Thomas Truskett, professor and chair of the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, has been named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). Nominated by the Topical Group on Soft Matter, Truskett was cited for “pioneering work elucidating how nanoscale interfaces impact the structure, dynamics and self-assembly of complex fluids and biomolecular systems.”… Read the rest »
Venkat Ganesan, the Kenneth A. Kobe Professor in Chemical Engineering, has been elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) for “contributions to innovative computer simulation approaches and analysis of equilibrium and dynamic properties of multicomponent polymeric materials and nanocomposites.”
“Venkat is a real pioneer in the modeling of a variety of polymer based … Read the rest »
Professor Jim Chelikowsky has won the American Physical Society’s (APS) highest award in the field of computational physics, the Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics.
As the director of the Center of Computational Materials, Chelikowsky develops software to design and discover materials for low-cost energy applications. Potential uses include economical battery materials to … Read the rest »