THE FIRST TEN YEARS
The Computational Technologies Project (formerly known as the Earth and Space Sciences Project) has funded 17 Grand Challenge Investigations in its first two rounds. Over nearly a decade, these investigator teams have been expanding the nation's ability to apply high-performance computing to thorny problems that science could not solve otherwise. The project also supports research and education efforts at NASA centers.
Science and Technology Highlights: Grand Challenge Investigators
Round 2 (1996-2000)
SAR Interferometry and Imaging Science
David Curkendall, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
• Science achievements using the Scalable Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Processor
An Earth System Model: Atmosphere/Ocean Dynamics and Tracers Chemistry
Roberto Mechoso, UCLA
• Science achievements using the UCLA Earth System Model
Turbulent Convection and Dynamos in Stars
Andrea Malagoli, University of Chicago
• Science achievements using the MPS code
Solar Activity and Heliospheric Dynamics
John Gardner, Naval Research Laboratory
• Science and technology summary
• Science achievements using the FCTMHD3D code
• Science achievements using the CRUNCH3D code
Multiscale Modeling of the Heliosphere
Tamas Gombosi, University of Michigan
• Technology achievements using the BATS-R-US code
Relativistic Astrophysics and Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Paul Saylor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Science achievements using the GR3D code
Technology Highlights: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
PARAMESH - Parallel Adaptive Mesh Refinement Toolkit
The Beowulf Project - The GSFC-Centric Time Line
Ensemble Calculations for Seasonal Forecasting using PC Clusters
Education Highlight: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Summer School in High Performance Computational Earth and Space Sciences