Mission

The Computational Sciences Department supports world-class plasma physics research and energy applications and develops novel computational methods with applications across the whole of science and engineering today. We pursue Fusion Energy Science's goal of establishing the scientific knowledge to develop a source of safe, clean and abundant fusion energy and advancing our understanding of matter at very high temperatures and densities.

We also support broad mission elements of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), ranging from modeling and predicting complex processes important to the department’s Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) program to advancing entirely new ways to generate energy through high-impact technology Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) programs that have the potential to radically improve U.S. economic prosperity.

Computational simulations facilitate the design of complex systems.