Projects

Projects in Scientific Computation

• Integrated photonics modeling based on FDTD methods; coupled optical sensor and mechanical flexing models for neuro-photonics; simulation of photonic bandgap crystals (Christensen/Huntoon)


• Simulation of multi-phase flow and heat transfer in deforming porous media; multi-scale multi-physics modeling of the static and dynamic response of soil systems; computational geomechanics; modeling of flood-induced failure of levee systems; static and dynamic soil-foundation-structure interaction. (El Shamy)


• Radiation boundary conditions for wave propagation (Hagstrom)


• Preprocessing of gene expression microarrays; detecting gene enrichment in biological pathways; analysis of high-throughput gene sequencing experiments; metagenomics; combining data from more than one high-throughput assay. (McGee)


• Large scale solvers for fusion energy and core-collapse supernovae (Reynolds)


• Multi-scale, multi-physics modeling and simulation of cosmic reionization (Reynolds)


• Simulation of particle collider physics (Sekula)


• Ultrahigh resolution micro finite element modeling of trabecular bone fracture. (Tong)


• Multiple drug resistance problems in cancer chemotherapies and HIV-AIDS (Wise)


• Mechanistic studies on the ATP synthase -- the world's most powerful rotary motor (Wise)


• Fluid dynamics of insect flight, turbulence control, supersonic and hypersonic turbulence, and two-fluid flows. (Xu)


• Computational nano mechanics in electronic materials. (You)