Research

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We work on problems at the interface of stochastic analysis, statistical mechanics, and scientific computation. Our work is strongly motivated by specific problems in soft condensed matter physics and biophysics. We also work on related problems concerning the analysis and numerical approximation of Stochastic Partial Differential Equations (SPDEs).

Specific research areas include:

• fluctuating hydrodynamics
• fluid-structure interaction
• soft materials and complex fluids (gels and lipid bilayer membranes)
• biophysics (motor proteins, lipid bilayers, microtubules)
• electrokinetics in micro/nanofluidic devices

Our work can be classified broadly as:

• Stochastic Analysis
• Statistical Physics
• Numerical Analysis
• Scientific Computing.

For a more detailed discussion of our work see:

• research summaries
• software
• publications section

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Funding

We gratefully acknowledge the following sources of support:

*This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. NSF DMS-0635535 and NSF CAREER DMS-0956210. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recomendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

News

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December 2012: Our Mango-Selm Package for SELM Fluctuating Hydrodynamics has been released as part of the Lammps Molecular Dynamics Software (Sandia, DOE)

Our package allows for dynamic simulations of implicit-solvent coarse-grained models using our fluctuating hydrodynamics thermostats in the Lammps Molecular Dynamics Software (Sandia, DOE) [more information].

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December 2012: PI: P. Atzberger awarded DOE Grant on Computational Methods for Soft Materials

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July 2012: David Valdman successfully defends his thesis!

Congratulations to Dr. Valdman!

6/2012: David Valdman and Dr. Atzberger participating in the doctoral hooding ceremony at the 2012 UCSB Graduation.

Contact

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Paul J. Atzberger
6712 South Hall
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Phone: 805.893.3239
Fax: 805.893.2385