Institute of High Performance Computing

• Advanced Computing (AC)
• Computational Electronics & Photonics (CEP)
• Computational Materials Science & Engineering (CMS)
• Large-scale Complex Systems (LCS)

Large-scale Complex Systems (LCS)

Dr. David T. Wu

• Title: Senior Scientist
• Tel:
• Email: davidwu@ihpc.a-star.edu.sg

Research Interests:

• Theory and modelling of nucleation, crystallization and grain growth.

Qualifications:

• Ph.D., Applied Physics, Harvard University, 1992.
• S.M., Applied Physics, Harvard University, 1991.
• A.B. (summa cum laude), Physics, Harvard University, 1985.

Published Journals/ Articles:

Journals

• "A new procedure for analyzing the nucleation kinetics of freezing in computer simulation", L.S. Bartell & D.T. Wu, J. Chem. Phys. 125, 194503 (2006).
• "Nucleation and the solid-liquid interfacial energy", D.T. Wu, L. Granasy, & F. Spaepen, MRS Bull. 29, 945 (2004).
• "Coarsening dynamics: flowing complex shapes", D.T. Wu, Nat. Mater. 3, 353 (2004).
• "Kinetic Extension of the Nucleation Theorem", R. McGraw & D.T. Wu, J. Chem. Phys. 118, 9337 (2003).
• "Modelling the influence of grain-size-dependent solute drag on the kinetics of grain growth in nanocrystalline materials", A. Michels, C.E. Krill, H. Ehrhardt, R. Birringer, & D.T. Wu, Acta Mater. 47, 2143 (1999).
• "Nucleation theory", D.T. Wu, Solid State Phys. 50, 37 (1997).