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Complex Fluids Design Consortium |
The Complex Fluids Design Consortium brings together UCSB researchers and select faculty
from other institutions with industry and national laboratory researchers interested in the computational design
of soft materials and complex fluids. CFDC themes include:
- Methodologies for computational design of soft materials including polymer
alloys, solutions, suspensions, and complex fluid formulations
- Development of software tools for predicting self-assembly, thermodynamic
properties, and phase behavior of complex fluids
- Development of software tools for predicting processing behavior of complex
fluids
- Development of efficient methods for treating charged polymer systems including
polyelectrolyte solutions and complexes
- Integration of atomistic, mesoscopic, and macroscopic modeling techniques
- Application of the above modeling tools and techniques to systems of interest
to the consortium members
CFDC PARTICIPATING FACULTY
| Glenn Fredrickson, Director |
Chemical Engineering & Materials, UCSB |
Polymer physics, field theory, and mesoscopic simulation methods |
| Sanjoy Banerjee |
Chemical Engineering & Mechanical Engineering, UCSB |
Fluid mechanics, turbulence modeling, and phase field models of multiphase flow |
| L. Gary Leal |
Chemical Engineering & Materials, UCSB |
Fluid mechanics, coalescence, and breakup phenomena |
| Hector Ceniceros |
Mathematics, UCSB |
Applied mathematics, numerical methods, partial differential equations |
| Carlos Garcia-Cervera |
Mathematics, UCSB |
Applied mathematics, numerical methods, partial differential equations |
| Andrei Gusev |
Materials, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich) |
Finite elements methods, composite media, physical property modeling |
| Eric Cochran |
Chemical Engineering, Iowa State |
Self-consistent field theory, polymer physics |
CFDC NATIONAL LABORATORY PARTNERS
| Dr. Tony Redondo |
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
Theoretical Division |
| Dr. Turab Lookman |
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
Theoretical Division |
| Dr. John Curro |
Sandia National Laboratory
Advanced Materials Laboratory |
| Dr. Amalie Frischknecht |
Sandia National Laboratory
Advanced Materials Laboratory |
CORPORATE PARTNERS
Rhodia
General Electric
Arkema Corporation
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
Nestle Corporation
The Dow Chemical Company
Kraton Polymers
A document summarizing CFDC policies and procedures can be downloaded here.
If you have questions pertaining to objectives of the CFDC, please contact:
Prof. Glenn Fredrickson, Phone: (805) 893-8308
If you have general questions, please contact:
Sara Bard, Phone: (805) 893-7913
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