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Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 Eighth Street, Troy, New York 12180-3590 USA

Telephone:
(518) 276-6310
Fax: (518) 276-6680

For questions about our graduate program, contact our Graduate Student Coordinator, Nicole McQuade.

Chris Johansen
Mechanical Engineering

I am currently working with Prof. Hanchen Huang in the department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering and Prof. Toh-Ming Lu in the department of physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy.  We will study the fabrication of crystalline nanostructures through vapor deposition on amorphous or polycrystalline substrates through the use of atomistic simulations.

More specifically, in the short term I will be working on classical molecular dynamics simulations, and gradually embark on kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of the texture evolution processes.

We intend to combine these atomistic simulations with the on-going developments of in situ characterization capabilities in order to discover the optimal design and applications of crystalline nanostructures for engineering applications.