Jeff Allen is a postdoctoral researcher in the Complex Systems Simulation and Optimization Group in the Computational Science Center. Jeff’s professional aspirations are simply to write efficient code and create pretty pictures. He is happiest when there is a complex algorithm to implement or a massive amount of data that needs to be visualized. His work at NREL exemplifies these passions by providing him the opportunity to write a novel Li-ion battery electrochemistry model and develop a wind-farm optimization python package. These sort of real-world applications are a particular favorite as they naturally lead to easy understandable animations.

He received his doctorate in Applied Mathematics at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Research Interests

Numerical partial differential equations/analysis 
 
Computational fluid dynamics 

Education

Ph.D., Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder 
 
M.S., Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder 
 
B.A., Mathematics, Carroll College 
 
B.A., Chemistry, Carroll College 

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher, NREL (2018–present) 
 
Research Assistant, University of Colorado, Boulder (2013–2018) 
 
Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado, Boulder (2012–2017) 

Featured Work

A Continuum-Level Damage Model for LixNi0.5Mn0.3Co0.2O2 Secondary Cathode Particles in Li-ion Batteries, Journal of Electrochemical Society (forthcoming)  
 
Accelerating a Segregated Approach for Modeling the Electrochemistry in the 3D Microstructure of Li-ion Batteries Using Block Preconditioners, Journal of Computational Science (forthcoming)  
 
An Unsteady Actuator Line Solver to Enable Adjoint Sensitivity Studies, Journal of Physics (2020)  
 
Wind Farm Simulation and Layout Optimization in Complex Terrain, Journal of Physics (2020)