06-640 Calendar
| Date | Lecture Topic | Other Comments |
| Jan. 11 | No class | |
| Jan. 13 | Overview of atomic-scale simulation methods | |
| Jan. 18 | Interatomic potentials | |
| Jan. 20 | No class | |
| Jan. 25 | No class | |
| Jan. 27 | Interatomic potentials | Homework # 1 due |
| Feb. 1 | Interatomic potentials | |
| Feb. 3 | Molecular Dynamics simulations | |
| Feb. 8 | Details of MD simulations | Homework # 2 due |
| Feb. 10 | Analysis of MD simulation data | |
| Feb. 15 | No class | |
| Feb. 17 | Introduction to statistical mechanics | |
| Feb. 22 | Introduction to Monte Carlo sampling | Homework # 3 due |
| Feb. 24 | No class | |
| March 1 | Metropolis Monte Carlo | |
| March 3 | Metropolis MC examples | |
| March 8 | No class - Spring Break | |
| March 10 | No class - Spring Break | |
| March 15 | Noclass | Homework # 4 due |
| March 17 | NPT Monte Carlo | |
| March 22 | NPT Monte Carlo | Midsemester project interim report due |
| March 24 | Grand canonical Monte Carlo | |
| March 29 | Measuring chemical potentials | |
| March 31 | Constant T MD | |
| April 5 | MD for molecules | Midsemester project final report due |
| April 7 | Gibbs Ensemble MC | |
| April 12 | Gibbs Ensemble MC (cont.) | |
| April 14 | No class (Spring Carnival) | |
| April 19 | ||
| April 21 | ||
| April 26 | Last day of class | |
| April 28 | No class | Final project due |
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