The 2nd Annual Workshop of the Texas Materials Modeling Network was held from 12:00pm on Friday December 14, 2012 to 4:00 pm on Saturday December 15, 2012 at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. Click the links on the schedule below to download presentations from the workshop.
Schedule & Presentations
Friday, December 14
11:30 am – 12 pm: Registration
12:00 – 1:30 pm: Lunch
Session 1: Materials ChemistryChair and Moderator: Alan Needleman, Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas
1:30 – 2:15 pm “Molecular Machines”, Ron Elber, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin
2:15 – 3:00 pm “Quantum Theory Applied to Materials”, James R. Chelikowsky, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin
3:00 – 3:30 pm Coffee Break
3:30 – 4:00 pm “Towards Molecularly Informed Traction-Separation Relations”, Kenneth M. Liechti, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas at Austin
4:00 – 5:00 pm Discussion
Dinner
Saturday, December 15
8:30 – 9:00 am: Continental breakfast
Session 2: Hydraulic FractureChair and Moderator: Chad Landis, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas at Austin
9:00 – 9:30 am “A Fully Compositional Hydraulic Fracturing Model: The Effect of Fluid Composition on Fracture Propagation and Flowback”, Mukul M. Sharma and L. Ribeiro, Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
9:30 – 10:00 am “The Mechanics of Interacting 3-D Cracks”, Mark M. Mear, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Texas at Austin
10:00 – 10:30 am Break and poster viewing
10:30 – 11:30 am Discussion
11:30 am – 1:00 pm: Lunch and poster viewing
Session 3: Nano-Structured MaterialsChair and Moderator: Pradeep Sharma, Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston
1:00 – 1:45 pm “In the Quest for Models of 2D-Materials Growth and Polycrystallinity”, Boris I. Yakobson, Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Chemistry, Rice University
1:45 – 2:30 pm “Graphene and Related Materials”, Rod R. Ruoff, Materials Science & Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
2:30 – 3:30 pm Discussion
Programs & Maps
TXMMN 2nd Annual Workshop Program (.pdf)
University of Texas Map (.pdf)