Curtis C. Ober
Computational Science
Computational Science
(505) 844-1846
Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico
P.O. Box 5800
Albuquerque, NM 87185-1320
Biography
Curt has extensive experience with seismic imaging, full-waveform inversion, verification, time-integration, and discontinuous Galerkin methods.
Additionally, he has a diverse background in computational dynamics, including computational fluid dynamics in the areas of
- Shock physics
- Supersonic and hypersonic flow
- Supersonic wakes
Education
- 1/1991-5/1994 University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, PhD.
- 8/1989-12/1990 New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, N.M, MSME
- 181983-5/1989 New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, N.M, BSME
Publications
Bart van Bloemen Waanders, Curtis Ober, (2020). Extreme Scale Infrasound Inversion and Prediction for Weather Characterization and Acute Event Detection https://doi.org/10.2172/1734475 Publication ID: 44014
Curtis Ober, Roger Pawlowski, Sidafa Conde, Irina Tezaur, Eric Phipps, Edward Phillips, Alejandro Mota, Greg Phlipot, Denis Ridzal, Michael Hansen, Travis Fisher, (2018). Tempus Time-Integration Package & Applications https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1593047 Publication ID: 59833
Matthew Bettencourt, Richard Kramer, Keith Cartwright, Edward Phillips, Curtis Ober, Roger Pawlowski, Matthew Swan, Irina Tezaur, Eric Phipps, Sidafa Conde, Eric Cyr, Craig Ulmer, Todd Kordenbrock, Scott Levy, Gary Templet, Jonathan Hu, Paul Lin, Christian Glusa, Christopher Siefert, Micheal Glass, (2018). ASC ATDM Level 2 Milestone #6358: Assess Status of Next Generation Components and Physics Models in EMPIRE https://doi.org/10.2172/1493832 Publication ID: 58868
Curtis Ober, Roger Pawlowski, Irina Tezaur, Sidafa Conde, Eric Cyr, (2017). Tempus Time-Integration Package https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1510906 Publication ID: 54106
Curtis Ober, Roscoe Bartlett, Todd Coffey, Roger Pawlowski, (2017). Rythmos: Solution and Analysis Package for Differential-Algebraic and Ordinary-Differential Equations https://doi.org/10.2172/1364461 Publication ID: 54810
Curtis Ober, (2017). Capability and Application Highlights for HPC in the Center for Computing Research https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1505904 Publication ID: 54938
Roger Pawlowski, Roscoe Bartlett, Matthew Bettencourt, James Carleton, Sidafa Conde, Eric Cyr, Kyungjoo Kim, Alejandro Mota, Mauro Perego, John Shadid, Gregory Sjaardema, Alexander Toth, Andrew Bradley, William Spotz, Curtis Ober, Irina Tezaur, (2017). ECP 1.3.3.03a Develop General CS Components for ATDM Applications https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1507624 Publication ID: 53357
Jerome Krebs, Curtis Ober, Thomas Smith, James Overfelt, Samuel Collis, Gregory von Winckel, Bart van Bloemen Waanders, Nathan Downey, David Aldridge, (2016). Synthetic study of raw-data FWI applied to visco-TTI-elastic data https://doi.org/10.1190/segam2016-13841891.1 Publication ID: 47132
Curtis Ober, Roger Pawlowski, Eric Cyr, (2016). Tempus Time-Integration Package https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1406860 Publication ID: 47391
David Moore, Ciji Nelson, Curtis Ober, Phil Rodacy, (2016). Wave Speed Propagation Measurements on Highly Attenuative Heated Materials https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2015.08.274 Publication ID: 50294
Kristin Phillips-Alonge, Hunter Knox, Curtis Ober, (2016). SPE5 Far-field Waveform Predictions Using Full Waveform Inversion https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1366682 Publication ID: 49207
Kristin Phillips-Alonge, Hunter Knox, Leiph Preston, Curtis Ober, (2016). Full waveform source inversions for SPE data: results challenges and lessons learned https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1365250 Publication ID: 49575
