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Contact Information
| Name | Andrew J. Younge |
| Professional Title | R&D Manager, Scalable Computer Architectures |
| ajyoung@sandia.gov |
Professional Summary
Dr. Andrew J. Younge is the R&D Manager of the Scalable Computer Architectures department at Sandia National Laboratories. The department is responsible for leading activities in specifying and developing future generations of high-performance computing systems to meet a broad cross-section of Sandia’s national security missions.
Experience
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2016 - present Albuquerque, NM
R&D Manager, Scalable Computer Architectures
Sandia National Laboratories
- R&D Manager, Scalable Computer Architectures (2022–present)
Manager of the Scalable Computer Architectures department at SNL/NM. Sandia sub-element Lead for the DOE/NNSA CSSE program, including the Vanguard prototype systems and Advanced Memory Technology research portfolio. Line management for ~18 technical staff, postdocs, and students. - Acting Manager, Extreme-scale Data Science and Analytics (2022)
Acting Manager of the Extreme-scale Data Science and Analytics department in SNL/CA. Managed 33 technical staff, postdocs, students, and administrative staff members. - Principal Member of Technical Staff (2021–2022)
Principal Investigator of Supercontainers Project within the Exascale Computing Project. Co-PI of NNSA/CSSE Containers and Computing as a Service for Advanced Digital Engineering. Technical Advisor for Vanguard (Astra) and Vanguard II supercomputer procurements under DOE/NNSA NA-114. - Senior Member of Technical Staff (2016–2021)
Led containers and virtualization R&D activities for HPC. Expert in OS & Runtime systems, system software, and HPC energy efficiency. Researcher and key contributor to NNSA ASC ATDM and CSSE programs.
- R&D Manager, Scalable Computer Architectures (2022–present)
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2015 - 2016 McLean, VA
Senior Computer Scientist
MITRE Corporation
- Member of the Center for National Security, J84B Simulation Engineering department.
- Supported Live-Synthetic Training and Test Evaluation Enterprise Architecture efforts for the U.S. Army PEO STRI.
- Specialized in Cloud Computing strategies and techniques.
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2010 - 2016 Bloomington, IN
Graduate Researcher & Fellowship
Indiana University
- Member of the Pervasive Technology Institute and Community Grids Laboratory under Dr. Geoffrey C. Fox.
- Researcher for the NSF FutureGrid project.
- Associate Instructor for Distributed Systems (CSCI-P434) and Cloud Computing (CSCI-B649).
Education
Awards
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2019, 2025 NNSA Defense Programs Award of Excellence
DOE National Nuclear Security Administration
AMT Team (2025) — Tri-lab team award for the Advanced Memory Technology program. Exceptional Achievement Award.
Astra Supercomputer Team (2019) — Exceptional Achievement Award for significant contributions to the Stockpile Stewardship Program. -
2019, 2021, 2023 Employee Recognition Award
Sandia National Laboratories
DetNet Computing for Design & Surveillance (2023)
Supercomputer ATDM Level-1 Milestone Team (2021)
Astra Supercomputer Team (2019) -
2018 R&D 100 Award
R&D World
Power API (2018)
Special Recognition — Corporate Social Responsibility (2018) -
2018 Up & Coming Innovator Award
Sandia National Laboratories