Dr. Muralidharan's research is geared towards creating novel paradigms
for optimizing energy utilization via the development of
high-efficiency, enviromentally-benign, energy storage and evergy
conversion systems. His specific focus is on developing advanced
thermal management systems for applications in compressed air energy
storage units, thermoelectrics and thermal interface devices.
An equally important focus of his research is the development
of
computational methodologies capable of modeling, predicting and
futhering the fundamental understanding of structure-property relations
of materials. He has been instrumental in developing the Enviromental
Dependent Dynamic Charge (EDDQ) suite of interatomic potentials, the
dynamic Compound Wavelent Matrix (dCWM) method for multiscale
simulations as well as contributing his expertise to the PUPIL
computational framework.
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Ph.D Materials Science and Engineering, 2004, University of Arizona
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M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida
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M.Sc Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
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B.Sc Physics, R.K.M Vivekananda College, University of Madras, Madras
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