Por Rodrigo Coelho (DF-CFTC, UL).

Abstract: The Lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) has become an attractive computational technique to simulate complex flows due to its simplicity, in particular, to implement complicated boundary conditions and parallelize. Based on mesoscopic principles (Boltzmann equation), with LBM it is possible to simulate many physical models ranging from relativistic quark-gluon plasma to turbulence in rivers. In this talk, applications of the LBM in Solid State physics and Soft Matter will be discussed. I will discuss two examples: a semi-classical LBM to simulate the flow of electrons in metals and in graphene and an hybrid method of LBM and finite differences which is being used by us at CFTC to investigate active interfaces in liquid crystals.

Short Bio: Rodrigo Coelho is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Center for Theoretical and Computational Physics (CFTC), University of Lisbon. He obtained his PhD in Physics in 2017 from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with an internship at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He has also experience in industry: previously to CFTC he worked at Numeca, Belgium, as a Development Engineer and he did a one-year internship during his PhD at IBM Research, Brazil.