(Prof. Dr. Michael Zaiser)
These lectures provide conceptual foundations and theoretical background knowledge for state-of-the art materials simulation. topics include:
- Atomistic theory of matter – from electrons to interaction potentials
- Statistical mechanics of materials: equilibrium and non-equilibrium systems and ensembles
- Stochastic processes and stochastic modeling
- Coarse graining methods (how to pass from one scale to another?)
- Continuum models of materials and microstructures