The PPF is bieng created as a Senior Capstone Design Project at
Northern Arizona University. The
project is sponsord by A division in the computation department of
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is a Department of Energy
laboratory operated by the University of California.
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Lawrence Livermore's mission is to apply science and
technology in the national interest, with a focus on global security,
global ecology, and bioscience. Laboratory employees are working with industrial and academic partners to increase national
economic competitiveness and improve science education.
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LLNL is located within the sometimes green but often brownish-yellow hills of Livermore, Ca.