Fall 2018 Schedule: Thursdays 12:30-1:30 PM in Olin 102
Some possible papers for discussion are collected in the googledocs folder:
(link)
Some guidelines for preparing a talk are given in the googledoc:
(link)
Please contact N. Holzwarth to
add or change schedule
(or use equivalent shared googledoc).
- September 13, 2018 -- Natalie -- Density functional theory for the H atom and problems with the SCAN functional
- September 20, 2018 -- Akbar Salam: Quantum Hamiltonians for Radiation-Matter Interaction
- September 27, 2018 -- Kyle Dellinger -- ZSR Librarian and Zotero expert
- October 4, 2018 -- Sarah Jeong -- ZSR Research &
Instruction Librarian for Science
Copy of Presentation
- October 11, 2018 -- Fall Break --
- October 18, 2018 -- Discussion of journal article -
“Variations on the “exact factorization” theme,
X. Gonze, J. S. Zhou, L. Reining, Eur. Phys. J. B. 2018) 91:224
- October 25, 2018 -- Cody Stevens and Adam Carlson -- Deac Cluster
administrators and guru’s  
Copy of Presentation
- November 1, 2018 -- Discussion of journal articles from Xifan Wu, colloquium speaker from Temple University on Nov. 14th.
- November 8, 2018 -- Continued discussion of ionic diffusion in H2O and of Feynman path integral quantum corrections
- November 15, 2018 -- Haardik Pandey --
"Metal Organic Frameworks and their role in Molecule Adsorption"
- November 22, 2018 -- Thanksgiving
- November 29, 2018 -- Yan Li -- "Computational Study of the Solid
Electrolyte Na4P2S6"
- December 6, 2018 -- Bill Kerr -- "Anomalous Hall & Spin Hall Effects:
How Bloch Electrons Respond to External Electric Fields"