The center, directed by Prof. Giulia Galli, is organized in three thrust areas: Methods and Codes, led by Prof. Jonathan Whitmer (Notre Dame) and Marco Govoni (University of Modena and Reggio, Italy); Verification, Validation (V&V) and Benchmarking, led by Prof. Francois Gygi (University of California, Davis); and Applications, led by the director and Prof. Juan de Pablo, both at Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago.