Spencer Bryngelson

Spencer Bryngelson is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computational Science and Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology's College of Computing. He specializes in computational physics, numerical methods, fluid dynamics, and high-performance computing. His research focuses on developing scalable simulation tools for multiphase flows, quantum algorithms for fluid dynamics, and Bayesian optimization techniques.

• Education: Ph.D. and M.S. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2015–2017); B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics from University of Michigan–Dearborn (2013)
• Affiliations: Previously senior postdoc at Caltech, visiting researcher at MIT, and postdoc at XPACC
• Labs/Teams: Leads the Comp-Physics Group (https://comp-physics.group)

His research interests include quantum computing applications to fluid mechanics, high-performance computing methodologies, and multiphysics simulation frameworks like the MFC flow solver. Recent work explores hybrid quantum-classical algorithms for PDEs and GPU-accelerated combustion kinetics modeling through tools like Pyrometheus.

Notable trends in his articles include:

• Quantum computing integration in fluid dynamics simulations
• Development of exascale-ready multiphysics solvers
• Bayesian optimization for material characterization
• Advances in WENO schemes and turbulence modeling

His work emphasizes portability and scalability in HPC environments, with contributions to libraries like QBMMlib and RoseNNa for neural network integration in CFD.