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2025
Tools to Support Geometry and Meshing Needs for Fusion Energy System Simulation Codes
Dec 1, 2025
Mark Shephard
,
Jacob Merson
,
Mark Beall
,
Saurabh Tendulkar
PCMS: A Geometry and Discretization Aware Multi-physics Coupling Tool for Fusion Devices
Dec 1, 2025
Jacob Merson
,
Mark Shephard
Investigating Fluid Immersion for Improved Thermal Conductivity Measurement Sensitivity via Scanning Thermal Microscopy With Wollaston Probe
Nov 16, 2025
Jonas Kendra
,
David King
,
Jacob Merson
,
Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc
Using PCMS to Accelerate Coupling of Gyrokinetic Microturbulence with Neutral Particle Transport
Nov 1, 2025
Jacob Merson
,
Fuad Hasan
,
Mark S. Shephard
,
George J. Wilkie
Support for High Dimensional Field Transfer Operations for Fusion Coupling in PCMS
Nov 1, 2025
Jacob Merson
,
Seyed Mohammad Elahi
,
Ethan Maxwell Green
,
Zhihong Lin
,
Joyal Matthew
,
Abhiyan Paudel
,
Mark S. Shephard
,
Cameron W Smith
StellFoundry: Creating a framework for advanced stellarator design optimization and validation
Nov 1, 2025
Michael Churchill
,
Anima Anandkumar
,
Prasanna Balaprakash
,
Jong Choi
,
Heinke G Frerichs
,
Robert Hager
,
Scott Klasky
,
Alexey Romanovich Knyazev
,
Egemen Kolemen
,
Matt Landreman
,
Jeffrey Larson
,
Jacob Merson
,
Todd Munson
,
Xavier Navarro Gonzalez
,
Felix I Parra
,
Elizabeth J Paul
,
Paul Romano
,
Jai S Sachdev
,
Aaron Scheinberg
,
Mark S. Shephard
,
Donald A. Spong
,
Evan Toler
,
Nathaniel Trask
,
Adelle M Wright
Investigating the relationship between the radial electric field and neutral beam injected energetic particles in LHD
Nov 1, 2025
Ethan Maxwell Green
,
Wataru Hayashi
,
Haotian Chen
,
Masaki Osakabe
,
Hiroyuki Yamaguchi
,
Masaki Nishiura
,
Kunihiro Ogawa
,
Abhiyan Paudel
,
Jacob Merson
,
Ryosuke Seki
,
Hideo Nuga
,
William Heidbrink
,
Zhihong Lin
Improved Point Placement of XGC Meshes
Nov 1, 2025
Benjamin J. Sturdevant
,
Robert Hager
,
Jacob Merson
,
Usman Riaz
,
Mark S. Shephard
Geometry and Meshing Tool Developments for Fusion Energy System Simulation Codes
Nov 1, 2025
Mark S. Shephard
,
Mark W Beall
,
Ottmar Klaas
,
Jacob Merson
,
Onkar Sahni
,
Saurabh Tendulkar
Unstructured Mesh Tools For Magnetically Confined Fusion System Simulations
Sep 11, 2025
Mark Shephard
,
Jacob Merson
Investigating Fluid Immersion for Scanning Thermal Microscopy Thermal Conductivity Sensitivity Improvement
Sep 3, 2025
Jonas Kendra
,
David King
,
Jacob Merson
,
Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc
Unstructured Mesh Components
Sep 1, 2025
E.G. Boman
,
A.E. Castillo-Crooke
,
Jacob Merson
,
O. Sahni
,
M.S. Shephard
,
C.W. Smith
,
B.J. Sturdevant
Computational Efficiency and Performance
Sep 1, 2025
Cody Balos
,
Todd Munson
,
Sherry Li
,
Yan Liu
,
Mark Shephard
,
