Justin Chang

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My name is Justin Chang, and I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Computational and Applied Mathematics (CAAM) at Rice University working under the supervision of Professor Matthew Knepley. I obtained my PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Houston and was previously part of the Computational and Applied Mechanics Laboratory (CAML) research group under the supervision of Professor Kalyana Babu Nakshatrala. My research interests include the following: High performance and parallel computing Performance analysis and modeling Scientific software development Computational Mechanics Finite element methods Solvers and preconditioners Subsurface flow and reactive transport modeling CV | Google scholar

Education

• PhD Civil Engineering, University of Houston - May 2017
  • Thesis Title: Structure-preserving high performance computational methods for transport in porous media
  • Thesis advisor: Kalyana Babu Nakshatrala


• MS Civil Engineering, University of Houston - May 2013


• BS Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin - May 2011
  
  • (w/Minor in Computer Science)

Research Experience

• Rice University - CAAM Postdoctoral Research Associate - July 2017 to Present
  
• Los Alamos National Laboratory - DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Researcher - August 2015 to January 2016
  
• Los Alamos National Laboratory - Visiting Graduate Student Researcher - May 2014 to August 2014
  
• University of Houston - CAML Graduate Student Researcher - Oct 2011 to May 2017

Teaching Experience

• CIVE Engineering Mechanics I: Statics - Teaching fellow - Springs 2016/2017 and Summer 2016
• CIVE Engineering Mechanics II: Mechanics of Materials - Teaching assistant - Springs 2012/2013

Collaborators

• Professor Matthew G. Knepley - University at Buffalo
• Professor Kalyana B. Nakshatrala - University of Houston
• Professor Lennart Johnsson - University of Houston
• Dr. Maruti Mudunuru - Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Dr. Satish Karra - Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Dr. Richard T. Mills - Argonne National Laboratory
• Mr. Nischal K. Mapakshi - University of Houston
• Mr. Maurice S. Fabien - Rice University

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