Dr. David Womble, Computational Simulation Group, Sandia National Laboratories

David Womble is currently the senior manager of the Computational Simulation Group at Sandia National Laboratories. This group is responsible for the development of an engineering mechanics high-performance simulation capability in support of Sandia’s national security mission. David also has program responsibility for Integrated Codes within DOE’s Advanced Simulation and Computing Program. David earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and M.S. in Electrical Engineering at Georgia Tech in 1986. He also earned a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 1982. Since arriving at Sandia in 1987, he has been involved in high performance computing with technical contributions in numerical mathematics, linear solvers, scalable algorithms and I/O. He established the Computer Science Research Institute currently located in Sandia Science and Technology Park and led Sandia’s seismic imaging project in DOE’s Advanced Computational Technologies Initiative. His recognitions include two R&D100 awards and the Gordon Bell Award in high performance computing. He was promoted to DMTS in 1995 and has been in management in since 1997.