Open Positions
We are anticipating several openings in our research group for Ph. D. students in Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical Engineering. Opening for Ph.D. students are availablein the field of development and implementation of molecular modeling methods for study of property/structure relationships in soft condensed matter, with applications to polymer melts, polymer and liquid crystal nanocomposities, polymer and gel electrolytes, polymer micelles and high energy materials.Modeling techniques include ab initio electronic structure calculations,atomistic molecular dynamics simulations, mesoscale models including bond-fluctuation Monte Carlo and self-consistent field approaches, and continuum models based upon the material point method. Many of our modeling studies are conducted in close collaboration with experimentalists and provide students an opportunity to learn about leading-edge experimental techniques(e.g., neutron scattering, rheology, NMR relaxation, dielectric spectroscopy)currently being applied to bulk polymers, polymer interfaces and nanostructured polymer composites.We invite interested students to contact us via e-mail at
Prof. Grant Smith
University of Utah