Rob Rieben
Project Lead at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Oakland, California, United States
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Top SchoolRob Rieben is a Project Lead and computational physicist with nine years of professional experience and two decades at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory driving high-performance, multi-physics simulation projects. He specializes in developing and implementing high-order Arbitrary Lagrangian-Eulerian and magneto-hydrodynamics algorithms and bringing novel finite-element discretizations to massively parallel production codes. Rob blends deep research credentials—a PhD in Engineering/Applied Science—with hands-on leadership of hydrodynamics and MHD code development and experimental simulation support. Based in Oakland, he focuses on performance-portable solutions for advanced platforms, translating cutting-edge numerical methods into scalable, mission-critical software. Colleagues rely on him for both algorithmic innovation and reliable code delivery across large scientific codebases.
8 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Engineering / Applied Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Engineering / Applied Science at University of California, DavisBachelor of Science (BS), Physics, Bachelor of Science (BS), Physics at University of California, Riverside
Github Skills (14)
finite-element-analysis10
hpc10
cpp10
c-library10
amr10
parallel-computing10
scalable10
scientific-computing10
computational-science10
multiphysics9
interoperability5
lua4
fortran4
data-structures3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (2)
LLNL/irep
Mar 2021 - Sep 2021
A tool for filling C/C++ or Fortran data structures from Lua input tables
Contributions:2 reviews, 4 PRs, 2 comments in 6 months
luacppinteroperabilityfortranfilling
mfem/mfem
May 2017 - Jun 2021
Lightweight, general, scalable C++ library for finite element methods
Contributions:2 reviews, 2 PRs, 5 comments in 4 years 1 month
c-plus-plusfinitefemamrc-library
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