School of CSE Seminar Series: Cory Hauck

Speaker: Cory Hauck, applied mathematician at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Date and Time: April 10, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Location: Coda 114
Host: Qi Tang

Title: Recent Advances in the Design and Simulation of Approximate Multi-Species Collisional Models in Computational Kinetic Theory

Abstract: Kinetic descriptions of particle systems are characterized by a balance of phase-space advection and particles collisions. Often the operators that model collisions are the most expensive part of a kinetic simulation, and simplified models are desired. In this talk, I will present some of these models and discuss recent extensions to the multispecies setting.

Bio: Cory Hauck is an applied mathematician and group leader of the Multiscale Methods and Dynamics Group. His research interests cover various aspects of numerical analysis, computational physics, scientific computing, and mathematical tools for scientific data. His primary research area lies is the development of numerical methods for kinetic equations and related models. These models are characteristic by multiscale phenomena, and their simulation requires advanced mathematical tools in modeling and computation.

Dr. Hauck received his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Maryland in 2006.  Before moving to Oak Ridge, he did a postdoc in the Computational Physics and Methods Group and at the Center for Nonlinear Studies at Los Alamos. He serves on the editorial boards of SIAM Multiscale Modeling & Simulation, Journal of Scientific Computing, and others. He has received Householder Fellowship from ORNL and Early Career Award from the Department of Energy (ASCR).