Curtis Ober, Thomas Smith, James Overfelt, Samuel Collis, Gregory von Winckel, Bart van Bloemen Waanders, Nathan Downey, Scott Mitchell, Stephen Bond, David Aldridge, Jerome Krebs, (2016). Visco-TTI-elastic FWI using discontinuous galerkin SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts https://doi.org/10.1190/segam2016-13847188.1 Publication ID: 47133
Kristin Phillips-Alonge, Hunter Knox, Curtis Ober, Robert Abbott, (2015). Full waveform inversion methods for source and media characterization before and after SPE5 https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1504076 Publication ID: 42087
David Moore, Curtis Ober, Philip Rodacy, Ciji Nelson, (2015). Wave speed propagation measurements on highly attenuative heated materials Physics Procedia https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2015.08.274 Publication ID: 43876
David Moore, Curtis Ober, Philip Rodacy, Ciji Nelson, (2015). Wave Speed Propagation Measurements on Highly Attenuative Heated Materials https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1252435 Publication ID: 43321
David Moore, Curtis Ober, Philip Rodacy, Ciji Nelson, (2015). Wave speed propagation measurements on highly attenuative heated materials Physics Procedia https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2015.08.274 Publication ID: 43146
Curtis Ober, (2014). Development of High-Performance Computing Capabilities for Non-Invasive Testing of Nuclear Weapons Systems – CCC6 Results https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1502621 Publication ID: 38337
Curtis Ober, (2014). Development High-Performance Computing Capabilities for Non-Invasive Testing of Nuclear Weapons Systems – CCC7 https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1496923 Publication ID: 37876
Curtis Ober, Thomas Smith, Bart van Bloemen Waanders, Samuel Collis, (2014). Large Scale Optimization for Non-Invasive Testing With Discontinuous Galerkin Methods https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1496527 Publication ID: 37631
Curtis Ober, (2014). Development High-Performance Computing Capabilities for Non-Invasive Testing of Nuclear Weapons Systems – CCC6 https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1682592 Publication ID: 36796
Allen Robinson, Sharon Petney, Richard Drake, V. Weirs, Brian Adams, Dena Vigil, John Carpenter, Christopher Garasi, Michael Wong, Joshua Robbins, Christopher Siefert, Otto Strack, Ann Wills, Timothy Trucano, Pavel Bochev, Randall Summers, James Stewart, Curtis Ober, William Rider, Thomas Haill, Raymond Lemke, Kyle Cochrane, Michael Desjarlais, Edward Love, Thomas Voth, Stewart Mosso, John Niederhaus, (2013). ALEGRA Update: Modernization and Resilience Progress https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1115141 Publication ID: 35790
Kyle Jones, Hunter Knox, Bart van Bloemen Waanders, Curtis Ober, Louis Romero, (2013). Copy of Designing a continuous infrasound resonator source for fine scale sampling of atmospheric properties https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1661756 Publication ID: 34264
Curtis Ober, (2012). Rythmos Update https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1294426 Publication ID: 30804
Curtis Ober, Bart van Bloemen Waanders, Samuel Collis, (2011). On water column effects on source signature inversion in marine seismic acquisition https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1289625 Publication ID: 22239
Samuel Collis, Curtis Ober, James Overfelt, Joseph Young, (2011). Large Scale Inversion using a Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Geophysics https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1109159 Publication ID: 21826
Samuel Collis, Curtis Ober, Bart van Bloemen Waanders, (2010). Unstructured Discontinuous Galerkin for Seismic Inversion https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1282172 Publication ID: 20341
Samuel Collis, Curtis Ober, James Overfelt, (2010). Elastic wave propagation in variable media using a discontinuous Galerkin method https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1028440 Publication ID: 20373
Samuel Collis, Curtis Ober, Bart van Bloemen Waanders, (2010). Unstructured discontinuous Galerkin for seismic inversion https://www.osti.gov/biblio/992319 Publication ID: 17812
