Objective and Significance

The first Earth and Space Sciences Project mini-workshop (workbench) was held June 24 at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The workbench brought together local researchers (GSFC, University of Maryland, Naval Research Laboratory), as well as distant ones (Universities of Rochester, Minnesota, and Illinois) for discussions on computational aspects of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) modeling in general, and MHD modeling on parallel computers in particular. Several of the HPCC ESS Round-2 Grand Challenge teams have projects that involve computational MHD.

Approach and Accomplishments

Wenlong Dai (University of Minnesota) was the featured speaker and presented joint work with Paul Woodward (University of Minnesota) titled "Algorithm Development for Magnetohydrodynamical Flows." This presentation was the starting point for a general discussion on computational MHD modeling led by the workbench chair, Steven Zalesak (GSFC).

The attendees were:

Naval Research Laboratory: Russell Dahlburg, Richard DeVore, and Judy Karpen
University of Rochester: Adam Frank
University of Maryland: Jim Stone, Kristen Miller, and Timothy Fleming
University of Minnesota: Wenlong Dai, Paul Woodward
University of Illinois: Doug Swesty
GSFC: Peter MacNeice, Mike Rilee, Clark Mobarry, Steve Zalesak (workbench chair), Anil Deane (workbench organizer)

Status/Plans

This was the first HPCC-sponsored mini-workshop on computational MHD, and the first with the workbench concept (part-day, with single featured speaker) and proved to be very successful. Other such workbenches are anticipated and will be announced at a later time.

Points of Contact

Anil Deane
University of Maryland
deane@ipst.umd.edu
301-405-4866
and
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
deane@laplace.gsfc.nasa.gov
301-286-7803