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James R. Chelikowsky
Professor
Chemical Engineering
W.A. "Tex" Moncrief, Jr. Chair of Computational Materials
Phone: (512) 232-9083
Email: jrc@ices.utexas.edu
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Dr. James R. Chelikowsky earned his Ph.D. in physics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1975. He joined the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin in 2005. He is director of the Center for Computational Materials within the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences.
Dr. Chelikowsky is an expert in materials science, quantum mechanics and density functional theory’s application to semiconducting materials. He uses computers to research the properties of semiconductor materials, understand the behavior of nanodevices and to develop new material structures such as nanotubes and submicron devices. Chelikowsky’s theoretical calculations can sometimes predict the properties and behavior of materials better than actual experimentation. In one current project, he is studying the optical properties and electron transporting ability of semiconductor nanostructures.
Research interests:
- Computational materials science
- Electronic materials for semiconductors and nanoscale devices
- Quantum mechanics
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