Colloquia

TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Valeria Barra, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: In this talk, we present different approaches and methodologies for the numerical solutions of Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) for applications arising mainly in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) at different scales. Starting from problems emerging in the context of thin films and […]

TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Santosh KC, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: Computational Materials Modeling and Simulation including Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Molecular Dynamics (MD) has emerged as an indispensable tool in computational materials science, enabling the design, prediction and overall understanding of material’s structure-properties at the atomic scale. This talk provides […]

TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Dr. Ann Almgren,Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ABSTRACT:  Adaptive mesh refinement (AMR) is a technique we use as a numerical microscope to zoom in on areas of interest in a computer simulation. With more resolution we get more accurate answers and can see in more detail what is happening […]

TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Efstathios Charalampidis, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, CSRC ABSTRACT:  Complex systems are ubiquitous in nature and human-designed environments. The overarching goal of our research is to leverage advanced computational methods with fundamental theoretical analysis to model the nonlinear behavior of systems that are not otherwise amenable to integrable systems […]

TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Jared Brzenski, San Diego State University ABSTRACT:  I will be presenting an implementation for solving Navier-Stokes equations using mimetic difference operators in building an ocean model.   Mimetic operators can be constructed to high orders of accuracy and maintain the physical properties of the problems under consideration.  I […]

TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Dr. Anjana Pokharel, Tribhuvan University, Nepal ABSTRACT: Despite the availability of vaccines, measles continues to cause outbreaks worldwide. For example, in Nepal, even with the implementation of the National Immunization Program, measles remains a leading cause of child morbidity and mortality. Potential causes for frequent measles outbreaks hampering […]

TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Anand Srinivasan, San Diego State University ABSTRACT: The modeling of the subgrid scale stress tensor closure term for turbulent flows is a challenge and is an area of active research. The underlying partial differential equations for turbulent flows contain nonlinear convective terms which can lead to aliasing errors, […]

TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Pavel Popov ABSTRACT: This work tackles the problem of fast estimation of a function whose direct evaluation is computationally costly. In an application such as simulation of reactive flow, can be the composition and temperature at a point, and is the increment of that composition after a single […]

TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Sara Adibi ABSTRACT: This presentation focuses on the computational design of next-generation damage-tolerant materials using Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations. By leveraging MD simulations, we can model and predict material behavior at the atomic level, allowing for the design of materials with enhanced properties. I will present two key […]

TIME: 3:30 PM LOCATION: GMCS 314 SPEAKER: Brian Moelk ABSTRACT: Whether or not you believe in a forthcoming AI revolution, there are still some aspects of Software Development that will be true for the next decade: Most software is written for humans. Understanding what humans need and wisely applying technical solutions is what delivers the […]