Roadrunners 2025 Team Sponsored by Penguin Solutions.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Research Associate Professor and HPC mentor for Team Roadrunner.
Spring 2024
Denver Nov 12-17 2023
The team competed in the 2023 Winter Classic, where they made connections with people from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, NASA, AWS & Oak Ridge National Laboratory.