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Welcome to the webpage of the Nowadnick Group! We are a computational materials science group at the University of California, Merced.

Beth Nowadnick Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Beth grew up in Washington state and did her B.S. in physics and mathematics at Stanford University. She continued at Stanford for her Ph.D. in condensed matter physics, where she worked with Prof. Tom Devereaux...

October 2024: APS Far-West Section Meeting. Kishwar attends the APS Far-West Section Meeting in Arcata, CA and gives a contributed talk. October 2024: Dean's Dissertation Fellowship. Kishwar receives a Dean's Dissertation Fellowship from UC Merced for Spring 2025. One MBSE student is selected for...

34. Piezoelectricity in n=2 Ruddlesden-Popper ferroelectric oxides Kishwar-E Hasin, Nabaraj Pokhrel, and Elizabeth A. Nowadnick Chemistry of Materials 36, 7552 (2024) 33. Competing polar and antipolar phases in n=2 Ruddlesden-Popper niobates and tantalates from first principles Kishwar-E Hasin and...

Some highlights from our recent research:

Spring Semester 2023: MSE 112 - Materials Selection and Performance Fall Semester 2022: MSE 119 - Materials Simulations Spring Semester 2021: MSE 112 - Materials Selection and Performance Fall Semester 2020: MSE 119 - Materials Simulations Spring Semester 2020: MSE 112 - Materials Selection and...