University of Southern California
USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Rajiv K. KaliaProfessor of Physics and Astronomy and Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science and Materials ScienceCo-Director Contact Information E-mail: rkalia@usc.edu Phone: (213) 821-2658 Office: VHE 614 LINKS Curriculum Vitae |
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 Ph.D. , Northwestern University
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Postdoctoral Training |
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Brown University, 10/01/1977-09/30/1979
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| Professor Kalia's multidisciplinary research includes large-scale computer stimulations of novel materials and biomedical systems. Among his many accomplishments, Kalia and his team have combined density functional, molecular dynamics, and finite element schemes on a Grid of distributed parallel supercomputers and networked virtual environment. They have also designed multiresolution algorithms and visualization tools for 3D immersive and interactive virtual environments. Current simulation effort focuses on: 1) Residual stresses, nucleation and growth of cracks, stress corrosion, and delamination at metal/ceramic, semiconductor/ceramic, and polymer/ceramic interfaces; 2) sintering, structure, and fracture in nanophase ceramic composites; 3) shock propagation in ceramics and self-assembled monolayers; 4) nano-engineered energetic materials and munitions under extreme conditions; 5) pressure-induced structural transformations in semiconductor nanoparticles; 6) nanoindentation and dynamic friction; 7) biopolymer translocation through nanopores in solid-state membranes and nanofluidic channels; and 8) drug delivery, in particular transfection of small interfering RNA across cell membranes. | |
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Collaboratory for Advanced Computing and Simulations, Professor,http://cacs.usc.edu/
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Honors and Awards |
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Viterbi School of Engineering Senior Research Award, 2009-2010
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Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2006-2007
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FOM Fellowship, The Netherlands, 2000
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DARPA Sustained Excellence Award in Ultra Dense, Ultra Fast Computing Components, 1997
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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship, 1991
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