Spring 2019

• Presentation at the 16^th International Joint Conference on e-Business and Telecommunications (ICETE 2019), 26-28 July 2019 , Prague, Czech Republic:

Razib Iqbal, T. Kuttenkuler, C. Brewer and R. Sakidja, "A Framework for Visualizing the Dynamic Events of Carbon Nanocomposites using Virtual and Augmented Reality Tools"

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• Oral presentation at the 26th Einhellig Interdisciplinary Forum  (May 4rd, 2019):

  Rajan Khadka "Studying the structural properties of amorphous Boron Carbide using MD and HRMC"

  **Rajan was recognized as one of the 2019 graduate student winners for the outstanding oral presentation competition**

• Poster presentations at CNAS Undergraduate Research Day (May 3rd, 2019):

Austin Bollinger, “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Metallic Systems”.

** Austin won 1^st place for Physics, Astronomy & Materials Science category **

Tyler McGilvry-James, “Molecular Dynamics (MD) Potential Development for Carbides”.

Devon Romine, Chris Klenke, Daniel Fishbein, “Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Study Tunnel Barrier Layer Formation in Ultra-thin Film Alumina”.

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• The 28th Annual Spring Meeting of the NASA-Missouri Space Grant Consortium, held at at the Missouri University of S&T, Rolla MO, April 26-27, 2019

Greg Luckey and Devon Romine, “Adapting Molecular Dynamics Hydrocode to Simulate Large Scale Oblique Impact Structures”, Oral presentation at the 28th Annual Spring Meeting of the NASA-Missouri Space Grant Consortium, held at the Missouri University of S&T, Rolla MO, April 26-27, 2019. Co-advisors: R. Sakidja and K. Evans.

Daniel Fishbein, Devon Romine and Greg Luckey, “Application of Hydrocode Modeling to Model Low-Angle Terrestrial Impacts”, Poster presentation at the 28th Annual Spring Meeting of the NASA-Missouri Space Grant Consortium, held at the Missouri University of S&T, Rolla MO, April 26-27, 2019. Advisor: R. Sakidja.

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• 2019 Annual Review Meeting for Crosscutting Research, April 9-11, 2019, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

R. Sakidja, W-Y Ching and C. Zhou, "Multi-modal Approach to Modeling Creep Deformation In Ni-Base Superalloys"

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• Seminar talk at the Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering in Michigan Technological University (Feb. 18th 2019):

"The Use of Atomistic-Based Modeling and Informatics to Design and Synthesize Complex and Novel Materials"

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• Presentations at the 43^rd International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites (ICACC), Daytona Beach, FL, Jan. 27 - Feb. 1, 2019 :

  • (Invited) Ridwan Sakidja, N. Baishnab, R. Khadka, J. Z. Wu,  "The use of classical and ab-initio molecular dynamics modeling to design and synthesize complex disordered solid structures".

  • Rajan Khadka, N. Baishnab, P. Rulis, J. Hwang, M. Paquette, N. Oyler, G. Opletal and R. Sakidja "The structure of amorphous hydrogenated boron carbide (a-BC:H) studied using a Hybrid Reverse Monte Carlo algorithm (HRMC)".

  • Nirmal Baishnab, R. Khadka, P. Rulis and R. Sakidja, "Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study on Synthesis and Characterization of Boron Carbide from Orthocarborane".