Tara Boland
Bio
About Tara
Joined the group in Fall 2016 after earning a B.S. in Physics (Materials Science & Computational Physics emphasis) from University of North Dakota. Undergraduate research included: – Simulation of hysteresis loops/vortex formation in type 2 superconductors – Molecular dynamics of Si(110) nanowire growth
Current research focuses on renewable energy materials characterization: – Modeling interfaces/surface dynamics in polycrystalline CeO2 – Combining TEM datasets with computational methods: • Density functional theory • Molecular dynamics • Phase field modeling • Atomistic spectra simulations
Research interests: Quantum phenomena, first-principles modeling, condensed phase materials, numerical methods/algorithms.