Not all who wander are lost.

(JRR Tolkein)

karmanevadhikarastay mahafaleshu kadachana

(Bhagavad Gita)

Over the years I have enjoyed forays into many diverse areas of science and arts. The wanderlust has been driven by search for truth and beauty in all realms of knowledge, and helped by footprints left by the travelers before me. The present collection of links is to connect you and me to the sites that I have found useful over the years.

Introduction to polymer concepts, synthesis, structure, and analysis; polymer physics  

Prof Frank, Stanford http://www.stanford.edu/class/cheme160/lecture_notes.html

Prof Marand, Virginia Tech http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-dept/marand/mse4554.html

Prof Beaucage, University of Cincinnati: Excellent course notes in polymer physics, polymer analysis, morphology, x-ray characterization, polymer properties, nano-powders and mechanics of materials: http://www.eng.uc.edu/~gbeaucag/BeaucageResearchGroup.html

Prof AK Khokhlov, very insightful and beautiful introduction to polymer physics, dynamics as well as polyelectrolytes: http://polly.phys.msu.su/education/courses/polymer-intro/

MIT, Statistical Mechanics of polymers: After 6), these provide all the mathematical glory of polymer physics:            http://www.mit.edu/afs/athena/course/3/3.941j/www/notes.html

Chemistry: http://www.indiana.edu/~cheminfo/c_course.html#pcc2

Fluid Mechanics, numerical methods, modeling, topics in chemical engineering

Leighton, Notra Dame, Computer Methods for Chemical Engg: www.nd.edu/~dtl/cheg258/cheg258.html

Joseph M Powers, Notra Dame, Compressible flows: http://www.nd.edu/~powers/ame.601/ OR http://www.nd.edu/~powers/ame.538/notes.pdf

M. E. McIntyre, University of Cambridge, Fluid Mechanics, http://www.atm.damtp.cam.ac.uk/people/mem/FLUIDS-IB/

George Hirasaki, Rice University, Transport Phenomena, http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~ceng501/

Robert Krasny, Umich Ann Arbor, For mathematicians or people who prefer a hard core mathematical perspective, this website is more than ideal for three topics. Fluid Mechanics, Hydrodynamic stability and Numerical Analysis: Fast Methods for Particle Simulations Covers classical linear and nonlinear stability theory!  http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~krasny/

Carl Ollivier-Gooch, UBC, Fluid Mechanics: Mechanical Engg type: http://batman.mech.ubc.ca/~mech380/notes/Mech380.pdf

Jean Eilek, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, http://www.physics.nmt.edu/~jeilek/fluids.html TRANSPORT including Basic equations, potential flow, effects of viscosity, scaling. Compressible flow including characteristics and shock waves. Magnetohydrodynamics, including MHD waves, shocks, and confinement. Fluid and MHD instabilities. Turbulence.

Rene Delfos: supplementing Batchelor's book: http://www.ahd.tudelft.nl/~rene/college/wb1422a/Dictaat.pdf

Mathematics: http://www.sosmath.com/wwwsites.html

Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Biophysics    

Physics of liquid crystals notes from MIT: http://hackman.mit.edu/6976/LHandouts/6.976.ST01.Lecture12.02.pdf

David Boal's Mechanics of cell http://www.sfu.ca/~boal/4xx.html and http://www.sfu.ca/~boal/445.html

Genomics and Computational Biology, George Church, Harvard: http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~bphys101/lecturenotes/

Carlos Bustamante, Molecular Biophysics: http://alice.berkeley.edu/biophysics/

A compilation of several biophysics courses and textbooks:

http://www.haverford.edu/physics-astro/Course_Materials/Phys320/biophysicscourses.html

Microfluidics and Pattern Formation

Bruce Gale, University of Utah, Introduction to MEMS http://www.eng.utah.edu/~gale/mems/

Chaos: http://hypertextbook.com/chaos/93.shtml

Particle tracking: A tutorial, with software by Eric Weeks & John Crocker: http://www.physics.emory.edu/~weeks/idl/

Imaging, Microscopy, Optics

Optics

http://www.liqwidmindz.com/Physics/Optics.htm contains links to seven set of lecture notes, each worth visiting especially the e- book on Optics, (print this in color) for the page also has links to several other useful e-books http://www.lightandmatter.com/area1book5.html

Lecture notes on SEM/ TEM

Excellent notes on Electron Microscopy including SEM, AEM, TEM, and Scanning Confocal Electron Microscopy from Nestor J. Zaluzec, Argonne National Lab at http://tpm.amc.anl.gov/Lectures/

Mark Framer and John Shields, University of Georgia http://www.uga.edu/caur/teaching.htm

Electron Microscopy Research Center, University of Idaho http://www.uro.uidaho.edu/default.aspx?pid=32270

A comprehensive compilation of several sites related to EM http://swehsc.pharmacy.arizona.edu/exppath/micro/em.html

Squishy Physics or Soft Matter Research or Complex fluids

Durian, Jamney, Arjun Yodh, Lubensky, Anrea Liu, P. Nelson, et al (The Soft Matter Group) @ U. Penn http://dept.physics.upenn.edu/softphysics/

Bob Meyer, Seth Fraden and Z.  Dogic @ Brandeis http://www.elsie.brandeis.edu/

Dave Weitz @ Harvard http://www.seas.harvard.edu/weitzlab/

P. Chaikin, D. Pine, David Grier, A. Grosberg et al Soft Matter @ NYU http://csmr.as.nyu.edu/page/home

New England Complex Fluids Workgroup http://complexfluids.org/necf/index.php

(More links will be added soon...)