University Partnerships

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The Predictive Science Academic Alliance Program (PSAAP) centers focus on the emerging field of predictive science—the application of verified and validated computational simulations to predict the behavior of complex systems where routine experiments are not feasible. The centers focus on unclassified applications of interest to NNSA and its three national laboratories: LLNL, LANL, and SNL. The PSAAP centers develop not only the science and engineering models and software for their large-scale simulations but also methods associated with the emerging disciplines of verification and validation (V&V) and uncertainty quantification. The goal of these emerging disciplines is to enable scientists to make precise statements about the degree of confidence they have in their simulation-based predictions.

PSAAP centers:

• California Institute of Technology: Center for the Predictive Modeling and Simulation of High-Energy Density Dynamic Response of Materials
• Purdue University: Center for Prediction of Reliability, Integrity and Survivability of Microsystems (PRISM)
• Stanford University: Center for Predictive Simulations of Multi-Physics Flow Phenomena with Application to Integrated Hypersonic Systems
• University of Michigan: Center for Radiative Shock Hydrodynamics (CRASH)
• University of Texas at Austin: Center for Predictive Engineering and Computational Sciences (PECOS)

Recognizing the scarcity of U.S. citizens enrolling for advanced degrees in fields crucial to the success of ASC, two complementary Graduate Fellowship programs, both administered by the Krell Institute, are supported.

Contacts

Ted Blacker, Sandia National Laboratories (tdblack@sandia.gov)

Nelson M. (Nels) Hoffman, Los Alamos National Laboratory (nmh@lanl.gov)

Dan Nikkel, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (nikkel1@llnl.gov)