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2023 Fellows' Poster Session & Abstracts

First-, second- and third-year students present their research during the annual Fellows' Poster Session.The annual Fellows’ Poster Session affords attendees a unique opportunity to gain exposure to the breadth of research supported by the DOE CSGF program. Each fellow is provided space to present their latest findings. The format allows all attendees — including fellow presenters — to ask questions of and engage in discussion with one another.

2020 Cohort

Group I - Presenting 5:00-5:30 p.m.
Poster Number Name Title
1 Alexandra Baumgart Reducing the Cost of Chemistry Modeling in Detonation Simulations
3 Emily de Jong Can We Reduce Structural and Parametric Uncertainties in Models of Cloud Microphysics?
5 Ian DesJardin A Proposed Ionospheric Scintillation-Based Method to Detect Sub-Centimeter Space Debris
7 Ethan Epperly XTrace: Making the Most of Every Sample in Stochastic Trace Estimation
9 Grant Johnson Kinetic Continuum Simulations of Special Relativistic Plasmas
11 Nikita Kozak A Deep Dive into RANS Turbulence Modelling: The Role of Deep Learning in Predicting Reynolds Stress Tensor Anisotropy
13 Nishad Maskara Hardware-Efficient Quantum Simulation of Strongly Correlated Molecules and Materials With Reconfigurable Atom Arrays
15 Albert Musaelian Scaling the Leading Accuracy of Deep Equivariant Models to Biomolecular Simulations of Realistic Size
17 Graham Pash Development of Predictive Digital Twins With Applications to Personalized Medicine
19 Justin Porter Tracking Nonlinear Vibration Phenomena
21 Rachel Robey Energetically-Accurate Vertical Grid for Under-Resolved Quasi-Geostrophic Ocean
23 Ellis Torrance Utilizing HPC to Estimate How Often Bacteria Participate in Genetic Exchange
25 Santiago Vargas Generalized Bondnet: A Generalized Graph Neural Network Framework to Predict Reaction Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Developing Reaction Networks and High-Throughput Screening Runs
Group II - Presenting 5:30-6:00 p.m.
Poster Number Name Title
2 Marc Davis Numerical Synthesis of Arbitrary Multi-Qubit Unitaries With Low T-Count
4 Anthony Degleris Scalable Multi-Value Joint Transmission and Generation Expansion Planning via Implicit Differentiation
6 Kiran Eiden Multidimensional Simulations of Magnetar-Powered Supernovae
8 Margot Fitz Axen The Impact of Cosmic Rays on Star Formation
10 Ariel Kellison Numerical Fuzz: A Programming Language for Rounding Error Analysis
12 Mary LaPorte Reproducing Kernels: Predicting Grain Carotenoid Traits For a Maize Breeding Program
14 Kaishu Mason Niche Differential Gene Expression Analysis in Spatial Transcriptomics Data Identifies Context-Dependent Cell-Cell Interactions
16 Laura Nichols Defect Activation Through Hydrogen Release in Semiconductors
18 Danilo Perez Jr Constructing a Hierarchical Kalman Filter for Extraction of Adaptive Neural Population Dynamics
20 Luis Rangel DaCosta Fast Approach to Calculating Spectral Densities of Both Molecules and Solids Through Selected Configuration Interaction With Green's Functions
24 Margaret Trautner Learning Homogenization for Elliptic Operators

2021 Cohort

Group I - Presenting 4:00-4:30 p.m.
Poster Number Name Title
1 Olivia Asher Who Lives in a Spore?
3 Alexandra Ballow LLC Equivalence and Mode Connectivity in the QML Loss Landscape
5 Paul Beckman Boundary Integral Methods for Computing Covariances in Inverse Source Problems
7 Ishani Ganguly Efficient Connectome Analyses for Identifying Bottleneck Neurons in Behaviorally-Relevant Pathways
9 Souradip Ghosh Ripple: Asynchronous Programming for Spatial Dataflow Architectures at the Extreme Edge
11 Jalen Harris Tuning Material Properties: Insights Into Twisted Bilayer Graphene and Moire Materials Through Electronic Interactions
13 Gabrielle Jones Interfacial Curvature Impacted Defect Formation in Colloidal Materials
15 Thomas Gade Jr Verification of Low-n Resistive Tearing Mode Physics in the Electromagnetic X-Point Gyrokinetic Code (XGC)
17 Madeleine Kerr The Plume-Thermal Dichotomy of Venus: A Numerical Approach
19 Nicole Pagane Tissue-Specific Optimization of T Cell Activation in Draining Lymph Nodes
21 Abigail Poteshman Comparing Ab Initio Methods to Calculate Polarization for High-Throughput Screening of Ferroelectric Materials
23 Paulina Rodriguez Establishing Credibility in Medical Device Simulations: A Risk-Informed Approach to Developing Regulatory-Grade Computational Evidence
25 Courtney Shafer Generating a map of subglacial discharge across Antarctica using MPAS-Albany Land Ice Model (MALI)
27 Samuel Varner Entropic Origin of Ionic Interactions in Polar Solvents
29 Steven Wilson A Priori Data Collection for Thermodynamic Modeling of Off-Stoichiometric Metal Oxides Via Bayesian Methods
Group II - Presenting 4:30-5:00 p.m.
Poster Number Name Title
2 Lucas Attia Interfacial Competition on Drug Crystal Surfaces
4 Zoe Barbeau Assessment of Localized Artificial Diffusivity and Interface Sharpening for Two Phase Shear Layers
6 Marianne Cowherd Climate-Resilient Snowpack Estimation Methods
8 Krystian Ganko Improving System Identification of Kinetic Networks Using Neural Stochastic Differential Equations
10 Juan Gomez Deep Learning With Differential Privacy and the Saddle Point
14 Caleb Ju A Library for Provably Fast Reinforcement Learning
16 Olorundamilola Kazeem Charting Uncharted Territories: Journeying Towards Quantum Speech Processing
18 Joy Kitson Modeling the Spread of Infectious Diseases on State-Level Digital Twins
20 Shehan Parmar Understanding the Liquid Structure of [N1888][TFSI] via Polarizable Molecular Dynamics
22 Sonia Reilly Ensemble MCMC Sampling for Infinite-Dimensional Bayesian Inverse Problems
24 Rahul Sahay Unconventional Superconductivity in a Simple Lattice Model With Strong Interactionsand Topological Bands
26 Timothy Taylor HENS: The Huge Ensemble of Global Weather Extremes Using FourCastNet
28 Julia Wei Exploring The Dynamics of Phase Transitions in Quantum Simulators
30 Victor Zendejas Lopez Direct Numerical Simulation of a Statistically Stationary and Streamwise Periodic Turbulent Shear Layer

