Dr. O'Leary completed a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at the Univeristy of Wyoming under the direction of Dr. Myron B. Allen III. His dissertation involved stochastic modeling of groundwater contaminant transport entitled "Mathematical Modeling of Variably Absorbing Contaminants in Porous Media". Patrick then served in a postdoctoral position at Texas A&M Univeristy in College Station, Texas, under the supervision of Dr. Richard E. Ewing. Dr. O'Leary has held faculty, research and managerial positions at a number of universities (Wyoming, Texas A&M, Minnesota, Alaska Anchorage and Northern Arizona University), laboratories (Los Alamos National, NOAA FSL, Idaho National) and institutions (Wyoming Institute for Scientific Computation, Texas A&M Institute for Scientific Computation, Desert Research Institute and WestGrid/Compute Canada).Currently, Dr. O'Leary is the Assistant Director of Scientific Computing for Kitware, Inc. and leads the office in Santa Fe, NM. His research interests include high performance computing (HPC), numerical analysis, finite elements and visualization.Specialties: Scientific Computing: Scientific Visualization, Virtual Reality, Immersive Environments, Numerical Methods, Mathematical Modeling and High-Performance Computing &Computing Research Industry: Leadership and Management
Listed skills include High Performance Computing, Scientific Computing, Simulations, Numerical Analysis, and 39 others.