2013 INCITE Projects

Biological Sciences

Advanced Modeling of the Human Skin Barrier
Michael Klein, Temple University
65,000,000 hours

Petascale Computing of Biomolecular Systems
Klaus Schulten, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
110,000,000 hours

Simulations of Ribosome Biogenesis and Cellular Processes
Zan Luthey-Schulten, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
51,410,000 hours

Cellulosic Ethanol: Simulation of Multicomponent Biomass Systems
Jeremy Smith, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
78,000,000 hours

Chemistry

High-Fidelity Simulations for Advanced Engine Combustion Research
Joseph Oefelein, Sandia National Laboratories
100,000,000 hours

Precision Many-Body Quantum Simulations of Functionalized Structures
Shiwei Zhang, College of William and Mary
27,000,000 hours

Non-Perturbative QED Study for Matter and Anti-Matter Collisions
Michael Pindzola, University of Auburn
30,000,000 hours

Computer Science

Performance Evaluation and Analysis Consortium (PEAC) End Station
Leonid Oliker, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
45,000,000 hours

Collaborative Research into Exascale Systemware, Tools, and Applications (CRESTA)
Lorna Smith, University of Edinburgh
21,000,000 hours

Earth Science

Climate-Science Computational Development Team: The Climate End Station II
Warren Washingon, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
60,000,000 hours

CyberShake 3.0: Physics-Based Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis
Thomas Jordan, University of Southern California
45,000,000 hours

Global Seismic Tomography Based on Spectral-Element and Adjoint Methods
Jeroen Tromp, Princeton University
100,000,000 hours

Engineering

Multiscale Blood Flow Simulations
George Karniadakis, Brown University
51,000,000 hours

Explosive Hazard Predictions with the Uintah Framework
Martin Berzins, University of Utah
45,000,000 hours

Parameter Studies of Boussinesq Flows
Susan Kurien, Los Alamos National Laboratory
34,000,000 hours

The Solution of Three-Dimensional PWR Neutronics Benchmark Problems for CASL
Thomas Evans, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
21,000,000 hours

Materials

Computational Prediction and Discovery of Magnet Materials
Bruce Harmon, Ames Laboratory
45,000,000 hours

Scalable First Principles Calculations for Materials at Finite Temperature
Markus Eisenbach, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
105,000,000 hours

Non-Covalent Bonding in Complex Molecular Systems with Quantum Monte Carlo
Dario Alfe, University College London
55,000,000 hours

Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations of Hydrogen and Water Ice
Richard Needs, University of Cambridge
75,000,000 hours

Predictive and Insightful Calculations of Energy Materials
Paul Kent, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
45,000,000 hours

Ab Initio Simulations of Carrier Transports in Organic and Inorganic Nanosystems
Lin-Wang Wang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
25,000,000 hours

Safety in Numbers: Discovery of New Solid Li-Ion Electrolytes
Boris Kozinsky, Bosch
48,000,000 hours

Physics

Petascale Simulations of Type Ia Supernovae
Stan Woosley, University of California, Santa Cruz
55,000,000 hours

Three Dimensional Simulations of Core Collapse Supernovae
Anthony Mezzacappa, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
35,000,000 hours

Simulating Reionization of the Local Universe: Witnessing Our Own Cosmic Dawn
Paul Shapiro, University of Texas
40,000,000 hours

Lattice QCD
Paul Mackenzie, Fermilab
140,000,000 hours

Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Reactions
James Vary, Iowa State University
74,000,000 hours

Transformative Advances In Plasma-Based Acceleration
Warren Mori, University of California, Los Angeles
30,000,000 hours

Unraveling the Physics of Magentic Reconnection with 3D Kinetic Simulations
William Daughton, Los Alamos National Laboratory
55,000,000 hours

Magnetic Reconnection in High-Energy-Density-Laser-Produced Plasmas
Amitava Bhattacharjee, University of New Hampshire
35,000,000 hours

High-Fidelity Simulation of Tokamak Edge Plasma Transport
C.S. Chang, Princeton Physics Plasma Laboratory
100,000,000 hours