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Why You Should Care About Crystals
Animations | 21 Aug 2022 | Contributor(s):: Aerielle Rodriguez, Rice University
Why are Crystals important for material engineering? This project tested different crystals with varying band gaps in order to demonstrate the relationship between observable optical properties and physical properties of crystals.
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Properties of Nanomaterials
Online Presentations | 30 Jul 2022 | Contributor(s):: Peter Kazarinoff, Mariel Kolker, NACK Network
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Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Nanomaterials
Online Presentations | 17 Jun 2022 | Contributor(s):: Aziz Boulesbaa, The Micro Nano Technology - Education Center
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Colorful and Smart Nanoscale Materials
Online Presentations | 17 Jun 2022 | Contributor(s):: Yadong Yin, The Micro Nano Technology - Education Center
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Integrating Microelectronics Contexts into Engineering Classrooms: Thermo-Calc Online Tool for the Design of Solder Materials
Online Presentations | 20 May 2022 | Contributor(s):: Congying Wang
This presentation will first present how industrial soldering practices can be contextualized into current engineering classrooms, especially in materials science, to provide students with situated learning experiences. Then we will demonstrate how Thermo-Calc can be utilized as an effective...
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Message-Passing Neural Networks for Molecular Property Prediction Using Chemprop
Online Presentations | 06 May 2022 | Contributor(s):: Kevin Greenman
Chemprop is an open-source implementation of a directed message passing neural network (D-MPNN) that has been demonstrated to be successful in predicting a variety of molecular properties, including solvation properties, optical properties, infrared spectra, and toxicity....
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Refractory Oxidation Database
Tools | 19 Apr 2022 | Contributor(s):: Saswat Mishra, Sharmila Karumuri, Vincent Joseph Mika, Collin Conn Scott, Michael S Titus, Ilias Bilionis, Alejandro Strachan
Creates a database of refractory alloys oxidation
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URE Experience - DFT Thermoelectric Calculations
Online Presentations | 15 Apr 2022 | Contributor(s):: Gustavo Javier
Gustavo discusses his experience in the 2015 NCN URE program and his work to develop a thermoelectric simulation for the nanoHBU tool DFT Material Properties Simulator . Gustavo Javier now teaches high school physics in the Los Angeles area.The DFT Material Properties Simulator can compute...
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LAMMPS Data File Generator Tool Demo
Online Presentations | 15 Apr 2022 | Contributor(s):: Carlos Miguel Patiño
A quick demonstration of the nanoHUB tool LAMMPS Data-File Generator. This was developed as part of the 2017 NCN URE program.
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Learning and Teaching Data Science using nanoHUB’s Cloud Resources
Online Presentations | 18 Mar 2022 | Contributor(s):: Alejandro Strachan
This talk will discuss how data science is accelerating innovation in STEM fields. These tools enable the efficient handling of valuable data, the identification of patterns in large data collections, the development of predictive models, and the optimal design of experiments.
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Lessons from Nanoscience: A Lecture Notes Series
Series | 31 Jan 2022 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom (editor)
The focus of the series is on electronics, but volumes in areas of nanoscience and technology broadly related to electronics will be also be considered, as long as they are driven by a quest for unifying principles that embed a diversity of phenomena or techniques.
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Characterization - Atomic Force Microscopy
Online Presentations | 12 Jan 2022 | Contributor(s):: Wesley C. Sanders, NACK Network
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Nano-Educators Topical Seminar Series
Series | 12 Jan 2022 | Contributor(s):: NACK Network
Please join us for a more in-depth dive of select nanotechnology topics, including resources and tips on how to share these ideas with your students. This series consists of 16 self-contained topics split between March-April and September-October. Though targeted for undergraduate studies,...
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Thermochromic Variable Emittance Coatings for Spacecraft Thermal Control
Online Presentations | 12 Jan 2022 | Contributor(s):: Sydney J. Taylor
Dr. Taylor's research is focused on incorporating a thermochromic insulator-to-metal phase transition material, vanadium dioxide, into nanoengineered coatings to deliver variable heat rejection for spacecraft radiators and structural elements. When the temperature of the spacecraft is above...
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Characterization - Scanning Electron Microscopy
Online Presentations | 11 Jan 2022 | Contributor(s):: Atilla Ozgur Cakmak, NACK Network
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Vacuum Function, Operation and Systems
Online Presentations | 07 Jan 2022 | Contributor(s):: Terry Kuzma, Nancy Louwagie, NACK Network
We will focus on the foundations of vacuum technology used in advance manufacturing and some areas of material characterization, including the definition of vacuum, defining “how much” vacuum is needed, and how concepts, such as “mean free path”, have a direct...
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Thermal Evaporation
Online Presentations | 07 Jan 2022 | Contributor(s):: Peter Kazarinoff, Rich Hill, NACK Network
In this presentation, you’ll learn about how thermal evaporation works and what type of materials and products involve thermal evaporation.
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Chemical Vapor Deposition 2 Modes, 1D, 2D
Online Presentations | 07 Jan 2022 | Contributor(s):: Terry Kuzma, NACK Network
The foundations of Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) will be reviewed, with a focus on Low Pressure CVD (LPCVD), typical deposition system design, and the two modes of deposition.
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Integrated Computational Materials Engineering in the Classroom: Teaching Fundamental Thermodynamics and Kinetics Through an Industry Focused Lens
Online Presentations | 07 Jan 2022 | Contributor(s):: Adam Hope
This presentation will demonstrate ways that Thermo-Calc can be used in the classroom, as a teaching tool, and in industry, as a research and problem solving tool for any ICME framework.
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CHEM 870 Tutorial 01a: Getting to know nanoHUB and Ab-initio Calculations
Online Presentations | 20 Dec 2021 | Contributor(s):: Nicole Adelstein
The goal of these activities is for you to get comfortable with running electronic structure calculations. We will be using the ORCA GUI housed on nanoHUB to start. ORCA can be run from the command line too.