PRAC Awards for quarter 1, 2004 (1/1/2004 - 3/31/2004)
Ioan Andricioaei, University of Michigan, All Campuses
Dynamical Behavior and Free Energy Profiles of Dna-Binding Biomolecular Machines
Mich Opteron Cluster: 140,000
Thomas Bruice, University of California-Santa Barbara
Computer Simulations of Enzymatic Reaction
Mich Athlon Cluster: 115,000
Yuni Dewaraja, University of Michigan, All Campuses
Monte Carlo Simulation in Nuclear Medicine Imaging and Dose Distribution Calculations
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 40,000
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4: 2,000
Mostafa El-Alaoui, University of California-Los Angeles
Effect of the Ionospheric Conductance On the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere System
Texas Xeon Cluster: 180,000
Ahmed Elgamal, University of California-San Diego
Parcyclic: Simulation of Earthquake Liquefaction Repsonse
Mich Athlon Cluster: 30,000
Mich Opteron Cluster: 30,000
Toshiko Ichiye, Washington State University
Computational Studies of Electron Transfer Proteins
Texas Xeon Cluster: 70,000
Homayoun Karimabadi, University of California-San Diego
Three-Dimensional Kinetic Simulations of the Magnetosphere
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 75,000
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4: 2,000
Texas Xeon Cluster: 25,000
Tony Keaveny, University of California-Berkeley
Multiaxial Strength of Low-Density Trabecular Bone
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 122,000
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4: 2,000
Texas Xeon Cluster: 60,000
Joel Koplik, CUNY City College
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Extrusion Flows
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 110,000
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4: 2,000
Texas Xeon Cluster: 65,000
Aron Kuppermann, California Institute of Technology
Quantum State-to-State Reaction Dynamics for Tetraatomic Systems and Two-Coupled-Electronic-State Triatomic Systems
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 5,000
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4: 2,000
William Lester, University of California-Berkeley
Quantum Monte Carlo for the Electronic Structure of Nucleic Acids: Cytosine and Its Major Tautomores
Texas Xeon Cluster: 70,000
Jon Linker, SAIC
Structure and Dynamics of the Solar Corona and Inner Heliosphere
Mich Athlon Cluster: 12,000
Texas Xeon Cluster: 40,000
Hui Lu, University of Illinois at Chicago
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Mechanical Properties of Cell Adhesion Proteins
Mich Athlon Cluster: 45,000
Krishnan Mahesh, University of Minnesota, All Campuses
Direct Numerical and Large-Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Jets in Crossflow
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 179,000
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4: 2,000
Philip Marcus, University of California-Berkeley
3d Vortices and Other Coherent Features in Planet and Star Formation and in Jovian Climate Change
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 168,050
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4: 2,000
Henrik Moebitz, University of California-Santa Barbara
Molecular Dynamics Simulations On Nitrogenase
Mich Athlon Cluster: 50,000
Nojan Omidi, Scibernet Inc
3-D Hybrid Simulations of Plasma Sails
Texas Xeon Cluster: 100,000
Sutanu Sarkar, University of California-San Diego
Simulation of Complex Turbulent Shear Flows in A Stratified Medium
TEXAS IBM POWER 4: 500
Texas Xeon Cluster: 46,000
Gretar Tryggvason, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Bubbly Flows and Microbubbles Drag Reduction
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4: 2,000
Texas Xeon Cluster: 90,000
Axel Vandewalle, Northwestern Univ
First-Principles Investigation of Ge/Si Heteroepitaxy and Multicomponent Al and Nb-Based Superalloys
Mich Opteron Cluster: 200,000
| Platform | Total PIs | Total SUs |
| Texas Xeon Cluster | 10 | 746,000 |
| SDSC SP Blue Horizon | 7 | 699,050 |
| Mich Athlon Cluster | 5 | 252,000 |
| SDSC IBM DataStar Power4 | 8 | 16,000 |
| Mich Opteron Cluster | 3 | 370,000 |
| TEXAS IBM POWER 4 | 1 | 500 |
