Vinod Tewary

Research Interests

Multiscale modeling of nanostructures; crystal defects; phonons in nanostructures; modeling of mechanical properties of semiconductors and solid-state devices. Special interest: Lattice, continuum, and multiscale Green's functions (Originated Green's function method for lattice statics).

Responsibilities at NIST

Project Leader of the MRD projects on Green's function methods for nanomaterials (quantum dots and nanowires); Project Leader of the SIMA (Systems Integrated Manufacturing Agency) project on library of Green's functions; Project Leader of the project on "Modeling and characterization of combinatorial libraries"; ATP (Advanced Technology Program) project on bridging the length scales.

Created and led a group on Green's functions at the CTCMS (Center of Theoretical and Computational Materials Science). Formed and led a consortium of researchers and teachers from several universities and industries. Helped setting up a digital library of Green's functions in a project sponsored by NSF in association with Kent State University.

Awards and Honors

Eric Reissner Medal for work on Multiscale Modeling awarded by International Conference on Computational Engineering and Sciences at Madeira, Portugal, 2004

U.S. Govt. Dept. of Commerce Bronze Medal 1996 for Scientific Research and Technical leadership

Boulder (Colorado State) Multicultural award for excellence in Sciences 1994

Pride of India Award 1992 for Excellence in Sciences

Harwell-Wolfson Fellow of the Wolfson College, Oxford University, UK, 1981

Elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics, UK, 1974

Associate of the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy,1974

Drawing of the computer model of a Ge quantum dot in silicon, adjudged to be amongst the "best 66 out of several hundred" and selected for display in the "Science in Arts and Arts in Science" exhibition at the Denver Museum, 2007

Professional Activities:

Editor-in-Chief of CMC (Computers, Materials, and Continua) published by Tech. Science

Guest Editor of a special issue of the CMES (Computer Modeling in Engineering and Science) on Computational Mechanics of Nanomaterials, March 2008

Member of the Editorial Board of the journal CMES (Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences)

Organization of Symposia and Workshops

Years 2003-2008: Symposia on Multiscale Modeling of Nanostructures at the ICCES (International Conference on Computational Engineering and Science) at Corfu (Greece) 2003, Madeira (Portugal) 2004, Chennai (India) 2005, Miami (USA) 2007, Honolulu (USA) 2008.

Mini symposium on Green's function/Molecular Dynamics method for Modeling of Quantum Nanostructures at the USNCTAM (United States National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics) at Boulder- 2006

Poster Session at the International Nanomechanics Workshop at Asilomar, California, 2004

NIST Workshop on Digital Library of Elastic and Thermal Green's Functions for Research, Industrial, and Educational Applications at Boulder, 2002

NIST/CTCMS Workshop on Digital Library of Green's Functions Gaithersburg, 1998

Symposium on Elastic Wave propagation at SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Conference at Golden, 1998

NIST/CTCMS Workshop on Green's Functions and Applications at Boulder, 1994

Committee Memberships

Member of the NIST Research Advisory Committee, 1996-1998

Member of the Organizing Committee of the ICCES (International Conference on Computational Engineering and Science) for their conferences in the years 2003-2008

Member of the Organizing Committee of the International Nanomechanics Workshop at Asilomar, California, July 2004