Spring 2023 Chemical Engineering & Applied Physics E4120 section R01

STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND COMP METHODS

STATISTICAL MECHANICS

Call Number 13712
Day & Time
Location
F 12:10pm-2:00pm
608 Schermerhorn Hall [SCH]
Points 3
Grading Mode Standard
Approvals Required Instructor
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 0 students (35 max) as of 11:39PM Thursday, May 8, 2025
Subject Chemical Engineering & Applied Physics
Number E4120
Section R01
Division School of Engineering and Applied Science: Graduate
Campus Morningside
Note DO NOT REGISTER FOR THIS SECTION.
Section key 20231CHAP4120ER01