Andrew M. Kolchin

I'm Andrew Kolchin....Welcome!

I've graduated this past August from the Dept. of Physics & Astronomy at LSU with a PhD. having defended my thesis titled:

"Atomic and Electronic Properties of
Neutral and Cationic Metallic Clusters"

for which I developed codes to optimize atomic and electronic structures of crystals and clusters. The abstract can be found here (in postscript) or here (as a gif). An associated paper is here, in postscript or here, in pdf or see it in J. Chem. Phys. 113, 4083 (2000).

My advisor is Dr. Randall W. Hall, associate professor of Chemistry and adjunct professor of Physics whereas this is Captain John Fisher of the H.M.S. Excellent, later to be named First Sea Lord.

I'm also interested in Computer Graphics and earned a Master's Degree in Systems Science, developing an application to interactively build a scene composed of hierarchical models with realistic rendering via recursive raytracing. Dramatic results from this code that have revolutionized the art community include:
Zeus Giving Birth to Athena Implicitly: "While Hades Looks On".
The Sword in the Stone
The Egg of Time From Harry Harrison's "West of Eden".
This illustrates what we mean by specular vs. diffuse.
This also shows a cool specular effect.

My advisor was Dr. Warren N. Waggenspack, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, from whom I caught the habit of going to Siggraph each year, a week-long computer graphics party.

I also earned a master's degree in Physics and Bachelor's Degrees in Physics and in Mechanical Engineering. Before getting into Electronic Structure, I used to work in Electronic Packaging, making circuit boards and antennas at Hughes Aircraft Corp. in Tucson, Az. and all sorts of really strange products at a place called Action Technologies in Boulder, Co.

I'm Andrew Kolchin....Welcome!

I've graduated this past August from the Dept. of Physics & Astronomy at LSU with a PhD. having defended my thesis titled:

"Atomic and Electronic Properties of
Neutral and Cationic Metallic Clusters"

for which I developed codes to optimize atomic and electronic structures of crystals and clusters. The abstract can be found here (in postscript) or here (as a gif). An associated paper is here, in postscript or here, in pdf or see it in J. Chem. Phys. 113, 4083 (2000).

My advisor is Dr. Randall W. Hall, associate professor of Chemistry and adjunct professor of Physics whereas this is Captain John Fisher of the H.M.S. Excellent, later to be named First Sea Lord.

My advisor was Dr. Warren N. Waggenspack, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, from whom I caught the habit of going to Siggraph each year, a week-long computer graphics party.

A resume of my exploits can be found here (in a one page PS file)
or here (in html) or here (in pdf).

On a more recreational level....I amuse myself with racketball, swimming, hiking, canoeing in bayous, and photography....more on this later.

I'm Andrew Kolchin....Welcome!

I've graduated this past August from the Dept. of Physics & Astronomy at LSU with a PhD. having defended my thesis titled:

"Atomic and Electronic Properties of Neutral and Cationic Metallic Clusters"

for which I developed codes to optimize atomic and electronic structures of crystals and clusters. The abstract can be found here (in postscript) or here (as a gif). An associated paper is here, in postscript or here, in pdf or see it in J. Chem. Phys. 113, 4083 (2000).

My advisor is Dr. Randall W. Hall, associate professor of Chemistry and adjunct professor of Physics whereas this is Captain John Fisher of the H.M.S. Excellent, later to be named First Sea Lord.

My advisor was Dr. Warren N. Waggenspack, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, from whom I caught the habit of going to Siggraph each year, a week-long computer graphics party.

A resume of my exploits can be found here (in a one page PS file) or here (in html) or here (in pdf).

On a more recreational level....I amuse myself with racketball, swimming, hiking, canoeing in bayous, and photography....more on this later.

"Atomic and Electronic Properties of
Neutral and Cationic Metallic Clusters"

A resume of my exploits can be found here (in a one page PS file)
or here (in html) or here (in pdf).