Designing new materials, atom by atom

Feliciano Giustino, Director of the Center for Quantum Materials Engineering, served as the lead organizer for this week-long event hosting graduate students from around the country. 

Supercomputer simulations reveal topological vortices in polaron quasiparticles.

Gavini’s talk delved into the intricate world of electronic structure calculations, particularly those utilizing density functional theory (DFT). This is the first in a series of Distinguished Lectures at the Oden Institute.

Scientists using supercomputer simulations and atomic resolution microscopes have imaged the signatures of electron orbitals.

Oden Institute core faculty member James R. Chelikowsky co-authored the study published in March 2023 in the journal Nature Communications.

New advances in scientists' hunt for developing cutting-edge materials used in organic light-emittig diodes (OLED) TV's, touchscreens and more.

Supercomputers have helped scientists map for the first time the conditions that characterize polarons in 2D materials, the thinnest materials that have ever been made.

Testing the limits on the most powerful U.S. academic supercomputer.

• Researchers will use holograms to create solid 3D structures at nanoscale
• They are also developing a data processing model to give real-time feedback about efficacy of process

•  Director of the Center for Computational Materials awarded 2022 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for Theory 
• Professor of physics, chemistry and chemical engineering pioneered the use of computational approaches to understand and predict the properties of materials at the nanoscale

• PhD student from Center for Computational Materials selected to participate in the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program
• ​"UT has been crucial in encouraging me to challenge myself to explore and engage"

• O’Donnell Postdoctoral Fellowship provides funding for outstanding graduates to perform high-level, computational research with exceptional faculty in an interdisciplinary environment
• Five new postdoctoral researchers join the Oden Institute community for the 2022-2023 academic year

• New record set for modeling silicon atoms
• Researchers develop method for calculating the energy distribution function, or “density of states,” for over 100,000 atomic models 

• Event honored 16 students that graduated in May 2022, as well as eight other students who graduated throughout the 2021-2022 academic year
• "Congratulations to all our PhD and Master's graduate students. Collectively, you represent an incredible set of accomplishments spanning computing, applied mathematics, statistics, machine learning, engineering, science, geoscience, and medicine."

• Awards Ceremony finally held in-person after two years of hiatus from COVID  
• Staff, students and faculty celebrated and recognized for their significant contributions throughout the year

• Five successful applicants gain the opportunity to tackle some of society's most pressing challenges 
• Researchers will take on a broad range of challenges - from water efficiencies, materials science at the exascale,  the development of more energy-efficient algorithms, as well as advancing individualized care for breast cancer patients     

• Significant honor puts Wohlmuth in the company of scientific figures like Albert Einstein, Max Planck, Charles Darwin and Marie Curie
• Her election to the German National Academy of Sciences - as a computational applied mathematician – establishes the field as a principal core area for scientific knowledge

• Sodium batteries highly stable and capable of recharging as quickly as a traditional lithium-ion battery
• New sodium metal anode for rechargeable batteries resists the formation of dendrites

• First time Oden Institute participates in 40 hours for the Forty Acres  
• Annual UT Austin fundraising event now in its ninth year

• 2021 Peter O'Donnell, Jr. Postdoctoral Fellows bring variety of new skillsets and diverse research interests
• Scope of projects range from computational modeling at atomic scale to development of tsunami simulation techniques

• NSF-funded project major boost for advanced materials research
• Expected to improve prediction capabilities for novel materials design and expand applications in electronics, lighting, energy, and quantum technology

• PhD student wins highly-competitive award for research selected from over 100 poster presentations
• Presentation outlines how to use noncontact atomic force microscopy to image, characterize and manipulate chemical structures

• Workshop covering the physics of electron-phonon interactions reaches huge audience
• 177 participants from 38 countries 

• Giustino selected to participate in the fourth Texascale Days event hosted by TACC
• Quantum materials engineering group get exclusive access to Frontera supercomputer