Los Alamos National Laboratory


Development of a moment-conditioned, asymptotic preserving and mass, momentum and energy-conserving Particle-in-Cell solver for the Vlasov-Ampére system
Derek Kuldinow, Stanford University
Practicum Year: 2024
Practicum Supervisor: William Taitano, Technical Staff Scientist, Theory Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Exploring the effect of kinetically treated alpha heating on neutron spectra in high yield NIF implosions
Benjamin Reichelt, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Practicum Year: 2022
Practicum Supervisor: Luis Chacon, , T5: Applied Mathematics and Plasma Physics, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Discrete dislocation dynamics simulations for metal plasticity
John Shimanek, Pennsylvania State University
Practicum Year: 2022
Practicum Supervisor: Laurent Capolungo, Scientist, MST-8, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Dislocation-interstitial interactions using phase-field dislocation dynamics
Lauren Fey, University of California, Santa Barbara
Practicum Year: 2021
Practicum Supervisor: Abigail Hunter, , XCP-5, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Evaluating the Impacts of the LANSCE Spallation Target-Moderator-Reflector-Shield Upgrade upon DANCE
Chad Ummel, Rutgers University
Practicum Year: 2019
Practicum Supervisor: Aaron Couture, P-27 Group Leader, Physics, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Cross sections in the resolved-resonance region: S-matrix vs R-matrix approaches
Paul Fanto, Yale University
Practicum Year: 2018
Practicum Supervisor: Toshihiko Kawano, Staff Scientist, T-2, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Development of an MHD-to-hydrocode link to study HEDP experiments
Gabriel Shipley, University of New Mexico
Practicum Year: 2018
Practicum Supervisor: Forrest Doss, Scientist, X Theoretical Design Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Uncertainty Quantification in Fracture Networks
Amy Lovell, Michigan State University
Practicum Year: 2017
Practicum Supervisor: Gowri Srinivasan, Scientist-3, T-5, Los Alamos National Laboratory
6Li(n,t) Cross Section Up to 10 MeV
Leo Kirsch, University of California, Berkeley
Practicum Year: 2016
Practicum Supervisor: Matt Devlin, Team Leader, P-27, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Accretion Disks from Neutron Star Mergers
Cole Holcomb, Princeton University
Practicum Year: 2015
Practicum Supervisor: Christopher L. Fryer, , Computer, Computational, and Statistical Sciences , Los Alamos National Laboratory
Cu Corrosion Measurements in and Engineered Barrier System
Sarah Palaich Heffern, University of California, Los Angeles
Practicum Year: 2015
Practicum Supervisor: Florie Caporuscio, Dr., Radiogeochemistry Team, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Monte Carlo Modeling of the National Ignition Facility's Gamma Reaction History Diagnostic
Adam Cahill, Cornell University
Practicum Year: 2012
Practicum Supervisor: Hans W. Herrmann, , P-24 Plasma Physics, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Neutron Activation of Cd, Zn, and Nb
Nicole Fields, University of Chicago
Practicum Year: 2011
Practicum Supervisor: Steve Elliott, Technical Staff Member, P-23, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Proto-Neutron Star Evolution
Luke Roberts, University of California, Santa Cruz
Practicum Year: 2009
Practicum Supervisor: Sanjay Reddy, Staff Member, Theoretical Division T-16, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Data Analysis of Neutron Capture Measurements on arsenic-75 using DANCE
Paul Ellison, University of California, Berkeley
Practicum Year: 2008
Practicum Supervisor: David Vieira, Nuclear Chemistry Team Leader, Chemistry, Los Alamos National Laboratory