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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Below the signature line of this message you will find the details of the Adobe Connect Meeting (including the link) that will enable you to “beam in” to Steve Plimpton’s seminar.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please “beam in” from a central designated location at your institution to avoid taxing the bandwidth with a large number of individual participants. This can be coordinated by your local support staff/experts.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I hope all works out well.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Best<o:p></o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'>Dimitris<o:p></o:p></p></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="25%" nowrap valign=top style='width:25.88%;padding:3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Name:<o:p></o:p></p></td><td width="74%" style='width:74.12%;padding:3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b>Steve Plimpton Seminar Broadcast<o:p></o:p></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width="25%" nowrap valign=top style='width:25.88%;padding:3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Start Time:<o:p></o:p></p></td><td width="74%" style='width:74.12%;padding:3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b>11/04/2011 3:00 PM<o:p></o:p></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width="25%" nowrap valign=top style='width:25.88%;padding:3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Duration:<o:p></o:p></p></td><td width="74%" style='width:74.12%;padding:3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b>03:00<o:p></o:p></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width="25%" nowrap valign=top style='width:25.88%;padding:3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal>URL:<o:p></o:p></p></td><td width="74%" style='width:74.12%;padding:3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b><a href="http://connect.lsu.edu/seminar-plimpton/" target="_blank">http://connect.lsu.edu/seminar-plimpton/</a><o:p></o:p></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width="25%" nowrap valign=top style='width:25.88%;padding:3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Access:<o:p></o:p></p></td><td width="74%" style='width:74.12%;padding:3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b>Only registered users and accepted guests may enter the room<o:p></o:p></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width="25%" nowrap valign=top style='width:25.88%;padding:3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal>Summary:<o:p></o:p></p></td><td width="74%" style='width:74.12%;padding:3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt 3.1pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b>Seminar Title: Multi-scale modeling via particle methods<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Abstract: I'll describe two approaches to multi-scale modeling that we have undertaken using our molecular dynamics code LAMMPS. The first is to provide a hierarchy of methods for coarse-graining a model, so that simulations at varying length and timescales can be performed with the same code, hopefully with some overlap. In our case, we have done this to model the rheological properties of solvated nanoparticles, in collaboration with industrial partners. The second approach is to couple particle dynamics to other more meso-scale methods such as kinetic Monte Carlo models for microstructural evolution in solids. This work is more preliminary, but I will illustrate how it can be done. Finally, I'll highlight a trend in all-atom molecular dynamics modeling whereby potentials are growing both more accurate and more expensive over time. <o:p></o:p></b></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>