First-principles thermodynamic and kinetic descriptions of Ni, Co and Ti based super alloys for aerospace applications and of Mg based light-weight alloys for automotive applications.
Fundamental and applied studies of the thermodynamic, kinetic and mechanical properties of electro-active materials used in electrochemical energy storage applications.
Development of statistical mechanics methods to predict thermodynamic and kinetic properties of complex multi-component solids, including finite temperature phase stability, non-dilute diffusion and phase transformations.
CASM is an open source software package designed by the Van der Ven Research Group to perform first-principles statistical mechanical studies of multi-component crystalline solids.
