PRAC Awards for quarter 3, 2003 (7/1/2003 - 9/30/2003)
Thomas Bewley, University of California-San Diego
Adjoint- Based Analysis of Jet Noise Control Strategies
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 20,000
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4: 2,000
Gerbrand Ceder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
First Principles Investigation of Diffusion and Kinetics in Solids for Batteries and Catalysis
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 82,000
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4: 2,000
Indrin Chetty, University of Michigan, All Campuses
Monte Carlo-Based Cancer Treatment Planning Using Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy
Mich Athlon Cluster: 5,000
Denis Demchenko, Georgetown University
First Principles Calculations of Electronic Properties of Certain Magnetic Junctions
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 70,000
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4: 2,000
Ken Dill, University of California-San Francisco
Optimization of Implicit Solvation Parameters to Reproduce Explicit Solvent Free Energy Landscapes for Small Proteins
Mich Athlon Cluster: 46,350
Michael Falk, University of Michigan, All Campuses
Molecular Dynamics Investigations of the Mechanical Properties of Non-Crystalline Solids
Mich Athlon Cluster: 130,000
Joachim Frank, University of Albany
Exploring Ribosomal Conformations Thatinduce Codon - Anticodon Recognition Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 13,400
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4: 2,000
Hermann Haus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
High Index Contrast Optical Waveguide Structures
TEXAS IBM POWER 4: 20,000
Armen Khachaturyan, Rutgers the State Univ of NJ, All Campus
Phase Field Microelasticity Simulations of Structure Evolutions and Structure-Property Relations in Processes Involving Phase Transformation, Dislocation Plasticity and Cracks
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 50,000
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4: 2,000
John Kieffer, University of Michigan, All Campuses
Assembly, Reactions, and Structural Transitions in Materials
Mich Athlon Cluster: 150,000
Ronald Kline, San Diego State University
A Diffusion Based Approach to Thermal Tomography
TEXAS IBM POWER 4: 1,000
Susan Sinnott, University of Florida
Prac Account
Mich Athlon Cluster: 5,000
Brian Storey, Franklin Olin School of Engineering
Simsulation of Two-Dimensional Turbulent Flows in A Rotating Annulus
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 40,000
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4: 2,000
Gretar Tryggvason, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Effects of Secondary Forces and Turbulent Drag Reduction By Microbubbles
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 70,000
TEXAS IBM POWER 4: 20,000
K Birgitta Whaley, University of California-Berkeley
Quantum Monte Carlo Calculations for Nanoscale Superfluid, Semiconductors, and Qubit Arrays
SDSC SP Blue Horizon: 187,000
SDSC IBM DataStar Power4: 2,000
| Platform | Total PIs | Total SUs |
| Mich Athlon Cluster | 5 | 336,350 |
| SDSC SP Blue Horizon | 8 | 532,400 |
| SDSC IBM DataStar Power4 | 7 | 14,000 |
| TEXAS IBM POWER 4 | 3 | 41,000 |