Jacob Merson
,
David Gardner
CEDA SciDAC collaboration -- Computational Evaluation and Design of Actuators for Core-Edge Integration
Sep 1, 2025
F.I. Parra
,
J. Dominski
,
R. Hager
,
A. Hakim
,
G.W. Hammet
,
I Kaganovich
,
S.-H. Ku
,
S. Shiraiwa
,
G. Wilkie
,
E.A. Belli
,
T. Bernard
,
J. Candy
,
A. Scheinberg
,
S. Klasky
,
D. Pugmire
,
E. Suchyta
,
Jacob Merson
,
Usman Riaz
,
O. Sahni
,
M. Shephard
,
M. Aggul
,
S. Amihere
,
D. Reynolds
,
R. Ghanem
,
D.R. Hatch
,
M. Kotschenreuther
,
A. Shukla
Capabilities, Plans, and Successes in Synergy between AI/ML and Scientific Computing Methods
Sep 1, 2025
Fastmath Team (Including J. Merson)
Supporting the Geometry and Meshing Requirements of Fusion System Simulation Codes
Jul 30, 2025
Mark S. Shephard
,
Mark Beall
,
Jacob Merson
,
Saurabh Tendulkar
,
Ottmar Klaas
,
Onkar Sahni
Enabling High-Performance Coupled Multiphysics Fusion Simulations with the Parallel Coupler for Multi-Model Simulations (pcms)
Jul 29, 2025
Jacob Merson
,
Abhiyan Paudel
,
Fuad Hasan
,
Seyed Mohammad Elahi
,
Angel Castillo-Crooke
,
Cameron W. Smith
,
Mark S. Shephard
Modeling Nonlocal Behavior of Stochastic Fibrous Materials Using a Finite Element Implementation of Micromorphic Linear Elasticity
Jul 24, 2025
Zachary Knowlan
,
Jacob Merson
Iterative computational homogenization for transient thermal problems in representative volume elements
Jul 23, 2025
Seyed Mohammad Elahi
,
Max Bloomfield
,
Jacob Merson
GPU enabled unstructured mesh tallies for fusion neutron transport simulations
Jul 23, 2025
Fuad Hasan
,
Paul Romano
,
Patrick Shriwise
,
Aditya Y. Joshi
,
Michael Churchill
,
Hunter Belanger
,
Cameron Smith
,
Mark S. Shephard
,
Jacob Merson
Advancing field transfer operations in Parallel Coupler for Multimodel Simulations (PCMS) software
Jul 23, 2025
Abhiyan Paudel
,
Ethan Green
,
Jacob Schwartz
,
Cameron Smith
,
Jacob Merson
Modeling nonlocal behavior of stochastic fibrous materials using finite element implementation of micromorphic linear elasticity
Jul 22, 2025
Zachary Knowlan
,
Jacob Merson
Progress Towards Micromorphic Upscaling Multiscale Damage Models of Fibrous Materials
Jul 9, 2025
Jacob Merson
,
Zachary Knowlan
Multiscale Simulations for 3D Chip Design
Jun 27, 2025
Jacob Merson
,
Max Bloomfield
,
Amogh Wasti
,
Zongmin Yang
,
Matthew Galarza
,
Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc
An MFEM Implementation of Micromorphic Elasticity
Jun 26, 2025
Zachary Knowlan
,
Jacob Merson
GPU Acceleration of Unstructured Mesh Based Tallies (and Transport) in OpenMC
May 28, 2025
Jacob Merson
,
Fuad Hasan
,
Aditya Y. Joshi
,
Cameron W. Smith
,
Mark S. Shephard
,
Paul K. Romano
,
Patrick C. Shriwise
,
George J. Wilkie
,
R. Michael Churchill
Integrating OpenMC and PUMIPic to Enable GPU Acceleration of Unstructured Mesh Tallies for Monte Carlo Transport Simulations
