Hi, I am Nagarajan. I am working for my Doctoral degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). I am part of Prof. Harley T. Johnson 's Nano Electro Opto (NEO) Mechanics group.
MRS Graduate Student Award Finalist: I have been selected as an MRS Graduate Student Award Finalist. More news at the MRS website. (Updated Feb 25th 2007)
News: I am writing my thesis. I hope to have a first draft soon. Here are some resources that I am using: uiucthesis@CTAN. An example of the implementation is available at tug.org. (same as the "grad students love coffee" example in the thesis handbook)
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My research areas of interest include Molecular Dynamics, Quantum dots, Optoelectronics and Thin films. I have been working on using classical Molecular Dynamics in my doctoral research to study formation of nanoscale patterns. I am also interested (and I am working on separate projects in my free time) on tight binding molecular dynamics (TBMD).
I work with Prof. Harley Johnson and Prof. Jonathan Freund on surface patterning due to ion bombardment. My research page has more description and also has a list of publications.