Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Phillpot Research Group
Led by Simon Phillpot · Materials Science and Engineering
What we study
The Phillpot Research Group uses computational modeling and simulation to study materials science, including nuclear fuels and energy materials. They investigate properties like thermal transport, adsorption, and chemical interactions using methods like density functional theory and molecular dynamics.
What working here is like
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding required
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Effect of misfit and threading dislocations on surface energies of PbTe-PbSe interfaces
2026 · Scripta Materialia
- Predicting Short-Range Order in Disordered Rocksalt Li-Oxide Cathode Materials with Density Functional Theory and Crystal Graph Neural Networks
2026 · ACS Applied Energy Materials
Uses computer models to predict how lithium ions arrange in battery materials.
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- Cascade-informed accelerated simulation of complex defect structures in irradiated aluminum using iterative kinetic approach
2026 · Materials Letters
- Mechanisms of microstructural evolution and degradation in aluminum under high-damage irradiation
2026 · npj Materials Degradation
Simulates how aluminum degrades under radiation to understand its behavior.
- 95 years of Journal of Applied Physics
2026 · Journal of Applied Physics
Reviews key papers from the Journal of Applied Physics over 95 years.
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