Mar 18, 2025
Fuad Hasan
,
George Wilkie
,
Paul Romano
,
Patrick Shriwise
,
Michael Churchill
,
Cameron W. Smith
,
Mark S. Shephard
,
Jacob Merson
Advances in Fastmath Unstructured Mesh Components in Support of DOE Fusion Simulation Codes
Mar 7, 2025
Mark S. Shephard
,
Jacob Merson
,
Onkar Sahni
,
Mark Beall
,
Cameron W. Smith
,
Dhyanjyoti Nath
,
Usman Riaz
,
Fuad Hasan
,
Saurabh Tendulkar
PCMS: A geometry and Discretization Aware Coupling Tool for Fusion Devices
Mar 6, 2025
Jacob Merson
,
Abhiyan Paudel
,
Fuad Hasan
,
Matthew McCall
,
Cameron W. Smith
,
Angel Castillo-Crooke
,
Mark S. Shephard
2024
Experimental Evaluation of Thermal Conductivity of Single Layer of BEOL Materials Using 3$ømega$ Method
Nov 1, 2024
Amogh Wasti
,
Zongmin Yang
,
Matthew Galarza
,
Jona Kendra
,
Davis Knight
,
Max Bloomfield
,
Timothy Chainer
,
Roy Yu
,
Prabudhya Chowdhury
,
Aakrati Jain
,
Jacob Merson
,
Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc
Tools to Support Geometry and Meshing Needs for Fusion Energy System Simulation Codes
Oct 1, 2024
Mark S. Shephard
,
Jacob Merson
,
Onkar Sahni
,
Cameron W Smith
,
Mark W Beall
,
Saurabh Tendulkar
,
Ottmar Klaas
Simulation of plasma turbulence in stellarator equilibria with the global gyrokinetic particle-in-cell code XGC
Oct 1, 2024
Albert Mollen
,
Toseo Moritaka
,
Aaron Scheinberg
,
Robert Hager
,
Hongxuan Zhu
,
Michael Churchill
,
Seung Hoe Ku
,
Jacob Merson
,
Fuad Hasan
,
Mark S. Shephard
,
C.S. Chang
Pedestal fueling studies enabled by streamlined neutral transport workflow
Oct 1, 2024
George J Wilkie
,
Robert Hager
,
Felix I Parra
,
Jacob Merson
,
Fuad Hasan
Geometry-Aware Coupling of Multimodel Simulations and Data for Digital Twins through the Parallel Coupler for Multimodel Simulations (PCMS)
Oct 1, 2024
Jacob Merson
,
Abhiyan Paudel
,
Fuad Hasan
,
Cameron W Smith
,
Angel Castillo-Crooke
,
Mark S. Shephard
,
Eric Suchyta
A Vision for Simulation-based, Multi-fidelity Digital Twins in Fusion Energy
Oct 1, 2024
Michael Churchill
,
Anima Anandkumar
,
Allen Hayne Boozer
,
Jong Choi
,
Doménica Corona
,
Heinke G Frerichs
,
Thomas M Gibbs
,
Robert Hager
,
Scott Klasky
,
Matt Landreman
,
Jeffrey Larson
,
Tom Looby
,
Jacob Merson
,
Albert Viktor Mollen
,
Stefano Munaretto
,
Todd Munson
,
Xavier Navarro Gonzalez
,
Felix I Parra
,
Elizabeth J Paul
,
Paul Romano
,
Jacob a Schwartz
,
Mark S. Shephard
,
Don Spong
,
Evan Toler
,
Jai S Sachdev
,
Eric D Suchyta
,
Aaron Scheinberg
,
Manuel Scotto D'Abusco
,
Cameron W Smith
,
Nathaniel Trask
,
Adelle M Wright
Anisotropic Thermal Resistance Characterization Using 3$ømega$ Joule Heating Thermometry and Scanning Thermal Microscopy
Aug 1, 2024
Zongmin Yang
,
Matt Galarza
,
Nazia Islam
,
Jacob Merson
,
Max Bloomfield
,
T. Borca Tasciuc
,
Aakrati Jain
,
Prabudhya Chowdhury
,
Timothy Chainer
,
