Spring 2023 Chemical Engineering & Applied Physics E4120 section 001

STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND COMP METHODS

STATISTICAL MECHANICS

Call Number 13711
Day & Time
Location
T 7:10pm-9:55pm
633 Seeley W. Mudd Building
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required None
Instructor Ben O'Shaughnessy
Type LECTURE
Method of Instruction In-Person
Course Description

Boltzmann’s entropy hypothesis and its restatement to calculate the Helmholtz and Gibbs free energies and the grand potential. Applications to interfaces, liquid crystal displays, polymeric materials, crystalline solids, heat capacity and electrical conductivity of crystalline materials, fuel cell solid electrolytes, rubbers, surfactants, molecular self assembly, ferroelectricity. Computational methods for molecular systems. Monte Carlo (MC) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation methods. MC method applied to liquid-gas and ferromagnetic phase transitions. Deterministic MD simulations of isolated gases and liquids. Stochastic MD simulation methods.

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Department Chemical Engineering
Enrollment 45 students (60 max) as of 9:06AM Friday, May 9, 2025
Subject Chemical Engineering & Applied Physics
Number E4120
Section 001
Division School of Engineering and Applied Science: Graduate
Campus Morningside
Section key 20231CHAP4120E001