User Research
Thousands of researchers use TACC's advanced computing resources each year to make discoveries in nearly every field of research. Below is a sampling of some of the research projects that take advantage of TACC's world-class systems, services, and staff.
Selected Research Highlights
| PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR | INSTITUTION | FIELD OF SCIENCE | PROJECT TITLE | TACC RESOURCES |
| Aksimentiev, Aleksei | University of Illinois | Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) | Simulations of Nanoscale Biomolecular Systems | Lonestar, Ranger |
| Andricioaei, Ioan | University of California, Irvine | Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) | Energetics of the Mechano-Chemical Coupling in DNA-Protein and DNA-Nanoparticle Complexes | Ranger |
| Beran, Kyle | University of Texas of the Permian Basin | Analytical and Surface Chemistry | Ab initio investigation of the vacuum level alignment at MALDI matrix-metal interfaces | Lonestar, Ranger |
| Boghosian, Bruce | Tufts University | Materials Research (DMR) | Lattice Boltzmann and Molecular Dynamics Studies in Materials and Biomolecular Sciences | Ranger |
| Bonnecaze, Roger | University of Texas at Austin | Fluid, Particulate, and Hyrdaulic Systems | Rheology and Aging of Soft Particle Pastes | Lonestar, Ranger |
| Bromm, Volker | University of Texas at Austin | Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology | The First Stars and Galaxies | Lonestar |
| University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston | Computational Chemistry and Biophysics | Development of computationally driven hit-to-lead optimization strategies for BRCT inhibitors | Ranger | |
| Cheatham, Thomas | University of Utah | Cross-Disciplinary Activities (CDA) | Insight into Biomolecular Structure, Dynamics, Interactions and Energetics from Simulation | Lonestar, Ranger |
| Chelikowsky, James | University of Texas at Austin | Materials Research (DMR) | Transport, Quantum Confinement, Electronic, Magnetic, Dynamical and Optical Properties of Nanocrystals | Ranger |
| Cohen, Marvin L. | University of California, Berkeley | Materials Research (DMR) | Theoretical Solid State Physics | Lonestar |
| Cowley, Steven | University of California, Los Angeles | Astronomical Sciences (AST) | Magnetic-Field Generation in Astrophysical Plasmas | Ranger |
| Curtarolo, Stefano | Duke University | Mechanical and Structural Systems (MSS) | Characterization of the Adsorption of Hydrocarbons on Quasicrystal Surfaces | Lonestar, Ranger |
| Dawson, Clinton N. | University of Texas at Austin | Mathematical Sciences (DMS) | Simulation of Hurricanes Along the Gulf Coast of the U.S. | Lonestar |
| Deem, Michael | Rice University | Materials Research (DMR) | Database of Hypothetical Zeolite Structures | Lonestar |
| Delshad, Mojdeh | University of Texas at Austin | Earth Sciences (EAR) | A parallel and Adaptive Implicit Compositional Simulator | Lonestar |
| Demeler, Borries | University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio | Biophysics | High resolution Modeling of Analytical Ultracentrifugation Experiments | Lonestar, Ranger |
| Demkov, Alex | University of Texas at Austin | Physics (PHY) | Electronic Materials and Transport | Lonestar, Ranger |
| University of Texas at Austin | Biophysics | Elber stampede project | Lonestar | |
| Ermler, Walter | University of Texas at San Antonio | Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) | Electronic Structure Calculations on Metal Clusters Using Spin-Orbit Configuration Interaction | Ranger |
| University of Utah | Physics (PHY) | Grid Enabled Parallel Genetic Algorithms to Discover Structures of Atomic Clusters and Molecular Crystals | Ranger | |
| Fahrenthold, Eric | University of Texas at Austin | Mechanical and Structural Systems (MSS) | Hypervelocity Impact Simulation | Lonestar, Ranger, Champion |
| Freeman, Arthur J. | Northwestern University | Physics (PHY) | Electronic Structure and Phonon Properties Simulations of High Tc SuperconductorR | Lonestar |
| Freund, Jonathan B. | University of Illinois | Chemical and Thermal Systems (CTS) | Stochastic Dynamics of Thin Liquid Films | Lonestar, Ranger |
| Ganesan, Venkat | University of Texas at Austin | Materials Research (DMR) | A multiscale simulation approach for the properties of polymer nanocomposites | Lonestar |
| University of Texas at Austin | Non Chosen | Ranger Early User Period - Early Users | Ranger | |
