David Littlewood
Manager at Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Littlewood is a manager leading the Computational Multiscale Department at Sandia National Laboratories with 15+ years of experience in computational solid mechanics and high-performance scientific computing. He directs multidisciplinary teams that develop production-grade simulation software—including stewardship of parts of the LAMMPS molecular dynamics code—and forges collaborations across national labs, industry, and academia to push simulation capabilities for Sandia missions. With a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado and a long track record at Sandia progressing from technical staff to department manager, he blends deep technical expertise with program leadership. Notably, his group couples multiscale physics insight with scalable software practices to deliver robust tools used beyond the laboratory, reflecting a balance of research rigor and operational impact.
15 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Mechanical Engineering, PhD, Mechanical Engineering at University of Colorado at Boulder
Github Skills (24)
simulation10
fenics10
chemical-engineering10
python10
modeling-tool10
computational-science10
mpi10
petsc10
snl-applications10
mechanics10
hpc-applications10
physics10
diffraction10
structural-engineering10
finite-element-analysis10
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
djlittl/CV
Sep 2017 - May 2024
Contributions:24 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 8 months
peridigm/peridigm
Aug 2010 - Jan 2020
Peridigm peridynamics code.
Contributions:1572 commits, 4 PRs, 65 pushes in 9 years 7 months
physicspythonfinite-element-analysisstructural-engineeringmultiphysics
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