simulations in Nanotechnology; Classical and Quantum Annealing
12 Multiscale Modeling of Surface Chemistry; Biomechanics of Bone Remodeling and Fracture
13 Protein Folding; Simulation of Biomedical Processes; Biomembrane Simulations
14 Student Project Presentations