Rob Rudd profile

Rob Rudd

Group Leader, Computational Materials Science

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Biography

Research interests

  • Multiscale modeling of materials
  • Large-scale molecular dynamics
  • Nanoscale mechanics
  • Plasticity and materials strength
  • High-pressure physics
  • Fracture and damage
  • First-wall materials for magnetic fusion energy
  • Mesoscale materials
  • Interatomic potentials
  • Massively parallel computing
  • Plasma transport

Computational Materials Science Group

Career path

  • PhD in String Theory, Princeton, 1992
  • Postdoc in String Theory, Rutgers
  • Consultant in Condensed Matter Physics, SFA / Naval Research Lab
  • Departmental Lecturer in Modelling of Materials, Oxford
  • Staff Physicist, LLNL, starting 2000
  • Group Leader, LLNL, starting 2011

Other Links

Highlights

  • LLNL LDRD Committee Chair, 2007-2013
  • DOE HPC4Mfg National Review Panel, 2015-present
  • Editorial Board Member, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, 2002-present
  • Book Series Editor, Oxford Series in Materials Modelling, 2001-present, inactive
  • US Regional Editor, Molecular Simulation, 2005-2020

Education

  • Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, Princeton University, 1992
  • B.S., Physics, University of Virginia, 1987

Publications

2020 1 publication

2018 2 publications

2017 1 publication

2013 1 publication

2010 1 publication

2009 1 publication

2007 1 publication

2006 1 publication

2005 1 publication

2004 1 publication

2003 1 publication

2002 1 publication

2001 1 publication

2000 1 publication

1998 1 publication

Awards

  • Gordon Bell Prize in Supercomputing

  • Fellow of the American Physical Society

  • Fellow of the Institute of Physics

  • Dept. of Energy, Defense Programs Award

  • LLNL Director’s S&T Award, 2008, 2014, 2015

  • LLNL Deputy Director’s Publication Award, 2021, 2022

  • LLNL Directorate Award, 13 times