Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 1.978 (January (IAP) 2007) 
• Course Title:
• From Nano to Macro: Introduction to Atomistic Modeling Techniques 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Civil and Environmental Engineering 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Markus Buehler 
• Course Introduction:
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  1.978 From Nano to Macro: Introduction to Atomistic Modeling Techniques
  
  
  
  

  January (IAP) 2007

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features complete sets of lecture notes and assignments. This course is offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs from the first week of January until the end of the month.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  The objective of this course is to introduce large-scale atomistic modeling techniques and highlight its importance for solving problems in modern engineering sciences. We demonstrate how atomistic modeling can be used to understand how materials fail under extreme loading, involving unfolding of proteins and propagation of cracks.

  This course was featured in an MIT Tech Talk article.

  
  
  

  Technical Requirements

  
  
  

  Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .m.

  Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .dcd, .psf, .xyz, and .coor files are the input files.