Dr. Paulo Branicio

Biography

Professor Branicio has a strong background in high performance computing, applied mathematics, materials physics, and materials science engineering. His graduate research focused on atomistic simulations of metallic nanowires and semiconductors. As a postdoctoral researcher at Louisiana State University and the University of Southern California, he mastered state-of-the-art large-scale parallel molecular dynamics algorithms and visualization techniques for analyzing massive simulation data. He has carried out realistic atomistic simulations of hypervelocity impact on high performance ceramic materials and coatings using parallel molecular dynamics. Currently, Professor Branicio's research interests include materials under extreme conditions, high strength ceramics, phase change materials, metallic glasses, nanoglasses, polymers, and cement.

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