NSF ASCEND Engine and NVIDIA Host Workshop on AI-Driven Physics Modeling

The NSF ASCEND Engine (Engine) in Colorado and Wyoming, in collaboration with NVIDIA, hosted the PhysicsNemo/E2Studio Workshop on July 21–22. Designed for ASCEND Engine grantees, accelerator companies, partners, and other members of our innovation ecosystem, the workshop introduced participants to GPU-accelerated AI physics models and training frameworks. 

The two half-day sessions provided hands-on experience with E2Studio, a Python-based, GPU-accelerated toolkit for AI physics experimentation, and PhysicsNemo, a scalable training framework for customizing physics models on large datasets. 

“This technology enables the creation of digital twins that go beyond traditional models,” said Sam Malloy, Use-Inspired R&D Director at Engine. “They’re iterative, responsive to real-time input, and capable of generating training data—helping teams test, refine, and deploy products faster.” 

The University of Wyoming’s Advanced Research Computing Center, an ASCEND Engine partner, provided the high-performance computing resources for the event. The University of Colorado Boulder, also a partner, hosted the workshop on its campus. 

Attendees found the workshop both practical and forward-looking. Daniel Hemp from Teren, a cohort company of the Engine’s Digital Twin Accelerator program shared that “the workshop helped us identify how the platform’s capabilities could accelerate our development and shorten our path to market.” 

The event is part of the Engines concentrated efforts to cultivate a regional system of innovators to address the pressing environmental challenges facing the Colorado-Wyoming regions, such as water quality and availability, wildfire risk, and soil health. 

 

About the NSF ASCEND Engine: 

Led by Innosphere and funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), with support from the State of Colorado and the State of Wyoming, the NSF ASCEND Engine is a collaborative initiative focused on driving innovation in climate resiliency across the Colorado-Wyoming region. The NSF ASCEND Engine brings together a diverse network of partners to develop and commercialize technologies that address critical community resiliency challenges, foster economic growth and enhance community well-being.  

Visit www.co-wyengine.org for more information.