In the Spotlight

Computational Materials in the Spotlight

May 12, 2022 Northwestern University Science Policy Outreach Taskforce Season 3 Episode 8
In the Spotlight
Computational Materials in the Spotlight
Show Notes

Computational modelling has revolutionised complete fields, leading to increasingly advanced theories and applications. But what does computational modelling look like in material science, a field often associated with material things? PhD candidate Sean Koyama is here to walk us through the bleeding edge research that is computational material science!

If you want to learn more about the topics discussed in this episode, check out:

  • A lecture on how innovation in Materials Sciences
  • An educational physics channel
  • A book by Albert Einstein on relativity
  • A short article on the origins and applications of spintronics

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