News¶
First experiment of our Discovery Science Project at National Ignition Facility completed!¶
Our collaborative team (USF, LLNL, UoR, ASU, SU and KTH), led by Ivan Oleynik, has successfully completed the first shot at National Ignition Facility (NIF) of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. This experiment was conducted as part of our NIF Discovery Science project, which aims to synthesize the elusive high-pressure BC8 post-diamond phase of carbon.
February 28, 2023
DOE INCITE program awarded 1.3 million node-hours on Frontier supercomputer to team led by Prof. Oleynik¶
DOE's INCITE program awarded 1.3 million node-hours on exascale Frontier supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to a collaborative team (USF, Sandia, KTH) led by Prof. Oleynik to perform machine-learning molecular dynamics simulations of carbon at extreme conditions.
November 12, 2022
DOE Fusion Energy Sciences awarded grant to study Inertial Fusion Energy ablator materials¶
DOE's Fusion Energy Sciences/High-Energy Density Physics program awarded a grant to a USF/Carnegie collaborative team led by Ivan Oleynik to study Inertial Fusion Energy ablator materials.
August 1, 2022
Ivan Oleynik gave an invited talk at 2022 LaserNetUS User Group Meeting¶
Ivan Oleynik gave an invited talk "Exploring Metastability and Phase Transitions in Dynamically-Compressed Amorphous Carbon" at the 2022 LaserNetUS User's Meeting (Fort Collins, CO).
August 17, 2022
Ivan Oleynik gave an invited talk at 2022 Z Fundamental Science Workshop¶
Ivan Oleynik gave an invited talk "Phase transitions in SiC in the interiors of carbon-rich planets" at the 2022 Z Fundamental Science Workshop (Albuquerque, NM).
August 3, 2022
DOE's NNSA awarded grant to Ivan Oleynik¶
DOE's National Nuclear Security Administration Stewardship Science Academic Alliances Program awarded a grant to a Carnegie/USF collaborative team to study iron carbides at exoplanetary core conditions.
August 1, 2022
Kien Nguyen Cong gave an invited talk at 2022 High Pressure Gordon Research Conference¶
Kien Nguyen Cong gave an invited talk "Carbon at Extreme Conditions: New Insights with Big Supercomputers and Machine Learning" at the 2022 High Pressure Gordon Research Conference (Holderness, NH).
July 20, 2022
Kien Nguyen Cong gave an invited talk at 2022 APS Shock Compression Conference¶
Kien Nguyen Cong gave an invited talk "Phase transitions of carbon at extreme conditions" at the 2022 APS Shock Compression of Condensed Matter Conference (Anaheim, CA).
July 14, 2022
Ivan Oleynik gave an invited talk at 2022 APS Shock Compression Conference¶
Ivan Oleynik gave an invited talk "Quantum-accurate molecular dynamics shock simulations at experimental time and length scales" at the 2022 APS Shock Compression of Condensed Matter Conference (Anaheim, CA).
July 14, 2022
Ivan Oleynik gave a seminar at High Energy Density Science Center, LLNL¶
Ivan Oleynik gave a seminar "Carbon at Extreme Conditions: Discovery Science with Machine-Learning and Big Computers" at the High Energy Density Science Center, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
June 9, 2022
DOE ALCC program awarded 150,000 node-hours on Polaris supercomputer to team led by Ivan Oleynik¶
DOE's ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge (ALCC) program awarded 150,000 node-hours on pre-exascale Polaris supercomputer to a collaborative team (USF, Sandia, NERSC) led by Ivan Oleynik to perform predictive simulations of inertial confinement fusion ablator materials.
June 1, 2022
TACC/NSF awarded 3 million node-hours on Frontera supercomputer to Ivan Oleynik¶
Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) and NSF Leadership Resource Allocation program awarded 3 million node-hours on Frontera supercomputer to perform classical simulations of planetary materials with quantum accuracy.
