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1. Atomistic Material Science

   Courses | 03 Nov 2011 | Contributor(s):: Alejandro Strachan

   This course introduces first principles electronic structure calculations of materials properties and the concept of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of materials focusing on the physics and approximations underlying the simulations and interpretation of their results.

2. Thermal Transport Across Interfaces

   Courses | 23 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Timothy S Fisher

   These lectures provide a theoretical development of the transport of thermal energy by conduction in nanomaterials, in which material interfaces typically dominate transport. The physical nature of energy transport by two carriers: electrons and phonons--will be explored.

3. Solar Cell Fundamentals

   Courses | 19 Aug 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom, J. L. Gray, Muhammad A. Alam

   A new version of the course has been posted here.  The modern solar cell was invented at Bell Labs in 1954 and is currently receiving renewed attention as a potential contribution to addressing the world's energy challenge. This set of five tutorials is an introduction to solar...

4. Near-Equilibrium Transport: Fundamentals and Applications

   Courses | 28 Jul 2011 | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom

   Engineers and scientists working on electronic materials and devices need a working knowledge of "near-equilibrium" (also called "linear" or "low-field") transport. The term "working knowledge" means understanding how to use theory in practice. Measurements...

5. Tutorial 4: Far-From-Equilibrium Quantum Transport

   Courses | 29 Mar 2011 | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck

   These lectures focus on the application of the theories using the nanoelectronic modeling tools NEMO 1- D, NEMO 3-D, and OMEN to realistically extended devices. Topics to be covered are realistic resonant tunneling diodes, quantum dots, nanowires, and Ultra-Thin-Body Transistors.

6. Tutorial 3: Materials Simulation by First-Principles Density Functional Theory

   Courses | 14 Sep 2010 | Contributor(s):: Umesh V. Waghmare

   This two-part lecture will provide an introduction to first-principles density functional theory based methods for simulation of materials, with a focus on determination of interatomic force constants and vibrational spectra of nano- structures and extended periodic materials.

7. Nanoelectronic Devices, With an Introduction to Spintronics

   Courses | 09 Sep 2010 | Contributor(s):: Supriyo Datta, Mark Lundstrom

       Nanoelectronic devices are at the heart of today's powerful computers and are also of great interest for many emerging applications including energy conversion, sensing and alternative computing paradigms. Our objective, however, is not to discuss specific devices or...

8. Colloquium on Graphene Physics and Devices

   Courses | 22 Sep 2009 | Contributor(s):: Joerg Appenzeller, Supriyo Datta, Mark Lundstrom

   This short course introduces students to graphene as a fascinating research topic as well as to develop their skill in problem solving using the tools and techniques of electronics from the bottom up.

9. Nanostructured Electronic Devices: Percolation and Reliability

   Courses | 17 Sep 2009 | Contributor(s):: Muhammad A. Alam

   In this series of lectures introduces a simple theoretical framework for treating randomness and variability in emerging nanostructured electronic devices for wide ranging applications – all within an unified framework of spatial and temporal percolation. The problems considered involve...