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My work is related to the interdisciplinary connections between the mathematical models derived from Kinetic Theory, the non-equilibrium statistical mechanics of Quantum & (Semi-)Classical Physics phenomena, and their different computational modeling techniques. Current work encompasses, for example, Entropy-stable Discontinuous Galerkin schemes for Boltzmann-Poisson models of collisional electronic transport along energy bands, inverse problems in Electrochemistry solved via Bayesian Estimation and Multi-Objective Optimization techniques, Uncertainty Quantification in the Boltzmann-Poisson system for semiconductors, among others. Thus, this work has potential implications for pure research in Quantum Mechanics phenomena such as electron transport, for example, as well as for applied research in the context of nanotechnology and Li-ion batteries, with the aid of Computational Science.

Research Group on Kinetic Methods for Quantum and (Semi-)Classical Problems

PI’s short bio: PhD in Computational Science, Engineering, and Mathematics, ICES – UT Austin. B. Sc. in Physics (Físico), UNAM, Mexico. jose.morales4@utsa.edu (512)-693-7574 PI – José A. Morales E. Assistant Professor, UTSA Math and Physics & A. Depts. I enjoy doing research on Computational Science, Engineering & Mathematics and Physics.…Continue reading “Research Group on Kinetic Methods for Quantum and (Semi-)Classical Problems”

1Jan 20164 Jul 2022

Publications

[1] I. M. Gamba, A. Majorana, J. Morales and C.W. Shu, A fast approach to discontinuous Galerkin solvers for Boltzmann-Poisson transport…

29Dec 201529 Mar 2022

Teaching Record

@ The University of Texas at San Antonio Spring 2022: Instructor for Graduate Statistical Mechanics course (PHY 5303). Department of…

23Dec 20156 May 2022

CV/Resume

SHORT CV Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at San Antonio Mathematics and Physics & Astronomy Departments, 2020 Postdoctoral Fellow…

Anonymous Students’ Evaluations

“The course and the material taught was excellent, I know this is your first year with UTSA, and I want to say that I truly appreciate your formal note taking for the class. It’s an amazingly neat summarization of what we need to learn, that I have never seen before.
The material was difficult at times, but the structure of the class was excellent. I greatly appreciate your effort put on this class, and I hope that you continue to do so for your future classes.
Thank you for educating me on a difficult course!”

UTSA Quantum Mechanics II Student, Spring 2021

“I really liked that Dr Morales would shift modes during lecture to comment on real world advice, eg how the content connects to what students might do further on. His insights on the connections to physics made the course more interesting for me as well. I found his lecture style to be engaging, moreso than many more established lecturers at Mac. This was particularly true near the end of the year, once he had more experience.”

McMaster U. Advanced ODEs Student, Fall 2019

“Its absolutely amazing whenever a math teacher is able to give examples of real world problems and this is exactly what the teacher was able to do. Especially with calculus, this teacher is super nice and wants to make sure you know what you are
doing!”

UTSA Calculus 1 presential course Student, Fall 2021

“One of the most beneficial aspects of the class was that the instructor specified and clarified assumptions, limitations, and regimes of and in the different topics we were covering. This is what I was hoping to get out of the class: clear boundaries on when, for example, to treat a problem in research as microscopic or macroscopic, assume high or low temperatures, and how to identify what ensemble regimes a problem is in. This is the core of what I wanted to get out of the class since it is one of the most important parts of building physical models. The only change I would make would be to reduce the number of topics covered so that we could slow the class down. I would have preferred the syllabus to be cut in half, but I understand that it’s a core class for a wide variety of focuses for students (ex. space science, engineering, mathematics, etc.). So, if that can’t be helped, maybe a time at the start of the semester for each student to write or say they’re research focus. It might narrow down the list of topics covered.

Some notes about the instructor that stood out to me are that: They never missed a single day of class or wasted a single minute of class, and again, they clarified important nuances in when the topics we studied applied and to what situations.
The latter actually shed light on misconceptions I had carried with me and cleared up some of my background knowledge coming into the class. This was very important to me. Lastly, I’ll say there was a survey at the start of the semester for the instructor to understand the range of background knowledge for people. I think this helped guide the course quite a bit and resulted in no time being wasted on concepts all of the class had been exposed to before and any math or derivations that only some of the class had seen, it was a good chance to review for the rest of us.”

UTSA Graduate Statistical Mechanics Student, Spring 2022

Video from CMO-BIRS Workshop 15w5049 on Kinetic and Related Equations https://youtu.be/tT-mdukmmbI Link to Video on CMO-BIRS website below: Jose Morales Escalante, University of Texas at at Austin Thursday Jul 9,…

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