Ben Lenard supports the lab’s Aurora exascale supercomputer, and manages databases in Argonne’s high performance computing systems. In his words, his job is “to help make science happen.”
Argonne and University Mohammed VI Polytechnic, a research-focused Moroccan university, will be developing mechanisms and processes to promote collaborative efforts on green energy technology, high-performance computing and the water-energy nexus.
Aurora’s speed and artificial intelligence capabilities will transform scientific research and enable breakthroughs in some of the world’s most pressing challenges, from climate and materials science to energy storage and fusion energy.
About 200 miles of utilities — water, sewer, electrical, steam, gas, telecom and more — line the Argonne campus, or roughly the distance between Washington, D.C., and New York. It’s a lot to tackle when seeking full decarbonization.
