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
Kutay Sezginel successfully defends his thesis. Congrats Dr. Sezginel!
Kutay Sezginel (now Dr. Kutay Sezginel) becomes the third WilmerLab PhD alumnus after successfully defending his thesis.
Kutay leads MolSSI Workshop at the University of Pittsburgh
Kutay leads a two-day best software practices workshop at the University of Pittsburgh, covering topics from Python code style to git basics
ChemE team wins 2nd place at IBM BlueHack!
During the 2019 IBM BlueHack hackathon, a team of ChemE PhD students from the Wilmer Lab, Little Lab, and Li Lab beat out 19 other teams for a second place f...
Popular YouTube content creator makes a video about the upcoming computational nanocar race and our nanocar builder
The video has reached around half a million views already!
Alec Kaija successfully defends his thesis. Congrats Dr. Kaija!
Alec Kaija (now Dr. Alec Kaija) becomes the second WilmerLab PhD alumnus after successfully defending his thesis.
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.