The Hypothetical Materials Lab
Welcome to the Wilmer Lab! We explore the properties of hypothetical materials using computer simulations. There are openings for students and full-time software developers. Please contact Prof. Wilmer for details.
Recent posts
Collaborative work with NETL on CO2 capture published as front cover article in Energy & Environmental Science.
The artwork was made by NETL scientist Jan Steckel’s daughter Anastasia!
Pet Tales: Pitt alums’ portable oxygen system has cats and dogs breathing easier Permalink
Dogs and cats who have trouble breathing can benefit from a new portable oxygen delivery system invented by WilmerLab alumni.
Jenna Gustafson successfully defends her thesis. Congrats Dr. Gustafson!
Jenna Gustafson (now Dr. Jenna Gustafson) becomes the first WilmerLab PhD alumna after successfully defending her thesis.
Pitt Engineers Identify Novel, Affordable CO2 Capture Materials for Coal Power Plants Permalink
A computational modeling method, developed by the research group led by Christopher Wilmer, may help to fast-track the identification and design of new carbo...
PhD student Jenna Gustafson wins Braskem America, Inc. Graduate Student Award
Gustafson takes home one of two awards given to the top graduate students in the Chemical & Petroleum Engineering Department at this year’s holiday recep...
MOFs: The Plastics of the 21st Century
In a thought leadership piece published in Scientific American, NuMat co-founders Ben Hernandez and Professor’s Omar Farha and Chris Wilmer, discuss how MOFs...
Nanocar builder plug-in for Avogadro 2
Do you want to build a nanocar but you don’t know how? Just follow these easy steps…
Aeronics advances to Phase IV of xTechSearch competition.
Aeronics awarded $125,000 in the US Army’s xTechSearch Competition.