Sandia National Laboratories: Careers: Students & Postdocs: Fellowships: Fellowship Experiences

Kevin Carlberg

2012 Truman Fellow

Kevin received his Ph.D. in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University and his B.S. in mechanical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis. Kevin's research is aimed at dramatically reducing the computational time required for large-scale simulations by developing methods for understanding and exploiting the structure of complex physical systems. His work will enable users of desktop machines to conduct the type of high-fidelity modeling and simulation that currently requires high-performance computing resources. Kevin's game-changing research constitutes a major step toward applying high-fidelity modeling to time-critical applications, such as fast-turnaround analysis, control, and uncertainty quantification.

Kevin has published eight articles in refereed journals such as the International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. He started as a Truman Fellow in October 2011 and is being mentored by Paul Boggs in Sandia/California's Quantitative Modeling and Analysis Department.

"Sandia has been the ideal place to conduct this research due to Sandia's world-class computing resources, extensive experience with large-scale modeling and simulation, and expertise in real-world applications. The Truman Fellowship is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and has provided an excellent setting to launch my scientific career, enabling me to work as a principal investigator on problems of national interest while collaborating with some of the country's best scientists."

Matt Eichenfield

2012 Truman Fellow

Matt's research interests span the interactions between electrons, phonons, and photons at the micro- and nanoscales; atomic and molecular physics; and condensed matter physics at the nanoscale. Matt received his B.S. in physics from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and his Ph.D. in physics from the California Institute of Technology, where his thesis won the Demitriades Prize for Best Thesis in the Field of Nanoscience. Matt was then awarded the Kavli Nanoscience Institute Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship at the California Institute of Technology from 2009 to 2011.

Matt's Truman Fellow research project is focused on nano-optomechanical (OM) clocks, OM crystal circuits, and OM fluidics for ultrasonic image sensors. His goals are to design, fabricate, and test OM devices. These devices will further the development of microelectronics for optical-analysis applications, particularly in the area of living-cell acoustic transmission.

His work has resulted in 15 refereed publications in such journals as Nature and Nature Photonics. Matt arrived at Sandia in May 2011 and is working in the Radiation Hard Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) Technology Development Department under manager and mentor Rich Dondero.