--- trunk/mattDisertation/phdPreamble.tex	2004/03/05 00:07:19	1083
+++ trunk/mattDisertation/phdPreamble.tex	2004/04/15 19:19:06	1115
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\documentclass[dvips,noindentfirst]{ndthesis}
+\documentclass[nosummary,dvips,noindentfirst]{ndthesis}
 \usepackage{graphicx}
 \usepackage{psfrag}
 \usepackage{amsmath}
@@ -29,14 +29,15 @@ gold (111) surface. {\sc oopse} is a simulation packag
 molecular dynamics simulation package {\sc oopse}. The first
 investigation was using a random sequential adsorption model to
 elucidate the adsorption of two related silicon phthalocyanines on a
-gold (111) surface. {\sc oopse} is a simulation package capable of
-high performance parallel computer processing. Working with
-colleagues, I developed {\sc oopse} to the point that it was capable
-of simulating my phospholipid bilayer model. The model is a mesoscale
-parameterization of phospholipids in order to simulate large sytems
-for long trajectories within a reasonable time frame. Using {\sc
-oopse}, I have simulated the gel to fluid phase transition for the
-mesoscale model.
+gold (111) surface. {\sc oopse} is a molecular simulation package
+capable of carrying out high performance parallel molecular dynamics
+trajectories. Working with colleagues, I developed {\sc oopse} to the
+point that it was capable of simulating my phospholipid bilayer
+model. The model is a mesoscale parameterization of phospholipids in
+order to simulate large sytems for long times within a reasonable
+amount of computational time. Using {\sc oopse}, I have simulated a
+bilayer over a range of temperatures, and have observed bilayer
+self-assembly on the 20~ns time scale.
 
 \end{abstract}
 
@@ -56,8 +57,10 @@ and supported me throughout all of this work.
 	\noindent I am grateful to my advisor, Dr. Gezelter for all of
 	his patience and guidance. I am also grateful to my coworkers
 	Charles F.~Vardeman II, Teng Lin, Christopher J.~Fennell,
-	Xiuquan Sun, and Yang Zheng for all of the help and comments
-	performing this research and while writing this dissertation.
+	Xiuquan Sun, Yang Zheng, Jayashree Saha, Changsen Xu, Peter
+	DeCarlo, Dan Combest, Pat Conforti, and Megan Sprague for all
+	of their help and comments while performing this research and
+	while writing this dissertation.
 
 \end{acknowledge}