def METHOD_NAME(n_repeat):
    test_list_unq = []
    # n_node is kept to None and passed in functions as an external argument
    # That way, several test_element_instance run with the same n_node on the same batch job
    test_list_unq.append( test_element(input_file='automated_test_1_uniform_rest_32ppc',
                                       n_mpi_per_node=6,
                                       n_omp=1,
                                       n_cell=[128, 128, 192],
                                       max_grid_size=256,
                                       blocking_factor=32,
                                       n_step=10) )
    test_list_unq.append( test_element(input_file='automated_test_2_uniform_rest_1ppc',
                                       n_mpi_per_node=6,
                                       n_omp=1,
                                       n_cell=[256, 512, 768],
                                       max_grid_size=512,
                                       blocking_factor=256,
                                       n_step=10) )
    test_list_unq.append( test_element(input_file='automated_test_3_uniform_drift_4ppc',
                                       n_mpi_per_node=6,
                                       n_omp=1,
                                       n_cell=[128, 128, 384],
                                       max_grid_size=256,
                                       blocking_factor=64,
                                       n_step=10) )
    test_list_unq.append( test_element(input_file='automated_test_4_labdiags_2ppc',
                                       n_mpi_per_node=6,
                                       n_omp=1,
                                       n_cell=[384, 256, 512],
                                       max_grid_size=256,
                                       blocking_factor=128,
                                       n_step=50) )
    test_list_unq.append( test_element(input_file='automated_test_5_loadimbalance',
                                       n_mpi_per_node=6,
                                       n_omp=1,
                                       n_cell=[64, 64, 192],
                                       max_grid_size=64,
                                       blocking_factor=32,
                                       n_step=10) )
    test_list_unq.append( test_element(input_file='automated_test_6_output_2ppc',
                                       n_mpi_per_node=6,
                                       n_omp=1,
                                       n_cell=[384, 256, 512],
                                       max_grid_size=256,
                                       blocking_factor=64,
                                       n_step=1) )
    test_list = [copy.deepcopy(item) for item in test_list_unq for _ in range(n_repeat) ]
    return test_list