PRAC Awards for quarter 3, 1999 (7/1/1999 - 9/30/1999)
Yves Arramon, University of California-Berkeley
A Computational Validation of A Multi-Dimensional Anisotropic Strength Criterion Based On Kelvin Modes
SDSC T3E: 2,000
Tim Barnett, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Decadel Climate Variability: Mechanisms and Predictability
SDSC T3E: 19,000
Gary Bent, University of Connecticut, All Campuses
Kinetic Branching of the N + 02 Reactions
SDSC SP: 2,000
Eric Bittner, University of Texas at Austin
First Principles Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Simple Amino Acid Chains in Water and Dynamics of Photo-Excited Conjugated Polymers
IBM SP at U Michigan: 10,000
Mark Bowick, Syracuse University, All Campuses
Self-Avoiding Crystalline Membrane
SDSC SP: 2,000
Shira Lynn Broschat, Washington State University
Integration of Wave Theory and Statistical Pattern Classification for Ultrasound Imaging of Breast Tumors
Texas T3E: 3,000
Gerbrand Ceder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
the Design of Rechargeable Li Batteries With First-Principles Methods
Texas T3E: 19,800
Joan Centrella, Drexel University
Stability of Rapidly Rotating Stellar Cores
SDSC T3E: 20,000
Roger Chevalier, University of Virginia, All Campuses
Hydrodynamics of A Type Ia Supernove Remnants
SDSC T90: 150
Matthew Choptuik, University of Texas at Austin
Problems in Numerical Relativity
SDSC T3E: 6,000
SDSC T90: 600
Patrick Diamond, University of California-San Diego
Numerical Studies On Electron Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence
SDSC T90: 1,000
Sebastian Doniach, Stanford University
Parallel Simulation of Protein Folding By Reaction Path Annealing
IBM SP at U Michigan: 5,000
Douglas Doren, University of Delaware
Nonadiabatic Reaction Pathways in Surface Chemistry and Homogeneous Catalysis
SDSC SP: 2,000
SDSC T90: 600
Ching-Yao Fong, University of California-Davis
Exploring New Iii-V Semiconductors Doped With Magnetic Transition Metal Elements for Future Device Applications
SDSC T90: 100
Brian Kendrick, Ohio State University, All Campuses
Reactive Scattering Calculations On Massively Parallel Supercomputers
SDSC T3E: 10,000
Richard Klein, University of California-Berkeley
Numerical Studies of Fragmentation in Star-Forming Regions
SDSC SP: 4,000
SDSC T90: 800
Stelios Kyriakides, University of Texas at Austin
Numerical Simulations of Propagating Instabilities in Solids
SDSC T90: 130
L Gary Leal, University of California-Santa Barbara
Theoretical Studies of the Motion of Polymeric Liquids and Lcp's in Strong Flows
SDSC T90: 150
Sanjiva Lele, Stanford University
Acoustic Receptivity Near A Supersonic Jet Nozzle Lip
SDSC T90: 150
Cyrus Madnia, SUNY at Buffalo, All Campuses
Direct Numerical Simulation of Flame-Vortex Interaction in Compressible Homogeneous Turbulence
SDSC T90: 800
Victoria Mcguffin, Michigan State University
Ab Initio Studies of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds: Molecular Properties and Excited State Reactions
SDSC SP: 500
Carlos Mechoso, University of California-Los Angeles
Climate Research Using the Ucla General Ciruclation Model
SDSC T3E: 20,000
SDSC T90: 920
Christopher Mihos, Johns Hopkins University
Dynamical Transformations of Galaxies
SDSC T3E: 20,000
Rajat Mittal, University of Florida
Interaction of A Sphere Wake With A Turbulent Flow: Simulation and Analysis
SDSC T90: 200
David Olinger, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Spectral Element Simulations of Fluid-Structure Interactions: Comparison With Low Dimensional Models
SDSC SP: 10,000
SDSC T3E: 5,000
Sokrates Pantelides, Vanderbilt University
First-Principles Transport Calculations in Nanostructures
IBM SP at U Michigan: 15,000
Philip Pritchett, University of California-Los Angeles
Collisionless Dissipative Processes in the Magnetotail and At the Magnetopause Boundary
SDSC T3E: 20,000
SDSC T90: 180
Mark Richardson, California Institute of Technology
Interannual Variability and the Stability of the Mars Water Cycle
SDSC T90: 1,000
Greg Rodin, University of Texas at Austin
Elastic-Composite Project
IBM SP at U Michigan: 3,000
Benjamin Schwartz, University of Texas at Austin
Quantum Non-Adiabatic Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Charge Transfer to Solvent Reactions
Texas J90: 1,000
Nickolas Vlahopoulos, University of Michigan, All Campuses
Utilization of Finite Element Models in Vibro-Acoustic System Analysis of Internal Combustion Engines and in Validating An Energy Finite Element Formulation
SDSC T90: 100
K Birgitta Whaley, University of California-Berkeley
Quantum Monte Carlo Studies of Van Der Waals Clusters and Quantum Aggregates
SDSC T3E: 6,250
SDSC T90: 275
George Zaslavsky, New York University
Studies of Particle Dynamics in Chaos and in Transition to Turbulence
SDSC SP: 20,000
Texas J90: 1,000
| Platform | Total PIs | Total SUs |
| Texas J90 | 2 | 2,000 |
| SDSC SP | 7 | 40,500 |
| Texas T3E | 2 | 22,800 |
| SDSC T3E | 10 | 128,250 |
| SDSC T90 | 16 | 7,155 |
| IBM SP at U Michigan | 4 | 33,000 |
