The following student projects are associated with MIT course 3.016 Computational Methods for Materials Scientists and the equivalent course taught by MIT professor W. Craig Carter at L’École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL).
2017 (MIT students)
› Selected student projects (click to reveal / hide)
Creating Mathematica Functions to Determine Degree of Crystallinity from XRD Plots (notebook & video)
Thin Film Rainbows (notebook & video)
Real and Reciprocal Space in 2D and 3D (notebook & video)
Finding the Perfect Diamond: Why It’s Impossible (notebook & video)
Nanoparticle-polymer Network (notebook & video)
Visualizing the Energies of Screw Dislocations (notebook & video)
2017 (EPFL students)
› Selected student projects (click to reveal / hide)
Quantum Time Evolution Using the Split Operator Fourier Transform Algorithm (notebook & video)
Tight Binding Model (notebook & video)
Crystallography (notebook & video)
Potential Energy Surfaces (notebook & video)
2D Brillouin Zones (notebook & video)
Crystallographic Point Groups (notebook & video)
A Basic and Fun Introduction to Crystalline Structures (notebook & video)
Heat Transfer in a Material (notebook & video)
Mohr’s Circles (notebook & video)
2015 (MIT students)
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The Fundamental Principles of Reflection and Refraction (notebook)
An Introduction to Spintronics (notebook)
Photoluminescence and a Case Study of Zinc Sulfide (notebook)
Examination of Electrochemical Impedance (notebook)
The Stress and Strain Induced by Dislocations (notebook)
Exploration of Conductive Heat Transfer (notebook)
Birefringence in Dispersive Media (notebook)
Image Processing Using the Watershed Transformation (notebook)
Investigation of the Role of Structure in Color of Biomaterials (notebook)
2012 (MIT students)
› Selected student projects (click to reveal / hide)
Mohr’s Circle (video)
Fluid Flow in Pipes and Rivers (video)
Hooke’s Law in Cubic Solids (video)
Modeling & Energy Analysis of Liquid Crystals (video)
Liquid Crystals (video)
Spherical Distribution Problem (video)
Simulation of Vacancy Diffusion (video)
Particle in a Tube (video)
