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
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.
Health-E-Nose pitch wins top prize of $100,000 at the Pitt Innovation Challenge (PInCh).
Jenna and Chris competed against five other teams with their pitch for a portable electronic nose that can ‘sniff’ out diseases.
Aeronics advances to Phase III of xTechSearch competition.
Aeronics becomes one of 25 finalists attending the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington, DC.
Artificial nose project makes it to final round of the Pitt Innovation Challenge (PInCh).
The design of an artificial nose for disease detection and health monitoring earns Dr. Wilmer and PhD student Jenna Gustafson a spot in the top six teams for...