MFEM Community Workshop
September 10-11, 2025
Portland State University + Virtual
Overview
The MFEM team and Portland State University's Fariborz Maseeh Department of Mathematics are happy to invite you to the 2025 MFEM Community Workshop, which will take place on September 10-11, 2025 in a hybrid format: in-person at Portland State University + virtually on Zoom. The goal of the workshop is to foster collaboration among all MFEM users and developers, share the latest MFEM features with the broader community, deepen application engagements, and solicit feedback to guide future development directions for the project.
We encourage you to join us in person if you can! For questions, please contact the meeting organizers at mfem@llnl.gov.
Registration
Please register for the workshop online. The deadline to register is Wednesday, August 27.
A couple weeks after registering, in-person attendees will receive a follow-up form for the registration fee ($100), which will cover food and other expenses. In-person attendees will also be welcomed to select optional MFEM-branded items (t-shirt, pint glass, etc.) for purchase.
There is no registration fee for remote participants. Zoom details will be distributed prior to the event date.
Venue
The workshop will take place at Portland State University (PSU) in Portland, Oregon. PSU is located in downtown Portland, about a 25 minute drive from the Portland International Airport.
The meeting will be held in Smith Memorial Student Union (SMSU) room 298. This location is highlighted on the map below. See also the interactive campus map and this diagram.
Lodging Options
There are several downtown hotels within easy walking distance of campus:
Meeting Format
This will be the second hybrid edition of the MFEM community workshop. The meeting will include the following elements:
- Project news and development updates from the MFEM team
- An overview of the latest features in MFEM-4.8 and future roadmap
- Contributed talks from application developers utilizing MFEM
- Student lightning talks and visualization contest
- Office hours and discussions with the MFEM team
See also the agenda for the previous 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021 MFEM workshops.
Workshop participants are encouraged to join the MFEM Community Slack workspace to communicate with other MFEM users and developers before, during and after the MFEM workshop.
Agenda
The meeting activities will take place 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7) on Wednesday, September 10 and Thursday, September 11.
The full agenda will be announced shortly.
Simulation and Visualization Contest
We will be holding a simulation and visualization contest open to all attendees. Participants can submit visualizations (images or videos) from MFEM-related simulations. The winner of the competition (selected by the organizing committee) will receive an MFEM T-shirt. We will also feature the images in the gallery. Here are the winners from the 2024 workshop:
To submit an entry in the contest, please fill out the Google form.
Alternatively, you may email your submission to mfem@llnl.gov, including your name, institution, a short description of the simulation (the underlying physics, discretization, application details, etc.), and visualization software used (GLVis, ParaView, VisIt, etc.).
Virtual Backgrounds
We invite workshop participants to use the virtual backgrounds designed for this event. Click each image to enlarge, then right-click to save locally.
About Livermore and LLNL
Founded in 1869, Livermore is California's oldest wine region, framed by award-winning wineries, farmlands, and ranches that mirror the valley's western heritage. As home to renowned science and technology centers, Lawrence Livermore and Sandia national labs, Livermore is a technological hub and an academically engaged community. It has become an integral part of the Bay Area, successfully competing in the global market powered by its wealth of research, technology, and innovation.
For more than 70 years, LLNL has applied science and technology to make the world a safer place. World-class facilities include the National Ignition Facility, the Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory, and the Livermore Computing Center hosting the world's fastest exascale supercomputer, El Capitan.
About PSU's Fariborz Maseeh Department of Mathematics + Statistics
​Portland State University (PSU), established in 1946 and located in downtown Portland, Oregon, is a public research institution known for its commitment to innovation and community engagement. With over 200 degree programs, PSU serves more than 20,000 students, making it Oregon’s most diverse and affordable research university. The university emphasizes practical solutions and sustainability, integrating education with creative problem-solving to serve both local and global communities.​
Within PSU, the Fariborz Maseeh Department of Mathematics and Statistics is dedicated to excellence in research and teaching across mathematics and statistics. The department focuses on applied and computational mathematics and statistics, fostering cross-disciplinary engagement to address real-world challenges. It offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs, including certificates, master's degrees, and Ph.D. programs, supported by a faculty of over 30 members and a vibrant community of undergraduate and graduate students.
Organizing Committee
Holly Auten ┊ Aaron Fisher ┊ Tzanio Kolev ┊ Justin Laughlin ┊ Ketan Mittal ┊ Will Pazner ┊ Sohail Reddy ┊ Qi Tang