CSE Fellows
Each year approximately eight to ten research awards are made to
students enrolled in the CSE program. Research projects are selected
for support on a competitive basis.
Proposals
are solicited each Spring for the academic year beginning the
following Fall. The proposed research must be interdisciplinary and
computationally oriented, and the proposal must be submitted jointly by
the student and two faculty co-advisors who must be CSE affiliates
from different disciplines. The CSE Fellows selected by an evaluation
panel receive financial support equivalent to a half-time research
assistantship in their home department plus a tuition waiver. At the
end of each academic year, that year's CSE Fellows present their
research results at the annual
CSE
Symposium. Current and past CSE Fellows are listed below by
academic year.
- Jehanzeb Hameed Chaudhry (CS) — First-Order System Least
Squares for Biomolecular Electrodiffusion
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Mark Butala (ECE) — Large Scale Dynamic Computed Imaging for
Solar-Terrestrial Astronomical Remote Sensing
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David Tanner (BioP) — Parallel Simulated Annealing Algorithm for
Protein Docking on GPUs
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Daniel Marsh (MechSE) — High Performance Simulations of Flow in
Complex Nano Channels Using GPUs
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James Sobotka (CEE) — Steady Crack Growth Through Ductile
Metals: Computational Studies
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Liangliang Cao (ECE) — Web Images Mining via Multiple Features
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Jin Tae Kwak (CS) — Computational Methods for Cancer Diagnosis
from FTIR Spectroscopy Data
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Aravind Alwan (MechSE) — Multiphysics Analysis of Hybrid
Electrothermomechanical Microactuators
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Mark Butala (ECE) — Large Scale Dynamic Computed Imaging for
Solar-Terrestrial Astronomical Remote Sensing
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William Fendt (PHYS) — Precision Analysis of Cosmological Data
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Bernard Ghanem (ECE) — Extracting a Fluid Dynamic Texture and
Background from Video
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Jin Tae Kwak (CS) — Computational Methods for Cancer Diagnosis
from FTIR Spectroscopy Data
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Satish Mantha (CEE) — A Satellite View of Biome Changes: Data
Mining, Modeling and Prediction
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Lingling Miao (PHYS) — NAMD on GPU for Coarse-Grained Molecular
Dynamics (jointly funded by NCSA)
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Aaron Shinn (MechSE) — High-Performance Simulation of Turbulent
Flows on GPUs (jointly funded by NCSA)
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Fernando Stump (MechSE) — A Parallel Adaptive Finite Element
Framework to Model Creep and Failure Damage in Polycrystalline Materials
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Huibing Yin (MechSE) — Networked Multiuser Optimization Problems
with Dynamics and Uncertainty: Theory, Algorithms and Applications
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Eric Cyr (CS) — Fast Solutions to the Poisson-Boltzmann Equation
Using Hierarchical Basis Functions
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William Fendt (PHYS) — New Directions in Cosmological Parameter
Estimation
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Bernard Ghanem (ECE) — Phase Based Model for Dynamic Textures
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Kyoungsoo Park (CEE) — Parallel Massive Dynamic Fragmentation
Using Adaptive Reduced Mesh Representation
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Behzad Sharif (ECE) — Adaptive Magnetic Resonance Tomography for
Real-Time Cardiovascular Flow Imaging
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Teck Tan (MatSE) — Materials by Design: Predicting Thermodynamic
Properties of Real Materials from First-Principles Methods and Data Mining
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Daniel Turner (CEE) — A Multiscale, Parallel, Three-Dimensional,
Finite Element Approach for Modeling Vortex Induced Vibrations of Tall
Buildings Subject to Wind Loading
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Evan VanderZee (Math) — Well-Centered Meshing
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Nitin Agarwal (MechSE) – Computational Analysis of
Uncertainties in Electrostatically Actuated MEMS
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Eric Cyr (CS) – Multilevel Iterative Methods for Solving the
Poisson-Boltzmann Equation
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Amir Ghalayani Isfahani (MechSE) – Multiscale Simulation Model
of Cell Mechanics in Microcirculation
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Nagarajan Kalyanasundaram (MechSE) – Efficient Multiscale
Methods for Modeling Structure and Electronic Properties of