Roy Yu
Unstructured Mesh Tools for Fusion Partnerships
Jul 1, 2024
M.W. Beall
,
V. Dobrev
,
R. Hager
,
A.Y. Joshi
,
T.V. Kolev
,
Jacob Merson
,
D.D. Nath
,
S. Petrides
,
O. Sahni
,
S. Seol
,
M.S. Shephard
,
S. Shiraiwa
,
C.W. Smith
,
M.L. Stowell
,
S. Tendulkar
,
T.R. Younkin
,
C. Zhang
Unstructured Mesh Methods: Recent Advances
Jul 1, 2024
E. Boeman
,
V. Dobrev
,
K.E. Jansen
,
T.V. Kolev
,
Jacob Merson
,
M. Perego
,
Onkar Sahni
,
M.S. Shephard
,
C.W. Smith
,
M.L. Stowell
Multiscale Mechanics of Soft-Tissue Damage: A Role for Multiscale Finite Element Methods
Jul 1, 2024
Jacob Merson
Computational Evaluation and Design of Actuators for Core-Edge Integration
Jul 1, 2024
F.I. Parra
,
J. Dominski
,
R. Hager
,
A. Hakim
,
G.W. Hammet
,
I Kaganovich
,
S.-H. Ku
,
A. Mollen
,
S. Shiraiwa
,
G. Wilkie
,
E.A. Belli
,
T. Bernard
,
J. Candy
,
A. Scheinberg
,
S. Klasky
,
D. Pugmire
,
E. Suchyta
,
Jacob Merson
,
Usman Riaz
,
O. Sahni
,
M. Shephard
,
M. Aggul
,
D. Reynolds
,
R. Ghanem
,
G. LaValle
,
D.R. Hatch
,
M. Kotschenreuther
,
A. Shukla
Accuracy and Convexity of Homogenized Material Stiffness for Non-affine Fibrous Materials
Jul 1, 2024
Jacob Merson
,
Md Rifat Hossain
Physics Based Machine Learned Constitutive Models for Fibrous Materials
Jun 1, 2024
Jacob Merson
,
Nishan Parvez
Multiscale modeling of thermal behavior in 3D chiplet stacks
May 1, 2024
Nazia Islam
,
Jonas Kendra
,
Max Bloomfield
,
Theo Borca-Tasciuc
,
Jacob Merson
Computational Modeling of Viscoelastic Glass
Apr 1, 2024
Zachary Knowlan
,
Jacob Merson
,
Antoinette Maniatty
2023
Unstructured mesh tools for fusion energy simulation codes
Oct 1, 2023
M. S. Shephard
,
C.W. Smith
,
Jacob Merson
,
Usman Riaz
,
A. Yogesh Joshi
The pseudo-inverse mapping as a noise reduction technique in global gyrokinetic magnetic fusion plasma simulations with the XGC code
Oct 1, 2023
A. Mollen
,
M. Adams
,
Jacob Merson
,
R. Hager
,
V. Carey
,
A. Scheinberg
,
M. Shephard
,
C. Chang
Parallel Coupler for Multimodel Simulations (PCMS): A new approach for independent model coupling of Tokamak plasma simulations
Aug 1, 2023
Jacob Merson
Unstructured Mesh Developments in Support of Fusion Energy System Simulation Codes
Jul 1, 2023
Mark Shephard
,
Onkar Sahni
,
Cameron Smith
,
Jacob Merson
,
Chonglin Zhang
,
Usman Riaz
Machine learning for multiscale simulations of the Facet Capsular Ligament
Jul 1, 2023
Jacob Merson
,
Nishan Parvez
Physics preserving machine learning based constitutive models for multiscale simulations of fibrous materials
Jun 1, 2023
Jacob Merson
Multiscale simulations show role of diffuse damage in anomalous fiber realignment
Jun 1, 2023
Jacob Merson
,
Catalin R. Picu
,
Mark Shephard
Multiscale and multiphysics technologies for biomechanics and tokamaks
Jan 1, 2023
Jacob Merson
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