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Investigate physical phenomena using computational modeling, numerical methods, and high-performance computing; develop and test theories; and create simulations and software that apply physical laws to real-world problems.
- • Develop and implement numerical models and algorithms to simulate physical systems.
- • Run large-scale simulations on HPC/GPU platforms and optimize code performance.
- • Analyze and visualize simulation outputs and experimental data to quantify physical phenomena.
- • Express models and findings in mathematical and computational terms.
- • Verify and validate models, including sensitivity analyses and uncertainty quantification.
- • Build, maintain, and document scientific software with version control and testing.
- • Collaborate with experimentalists and engineers to integrate models with instruments and data.
- • Publish results in journals and present at conferences, ensuring computational reproducibility.
- • Teach and mentor students in computational physics methods and tools.
- • Write research proposals and computing resource requests to secure funding and HPC allocations.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
