Devin A. Matthews Receives DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship

Devin A. Matthews, mentored by Professor John Stanton, has been awarded the DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship. The Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship (DOE CSGF) program provides outstanding benefits and opportunities to students pursuing a PhD in scientific or engineering disciplines with an emphasis in high-performance computing.

Funded by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science and National Nuclear Security Administration, the DOE CSGF trains scientists to meet the nation’s workforce needs and helps to create a nationwide interdisciplinary community. The fellowship provides support and guidance to some of the nation’s best scientific graduate students, and these graduates now work in DOE laboratories, private industry and educational institutions. One of the requirements of the Computational Science Graduate Fellowship Program is a three-month practicum at a DOE research laboratory. Over 250 students at more than 50 U.S. universities have trained as Fellows, and the demand is only growing.

Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate fellows are part of an innovative group learning to solve problems outside traditional boundaries. An annual conference makes it possible for these leaders to get together, share ideas, support one another, and discover the research opportunities at Department of Energy laboratories.

The CSGF Fellows’ Conference has been an annual event since 1999 (prior to 1999 it was biennial). Holding the conferences in Washington DC facilitates attendance by DOE management personnel and Congressional members and staff, so that they may see for themselves the results of the fellowship program. Starting with the 2005 Conference, the Fellows’ has been held in June, rather than July as had been done prior to 2005, in the hope that more of these Federal personnel would be able to attend.

Devin Matthews's current work in the Stanton Group involves extending the equation-of-motion coupled cluster method to biradicals. Matthews will continue his research at the graduate level in the Stanton group.

Read about Devin Matthews' research.

Read about the DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship.