The Haji-Akbari Computational Soft Matter Group at Yale University’s Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering focuses on studying the kinetics and thermodynamics of phase transitions in soft matter systems by applying modern theoretical and computational tools rooted in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics. Our particular focus is on crystallization and aggregation in colloidal, aqueous, and biological systems.
Computational tools are essential in molecular sciences and engineering, as they allow researchers to model molecular interactions or systems that may otherwise be difficult to observe or obtain a detailed analysis. To share that importance, we wished to create a place for communication that could bring together experts and emerging scholars, catalyzing new collaborations and deepening the understanding of ongoing research across different computational scientific domains at Yale.
Emboldened by the strategic vision at Yale Engineering and with the support of Yale Graduate School’s Dean’s Fund for Colloquia & Symposia we would like to present the Computational Molecular Sciences & Engineering Symposium, which we hope will motivate further engineering events dedicated to molecular modeling and simulation within the Yale community.