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NRAC Awards for quarter 2, 2000 (4/1/2000 - 6/30/2000)

Kim Baldridge, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Computational Studies of Dynamical Processes in Gas and Solution Phase Chemical Systems
NCSA Origin2000: 18,000
SDSC SP: 2,000
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 6,000
Texas SP: 10,000

Tim Barnett, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
End-to-End Prediction of Future Climate for the Western United States
SDSC SP: 28,450
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 85,350

Jerzy Bernholc, North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Quantum Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Growth of Semiconductors and Nanotubes
HP V2500 at Caltech: 10,000
NCSA Origin2000: 90,000

H Neal Bertram, University of California-San Diego
Fundamental Physics of High Density Magnetic Recording
SDSC Sun HPC 10000: 20,000
SDSC T90: 500
Texas T3E: 14,100

James Briggs, University of Houston
Dynamics and Inhibition of Biomolecules
Exemplar: 4,000
SDSC SP: 10,000
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 30,000
SDSC T3E: 40,000

Suse Broyde, New York University
Carcinogen-Dna Adducts: Linkage Site and Conformation
SDSC SP: 10,000
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 30,000
Texas SP: 160,000

Daniel Cayan, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Historical Enso Forecast Ensemble
SDSC SP: 250
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 750
SDSC T90: 6,000
Texas SV1: 12,000

Joan Centrella, Drexel University
Simulations of Gravitational Radiation and the Dynamics of Compact Objects
SDSC SP: 2,500
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 7,500
SDSC T3E: 80,000

Kyeongjae Cho, Stanford University
Nonoscale Materials Simulations
NCSA Origin2000: 40,000
SDSC SP: 3,750
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 11,250
SDSC T3E: 40,000
SDSC T90: 2,250

Marvin Cohen, University of California-Berkeley
Theoretical Solid State Physics
HP V2500 at Caltech: 10,000
NCSA Origin2000: 109,600
SDSC SP: 14,075
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 42,225
SDSC T90: 4,500

Kelvin Droegemeier, University of Oklahoma, All Campuses
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
HP V2500 at Caltech: 100,000
NCSA Origin2000: 400,000
SDSC T90: 300

Michael Ferris, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Grid Computing for Optimization
NM Alta Cluster: 100,000
NCSA Origin2000: 10,000
Condor: 200,000

Steven Frankel, Purdue University, All Campuses
Large Eddy Simulation of Tubulent Flows
NCSA Origin2000: 37,500

Arthur Freeman, Northwestern Univ
Dislocation and Fracture Properties of Structural Intermetallics From Electronic Structure Calculations
NCSA Origin2000: 75,000

Arthur Freeman, Northwestern Univ
Magnetism, Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy and Exchange Bias for Fm and Afm Alloys, Thin Films, and Superlattices
SDSC T3E: 52,000

Arthur Freeman, Northwestern Univ
Dislocation and Fracture Properties of Structural Intermetallics From Electronic Structure Calculations
SDSC T90: 2,000

Richard Friesner, Columbia University in the City of New York
Computational Modeling of Biological Systems
Boston Origin2000: 50,000
NCSA Origin2000: 50,000

Mark Gordon, Iowa State University
Ground and Excited State Proton Transfer Reactions
IBM SP at U Michigan: 74,800
Texas T3E: 200

Keith Gubbins, North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Molecular Simulation of Fluid Behavior in Narrow Pores and Pore Networks
SDSC SP: 11,790
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 33,118
SDSC T3E: 79,620
SDSC T90: 350
Texas T3E: 32,660

Parvez Guzdar, University of Maryland at College Park
Meso Scale Plasma Structuring Mechanisms in the High Latitude Ionosphere
SDSC Sun HPC 10000: 10,000
SDSC T90: 600

Michael Hall, Texas A&M University, All Campuses
Molecular Orbital Calculations On Chemical Reactions of Transition Metals
HP V2500 at Caltech: 10,000
Texas SV1: 2,000

