Julia Plews
About Julia Plews
Julia Plews is a Computer Science R&D professional at Sandia National Laboratories with a background in structural engineering and computational science.
Company: Sandia National Laboratories
Julia Plews works at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. She has been part of their Computer Science R&D team since 2015. Sandia National Laboratories is known for its focus on research and development in national security, energy, and environmental technologies. Julia's work includes developing advanced high-performance computing applications and improving computational methods.
Education and Expertise in Civil and Computational Engineering
Julia Plews earned her Ph.D. in Civil (Structural) Engineering with a focus on Computational Science & Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, completing her degree in 2015. She also holds a Master of Science in the same field, completed in 2011, and a Bachelor of Science in Civil (Structural/Geotechnical) Engineering, completed in 2009. Her academic background has provided her with expertise in multiscale methods for computational analysis in solid mechanics, thermal, and fluid mechanics.
Background in Research and Development
Before joining Sandia National Laboratories, Julia Plews accumulated substantial research experience as a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from 2009 to 2015. Her work primarily focused on computer methods and software design for advanced finite element methods and multigrid methods. She has also developed massively parallel object-oriented software using C++ specifically for high-performance computing applications.
Early Engineering Internship Experience
Julia Plews began her engineering career with various internships. She worked at the City of Batavia as an Engineering Intern from 2005 to 2009, contributing to municipal engineering projects. In 2009, she interned with the Structural Engineering and Mechanics division at CTLGroup for three months. These early experiences provided her with foundational engineering skills and practical exposure to the industry.
Utilization of High-Performance Computing Technologies
Julia Plews integrates advanced high-performance computing (HPC) technologies such as MPI, OpenMP, and GPU computing in her research. Her work focuses on improving application performance at scale on HPC systems. These technologies are critical in the design and execution of computational analysis for engineering applications, particularly in the fields of solid mechanics, thermal, and fluid mechanics.