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Natalie Beams is a Research Assistant Professor at the Innovative Computing Laboratory (ICL) within the University of Tennessee's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). She holds a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), an MS from UIUC, and a BS in Mechanical Engineering (summa cum laude) from the University of Oklahoma. Her research focuses on numerical methods for PDEs, high-performance computing (HPC), and GPU-accelerated algorithms, with contributions to projects like the Exascale Computing Project's CEED and CLOVER initiatives.
Key research areas include finite element methods, integral equation solvers, and mixed-precision algebraic multigrid techniques. She has developed software tools such as the libCEED library for high-order discretizations and contributed to the Ginkgo and MAGMA libraries. Her work emphasizes exascale computing, GPU optimization, and parallel algorithm design.
- Education:
- PhD in Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, UIUC (2017)
- MS in Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, UIUC (2014)
- BS in Mechanical Engineering, University of Oklahoma (2010)
Awards & Honors:
- Best Workshops Paper Award, PPAM Conference (2022)
- 2011/2012 Computational Science & Engineering Fellow
- 2010 College of Engineering Carver Fellow
- List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Students (UIUC, 2014)
Grants & Projects: Active contributor to the Exascale Computing Project (ECP), leading efforts in CEED (libCEED library) and CLOVER (MFEM-Ginkgo interoperability). Collaborates with Rice University and other institutions on HPC and numerical algorithms.
Labs & Teams: Core member of the Innovative Computing Laboratory (ICL) at UTK, specializing in exascale software and GPU-accelerated computing.
