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
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
Eric Cochran	Chemical Engineering, Iowa State	Self-consistent field theory, polymer physics

CFDC NATIONAL LABORATORY PARTNERS

Dr. Paul Welch	Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Theoretical Division
Dr. Kim Rasmussen	Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Theoretical Division
Dr. Amalie Frischknecht	Sandia National Laboratory Advanced Materials Laboratory

CORPORATE PARTNERS (since inception)