NRAC Awards for quarter 4, 2004 (10/1/2004 - 12/30/2004)
Rayhaneh Akhavan, University of Michigan
Computational Studies of Turbulent Drag Reduction by Dilute Polymer
Solutions
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4+: 200,000
Maha Ashour-Abdalla, University of California, Los Angeles
Plasma Simulations of the Earth's Magnetosphere
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4+: 200,000
Antony Beris, University of Delaware
Direct Numerical Simulation of Viscoelastic Flows
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 250,000
David L. Beveridge, Wesleyan University
Molecular Dynamics Studies of Nucleic Acids: Structure, Dynamics and
Protein Binding
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 70,000
Suse Broyde, New York University
Substrate Discrimination by Base Excision Repair Proteins: Molecular
Dynamics Simulations to Delineate Recognition Features
University of Michigan AMD Linux Cluster: 50,000
Qiang Cui, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Molecular Simulations of Enzyme Catalysis and Molecular Machine Functions
NCSA IBM P690: 15,500
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 281,640
Kelvin K. Droegemeier, University of Oklahoma
Proposal for High-Performance Computing Resources in Support of Storm-Scale
Numerical Weather Prediction
TeraGrid PSC TCS1: 633,000
TeraGrid PSC HP Marvel: 48,000
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 647,000
TeraGrid Wide Roaming Access: 30,000
Mark Ellisman, University of California, San Diego
The Biomedical Informatics Research Network: TeraGrid Utilization Proposal
to NRAC
TeraGrid Cluster: 420,000
TeraGrid Wide Roaming Access: 30,000
Gary A. Glatzmaier, University of California, Santa Cruz
Convection and Magnetic Field Generation in Planets and Stars
TeraGrid PSC TCS1: 700,000
TeraGrid Wide Roaming Access: 30,000
Nickolay Y. Gnedin, University of Colorado, Boulder
Universe Inside a Computer
NCSA IBM P690: 80,000
SDSC IBM P690 Systems: 80,000
TeraGrid Wide Roaming Access: 30,000
TeraGrid SDSC IBM P690 Systems: 80,000
John F. Hawley, University of Virginia
Computational Magnetohydrodynamics for Astrophysical Systems
TeraGrid Cluster: 80,000
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4+: 364,000
TeraGrid Wide Roaming Access: 30,000
Masao Kanamitsu, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
50-year Downscaling of Global Analysis over California Region
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4+: 10,000
Yiannis N. Kaznessis, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Biomolecular Interaction and Gene Network Simlations
NCSA IBM P690: 71,200
TeraGrid Cluster: 20,000
TeraGrid PSC HP Marvel: 25,000
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 200,000
TeraGrid Wide Roaming Access: 30,000
Tony M. Keaveny, University of California, Berkeley
Micro-Mechanics of Failure in Human Vertebrae
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4+: 358,050
Michael Klein, University of Pennsylvania
Terascale Quantum Simulations for Chemical Biology
TeraGrid PSC TCS1: 3,600,000
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 840,000
TeraGrid Wide Roaming Access: 30,000
Richard I. Klein, University of California, Berkeley
Progress Towards a Comprehensive Theory of Star Formation -- From Low to
High Mass and on to Giant Molecular Clouds
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4+: 1,100,000
Gerhard Klimeck, Purdue University
NCN Community Allocation Proposal
TeraGrid Wide Roaming Access: 200,000
Francis Loth, University of Illinois, Chicago
Simulation of Transitional Blood Flow
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 80,000
Zan Luthey-Schulten, University of Illinois, Urbana
Merging Physical Bioinformatics and Molecular Simulations
TeraGrid PSC TCS1: 60,000
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 60,000
TeraGrid Wide Roaming Access: 30,000
Kenneth Merz, Pennsylvania State University
Quantum Biology
TeraGrid PSC TCS1: 150,000
TeraGrid PSC HP Marvel: 50,000
TeraGrid Wide Roaming Access: 30,000
Annick Pouquet, National Center for Atmospheric Resarch
Two Problems in the Modeling of Turbulent Magnetic Fields
TeraGrid PSC TCS1: 440,000
TeraGrid Wide Roaming Access: 30,000
Klaus J. Schulten, University of Illinois, Urbana
Simulation of Supramolecular Biological Systems
TeraGrid Cluster: 700,000
TeraGrid PSC TCS1: 700,000
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 472,000
TeraGrid Wide Roaming Access: 30,000
Stuart L. Shapiro, University of Illinois, Urbana
Studies in Theoretical Astrophysics and General Relativity
NCSA IBM P690: 240,000
TeraGrid Cluster: 70,000
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 70,000
TeraGrid Wide Roaming Access: 30,000
Allan Snavely, University of California, San Diego
A Framework for Performance Modeling and Prediction
NCSA IBM P690: 44,800
TeraGrid Cluster: 20,000
TeraGrid PSC TCS1: 227,060
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4+: 22,252
TeraGrid Wide Roaming Access: 30,000
Robert L. Sugar, University of California, Santa Barbara
Lattice Gauge Theory on Parallel Computers
TeraGrid PSC TCS1: 2,105,000
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 1,743,200
TeraGrid Wide Roaming Access: 30,000
Danesh Tafti, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Time-Accurate Predictions of Complex Turbulent Flows and Heat Transfer
TeraGrid Cluster: 300,000
TeraGrid Wide Roaming Access: 30,000
Gregory A. Voth, University of Utah
Fundamental Dynamic Processes in Condensed Matter
NCSA IBM P690: 100,000
TeraGrid Cluster: 400,000
TeraGrid PSC TCS1: 100,000
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4+: 200,000
NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster: 385,000
TeraGrid Wide Roaming Access: 30,000
Pui-kuen Yeung, Georgia Institute of Technology
High-Resolution Computations for Studies of Scaling in Turbulence and
Turbulent Mixing
TeraGrid PSC TCS1: 1,200,000
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4+: 1,200,000
TeraGrid Wide Roaming Access: 30,000
| Platform | Total PIs | Total SUs |
| SDSC IBM DataStar Power4+ | 9 | 3,654,302 |
| SDSC IBM P690 Systems | 1 | 80,000 |
| NCSA Xeon Linux Supercluster | 12 | 5,098,840 |
| NCSA IBM P690 | 6 | 551,500 |
| University of Michigan AMD Linux Cluster | 1 | 50,000 |
| TeraGrid Cluster | 8 | 2,010,000 |
| TeraGrid SDSC IBM P690 Systems | 1 | 80,000 |
| TeraGrid PSC TCS1 | 11 | 9,915,060 |
| TeraGrid PSC HP Marvel | 3 | 123,000 |
| TeraGrid Wide Roaming Access | 18 | 710,000 |