Peter Hauschildt, University of Georgia
Non-Standard Stellar Atmospheres
SDSC SP: 30,000
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 90,000

Kendall Houk, University of California-Los Angeles
Organic Reactivity, Biological Catalysis, Asymmetric Organic Reactions, and Carceplexes
NCSA Exemplar: 77,789
Condor: 10,000

Chi-Yu Hu, California State University-Long Beach
Multichannel Scattering Cross Sections Via the Faddeev Method
SDSC SP: 13,000
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 39,000
SDSC T90: 4,025

John Joannopoulos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ab-Initio Simulations of Materials Properties
NCSA Origin2000: 102,900
SDSC T3E: 48,510
SDSC T90: 4,110

Lars Jonsson, Ohio State University, All Campuses
Real-Time Dynamics of Correlated Electrons
NCSA Origin2000: 80,000

George Karniadakis, Brown University
High Reynolds Number Turbulence: Dns and Les Studies
NCSA Origin2000: 250,000
SDSC SP: 43,750
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 131,250

John Ketterson, Northwestern Univ
Strained and Unstrained Bi(1-X)Sb(X) Superlattice Thermoelectrics
SDSC T3E: 5,000
SDSC T90: 1,100

Jeongnim Kim, Ohio State University, All Campuses
Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulations for Defects in Si and Ti.
NCSA Origin2000: 10,000

John Kim, University of California-Los Angeles
Numerical Study of Turbulent Boundary Layers
HP V2500 at Caltech: 10,000
SDSC SP: 6,625
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 19,875
SDSC T3E: 6,500
SDSC T90: 5,500

Toichiro Kinoshita, Cornell University, All Campuses
Theoretical Study of Lepton Anomalous Magnetic Moments
IBM SP at U Michigan: 200,000
SDSC SP: 25,000
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 75,000
Condor: 100,000

Michael Klein, University of Pennsylvania
Quantum & Classical Simulations of Molecular Aggregates
NCSA Origin2000: 50,000
SDSC SP: 2,500
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 7,500
Texas SP: 40,000

Anatoly Klypin, New Mexico State University, All Campuse
Formation and Evolution of Galaxies and Galaxy Clusters
NCSA Exemplar: 5,000
NCSA Origin2000: 85,000

Ronald Levy, Rutgers the State Univ of NJ, All Campus
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Liquids and Proteins
NCSA Origin2000: 65,000

Xin-Zhong Liang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Development of A Regional Climate Model for U.S. Midwest Applications
Boston Origin2000: 40,000

Alexander Mackerell, University of Maryland at College Park
Atomic Detail Investigations of the Structural and Dynamic Properties of Biological Systems
HP V2500 at Caltech: 1,200
SDSC T3E: 48,300

Richard Matzner, University of Texas at Austin
Binaries Black Holes and Gravitational Radiation
NM Alta Cluster: 27,000
NCSA Origin2000: 80,000
SDSC SP: 2,500
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 7,500

J Andrew Mccammon, University of California-San Diego
Theory of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
SDSC SP: 90,000
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 270,000
SDSC T3E: 100,000

David Merritt, Rutgers the State Univ of NJ, All Campus
Dynamical Evolution of Supermassive Black-Hole Binaries
IBM SP at U Michigan: 10,000
SDSC T3E: 40,000

Kenneth Merz, Pennsylvania State U, All Campuses
Computer Simulation of Biomolecular Structure, Function and Dynamics
Boston Origin2000: 100,000

Caroline Morgan, Wayne State University
Dynamic Processes, Defects, and Growth of Gaas Surfaces
SDSC T3E: 10,000

Warren Mori, University of California-Los Angeles
Full-Scale 3d Numerical Experiments On High Intensity Laser Matter Interactions
SDSC SP: 3,125
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 9,375
SDSC T3E: 25,000

Keiji Morokuma, Emory University
Computational Studies of Potential Energy Surfaces for Chemical Reactions and Interactions
Exemplar: 29,000
NCSA Origin2000: 27,750