Nanostructures Created by Ion Bombardment
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Jeronymo Pereira (CEE) – An hp Adaptive Generalized
Finite Element Method with Face Offsetting for 3-D Crack Propagation and
Branching
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Behzad Sharif (ECE) – Patient-Adaptive Real-Time 4-D Cardiac
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Rishi Rakesh Sinha (CS) – Indexing Scientific Data
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Evan VanderZee (Math) – Well-Centered Meshing (jointly funded
by Applied Mathematics)
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Xun Xu (ECE) – 3-D Face Analysis for Biometric and Intelligent HCI
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YoungJung Chang (ChBE) – Design of Robust Metabolic and Signaling Networks
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Xu Han (ECE) – Efficient Searching of MAP in High Dimensional Probability
Space, with Application to 3-D Articulated Body Tracking
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Amir Ghalayani Isfahani (TAM) – Multiscale Simulation Model of Cell Mechanics
in Microcirculation
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Nagarajan Kalyanasundaram (MIE) – Multiscale, Computationally Efficient
Algorithms for Modeling Nanostructure Created by Ion Bombardment
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Yiruo Lin (TAM) – Multimaterial Computational Framework for Bioreactors and
Tissue Engineering
- Jeronymo Pereira (CEE) – An hp Adaptive Generalized Finite
Element Method with Face Offsetting for Three-Dimensional Crack Propagation
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Shankar Rao (ECE) – Switched ARX Systems for Audio and Video Segmentation
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Lingxiao Zhang (ECE) – Engineering Exchange Interaction in Spin-Qubit
Quantum Dot Circuits for Quantum Information Processing
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Hakan Bagci (ECE) – Development of FFT-Accelerated Time-Domain
Simulators for Electromagnetic Analysis of Complex Structures in
Layered Media
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Mariano Cantero (CEE) – Two-Phase Flow Models for Engineering and
Environmental Scale CFD Computations
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YoungJung Chang (ChBE) – Design of Robust Metabolic and Signaling Networks
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Rajeev Jaiman (AE) – Adaptive Nonmatching Interface Schemes for Transient
Multiphysics Simulations
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Mariana Silva (TAM) – Large-Scale Topology Optimization for Tailoring
Advanced Materials and Structures
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Hongcheng Wang (ECE) – Object-Level Video Editing in Spatio-Temporal
Gradient Domain
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Allen Yang (ECE) – Representing Human Facial Expression Using Hybrid
Linear Model
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Lin Zhang (TAM) – Large-Scale Direct Numerical Simulations of Turbulent
Multiphase Flow
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Ravi Bellur-Ramaswamy (MIE) – Interface Tracking Problems in Crystal
Evolution
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Ananth Bhoj (ChBE) – Plasma Dynamics and Surface Interactions During
Plasma Treatment of Polymer Surfaces
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Martin Butz (CS) – Towards Computational Cognition: The Influence
of Anticipatory Behavior
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Mariano Cantero (CEE) – Two-Phase Flow Models for Engineering and
Environmental Scale CFD Computations
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Ashish Jagmohan (ECE) – Compression and Transmission of Light Fields
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David Lin (TAM) – An Integrated Multi-Scale Cardiovascular Simulation
Model
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Michael Parks (CS) – Robust Preconditioners and Solvers for
Ill-Conditioned Equations from Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
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Ali Yilmaz (ECE) – Development of Parallel FFT-Based Time Domain Integral
Equation Solvers for Analyzing Scattering from Penetrable Volumes
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Lin Zhang (AE) – Large-Scale Direct Numerical Simulations of Turbulent
Multiphase Flow
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Monica Awasthi (TAM) – Initial Development of a Cardio-Vascular
Simulator for Evaluation of Ventricular Assist Devices
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Pinaki Chakraborty (TAM) – Direct Numerical Simulation and Physical
Modeling of the Dynamics of Vortex Packets in Wall Turbulence
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David Hardy (CS) – Multiple Grid Methods for the Simulation of Biomolecules
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Ashish Jagmohan (ECE) – Compression and Transmission of Light Fields
