Kirklops

My blogs

Gender	Male
Industry	Science
Occupation	Postdoctoral Researcher
Location	Chicago, IL, United States
Introduction	I am a scientific software developer and computational materials scientist with interests in fields spanning crystal structure prediction, thermodynamics, nucleation and phase change, heat transfer, and reaction kinetics in nanomaterials. As a computational materials scientist I investigate material interaction at nanoscale interfaces and surfaces via a wide variety of tools, including density functional theory, molecular dynamics, phase field modeling, and continuum finite element simulations. I try to regularly maintain (but fail) the following blogs. 1) Interstate 42 - Tales from the road. 2) TechSpeak - A collection of articles on Physics, Materials Science and Engineering that I came across in a quest for knowledge, now suitably organized and presented on a single portal. 3) Life in a black and white world - Personal space filled with articles based on my reading, dreams and general self realization. 4) Struggle against terrorism - Single post, now defunct. Enjoy reading. If you have any comments or any suggestions or just want to drop in to say hi, feel free to post a comment. There is nothing more valuable than your opinion.
Interests	Tennis, squash, photography, books.