Spring 2027

Molecular Modeling of Materials

Hands-on course in atomic and molecular modeling of materials using DFT, interatomic potentials, molecular dynamics, and advanced techniques like Monte Carlo and machine learning.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 3.89 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.53 GPA, 94.7% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.77 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Choose and use the appropriate molecular simulations to obtain properties of materials

  • Apply ab initio methods to model materials properties

  • Apply molecular dynamics methods to model materials properties

  • Use results of molecular simulations in scientific literature to obtain properties of materials

  • Use molecular simulations to analyze scientific or engineering problems to obtain selected insights and communicate them at a semi-professional level

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MS&E 760

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 3.89 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=14 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.53 GPA, 94.7% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.77 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=11 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Density functional theory, interatomic potentials, and molecular dynamics
  • High-throughput calculations, Kinetic Monte Carlo, accelerated molecular dynamics, and machine learning

Skills

  • Selecting and using appropriate molecular simulations to obtain material properties
  • Applying ab initio methods to model materials properties
  • Applying molecular dynamics methods to model materials properties
  • Using molecular simulation results from scientific literature to obtain material properties
  • Analyzing scientific or engineering problems with molecular simulations and communicating insights at a semi-professional level

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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