Guest Investigators

"20 Percent" ESS and Space Flight Awards

PI/Co-I's	Institution	Investigation Title
Erik Asphaug Kevin Olson	NASA Ames Research Center NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/931/George Mason University	Impacts into Planets and Asteroids: Simulations with a Parallel Tree Code with Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics
Ferdinand Baer John Bates	University of Maryland NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/910.3	Development of a Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean Model for Research on Climate Mechanisms
Scott Basinger	NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech	Optical Wavefront Detection Notes
Thomas Bell	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/913	Principle Modes of Variation of Histograms of Remote Sensing Data
Jerry Bernholc Christopher Roland	North Carolina State University	Quantum Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nanotubes and Semiconductors
John Blondin Michael Owen Bruce Fryxell Timothy Kallman	North Carolina State University North Carolina State University NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/931/George Mason Univ. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/662	Global Dynamics of Accretion Disks
Adam Burrows Evonne Marietta	University of Arizona	Supernovae in Binary Systems
Winston Chao	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/913	Tropical Circulation
James Carton Peter Lyster	University of Maryland NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/910.3/University of Maryland	High Resolution Data Assimilation of the Global Oceans
Steven Curtis Clark Mobarry	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/695 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/931	Multi-scale Modeling of the Magnetosphere
Brian Davis	United States Geological Survey	Geometric Registration of EOS Earth Satellite Data
Donald Davis Stuart Weidenschilling	Planetary Science Institute	Numerical Studies of Solar System Formation
Anil Deane	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/931/University of Maryland	Modeling of Convection in Deep Atmospheres
Edward DeLuca Neal Hurlburt	Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory	Chinks in the Dynamo Theory
Igor Eberstein Santiago Egido	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/931 University of Maryland	Massively Parallel Model for Volcanic Jet/Plume
Said Elghobashi	University of California, Irvine	Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Flows Using Parallel Computers
Brent Freeze	NASA Marshall Space Flight Center	Merging Spheromak Simulation
Bruce Fryxell	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/931/Drexel University	Drexel University HPCC Summer School
Steven Ghan Pius Lee	Batelle Pacific Northwest National Lab Virginia Polytecnical Institute	Aerosols, Clouds, Chemistry Radiative Forcing
Christopher Glass Richard Wilmoth	NASA Langley Research Center	Application of the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) Method to a Continuum Jet Interacting With a Rarefied Flow
Michael Gross Joel Primack	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/930 University of California, Santa Cruz	Large Scale Structure of Galaxy Distribution
John Gualtieri	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/902	Simulation of a Microscopic Model of the Equations of Quantum Mechanics
Ivan Hubeny James Stone	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/681 University of Maryland	Multidimensional, Non-LTE Radiation Transport in Astrophysical Media
Donald Johnson Allen Lenzen	University of Wisconsin	Modeling and Analysis of Global Hydrological Processes for Climate with the University of Wisconsin Isentropic-Sigma Model
Timothy Kallman Manuel Bautista	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/662	Atomic Physics Computations for X-Ray Astrophysics
Farzad Kazeminezhad	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/931	Simulation of the Coronal Mass Ejections Using a Hybrid (Particle Ions, Fluid Electrons) Model
Demosthenes Kazanas Bruce Fryxell	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/661 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/931/George Mason University	Study of Accretion onto Compact Objects
Boris Khattatov	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/910.3	Atmospheric Chemistry Data Analysis Using Methods of Data Assimilation
Anton Koekemoer Richard White	Space Telescope Science Institute NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/631	Three-dimensional Hydrodynamic Modeling of Mergers between Clusters of Galaxies and their Subsequent Evolution
Joel Koplik Jayanth Banavar	City College of New York Pennsylvania State University	Molecular Dynamics of the Spreading of Polymeric Liquids
Jules Kouatchou	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/931	Porting MM5 on the CRAY T3E at the GSFC
Gerald Le Beau	NASA Johnson Space Center	Application of Parallel DSMC Code to Orbiter Plumes
John Lyon Charles Goodrich	Dartmouth College University of Maryland	Global MHD Simulation of the Earth's Magnetosphere and the Magnetosphere of the Planets
Hans Mayr Hayden Porter	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/916 Furman University	Modeling the Middle Atmosphere with Small Scale Gravity Waves
Dimitris Menemenlis	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Estimation of Pacific Ocean Circulation Using Altimetric Data and a General Circulation Model
Michael Mumma Kevin Olson	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/690 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/931/George Mason University	Dynamical Modeling of the Evolution of Comet S/L 9
Ken-Ichi Nishikawa Doung-Sheng Cai	Louisiana State University The University of Tsukuba	The Development of a #D EM Particle Model on a Massively Parallel Computer
Kevin Olson John Wallin	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/931/George Mason University George Mason University	Simulation of Collisional Ring Galaxies
Sean O'Neil	Ohio State University	Parallel Implementation of a Coastal Ocean Hydrodynamics Model
Jeffrey Pedelty James Smith	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/923 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/920	Development of a Test Implementation of Radiance on the T3E
Ue-Li Pen	Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory	The Structure and Evolution of X-ray Clusters
Andrew Pohorille Karl Schweighofer	NASA Ames Research Center	Computer Simulations of Protocellular Functions: A Study in the Origin of Life
Steven Poole Gregory Baker	University of Texas	High Degree Geopotential Model Solutions Using Parallel Processing
Susan Sakimoto Anil Deane	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/921 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/931	Cooling and Flow of Planetary Lavas
Detlef Stammer	Massachusettes Institute of Technology	Determining the General Circulation of the Ocean Using Satellite Altimetry
Max Suarez Michele Rienecker	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/913 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/971	Parallelization of a Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Model
Chung-Hsiung Sui	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/913	Simulations of Cumulus Ensembles
Roland de Szoeke Scott Springer	Oregon State University	An Eddy Resolving, Isopycnic Coordinate Model of the North Pacific Ocean
Wei-Kuo Tao Rosalinda de Fainchtein	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/912 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/931/Hughes STX	Cloud Resolving Model for Hydrologic Cycle and Regional Climate
James Tilton	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA/935	Creation of Quasi-Ground Reference Data for Validation of Global Landcover Classification
Warren Washington	National Center for Atmospheric Research	Massively Parallel Climate Model (PCM): Climate Change Simulations
Lawrence Wharton	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/913	Principal Modes of Variation of Histograms of Remote Sensing Data
Stephen Zatman	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/921	Rapid Variations of the Geomagnetic Main Field
Maria Zuber Shijie Zhong	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/920 Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Numerical Studies on the Thermal Evolution of the Moon

