Join SPARC Activities

Come be a part of LANL Michigan SPARC!

Here is how to meet the SPARC team and get involved in our research

The LANL Michigan SPARC weekly activities offer an exciting opportunity for students and researchers to collaborate with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) scientists and U-M faculty.

We have a variety of activities to help build a more effective collaboration.  All U-M and LANL staff, faculty, and students are welcome to join us.

Check out our ongoing programs

SPARC Exchange

Every Wednesday afternoon, join the SPARC Exchange, our weekly tea-time and seminar. It’s a great time to meet informally with colleagues and see what the LANL Michigan SPARC is up to.

3:30 Tea Time: Join us every Wednesday for our social hour and tea-time, and get to know the SPARC team.

4:00 Idea Exchange: Stay for a technical exchange of ideas. The format will vary between research updates, tutorials, journal club, and occasional special visitors. The meetings will be student focused, but faculty is encouraged to come be part of the discussion. If you have suggestions for topics, please reach out via email.

Email contact: michigan-sparc@lanl.gov

SPARC Exchange Address: 3520 Green Ct, Room 4425, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

SPARC Colloquium

Once a month, we will host a hybrid SPARC Colloquium where a LANL scientist will present at U-M, or a Michigan faculty member will present at Los Alamos, on a topic relevant to current or future collaboration. Topics and schedule will be announced, usually in the SPARC Exchange time slot.

SPARC Colloquium Address: 3520 Green Ct, Room 4425, Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Recent and Upcoming Speakers:

February 19: Towards Large-scale Quantum Accuracy Materials Simulations

Vikram Gavini (U-M, Mech. Eng.)

March 19: Weapons Effects

Eric Nelson (LANL, XCP-8)

April 9: Multidisciplinary Optimization

Joaquim Martins (U-M Department of Aerospace Engineering)

SPARC Workshops

SPARC Workshops are a series of meetings bringing LANL technical staff to U-M to meet with their faculty counterparts and develop new areas of collaboration. Find more information and a list of upcoming workshops.

Discover SPARC

Meet the Team

SPARC experts specialize in high-impact physics, artificial intelligence, software and hardware design, numerical methods, and algorithm development. This program offers students a rare opportunity to engage in groundbreaking research of national importance.

Ongoing Activities

Join our SPARC tea time and seminar every Wednesday afternoon. It's a great time to meet informally with colleagues and see what the LANL Michigan SPARC is up to.

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Workshops

Explore upcoming SPARC workshops, a series of meetings held in Ann Arbor, to identify specific collaborations.

What we do

SPARC includes a broad scope of LANL and University of Michigan research. The collaboration advances areas of high-energy-density-physics, fundamental physics modeling, High-Performance Computing (HPC), co-design, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and more.

Explore areas of research

Come be a part of LANL Michigan SPARC!

Here is how to meet the SPARC team and get involved in our research

The LANL Michigan SPARC weekly activities offer an exciting opportunity for students and researchers to collaborate with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) scientists and U-M faculty.

We have a variety of activities to help build a more effective collaboration.  All U-M and LANL staff, faculty, and students are welcome to join us.