Inside Livermore Lab Courses

Geometric Predicates for Unconditionally Robust Elastodynamics Simulation

Discover groundbreaking approaches to robust elastodynamics simulation, focusing on geometric predicates and incremental potential contact methods for ensuring valid trajectories in physical simulations.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

SiMPL: A Fast and Simple Method for Density-Based Topology Optimization

Discover a new first-order method for density-based topology optimization that delivers faster convergence and mesh-independent behavior through the SiMPL approach to design updates and calculations.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Efficient Simulation of Fluid Flows Using High-Order Finite Elements with deal.II

Explore advanced techniques for high-order discontinuous Galerkin methods in fluid flow simulation, focusing on matrix-free operator evaluation and efficient iterative solvers using the deal.II library.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

FIAT: From Basis Functions to Efficient Finite Element Solvers

Delve into advanced finite element methods, exploring FIAT's macroelement support, improved tabulation techniques, and efficient solver implementations for complex mathematical problems.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 8 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

China in Strategic Context

Gain insights into China's strategic positioning and geopolitical dynamics through expert analysis from military intelligence leader Mike Studeman at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Immersed Domain Approach for Fluid-Structure-Contact Interaction Problems

Explore an immersed domain approach for fluid-structure-contact interaction problems, featuring applications in bio-prosthetic heart valves and diaphragm pumps, with emphasis on parallel computing techniques and coupling methods.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Reducing Data Resolution for Better Reconstruction: Super-Resolution of Navier-Stokes Flows

Explore the theoretical analysis of super-resolution for reconstructing Navier-Stokes flows from noisy observations, where counter-intuitively, coarser resolution can improve reconstruction accuracy in physical systems.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Smarter Particles for Smarter Plasma Simulations - A Moment-Enhanced PIC Framework

Discover a moment-enhanced Particle-in-Cell method that improves plasma simulations with fewer particles, better stability, and preserved physical invariants.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Nuclear Posture and Nuclear Proliferation - Experimental Evidence from South Korea

Discover experimental evidence on South Korea's nuclear posture and growing domestic support for independent nuclear weapons development despite U.S. alliance protection.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The New Pacing Threats - Opportunistic and Coordinated Aggression

Explore evolving security challenges as adversary cooperation between China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran transforms global threat landscapes through opportunistic coordination.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Finite Element Exterior Calculus in Four-Dimensional Space

Explore finite element exterior calculus techniques for constructing derivative operators and conforming spaces on 4D geometric shapes like tesseracts and pentatopes.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 6 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Digital Infrastructure in 2025 - Black Hole or Big Bang?

Explore global digital infrastructure trends, policies, and threats facing organizations in 2025, with expert recommendations for navigating geographically dispersed systems.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Interpolation-Based Immersed Finite Element and Isogeometric Analysis

Discover a novel approach to immersed finite element analysis that dramatically reduces implementation complexity through interpolation-based methods for structural mechanics and fluid dynamics.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Algorithms and Applications of Edge-Colored Hypergraph Clustering

Explore edge-colored hypergraph clustering algorithms for categorizing individuals based on multiway interactions with categorical labels and their real-world applications.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Rust Wrapper for MFEM - Building Modern Systems Programming Interfaces

Explore how Rust wrapper integration with MFEM can enhance scientific simulations through improved usability, performance, and code safety while maintaining C++ compatibility.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video