1. 09/27/07Dr. Jie Zou1 Physics Department Academic Foundation Day September 27, 2007

2. 09/27/07Dr. Jie Zou2 New Option: Computational Physics  What can you do?  What are the research opportunities?  What is it?  Why is it important?

3. 09/27/07Dr. Jie Zou3 What is Computational Physics?  To use computers as tools to solve physics problems, usually too complicated to be solved by other means. Guang-Yu Guo, “Density Functional Theory and Computational Methods”, Part 2 of NCTS CMR Summer Course 2003

4. 09/27/07Dr. Jie Zou4 Why is Computational Physics Important? Rubin Landau, “Computing in Science and Engineering”, September/October 2006.

5. 09/27/07Dr. Jie Zou5 What can you do as a student? Sample Student Computational Projects

6. 09/27/07Dr. Jie Zou6 What are the research opportunities? Xavier Lange, Pre- engineering Chris Richardson, Physics Kara Lovelace, Physics Teacher Certification Scott Keller, Chemistry Daniel Rolando, Pre-engineering  Former and current research students.  Computer modeling and simulation of Physical, Chemical, Biological, and Engineering Systems

7. 09/27/07Dr. Jie Zou7 Thank you!