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ASEN 6519: Molecular Simulation of Materials, being offered in Spring 2023! Write your own molecular dynamics simulation code and apply for class projects!"
11/2022: SN presented invited seminar at the Materials Science and Engineering Program Seminar at the University of Wyoming!
10/2022: SN presented an invited seminar at the Department of Materials Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar, India campus!
08/2022: CUANTAM Lab presented update on "Investigation of Thermal Properties of Porous Niobium Thermal Sprays via Image-Based Finite Element Method and Machine Learning Approaches" at the CU Sandia Day, 2022!
08/2022: Excited to have Philip Szeremeta and Gustav Cedergrund join our team. Welcome!
06/2022: SN participated at the invited "Thermal Transport at the Nanoscale'' Workshop in scenic Telluride, CO!
05/2022: SN organized "Symposium DS03—Phonon Properties of Complex Materials—Challenges in Data Generation, Data Availability and Machine Learning Approaches'' in the Materials Research Society 2022 Spring Meeting (Hybrid) to bring together research on current and emerging data generation and data driven analysis approaches to describe phonons of complex materials!
05/2022: SN presented CUANTAM research on "Describing Phonon Properties of Nanostructures: Perspective from Atomistic Modeling and Data Driven Techniques" at the "Symposium DS03—Phonon Properties of Complex Materials—Challenges in Data Generation, Data Availability and Machine Learning Approaches" in the Materials Research Society 2022 Spring Meeting (Hybrid).
05/2022: SN presented CUANTAM research on "Ab Initio Modeling Data Based Autoencoder to Interpret ARPES Data and Assist Inverse Design of Semiconductor Heterostructures" at the Symposium DS01—Integrating Machine Learning and Simulations for Materials Modeling, Design and Manufacturing in the Materials Research Society 2022 Spring Meeting (Hybrid).
04/2022: Max Van Sickle is chosen to present poster at the college-wide Discovery Learning Apprentice (DLA) Symposium on Friday, April 15th in the Engineering lobby from 1-2:30 PM. Congratulations Max!
04/2022: Artem Pimachev is presenting research updates from the Materials Design for Hypersonics project at the Spring 2022 IRT (Interdisciplinary Research Themes) Research Blitz Event on April 12!
04/2022: Andrew Sapuppo and Max Van Sickle are presenting their research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) on April 5th!
03/2022: Our manuscript "Effect of Electron-Phonon and Electron-Impurity Scattering on Electronic Transport Properties of Silicon/Germanium Superlattices" is published in Journal of Materials Chemistry C!
03/2022: We presented at the American Physical Society March Meeting in Chicago. First in-person big conference in a while, fun!
03/2022: Excited to kick-off the "Investigation of Thermal Spray Coating Interface Effects on Thermal Properties" project in partnership with the Sandia National Laboratories!
12/2021: SN presented an invited talk virtually at the Third Indian Materials Conclave and the 32nd Annual General Meeting of Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) during December 20-23, 2021.
11/2021: Congratulations to Max Van Sickle and Andrew Sapuppo for being selected to present research to peers, faculty, and staff from all over the nation, at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) on April 4-8, 2022. Their submission underwent a rigorous review by experts and considered to be demonstrating unique contribution to the respective field of study.
11/2021: SN organized session "11-09-03: Modeling and Simulation Methods" in the virtual ASME 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2021).
10/2021: SN presented an invited seminar at the Severo Ochoa Workshop on Phononics and Thermal Transport (SOPHOT2021) (hybrid format).
09/2021: We received a seed grant for the Materials Design for Hypersonics project from Hypersonic Vehicles IRT!
09/2021: SN is organizing Symposium DS03—Phonon Properties of Complex Materials—Challenges in Data Generation, Data Availability and Machine Learning Approaches in the Materials Research Society 2022 Spring Meeting in Hawaii (Hybrid)!
08/2021: Excited to have Andrew Sapuppo, Max Van Sickle and Ethan Olander join our team. Welcome!
07/2021: Physicists Teach AI to Simulate Atomic Clusters
06/2021: AI may soon predict how electronics fail
06/2021: Our manuscript "First-principles prediction of electronic transport in fabricated semiconductor heterostructures via physics-aware machine learning" is published in npj Computational Materials!