Thomas Smith, Samuel Collis, Curtis Ober, James Overfelt, Hans Schwaiger, (2010). Elastic wave propagation in variable media using a discontinuous Galerkin method Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 80th Annual Meeting 2010, SEG 2010 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/992317 Publication ID: 17813
Curtis Ober, (2009). Verification of complex codes https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1028902 Publication ID: 15862
Patrick Knupp, Curtis Ober, (2008). A Code Verification Checklist https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1709044 Publication ID: 13744
V. Weirs, Raymond Lemke, Allen Robinson, Curtis Ober, J. Banks, Edward Love, Guglielmo Scovazzi, John Shadid, Heath Hanshaw, (2007). Algorithm developments in alegra guided by testing https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1266291 Publication ID: 11076
Curtis Ober, Steven Bova, (2007). Use of a Manufactured Solution for Verifying CFD Flux Schemes and BCs https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1143347 Publication ID: 8994
Patrick Knupp, Curtis Ober, Ryan Bond, (2006). Measuring progress in order-verification https://www.osti.gov/biblio/892774 Publication ID: 7499
Russell Hooper, Thomas Smith, Curtis Ober, (2006). Enabling fluid-structural strong thermal coupling within a multi-physics environment Collection of Technical Papers – 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting https://www.osti.gov/biblio/900036 Publication ID: 6536
Russell Hooper, Curtis Ober, Alfred Lorber, (2006). Intelligent nonlinear solvers for computational fluid dynamics https://www.osti.gov/biblio/900032 Publication ID: 6539
Russell Hooper, Curtis Ober, Alfred Lorber, (2006). Intelligent nonlinear solvers for computational fluid dynamics https://www.osti.gov/biblio/902575 Publication ID: 6577
Russell Hooper, Curtis Ober, (2006). Enabling fluid-structural strong thermal coupling within a multi-physics environment https://www.osti.gov/biblio/902570 Publication ID: 6588
Russell Hooper, Curtis Ober, Alfred Lorber, (2005). A comparison of edge-based scheme Newton-Krylov method operators for solving compressible flows https://www.osti.gov/biblio/946994 Publication ID: 4644
Roscoe Bartlett, Samuel Collis, Eric Keiter, Curtis Ober, (2005). Sensitivity technologies for large scale simulation https://doi.org/10.2172/921606 Publication ID: 4207
Patrick Knupp, Curtis Ober, (2005). A manufactured solution for verifying CFD boundary conditions: part II https://www.osti.gov/biblio/952160 Publication ID: 4262
Patrick Knupp, Ryan Bond, Curtis Ober, (2005). Manufactured solutions for verifying CFD boundary conditions : a case study https://www.osti.gov/biblio/989352 Publication ID: 4536
Patrick Knupp, Curtis Ober, (2004). A manufactured solution for verifying CFD boundary conditions https://www.osti.gov/biblio/957272 Publication ID: 3157
C. Roy, C. Nelson, T. Smith, Curtis Ober, (2004). Verification of Euler/Navier-Stokes codes using the method of manufactured solutions International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids https://www.osti.gov/biblio/920826 Publication ID: 1942
Curtis Ober, Curtis Ober, Jeffrey Payne, Alfred Lorber, (2003). CFD simulations for arbitrary body motion https://www.osti.gov/biblio/889419 Publication ID: 1687
Curtis Ober, David Womble, (2000). Salvo: Seismic imaging software for complex geologies https://doi.org/10.2172/752084 Publication ID: 186
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Patents
2003
Barnette, Daniel W, Curtis C. Ober, Patent, “Multiprocessor Computer Overset Grid Method and Apparatus,” No. 6,519,553, February 11, 2003.
2000
Ghiglia, Dennis, Curtis C. Ober, Louis Romero, Patent, “Method of migrating seismic records,” No. 6,021,094, February 1, 2000.
Projects
Software
Awards & Recognition
1999
Curtis Ober, David E. Womble, Louis Romero, Ron A. Oldfield, Robert Gjertsen, IBM, ,
R&D 100 Award, Salvo - Seismic Imaging Software, R&D Magazine,
September 1, 1999