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MRAC Awards for Quarter 4, 2005

Adv Sci Comp

(1) Gregory Blaisdell, Purdue University, All Campuses
Three-Dimensional Jet Noise Prediction Using Large Eddy Simulation
TG PSC TCS1: 184,100
TG SDSC IBM P690: 10,000
Teragrid Wide Roaming: 10,000

Astromony

(2) Christopher Rimes, University of Colorado, All Campuses
Information On Cosmological Parameters From the Non-Linear Power Spectrum
SDSC Datastar IBM P690: 115,000

Astronomy

(3) Steven Cowley, University of California-Los Angeles
Mhd Turbulence and Dynamo in Astrophysical Plasmas
NCSA SGI Altix: 198,000

(4) Tiziana Di Matteo, Carnegie Mellon University
Simulating the Joint Evolution of Black Holes and Galaxies
PSC Cray XT3: 80,000
TG SDSC IBM P690: 10,000
Teragrid Wide Roaming: 10,000

(5) Alessandro Gardini, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mhd Simulations of the Interaction Between Active Galactic Nuclei (Agn) and Intracluster Medium (Ecm) in Cluster of Galaxies
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 100,000

(6) Ronald Taam, Northwestern Univ
Studies in Common Envelope Evolution
NCSA SGI Altix: 180,000

Atmos Sci

(7) Chul Eddy Chung, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Calculating the Global Solar Radiation At the Surface in the Last 50 Years Using A Monte-Carlo Model
TG SDSC IBM P690: 10,000
TeraGrid Cluster: 197,670
Teragrid Wide Roaming: 10,000

(8) Ho-Chun Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Impacts of Global Climate and Emission Changes On U.S. Air Quality - Future Year Simulations
NCSA IBM P690: 5,000
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 20,000

(9) Brian Jewett, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Modeling the Role of Microphysical Processes in Mesoscale Convective Systems
NCSA SGI Altix: 85,530
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 21,010

(10) Donald Wuebbles, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Application of Multiprocessing Ncsa Platforms to Study Global Change Issues Relating to Climate and Ozone
NCSA SGI Altix: 60,000
NCSA IBM P690: 60,000
TG PSC TCS1: 8,000
PSC Cray XT3: 10,000
TG SDSC IBM P690: 10,000
Teragrid Wide Roaming: 10,000

Biochemistry

(11) Roger Kamm, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Force-Induced Activation of Talin: Its Role in Mechanotransduction
SDSC Datastar IBM P655: 53,631

(12) Diana Murray, Cornell University Medical Campus
Computational Analysis of Protein/Membrane Interactions
TG PSC HP Marvel: 50,000
TG SDSC IBM P690: 30,000
Teragrid Wide Roaming: 30,000

(13) Edward Pate, Washington State University
Molecular Dynamics Analysis of the Motor Protein Myosin
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 45,000

(14) Jennifer Radkiewicz-Poutsma, Old Dominion University
Investigations of Biological and Organic Systems Using Computational Methods
NCSA IBM P690: 16,936
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 60,000

(15) Frederick Roth, Harvard University
Prediction of Gene Function Using A Fully Integrated Probabilistic Model
TG SDSC IBM P690: 30,000
Teragrid Wide Roaming: 30,000

(16) Terrence Sejnowski, Salk Institute
Monte Carlo Model of Molecular Communication in Neuropil
SDSC Datastar IBM P655: 175,000

(17) David Yuen, University of Minnesota, All Campuses
Modelling Blood Clotting With the Fluid Particle Model
NCSA SGI Altix: 15,000
PSC Cray XT3: 15,000
TG SDSC IBM P690: 10,000
Teragrid Wide Roaming: 10,000

Biol Systems

(18) Ahmed Elgamal, University of California-San Diego
Seismic Analyses of Pile-Supported Wharf Systems
SDSC Datastar IBM P655: 75,000

(19) Anke Kamrath, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Nees
SDSC Datastar IBM P655: 100,000
SDSC Datastar IBM P690: 40,000
TG SDSC IBM P690: 10,000
TeraGrid Cluster: 60,000
Teragrid Wide Roaming: 10,000

(20) Allen Taflove, Northwestern Univ
Maxwell's Equations Modeling of Biological Tissue Optics for Improving Early-Stage Cancer Detection in Epithelial Tissues
TG PSC TCS1: 100,000
TG SDSC IBM P690: 10,000
Teragrid Wide Roaming: 10,000

Chem Eng

(21) S Balachandar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fully Resolved Simulations of Multiphase Wall Turbulence With Finite-Sized Particles
NCSA IBM P690: 170,600

(22) Arturo Fernandez, Catholic University of America
Electrorheological Response of Emulsions of Drops
SDSC Datastar IBM P655: 100,000

(23) Ender Finol, Carnegie Mellon University
Large-Scale Modeling of Fluid-Structure Interactions of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Endovascular Grafts
TG PSC HP Marvel: 40,000
TG SDSC IBM P690: 10,000
Teragrid Wide Roaming: 10,000

(24) Steven Frankel, Purdue University, All Campuses
Large Eddy Simulations of Turbulent Non-Premixed Flames Using the Filtered Mass Density Function Approach
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 191,000

(25) Jonathan Higdon, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Large Scale Hydrodynamic Simulationsof Multiphase Flows: Foams, Emulsions and Colloids
NCSA IBM P690: 100,000
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 50,000

(26) Joel Koplik, CUNY City College
Molecular Dynamicsof Surfactants and Spreading
SDSC Datastar IBM P655: 60,000