2022 Cohort

Group I - Presenting 5:00-5:30 p.m.
Poster Number Name Title
1 Daniel Abdulah Libration Induced Gravity Waves on Enceladus
3 Christopher Anderson Contrasting Topological and Quantitative Structures Drive Stability in Mutualistic Networks
5 Lucy Brown A Phase Field Model for Simulating the Freezing of Supercooled Liquid Droplets
7 Nina Cao A Platform for Exploring Collective Behavior in Artificial Ciliary Arrays Through Simulation and Hardware in Parallel
9 Max Daniels Score-Based Generative Neural Networks for Large-Scale Optimal Transport
11 Otto Fajen Rank-Reduced Second-Order Approximate Coupled Cluster Singles and Doubles
13 Nina Filippova Protostellar Disk and Star Cluster Formation With Realistic Feedback and Non-Ideal Magnetohydrodynamics
15 Gil Goldshlager Accelerating the Optimization of Neural Network Wavefunctions in First Quantization
17 Michael Ito Beyond Static Graphs: Understanding Graph Neural Networks and Homophily in Dynamic Node Classification
19 Katherine Keegan Optimal Low-Rank Tensor Singular Value Decompositions via Variable Projection
21 Jerry Liu Consistency Flow Matching: Single-Step Generation With General Corruption Processes
23 Storm Mata Modeling the Influence of Variations in Wind Speed and Direction in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer on Utility-Scale Wind Turbine Power Production
25 Miruna Oprescu Beyond Conditional Averages: Robust and Agnostic Learning of Conditional Distributional Treatment Effects
27 Carlyn Schmidgall Observations and Modeling of Salinity Variability in the Beaufort Gyre
29 Grace Wei Ultrafast Lithium-Ion Diffusion in Oxyhalides
31 Joel Ye Modeling Local Neural Population Responses to Intracortical Microstimulation
Group II - Presenting 5:30-6:00 p.m.
Poster Number Name Title
2 Caleb Adams How Sensitive is Fire Behavior to Live Fuel Moisture Content and Other Fuel Attributes? Analysis Using the QUIC-Fire Model
4 Elizabeth Bennewitz Experimental Proposal for Meson Scattering on Trapped-Ion Simulators
6 Jackson Burns Better Data Splits for Machine Learning With Astartes​
8 Ashlynn Crisp A Nonparametric Three-Sample Test
10 Zachary Espinosa The Physics of Summertime Antarctic Extreme Heat Events
12 Joshua Fernandes Ion Transport and Dynamics of Electrical Double Layers Around Cellular Membranes
14 Mary Gerhardinger A Successful Model for Simulating Massive Gravity
16 McKenzie Hagen Genetic and Environmental Variance Components of White Matter Tissue Properties Reveal Genetic and Environmental Factors in Individual Variability
18 Alexander Johnson Dynamical Data Mining Captures Disc-Halo Couplings That Structure Galaxies
20 McKenzie Larson An Updated Climatology of Extratropical Cyclones in Colorado
22 Kerri Lu Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Soil Properties Using Machine Learning
24 Tristan Maxson Training Accurate and Physically Meaningful Machine Learning Force Fields for Water and Understanding Their Transferability
26 Mansi Sakarvadia All Paths Don't Lead to Rome: Interpreting Reasoning Pathways in Language Models
28 Michael Tynes Controlling AI Surrogates for Costly Science Codes With Accuracy Guarantees
30 Emily Williams Stochastic Integration for Chaotic Dynamical Systems