Catalyst Team Presentations
- Date: Monday, June 3
- Time: 2:00-4:00 PM
- Location: Building 240, Room 1501
- Hosts: Tim Williams, Chris Knight & James Osborn
The Catalyst team is a group of computational scientists with domain expertise spanning multiple fields, including Chemistry, Engineering, Materials, and Physics. The team is responsible for working closely with ALCF projects to address the unique challenges of efficiently using leadership-scale computational resources and helping to tackle challenging scientific problems. Presentations and discussion will summarize various activities that the team is engaged in to support the mission of ALCF and highlight some of the scientific engagements, such as helping science teams prepare for Aurora.
Agenda
CELS All-Hands Meeting
- Date: Tuesday, June 4
- Time: 10:00-11:00 AM
- Location: Building 240, Room 1416
- Host: Rick Stevens
Join us to hear updates on CELS directorate priorities (Mike Papka), what's happening in the EVS (Cristina Negri) and BIO (Dion Antonopoulos) divisions, Argonne's digital twins initiative (Todd Munson) and safety information (ESH Team). Coffee and donuts will be served!
CELS Women's Luncheon
- Date: Tuesday, June 4
- Time: 12:00-1:00 PM
- Location: Building 241, Room A323
- Host: Lois McInnes
All technical women, collaborators, students, visitors, and alumnae are invited to bring lunch and spend the hour chatting with others.
History and plans going forward: The CELS-women group was established in 2003. The goal is not to compete with WIST activities but rather to complement those broader events with CELS-specific opportunities. We generally meet informally a few times per year. At a minimum, we want to provide regular opportunities for informal interaction so that technical women in CELS get to know one another.
ALCF 1/2 Day Workshop
- Date: Tuesday, June 4
- Time: 1:00-5:00 PM
- Location: Building 240, Room 1501
- Host:
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ATMOS Open House
- Date: Tuesday, June 4
- Time: 1:00-4:00 PM
- Location: Building 484
- Host: Joseph O'Brien, Matt Tuftedal, Adam Theisen, and Scott Collis
An Open House will be held to showcase ATMOS (Argonne Testbed for Multiscale Observational Science), where instrumentation for Community Research on Climate and Urban Science (CROCUS) Urban Integrated Field Laboratory are being field tested. Attendees are required to wear pants and closed-toe footwear.
Core Values Refresher Session
- Date: Tuesday, June 4
- Time: 1:00-2:00 PM
- Location: Building 240, Room 1404-1405-1406
- Hosts: Christina Negri & Jiwen Fan
Come join Cristina Negri & Jiwen Fan as they discuss the Core Values that strike them as key in EVS. They will define the Core Values and how everyone can bring them to life and enhance the culture in EVS and the CELS Directorate.
AED Training Sessions
- Date: Wednesday, June 5
- Time: 8:30-9:30 PM
- Location: Building 240, Room 1407
- Host: Argonne Fire Department
AED Training Sessions are being offered by Argonne Fire Department.
10-Minute Hands-on AED Training Sessions
Swing on by and learn how to operate these life saving devices!
ALCF Talk
- Date: Thursday, June 6
- Time: 10:00-11:00 AM
- Location: Building 240, Room 1501
- Host:
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Speaker: Parisa Mirbod, Associate Professor, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department, University of Illinois at Chicago
Talk title: Complex Flows and Multiphase Dynamics: Insights From both Numerical Methods and Experiments
Abstract: Complex and multiphase flows, prevalent in both natural phenomena and industrial applications, span a wide array of disciplines, including microfluidics, biotechnology, energy storage, materials science, pharmaceuticals, additive manufacturing, and environmental sciences. This seminar provides a comprehensive exploration of numerical methods tailored to predict the behaviors and instabilities of multiphase and complex flows within canonical fluid mechanics geometries. Specifically, the seminar delves into the employing Volume-of-Fluid (VOF), Convective-Diffusive Interface (CDI), and Immersed Boundary Method (IBM) techniques. Moreover, it will highlight experimental analyses conducted on complex and multiphase flows across diverse structured surfaces. These analyses leverage cutting-edge experimental methods such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), and Particle Tracking Velocimetry (PTV). Through the combined methodologies via both numerical simulations and experiments, attendees will gain valuable insights into the complexities of flow dynamics and instabilities, paving the way for the development of innovative strategies for precise flow control. These efforts hold promise to advance various sectors, ranging from healthcare to renewable energy, as outlined in the previously mentioned applications. By deepening our understanding of key physics behind these flows, engineers and researchers can devise more efficient systems, enhance product quality, and tackle critical challenges in their respective fields. The seminar will also provide glimpses into future modeling approaches and strategic plans, further enriching the discourse on complex flow phenomena and their diverse applications.
BioSketch: Dr. Parisa Mirbod is currently an Associate Professor in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She received her PhD degree from City University of New York-Graduate Center with Prof. Sheldon Weinbaum & Prof. Yiannis Andreopoulos and she did her Postdoctoral with Prof. Jeffrey F. Morris at Benjamin Levich Institute, New York. She has built her career on deriving innovative theoretical, computational, and experimental methods for fluid mechanics, complex fluids, and multiphase flows. Her research has been funded by agencies including NSF, and DOD-ARO, and USDA. She received the I@UNITO Faculty fellowship from University of Turin. She is also a recipient of the IFPA-New investigator NIH award and a recipient of the NASA Glenn Faculty Fellowship. She looks forward to stimulating technical discussions during the seminar.
CPS Seminar
- Date: Thursday, June 6
- Time: 9:00-10:00 AM
- Location: Building 240, Room 1406
- Host: Saumil Patel
Speaker: Umesh Unnikrishnan, Postdoctoral Appointee, LCF Division
Talk title: Challenges and Advancements for GPU-Accelerated Discontinuous Galerkin Solvers for Multi-Physics, Compressible Flow Simulations
Abstract: The emergence of GPU-accelerated hardware in high-performance computing (HPC) systems has significantly enhanced our capability to perform high-fidelity simulations, enabling the inclusion of increasingly complex physics models. This talk presents the development and optimization of a compressible Navier-Stokes solver based on the high-order spectral element discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method that is portable across GPU-accelerated HPC systems.
We explore the integration of multi-physics modeling capabilities into the solver, including shock capturing techniques, multi-species transport, and chemically reacting flows. The presentation will cover the inherent challenges associated with these high-order numerical schemes and physics models, such as handling discontinuities and ensuring stability and accuracy in high-speed regimes. A key focus of the talk will be placed on identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks in the core computational kernels when implemented on GPUs. We will discuss various strategies and optimizations employed to enhance the performance and efficiency of the solver on GPU-accelerated platforms. The talk aims to provide insights into the practical aspects of developing performance portable DG solvers for advancing multi-physics flow simulations.
BIO Project Overviews for Summer Students
- Date: Friday, June 7
- Time: 11:00-12:00 PM
- Location: Building 446, Auditorium
- Host: Dion Antonopoulos
This event is only open to in-person participation.
The Biosciences Division conducts research across a wide range of topics from understanding biological systems in the context of the natural environment to issues affecting human health. An overview of these projects will be given to provide context for summer student research activities.
