Research

A simulation of magnetic reconnection in relativistic plasma that may occur in astrophysical environments.

Courtesy of Qian Qian

An Auger-Meitner recombination, which is a non-radiative recombination process important in semiconductors.

Using first-principles calculations, you can see the distribution of participating quasiparticles (electrons, holes, phonons) in the system.

These images are cross sections from calculations in silicon and reveal the electronic and vibrational structure of the Auger-Meitner recombination process.

Courtesy of Kyle Bushick

Machine learning-informed phase field computation of ordered domains in a lithium cobalt oxide battery.

Courtesy of Krishna Garikipati

MICDE Catalyst Program

Research projects in computational science that combine elements of mathematics, computer science, and cyberinfrastructure.

MICDE Catalyst Grants are awarded to tenure track or research track faculty at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor for innovative research projects in computational science.

Focus Areas

MICDE’s depth and breadth of innovation in computational science is reflected in our affiliated faculty’s discoveries, groundbreaking ideas and achievements. Our research centers highlight new tools and methodologies being develop at U-M to accelerate and expand scientific discovery.

RESEARCH AREAS

Computational Physics

Optimization

Applied Mathematics

Data-driven, Machine Learning, and AI

Health and Medicine

Highlights

Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Agentic AI for Aerospace Systems Design and Optimization

Jobs

The Integrated Design of Efficient Aerospace Systems Laboratory (IDEAS Lab), part of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to help develop a next-generation agentic AI framework for...

Computational Scientist in the Artificial Intelligence for Science (AIScience)

Jobs

Computational Scientist in the Artificial Intelligence for Science (AIScience) Overview The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) seeks to fill a Computational Scientist in Artificial Intelligence For Science (AI4Science) position in the Computational Sciences...

Research Assistant Professor – Computational Particle Physics

Jobs

The University of Chicago: Physical Sciences Division: Enrico Fermi Institute Location Chicago, IL Open Date Apr 13, 2026 Salary Range or Pay Grade $110,500 - $143,000 Description The Enrico Fermi Institute of the University of Chicago invites applications for a...

Open-Rank Tenure-Track Faculty Position Department of Biomedical Informatics, Division of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology College of Medicine

Jobs

Current Employees and Students: Please log in to Workday to use the internal job search and application process. Tenure faculty (regardless of rank) - persons with the titles of professor, associate professor, assistant professor and instructor who serve on...

MICDE Catalyst Program

Focus Areas

Highlights

Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Agentic AI for Aerospace Systems Design and Optimization

Computational Scientist in the Artificial Intelligence for Science (AIScience)

Research Assistant Professor – Computational Particle Physics

Open-Rank Tenure-Track Faculty Position Department of Biomedical Informatics, Division of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology College of Medicine

Centers

Center for Scientific Software Infrastructure

Center for Data-Driven Computational Physics