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Rajeev Jaiman (AE) – Techniques for Aeroelastic Dynamics of Mesoflaps,
Boundary Layers, and Shock Waves
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Michael Parks (CS) – Robust Preconditioners and Solvers for
Ill-Conditioned Equations from Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
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Kumara Sastry (MATSE) – Hybrid Atomistic Simulation + Competent Genetic
Programming = Effective Multi-Scale Modeling of Nanostructured Materials
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Alok Sutradhar (CEE) – Scientific Visualization and Parallel Computing
Environment for Three-Dimensional Crack Propagation Using the Symmetric
Galerkin Boundary Element Method
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Amanda White (CEE) – Knowledge Discovery from Remote Sensing Observation
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Pinaki Chakraborty (TAM) – Direct Numerical Simulation and Physical
Modeling of the Dynamics of Vortex Packets in Wall Turbulence
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David Hardy (CS) – Multilevel Techniques for the Simulation of Biomolecules
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Xiaosong Ma (CS) – Flexible Parallel I/O Support for Irregular Codes
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Pramod Subramonium (ChemE) – Simulation of 3-Dimensional Transport and
Transients in Plasma Processing Reactors
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Alper Ungor (CS) – Space-Time Mesh Generation
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Ning Xu (ECE) – Real World Object Modeling using Multiple Views
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Ruyi Yu (TAM) – Improved Sparse-Matrix Inverse and Preconditioning
Techniques for Green's Function Electronic-Structure Calculations in
Materials Science Applications
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Peng Zhang (MIE) – Three-Dimensional Failure Simulation of
Particle-Filled Elastomers
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Zhengyu Zhang (CEE) – Multiscale Fracture Modeling of Functionally
Graded Materials
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Ozgur Aktas (ECE) – Large-Scale Monte Carlo Simulations for Fundamental
Investigations into MEMS Filters
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Kemal Aygun (ECE) – Development of Fast, Parallel Time Domain Integral
Equation Based Methods for Analyzing Electronic Circuits with Conducting,
Penetrable, and Nonlinear Components
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Carlos Caldas (CEE) – Optimization Models for Information Flows in
Dynamic Distribution Construction Organizations
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David Ma (ChemE) – Simulation and Control of Multidimensional
Crystallization
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Xiaosong Ma (CS) – Flexible Parallel I/O Support for Irregular Codes
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Michael Mitchell (ChemE) – Many Body Simulations of Colloidal or
Polymer Systems
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Milind Naphade (ECE) – Multimedia Analysis for Semantic Indexing of
Digital Video
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Peng Zhang (MIE) – Three-Dimensional Failure Simulation of
Particle-Filled Elastomers
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Zhengyu Zhang (CEE) – Multiscale Fracture Modeling of Functionally
Graded Materials using Parallel Computing Techniques
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Kemal Aygun (ECE) – Development of Higher Order and Efficient Time
Domain Integral Equation Based Methods for Analyzing Electromagnetic
Transients in Electronic Circuits
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Wing Fai Chow (CS) – 3-D Pseudospectral Self-Consistent Field
Approximation
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Sony Joseph (TAM) – Computational Electromagnetics
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Jonghyun Lee (CS) – Efficient, Transparent Data Migration for
High-Performance Scientific Computing
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David Ma (ChemE) – Simulation and Control of Multidimensional
Crystallization
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Efimia Metsi (ChemE) – O(N log N) Algorithms for Large Scale Simulations
of Foams and Emulsions
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Milind Naphade (ECE) – Multimedia Analysis for Semantic Indexing of
Digital Video
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Arvind Rajagopalan (MIE) – A Parallel Approach to Solving the Multi-Tier
Time Constrained Vehicle Routing Problems with Load Balancing
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Maneesh Singh (ECE) – Real-World Scene Modeling and Virtual Manipulation
for Augmented Display
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Mohit Tawarmalani (ChemE) – Computer-Aided Design of Environmentally
Benign Refrigerants
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Gang Zou (CS) – Numerical Simulation of Biomolecular Diffusion
