This website is in a
perpetual state of construction...
About:
I am an
astrophysicist and
computer scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. I
hold a Bachelor of Science from Virginia Tech and a Master of Science
from the University of Tennessee in physics. I hope to one day enlist
in the army as a pastrychef.
I am currently employed as a
Research Associate, Postmasters, by ORAU/ORISE for Oak Ridge National
Laboratory. I work for David Bernholdt.
Interests
and Projects:
My scientific interests
are, I
think, pretty broad. I was almost exclusively interested in astronomy
and astrophysics when I entered college, but I slowly developed a
taste for other areas of physics.
My current
research work includes the design and development of a software
framework for the US Department of Energy's Nuclear Energy Advanced
Modeling and Simulation program.
While
I enjoy computational problems the most, I have been known to pick up a
wrench or pencil. Indeed, my most recent experiment was able to uncover
the secret
to my success.
Some
of my computational projects are listed below. I only work on these in
my spare time, so progress is slow.
Starscream:
Starscream
is a code that I have developed for creating progenitors of galaxies
for simulation with gravitational n-body codes.
The software has been in "maintenance mode" for a little over a year
now, but I have started design work on a second version.
Starscream has its own page.
Tools:
Click
here if you need some of the
various scripts that I have written.
Contact:
Jay Jay Billings
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
PO BOX 2008 MS6016
Oak Ridge, Tn. 37831
Email: jayjaybillings <a> gmail <dot> com
Phone: (865) 272-9420