Meet The Team!

Alex Knigge Alex Knigge

Student Team Lead. Major: Computer Science, Minor: Mathematics Alex brings HPC experience from Sandia National Labs and prior competitions, guiding the team with expertise. She plans to pursue a PhD in sustainable computing to design greener HPC systems.

Bianca Solano
Bianca Solano

Major: Computer Science, Minor: Mathematics Bianca, a first-generation American from a Mexican background applies her software development experience, gained from internships including at a nuclear power plant, to HPC.

Beckett Dunlavy
Beckett Dunlavy

Major: Computer Science & German Beckett is a junior, exploring graduate studies in HPC and human–computer interaction, with a focus on designing technical systems that serve people, bringing a people-centered design perspective to the team.

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Carly Salazar

Major: Computer Science & Statistics Carly, a senior double majoring in Statistics and Computer Science, applies HPC to hydrology models that support groundwater research, bringing strong analytical and computational skills to the team.

Student 5
Abdullah Ismail

Major: Computer Science, Minor: Business Abdullah, a first-generation American born in Iraq, brings prior industry experience at Intel, he contributes with expertise in benchmarking and scalable system design.

Dr. Matthew Fricke
Dr. Matthew Fricke, Mentor

Research Associate Professor and HPC mentor for Team Roadrunner.

Ryan Scherbarth
Ryan Scherbarth

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Carter Frost
Carter Frost

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Alex Knigge
Alex Knigge

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Ellie Larence
Ellie Larence

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Maisy Dunlavy
Maisy Dunlavy

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Abdalaziz Raadt
Abdalaziz Raadt

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Spring 2024

Virtual Student Cluster Competition

Denver Nov 12-17 2023

Student Cluster Competition

Winter Classic

The team competed in the 2023 Winter Classic, where they made connections with people from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NASA, AWS & Oak Ridge National Laboratory.