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Wing Fai Chow (CS) – 3-D Pseudospectral Self-Consistent Field Approximation
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David Graham (ChemE) – Acoustic Stimulation of Multiphase Flow
Through Porous Media
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Jonghyun Lee (CS) – Efficient, Transparent Data Migration for
High-Performance Scientific Codes
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Maneesh K. Singh (ECE) – Real-World Scene Modeling and Virtual
Manipulation of Augmented Display
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Mohit Tawarmalani (MIE) – Computer-Aided Design of Environmentally
Benign Refrigerants
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Prem Venugopal (MIE) – Development of an Algebraic Multigrid
Solver for Navier-Stokes
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Fei Wang (NucE) – An Advanced Numerical Scheme for Smoke Dynamics
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Brett Wood (AE) – Coupled Fluid-Solid Computation of a Novel
Shock-Boundary-Layer-Interaction Flap System
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David Graham (ChemE) – Acoustic Stimulation of Multiphase Flow
Through Porous Media
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Arne Gullerud (CEE) – Finite Element Modeling of Crack Growth in
Multiply-Cracked Engineering Components
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Yong Liu (CS) – Multiscale Optimal Control
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Yong Rui (ECE) – Content-Based Indexing and Retrieval in
Multimedia Databases
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Alexandros Trellakis (Physics) – Numerical Approaches for
Nanoelectronics
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Tao Wang (ECE) – Constrained Global Optimization of Filter Banks
in Digital Signal Processing
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Brett Wood (AE) – Coupled Fluid-Solid Computation of a Novel Shock-Boundary-Layer-Interaction Flap System
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Yuelong Gu (Atmos) – Understanding the Spatial and Temporal
Variability of Summertime Precipitation in the Midwest United States Using Wavelet Transforms
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Michael Ham (CS) – Development of Efficient Scalable Algorithms
for the Solution of Large Systems of Linear Equations Arising from the
Numerical Solution of Groundwater Problems
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Yong Rui (ECE) – Content-Based Indexing and Retrieval in
Multimedia Databases
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Ari Trachtenberg (CS) – Computational Methods in Coding Theory
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Alexandros Trellakis (Physics) – Numerical Approaches for Nanoelectronics
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Onder Uluyol (NucE) – Development of Local Gamma Activation Feedback
Neural Network and Transient Analysis of Nuclear Power Plant
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Jeremy VanAntwerp (ChemE) – Globally Optimal Robust Reliable Control of
Large Scale Sheet and Film Processes
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Biao Fang (TAM) – Solution Algorithms for Elliptic-Hyperbolic
Systems Arising in Finite Element Models of Crack Growth
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David Richards (Physics) – Computer Simulation of Ion
Implantation and Semiconductor Processing
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Abhay Samant (ECE) – Preconditioning Dense Matrix Problems in
Computational Electromagnetics
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Ming Torng (CS) – Development of Scalable Algorithms for
Numerical Relativity
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Ari Trachtenberg (CS) – Computational Methods in Coding Theory
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Jeremy VanAntwerp (ChemE) – Globally Optimal Robust Reliable
Control of Large Scale Sheet and Film Processes
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You Zhang (ECE) – Analysis-Integrated Simulation and Visualization
of Fluid Flow
- Xingbin Zhang (CS) – High Performance Protein Macromolecular
Dynamics
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Biao Fang (TAM) – Solution Algorithms for Elliptic-Hyperbolic
Systems Arising in Finite Element Models of Crack Growth
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David Richards (Physics) – Computer Simulation of Ion
Implantation and Semiconductor Processing
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Abhay Samant (ECE) – Preconditioning Dense Matrix Problems in
Computational Electromagnetics
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Ming Torng (CS) – Development of Scalable Algorithms for Numerical Relativity
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You Zhang (ECE) – Analysis-Integrated Simulation and
Visualization of Fluid Flow
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Xingbin Zhang (CS) – High-Performance Protein Macromolecular Dynamics