"15 Percent" Computational Aeroscience Awards

PI/Co-I(s)	Institution	Investigation Title
Robert Biedron	NASA Langley Research Center	Parallelization of CFL3D
Rupak Biswas Leonid Oliker	NASA Ames Research Center	Load Balancing Unstructured Adaptive Grid Computations
Susan Cliff Robert Kennelly	NASA Ames Research Center	Design Optimization
Thomas Crockett	NASA Langley Research Center	Parallel Graphics for Runtime Visualization
Sandy Dash Raj Sinha, Brian York, Ashvin Hosangadi, Donald Kenzakowski, Robert Lee, Pete Cavallo, Rick Perrell	Combustion Research and Flow Technology, Inc.	Structured and Unstructured Simulation of Noise Suppression Concepts for Next Generation Aircraft
Ana Grady Robert Bergeron, James Jones, Jerry Yan, Thomas Proett, Haoqiang Jin, Michelle Hribar, Louis Zechtzer	NASA Ames Research Center	System Software
Dennis Jespersen	NASA Ames Research Center	Overflow/MP1 on the T3E
Martin Karplus Aaron Dinner	Harvard University	Computational Molecular Nanotechnology: Studies of Biomolecules as Nanocomputers
David Kerlick	The Boeing Company	Performance Tuning of Fine-Grain Parallel Multiblock CFD Solvers
Kwan-Liu Ma	NASA Langley Research Center	Visualizing Large Unstructured Data Sets
James Martin	Christopher Newport University	Three-Dimensional Vortex Modeling of Airframe Noise Sources
Dimitri Mavriplis	NASA Langley Research Center	Navier-Stokes Analysis of High-Lift Flows Using Unstructured Meshes
Jim Narramore Joe Vadyak, George Shrewsbury, Don Axley	Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.	Advanced Parallel Computing Systems Application to the V-22 Tilt Rotor
Alex Pothen	NASA Langley Research Center	A Parallel Sparse Out-of-Core Solver
Yehia Rizk Ferhat Hatay, Mohammad Djomehri, Edward Tejnil, Ken Gee	NASA Ames Research Center	Application of a Multidisciplinary Analysis Tool for the Aerodynamic Design of High Lift System
David Rodriguez	Stanford University	Boundary Layer Ingestion-Inlet Optimization
Douglas Rotman	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	NASA Core Model Development on Parallel Platdorms: Three-Dimensional Modeling of Aircraft Effects
Jorge Seminario	University of South Carolina	Computational Studies to Guide Synthesis and Correlate Electronic Property Data on Molecular Scale Wires, Interconnects, and Devices
Mani Subramanian Xuetong Fan, Paul Vitt	NASA Lewis Research Center	Application of 3-D Multistage Viscous CFD Methods for the Design of Advanced Gas Turbine Engines
Pichuraman Sundaram Robert P. Narducci	McDonnell Douglas Corporation	Nonlinear Design Optimization of Advanced Aircraft Configurations
George Vahala Li-Shi Luo, Darren Wah	College of William and Mary	Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of Turbulence
Veer Vatsa	NASA Langley Research Center	Parallel Message Passing Navier-Stokes Applications on Large Number of Nodes