Alumni Profiles

Jeffrey Hittinger

• Program Years: 1996-2000
• Academic Institution: University of Michigan
• Field of Study: Aerospace Engineering and Scientific Computing
• Academic Advisor: Philip Roe
• Practicum(s):
  Los Alamos National Laboratory (1997)
• Degree(s):
  Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering & Scientific Computing, University of Michigan, 2000
  M.S. Applied Mathematics, University of Michigan, 1997
  M.S.E. Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 1994
  B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1993

Current Status

• Status: Computational Scientist and Group Leader, Center for Applied Scientific Computing, LLNL
• Research Area: Computational plasma physics, High-order finite volume methods, Error estimation