Staff Directory

Frank Willmore

Frank Willmore

Research Associate
High Performance Computing Applications
(512) 475-7886
ROC 1.305
willmore@tacc.utexas.edu

Frank joined TACC in May of 2010, having worked with TACC resources while engaged in graduate study at UT and while engaged in postdoctoral work using GPUs for energy calculations.

Areas of Research:

  • Computational and theoretical materials science
  • Parallel algorithms for small molecule diffusion
  • Free volume characterization
  • Stochastic simulation techniques

Selected Publications:

"Gas diffusion in glasses via a probabilistic molecular dynamics." Willmore FT, Wang XY, Sanchez IC. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS 126, 234502 JUNE 15 2007.
"Molecular Simulations of Physical Aging in Polymer Membrane Materials." Wang XY, Willmore FT, Raharjo RD, Wang XC, Freeman BD, Hill AJ, Sanchez IC. JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B 110 (33): 16685-16693 AUG 24 2006.
"Free volume properties of model fluids and polymers: shape and connectivity." Willmore FT, Wang XY, Sanchez IC JOURNAL OF POLYMER SCIENCE PART B-POLYMER PHYSICS 44 (9): 1385-1393 MAY 1 2006.

Organization Membership/Professional Affiliations

  • Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  • Member of American Chemical Society

Education:

  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
  • B.S., Chemistry, Valparaiso University