04/2021: SN presented technical talks virtually at the MRS Spring Meeting.
03/2021: SN presented at the NSF-JST Joint Workshop on Thermal Transport, Materials Informatics and Quantum Computing."
03/2021: Manoj and Artem presented technical talks virtually at the APS March Meeting.
02/2021: Our perspective on "Autonomous Computing Materials" is published in ACS Nano!
02/2021: SN is invited to speak at the workshop on Thermal Transport, Materials Informatics and Quantum Computing jointly organized by US National Science Foundation and Japan Science and Technology Agency.
01/2021: Our manuscript is in the front page of Journal of Applied Physics!
01/2021: Our manuscript "Role of substrate strain to tune energy bands–Seebeck relationship in semiconductor heterostructures" is featured as Editor's pick in Journal of Applied Physics!
01/2021: New Year, New Story! "Nanostructure research reveals new ways to direct heat flow in tech devices!"
08/2020: Ankrit Uprety joins our group. Welcome, Ankrit!
08/2020: Quentin Moore joins Odyssey Space Research LLC, Houston, TX. Congratulations, Quentin!
08/2020: Our manuscript "Anisotropic In-Plane Phonon Transport in Silicon Membranes Guided by Nanoscale Surface Resonators" is published in Physical Review Applied!
05/2020: Our manuscript "Theoretical Prediction of Enhanced Thermopower in n-Doped Si/Ge Superlattices Using Effective Mass Approximation" is published in Journal of Electronic Materials!
03/2020: Cuantam group presented virtually during the APS March Meeting 2020! Watch Manoj's presentation here!
11/2019: Our manuscript "Optimization of Seebeck coefficients of strain-symmetrized semiconductor heterostructures" is published in Applied Physics Letters!
10/2019: SN was invited to participate in the "Microelectronics Workshop", held at the Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, October 15-16, 2019.
10/2019: SN participated in the "Regional Academic Collaboration (ReACt) Computational Mechanics & Sciences Workshop", held at the University of Utah, October 10-11, 2019.
09/2019: SN receives an NSF-HDR-Ideas Lab grant for project "Autonomous Computing Materials" in collaboration with MIT, UCSD, OSU and JHU. Read further!
08/2019: Morgan Henderson and Kyle Li join our group. Welcome, Morgan, Welcome, Kyle!
05/2019: SN presented a seminar at the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
04/2019: Vitaly joins Micron Technology. Congratulations, Vitaly!
04/2019: SN is invited to participate in the NSF "Harnessing the Data Revolution (HDR): Institutes for Data-Intensive Research in Science and Engineering - Ideas Labs (I-DIRSE-IL)."
03/2019: SN presented two talks at the APS March Meeting 2019, in Boston, MA, on "Optimization of Electron-Phonon Coupling and Electronic Transport in Semiconductor Superlattices" and on "Machine Learning Electronic Transport Properties of Multilayered Semiconductor Nanostructures", respectively.
01/2019: Our manuscript "Heat and charge transport in bulk semiconductors with interstitial defects" is published in Physical Review B!
Spring 2019: Special topic course "Molecular Simulation of Materials", Tue, Thu 02:00 PM - 03:15 PM in Fleming 103.
12/2018: SN receives a Quantum Explorations in Science & Technology (QuEST) grant, supported by CUbit.
12/2018: SN receives an Innovative Inclusion Ideas grant for the "Engineering Voices" concept. Stay tuned!
11/2018: SN presented posters at the MRS Fall Meeting 2018, in Boston, MA.
10/2018: SN was invited to serve as a Panelist at the DOE Office of Science (DOE-SC) workshop for "Basic Research Needs for Microelectronics."
09/2018: Vitaly gave a technical presentation at the 21st International Conference on Ternary and Multinary Compounds Conference, Monday, Sept. 10, in Boulder.
08/2018: SN presented a seminar at the Nanoscience And Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, IL.
08/2018: Riley Hadjis joins our group. Welcome, Riley!
07/2018: SN presented a poster at the "Crystal defects for qubits, single photon emitters and nanosensors workshop, July 9-July 13, 2018, Bremen, Germany.
