Although the use of state of the art codes is an important part of the project, the code development will be concentrated at Duke, so that the effort at Caltech will concentrate more in understanding the phenomena both analytically and numerically. This project aims to work closely with the experimental group of Professor Michael Roukes here, and will focus on understanding their state of the art experiments on thermal transport by phonons in devices small enough so that quantum effects are important, and the dissipation in tiny mechanical oscillators. I regularly enjoy working with undergraduates on SURF projects. However this year I have been away on sabbatical, and have no formal projects planned. If you have particular interests in any of my areas of research, please contact me to talk about possibilities.
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