Steven Richard Brus

Steven Richard Brus is a researcher at Argonne National Laboratory, where he has been since 2020, contributing to the Department of Energy’s Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) and Integrated Coastal Modeling (ICoM) projects with a focus on computational techniques for coastal and urban flooding simulation.

Education

• Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2017
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Notre Dame
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Research Interests

Dr. Brus specializes in coupled wave and ocean interactions, coastal process modeling, high performance computing, and high order discontinuous Galerkin methods. His work integrates advanced numerical techniques with Earth system modeling to address climate-driven coastal hazards, emphasizing scalability on exascale architectures for improved flood prediction accuracy in urban environments.

Scientific Awards

• 2023 DOE Early Career Award for developing methods enabling E3SM to simulate coastal and urban flooding

Grants and Advising

The DOE Early Career Award represents a major grant supporting his coastal flooding research. No student advising activities or additional grants are documented in the provided text.

Labs and Teams

Dr. Brus collaborates within interdisciplinary teams on the E3SM and ICoM projects at Argonne, leveraging national laboratory resources like the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility to advance coupled ocean-wave modeling frameworks for climate resilience applications.