Shailaja Humane

Program Year:

University:

University of Michigan

Field of Study:

Computational Plasma Physics

Advisor:

Carolyn Kuranz

Degree(s):

M.S. Applied Physics, University of Michigan, 2023; B.S. Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 2020

Residency Experience(s)

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2025)

Residency Supervisor(s):

Eugene

Kur

Residency Title:

Tuning Inertial Confinement Fusion designs using Bayesian optimization

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (2024)

Residency Supervisor(s):

Eugene

Kur

Residency Title:

Tuning ICF designs using Bayesian optimization

Annual Program Review Abstracts

Fellow Poster

: Tuning Inertial Confinement Fusion Designs Using Bayesian Optimization (

2025

)

Fellow Poster

: Optimizing a HYDRA Test Problem: Lessons for Bayesian ICF Design Optimization (

2024

)

Publications

“Inertial confinement fusion design search using Bayesian optimization”, S. Humane, E. Kur, K. Humbird, and C. Kuranz; Data Science in Science, 4:1, 2597011 (2025); https://doi.org/10.1080/26941899.2025.2597011

Estimation of stagnation performance metric in magnetized liner inertial fusion experiments using Bayesian data assimilation, Co-authored paper
P. F. Knapp, M. E. Glinsky, M. A. Schaeuble, C. A. Jennings, M. Evans, J. Gunning, T. J. Awe, G. A. Chandler, M. Geissel, M. R. Gomez, K. D. Hahn, S. B. Hansen, E. C. Harding, A. J. Harvey-Thompson, S. Humane, B. T. Klein, M. Mangan, T. Nagayama, A. J. Porwitzky, D. E. Ruiz, P. F. Schmit, S. A. Slutz, I. C. Smith, M. R. Weis, D. A. Yager-Elorriaga, D. J. Ampleford, K. Beckwith, T. R. Mattsson, K. J. Peterson, and D. B. Sinars
Phys. Plasmas 29, 052711 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0087115

Awards

Rackham Merit Fellow, University of Michigan, 2020