Network for Computational Nanotechnology
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| Abstract | This report describes the activities of a student participant and his faculty advisor associated with a visit to the Jawarharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bangalore, India during the Spring 2008 semester. The visit was sponsored by the US National Science Foundation's International Research Experiences for Engineers program. The primary outcomes include new research collaborations at the intersection of nanotechnology and energy, and associated computational tools to be published on nanoHUB.org, the web portal for the NSF-supported Network for Computational Nanotechnology. Other substantial outcomes include the planning and hosting of bi-lateral workshops that engage a large cross-section of researchers from the partner institutions and the development of plans to create a joint research center with a focus on nanotechnology-enabled energy solutions. |
| Contributor | Mourad Ouzzani
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| Bio | Timothy S. Fisher received Ph.D. and B.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University in 1998 and 1991, respectively. He joined the Purdue's School of Mechanical Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center in 2002 after several years at Vanderbilt University, and was promoted to Professor in 2007. In 2008 he was a Visiting Professor in the Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR, Bangalore, India), and he now holds the position of Adjunct Professor in the International Centre for Materials Science at JNCASR. Prior to his graduate studies, he was employed from 1991 to 1993 as a design engineer in Motorola's Automotive and Industrial Electronics Group. His research has included efforts in simulation and measurement of nanoscale heat transfer, coupled electro-thermal effects in semiconductor and electron emission devices, nanoscale direct energy conversion, molecular electronics, microfluidic devices, hydrogen storage, and computational methods ranging from atomistic to continuum scales. His current efforts include theoretical, computational, and experimental studies focused toward integration of nanoscale materials with bulk materials for enhancement of electrical, thermal, and mass transport properties. Applications of his work cover a broad range of areas, including nanoelectronics, vacuum electronics, thermal interface materials, convective cooling, thermal-electrical energy conversion, biosensors, and hydrogen storage. This work has also produced related studies of controlled synthesis of nanomaterials, particularly carbon nanotubes.
Kyle C. Smith was raised in Orrville, Ohio after which he pursued a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. During his undergraduate studies he was employed by Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. as a mechanical engineering cooperative education student. After receiving a B.S.M.E. with Highest Distinction from Purdue University in 2007 he is now studying for Ph.D. at Purdue as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow. His research interests include heat conduction in solid-state hydrogen storage media, nano-scale thermal transport, and renewable energy solutions. At the Birck Nanotechnology Center and Zucrow Labs he is modeling heat conduction in metal hydrides and developing metal hydride compacts with enhanced heat conduction. He has been actively involved in undergraduate mentorship through Purdue's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. Kyle and Prof. Timothy Fisher are actively collaborating with researchers in India (JNCASR, Bangalore) on several projects, including ab initio modeling of metal hydrides, discrete element modeling and quasi-static compression of metal hydride powders, and chemical nanosoldering. |
| Cite this work | Researchers should cite this work as follows: Timothy Fisher and Kyle Smith, "Network for Computational Nanotechnology", Trip report presented at the NSF IREE 2008 Grantees Conference, May 2008, Washington, D.C. |
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