06/2018: Jason Herron joins our group. Welcome, Jason!
05/2018: We got a new logo! Check it out!
05/2018: Artem Pimachev joins our group. Welcome, Artem!
04/2018: The group is presenting a poster at the Multi Physics Workshop, in CU Boulder, check it out!
04/2018: SN gave a technical presentation at the MRS Spring Meeting 2018, in Phoenix, AZ.
04/2018: Vitaly presented a poster at the MRS Spring Meeting 2018, in Phoenix, AZ, check it out!
03/2018: SN presented a seminar at the Department of Electrical Engineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, UCLA.
03/2018: SN gave a technical presentation at APS March Meeting.
02/2018: Manoj selected to participate in the 2018 NSF/DOE Quantum Science Summer School (QS3) with the mission of training toward the next "quantum revolution." Congratulations, Manoj!
02/2018: Our project "Mesoscale model development for multi-interface materials" receives seed grant award from Interdisiplinary Research Theme Multi-functional Materials!
09/2017: Our project "Thermal Interface Modeling to Shape Thermoelectric Performances" (TIMSTEPS) receives a supplement $260,000 award from DARPA!
09/2017: Quentin Moore joins our group. Welcome, Quentin!
08/2017: Paul Salame joins our group. Welcome, Paul!
08/2017: Manoj Settipalli joins our group. Welcome, Manoj!
08/2017: Tyler Sterling joins our group. Welcome, Ty!
06/2017: SN chaired a technical session in the Micro/Nano-Mechanics and Low-Dimensional Materials symposium at the International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES), Madeira, Portugal.
06/2017: SN presented an invited talk at the International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES), Madeira, Portugal.
05/2017: SN moderated a panel on "Academic Job Search" in the Women in Aerospace Symposium at the University of Colorado Boulder.
05/2017: Our review article "Nanophononics: state of the art and perspectives", published in 2016, is placed by Web of Science in the top 1% highly cited paper of the academic field of Physics as of January/February 2017 based on a highly cited threshold for the field and publication year.
05/2017: SN co-authored a paper titled "Native surface oxide turns alloyed silicon membranes into nanophononic metamaterials with ultralow thermal conductivity" published in Physical Review B (Rapid Communication).
04/2017: Lee Huynh receives UROP Summer 2017 Individual Grant for project "Smart Adaptive Thermal Interface Design Using Machine Learning Methods." Congratulations, Lee!
04/2017: SN presented a poster at MRS Spring Meeting 2017.
04/2017: SN presented at the Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series, University of Wyoming, Laramie.
03/2017: SN chaired a technical session on Energy Conversion at APS March Meeting 2017.
02/2017: Lee M. T. Huynh joins our group. Welcome, Lee!
02/2017: Dr. Pratik P. Dholabhai joins our group from Los Alamos National Laboratory. Welcome, Pratik!
11/2016: SN gave a technical presentation at IMECE-ASME conference.
10/2016: Dr. Vitaly S. Proshchenko joins our group from University of Wyoming. Welcome, Vitaly!
10/2016: SN was invited to present at the CoMPS Seminar Series and ME Graduate Seminar, CU Boulder.
08/2016: SN presented at the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Research Seminar, UC, Colorado Springs.
07/2016: SN receives a $700,000 grant from DARPA for the project "Thermal Interface Modeling to Shape Thermoelectric Performances" (TIMSTEPS).
07/2016: We co-authored a paper accepted for publication in Applied Physics Letters.
06/2016: We co-organized "Nanoscale Heat Transfer Minisymposium" in Boulder.
05/2016: Tanya Schulz joined our group. Welcome, Tanya!
05/2016: SN was invited to present at the NIST: Applied Chemicals and Materials Division Seminar, Boulder.
05/2016: Our project "Adaptive Thermal Interfaces: Thermal Pathway Design by Engineered Vibrational Coupling" accepted to be funded through the CU SPUR program.
03/2016: SN gave a technical presentation at APS March Meeting.
01/2016: We co-authored a review article published in the European Physical Journal B.
11/2015: SN was invited to present a technical seminar at IISER (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research), Pune, India.
09/2015: Group is formed.