Gregory Olson, Northwestern Univ
Stress-Corrosion Resistant Ultrahigh-Strength Steels; Modeling and Simulation
SDSC T3E: 22,000
SDSC T90: 1,250

B Montgomery Pettitt, University of Houston
Salt Effects in Solutions of Peptides and Nucleic Acids
SDSC SP: 5,000
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 15,000
SDSC T3E: 125,000
SDSC T90: 90
Texas T3E: 60,000

Thomas Quinn, University of Washington
Gravitational N-Body Simulations: Planet Formation to Cosmology
NCSA Origin2000: 160,000

Joachim Raeder, University of California-Los Angeles
Global Modeling of Earth's Magnetosphere
NM Alta Cluster: 10,000
NCSA Origin2000: 50,000
SDSC SP: 25,000
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 75,000

Andrew Rappe, University of Pennsylvania
Quantum Mechanical Investigations of Catalytic and Oxidation Processes of Aluminum and Rhodium
NCSA Origin2000: 80,000
SDSC T90: 2,000

Harold Scheraga, Cornell University, All Campuses
Development of A Hierarchical Protocol for Ab Initio Prediction of Protein Structure
Exemplar: 10,000
SDSC SP: 60,000
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 180,000

Quentin Stout, University of Michigan, All Campuses
Development of A Teraflop Class Space Weather Prediction Model
IBM SP at U Michigan: 40,000

Wai-Mo Suen, Washington University
Computational Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics
NCSA Origin2000: 460,000
SDSC SP: 1,250
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 3,750
SDSC T3E: 140,000

Douglas Swesty, SUNY at Stony Brook, All Campuses
Hydrodynamic and Radiation Hyrodynamic Simulations of Neutron Stars
NCSA Origin2000: 30,000

Juri Toomre, University of Colorado, All Campuses
Coupling of Turbulent Compressible Convection With Rotation and Magnetic Fields
NCSA Origin2000: 300,000
SDSC SP: 45,000
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 135,000
SDSC T3E: 80,000

Mark Tuckerman, New York University
Computer Simulation Studies of Condensed Phase Chemical and Biological Processes
HP V2500 at Caltech: 20,000
IBM SP at U Michigan: 29,000

Ralph Wheeler, University of Oklahoma, All Campuses
Simulating Electron and Ion Transport
Exemplar: 25,000
NCSA Origin2000: 40,000

Robert Wilhelmson, Natl Center for Supercomputing App
the Numerical Simulation of Convective Clouds and Related Phenomena
NM Alta Cluster: 5,000
NCSA NT Supercluster: 5,000
NCSA Origin2000: 114,770
SDSC SP: 1,250
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 3,750
SDSC T90: 100

Paul Woodward, University of Minnesota, All Campuses
3d Simulations of Turbulent Compressible Convection
HP V2500 at Caltech: 10,000
NCSA NT Supercluster: 100,000
NCSA Origin2000: 300,000
SDSC SP: 25,000
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 75,000

Donald Wuebbles, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Application of Multiprocessing Ncsa Platforms to Study Global Change Issues Relating to Climate and Ozone
NCSA Origin2000: 60,000

Carl Wunsch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Estimation of the Time Evolving Oceanic General Circulation
SDSC SP: 25,000
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 75,000
SDSC T3E: 100,000
Texas SV1: 25,000

PlatformTotal PIsTotal SUs
SDSC SP Blue Horizon26 1,458,193
NCSA Exemplar2 82,789
IBM SP at U Michigan5 353,800
Condor3 310,000
Texas SP3 210,000
SDSC T9016 34,675
NCSA Origin200028 3,175,520
SDSC Sun HPC 100002 30,000
SDSC SP26 486,815
Texas T3E4 106,960
NCSA NT Supercluster2 105,000
SDSC T3E18 1,041,930
Exemplar4 68,000
HP V2500 at Caltech8 171,200
NM Alta Cluster4 142,000
Texas SV13 39,000
Boston Origin20003 190,000

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