Jamie Bramwell
Deputy Associate Program Director, Weapon Simulation And Computing Computational Physics Program
Livermore, California, United States
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Top SchoolJamie Bramwell is a computational physics and engineering software leader with nine years of experience driving high-order finite element method development, design optimization, and high-performance computing at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. As Deputy Associate Program Director and Director of the Center for Computational Engineering, he blends hands-on research software engineering with program leadership to deliver scalable, production-grade multiphysics tools. His open-source contributions to the widely used MFEM library—implementing mixed nonlinear forms and parallel integrations—underscore a deep commitment to robust, extensible numerical software. Trained with a Ph.D. from the Oden Institute, he pairs academic rigor with practical systems engineering, often translating complex theory into performant code for large-scale simulation campaigns.
9 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mechanical Engineering at Northwestern UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computational Science Engineering and Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computational Science Engineering and Mathematics at Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
Github Skills (9)
el10
c-language10
f10
cprogramming-language10
linear-algebra9
hpc8
parallel-computing8
scientific-computing7
cluster-computing7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mfem/mfem
Jul 2017 - Aug 2021
Lightweight, general, scalable C++ library for finite element methods
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:77 reviews, 82 commits, 6 PRs in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Jamie's commits primarily focused on implementing and refining mixed nonlinear forms within the MFEM library. The contributions involved adding new classes and methods, such as `MixedNonlinearForm`, `BlockNonlinearForm`, and corresponding integrators. These changes included defining essential boundary conditions, implementing the `Mult` and `GetGradient` methods for these forms, and integrating with existing components like element and face transformations. The user's work culminated in ensuring the code compiles correctly and integrates into the parallel framework of the library, showing a focus on expanding and refining the finite element method capabilities.
c-plus-plusfinitefemamrc-library
LLNL/serac
May 2019 - Jan 2023
Serac is a high order nonlinear thermomechanical simulation code
Contributions:1037 reviews, 1851 commits, 476 PRs in 3 years 9 months
computational-physicscppnonlinearsnl-applicationssbml
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