(27) Francis Loth, University of Illinois at Chicago
Simulation of Transitional Blood Flow in Arteriovenous Graft Models
TG NCSA SGI Altix: 105,000
TG SDSC IBM P690: 10,000
Teragrid Wide Roaming: 10,000

(28) Fady Najjar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Large-Eddy Simulations of Wall-Injection Driven Flows to Characterize Instabilities
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 150,000

Chemistry

(29) Bruce Berne, Columbia University in the City of New York
Dewetting and Hydrophobic Collapse of Protein Complexes
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 60,000
TG SDSC IBM P690: 10,000
TeraGrid Cluster: 90,000
Teragrid Wide Roaming: 10,000

(30) Brent Krueger, Hope College
Evaluation of A Mixed Molecular Dynamics and Quantum Mechanical Method for Simulating Linear and Nonlinear Optical Spectra in Condensed Phase Systems
NCSA SGI Altix: 20,000
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 105,000

(31) Maria Sagui, North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Quantum Chemistry Simulations of Glycopeptide Antibiotics and Metadynamics Investigations of Dicarboxylic Acid Conformers
NCSA IBM P690: 71,184
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 27,248

(32) Angela Wilson, University of North TX
Calculation of High Accuracy Energetic, Structures, and Properties of Molecules
NCSA IBM P690: 198,670

Earth Sci

(33) George Bergantz, University of Washington
Large-Scale Modeling Ov Violent Volcanic Eruptions: Linking Multiphase Computational Fluid Dynamics With Geological Observations
TG SDSC IBM P690: 10,000
Teragrid Wide Roaming: 10,000
TG TACC Cray Dell Linux Cluster: 90,000

(34) Frank Spera, University of California-Santa Barbara
Large Scale Molecular Dynamics of Geomaterials With Applications to High Pressure Geochemistry and Geophysics
SDSC Datastar IBM P655: 99,797

(35) Douglas Walker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Exploring Stochastic Models of Fractured Dolomite Aquifers
TG SDSC IBM P690: 110,000
Teragrid Wide Roaming: 110,000

Mat Sci

(36) James Adams, Arizona State University Main
Atomic Scale Modelling of Materials
NCSA IBM P690: 65,000

(37) Gerbrand Ceder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
First Principles Investigation of Materials for Energy Technologies
SDSC Datastar IBM P655: 133,500

(38) Laxmidhar Senapati, University of California-Berkeley
Quantum Theory of Spin-Dependent Electron Transport for Organic Molecules and Semiconductor Nanostructures
NCSA IBM P690: 10,000

(39) Shiwei Zhang, College of William and Mary, All Campuses
Quantum Monte Carlo Study of Ground State Properties of Strongly Iteracting Systems
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 195,000

Mech Eng

(40) Qian Wang, Northwestern Univ
Molecular Viscosity Characterization for Thin Film Lubricated Contact Simulation
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 140,000

Oceanography

(41) James Mcwilliams, University of California-Los Angeles
Oceanic Dynamics, Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Sediment Movement, and Water Quality in the Pacific
NCSA SGI Altix: 50,000
NCSA IBM P690: 50,000
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 100,000

(42) Roger Samelson, Oregon State University
Floquet Analysis for Nonlinear Baroclinic Waves
SDSC Datastar IBM P655: 42,000
SDSC Datastar IBM P690: 8,000

Physics

(43) Silas Beane, University of New Hampshire
Lattice Qcd Study of Hadron Interactions On Bluegene/L At Sdsc
SDSC IBM BlueGene: 100,000

(44) Dae-Il Choi, Universities Space Research Assoc
Strong Field Dynamics of Binary Black Holes and Gravitational Waves in Numerical Relativity
NCSA SGI Altix: 14,300
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 35,600

(45) Ronald Larson, University of Michigan, All Campuses
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Polymer Melts
NCSA IBM P690: 200,000

(46) Saul Teukolsky, Cornell University, All Campuses
Coalescence of Binary Black Holes: Computational Contributions to Ligo
NCSA SGI Altix: 10,000
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 104,000

Social Sci

(47) Sung-Youn Kim, SUNY at Stony Brook, All Campuses
A Model of Political Cognition - Multiple Agent Based Simulation of Voting Behavior in Elections
TG SDSC IBM P690: 10,000
TeraGrid Cluster: 30,000
Teragrid Wide Roaming: 10,000

Summary of Awards by Discipline
Discipline Total Reqs Total SUs
Adv Sci Comp 1 204,100
Astromony 1 115,000
Astronomy 4 578,000
Atmos Sci 4 507,210
Biochemistry 7 570,567
Biol Systems 3 415,000
Chem Eng 8 1,006,600
Chemistry 4 592,102
Earth Sci 3 429,797
Mat Sci 4 403,500
Mech Eng 1 140,000
Oceanography 2 250,000
Physics 4 463,900
Social Sci 1 50,000
Summary of Awards by Machine
Machine Total Reqs Total SUs
NCSA IBM P690 11 947,390
NCSA SGI Altix 9 632,830
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster 16 1,403,858
PSC Cray XT3 3 105,000
SDSC Datastar IBM P655 9 838,928
SDSC Datastar IBM P690 3 163,000
SDSC IBM BlueGene 1 100,000
TG NCSA SGI Altix 1 105,000
TG PSC HP Marvel 2 90,000
TG PSC TCS1 3 292,100
TeraGrid Cluster 4 377,670
TG SDSC IBM P690 15 290,000
TG TACC Cray Dell Linux Cluster 1 90,000
Teragrid Wide Roaming 15 290,000

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