March 31, 2022
DOE LaserNetUS awarded experimental time at Omega EP to team led by Ivan Oleynik¶
DOE's LaserNetUS program awarded experimental time at Omega EP Laser Facility to a collaborative team (USF, Carnegie, ASU, LLNL) led by Ivan Oleynik to study high energy density physics of novel inertial fusion energy ablator materials.
April 11, 2022
Ivan Oleynik gave a seminar at Theoretical Division of Los Alamos National Laboratory¶
Ivan Oleynik gave a seminar "Carbon at Extreme Conditions: Discovery Science with Machine-Learning and Big Computers" at the Theoretical Division of Los Alamos National Laboratory.
March 31, 2022
Ivan Oleynik gave an invited talk at NVIDIA GTC conference¶
Ivan Oleynik gave an invited talk "Billion Atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Carbon at Extreme Pressures" at the NVIDIA GTC Developer and AI Conference.
March 23, 2022
Ivan Oleynik gave a virtual Shock Compression seminar at APS¶
Ivan Oleynik gave a virtual Shock Compression Seminar "Carbon at Extreme Conditions: Discovery Science with Big Computers and Machine-Learning" for the APS Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter (GSCCM).
March 8, 2022
Jonathan Willman received best poster award at 2022 NIF User Group Meeting¶
Jonathan Willman received best poster award for his presentation "Inelastic Shock Response of Diamond" at the 2022 NIF and Jupiter Laser Facility User Group Meeting, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
February 7, 2022
Ivan Oleynik gave an invited talk at 2022 NIF User Group Meeting¶
Ivan Oleynik gave an invited talk "Defeating slow kinetics of diamond to bc8 post-diamond phase transition" at the 2022 NIF and Jupiter Laser Facility User Group Meeting, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
February 7, 2022
Jonathan Willman highlighted in 2022 NNSA Academic Programs Annual Report¶
Jonathan Willman was highlighted in the 2022 NNSA Academic Programs Annual Report.
February 1, 2022
Collaborative team led by Ivan Oleynik awarded experimental time at National Ignition Facility¶
Discovery Science (DS) program awarded experimental time at National Ignition Facility of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to a collaborative team led by Ivan Oleynik to synthesize the elusive high-pressure post-diamond phase of carbon. The team includes scientists from LLNL, University of Rochester, Arizona State University, the Royal Institute of Technology, and Swinburne University.
December 2, 2021
Collaborative team led by Ivan Oleynik earned Gordon Bell Prize finalist nomination¶
A collaborative team (USF, KTH, Sandia, NERSC, NVIDIA) led by Ivan Oleynik earned a Gordon Bell Prize finalist nomination for groundbreaking molecular dynamics simulations of carbon under extreme pressures and temperatures on the pre-exascale Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
November 18, 2021
Collaborative team led by Ivan Oleynik awarded experimental time at Z pulsed power facility¶
Z Fundamental Science (ZFS) program awarded experimental time at Z pulsed power facility of Sandia National Laboratories to a collaborative team led by Ivan Oleynik to study kinetics of phase transitions in silicon carbide at exoplanetary conditions. The team includes scientists from Sandia, LLNL, Arizona State University, and the Royal Institute of Technology.
December 15, 2020
DOE INCITE program awarded 300,000 node-hours on Summit supercomputer to team led by Ivan Oleynik¶
DOE's INCITE program awarded 300,000 node-hours on pre-exascale Summit supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to a collaborative team (USF, Sandia, KTH) led by Ivan Oleynik to perform predictive simulations of phase transitions in dynamically compressed materials.
November 16, 2020
Ashley Williams received best poster award at 2020 NNSA SSAP Symposium¶
Ashley Williams received best poster award for her presentation "Probing Metastability of Carbon at High Pressures by Predictive First-Principles Simulations" at the 2020 NNSA Stewardship Science Academic Programs (SSAP) Symposium.
February 27, 2020