| University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas | Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) | Remote Visulization of Biological Microscopy Images | Lonestar, Ranger, Spur | |
| Goldstein, David | University of Texas at Austin | Fluid, Particulate, and Hyrdaulic Systems | Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Boundary Layer Control and Rarefied Atmospheric Flows | Lonestar, Champion |
| Goodrich, Charles C. | Boston University | Non Chosen | Ranger Early User Period - Early Users | Ranger |
| The University of Texas Southwest Medical Center at Dallas | Biophysics | Precise statistical models of protein sequence comparison | Lonestar, Ranger | |
| California Institute of Technology | Earth Sciences (EAR) | CIG Science Gateway and Community Codes for the Geodynamics Community | Ranger | |
| Haney, Paul | University of Texas at Austin | Physics (PHY) | TMO Heterostructures | Lonestar |
| University of Texas at Austin | Chemical Reaction Processes | Nanoparticle catalysis: Simulating the ripening dynamics and catalytic activity of metal nanoparticles | Lonestar, Ranger, Champion | |
| Hillis, David | University of Texas at Austin | Systematic and Population Biology | Computational Phylogenetics | Lonestar |
| Hsieh, Kuo-Ta | University of Texas at Austin | Advanced Scientific Computing (ASC) | Parallel electomechanical code development | Lonestar, Ranger |
| University of Texas at Dallas | Physics (PHY) | Modeling of Syngas to Ethanol Synthesis Mechanisms on MoS and TM metal surfaces | Lonestar | |
| Hughes, Thomas | University of Texas at Austin | Advanced Scientific Computing (ASC) | Cardiovascular Simulation for Therapeutic Design | Lonestar, Ranger |
| Hwang, Gyeong | University of Texas at Austin | Materials Research (DMR) | Computational Nanoengineering | Lonestar, Ranger, Champion |
| Ichiye, Toshiko | Georgetown University | Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) | Computational Studies of Electron Transfer Proteins | Lonestar |
| Im, Wonpil | University of Kansas | Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) | Understanding of Hydrophobic Mismatch by Potentials of Mean Force Calculations | Lonestar, Ranger |
| Jackson, Charles | University of Texas at Austin | Atmospheric Sciences (ATM) | Stochastic Representation of Parameter Uncertainties Within Model Predictions of Future Climate | Lonestar |
| Jarrell, Mark | University of Cincinnati | Materials Research (DMR) | Simulations Employing the Dynamical Cluster Approximation | Lonestar, Ranger |
| John, Lizy | University of Texas at Austin | Computer and Computation Research (CCR) | Identifying simulation points for SPEC CPU 2006 benchmarks | Lonestar |
| Jordan, Thomas H. | University of Southern California | Earth Sciences (EAR) | Souterhn California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Rupture Dynamics Code Validation | Ranger |
| Kanamitsu, Masao | University of California, San Diego | Atmospheric Sciences (ATM) | TeraGrid Roaming: 50-Year California Reanalysis Downscaling at 10KM | Lonestar |
| Karniadakis, George E. | Brown University | Chemical and Thermal Systems (CTS) | Hybrid Spectral Element Algorithms: Parallel Simulations of Turbulence in Complex Geometries | Lonestar, Ranger |
| Kirtman, Benjamin | University of Miami | Atmospheric Sciences (ATM) | Stochastic Variability and Climate Predictability | Ranger |
| Kleinman, Leonard | University of Texas at Austin | Condensed Matter Physics | MnAs/GaAs interfaces | Lonestar |
| Klie, Hector | University of Texas at Austin | Computational Mathematics | Linear and Nonlinear Solvers for Flow in Porous Media and CO2 sequestration | Lonestar, Champion |
| Klimeck, Gerhard | Purdue University | Electrical and Communications Systems (ECS) | Accelerating Nano-Scale Transistor Innovation Through Petascale Simulation | Ranger |
| Lee, Geun Sik | University of Texas at Dallas | Condensed Matter Physics | Electronic and Transport Properties of Graphene Nanoribbons | Lonestar |
| Lin, Ching-Long | University of Iowa | Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) | Multiscale Simulation of Pulmonary Air Flow | Lonestar, Ranger |
| Littlefield, David | University of Alabama at Birmingham | Mechanics and Materials | Analysis of Formation of the Odessa Meteor Crater | Lonestar, Champion |
| Liu, Chaoqun | University of Texas at Arlington | Computational Mathematics | High-Order LES for Shock-Blunt Body Interaction – Numerical, Experimental and Analytical Study | Ranger |
| Liu, Keh-Fei | University of Kentucky | Physics (PHY) | Lattice Gauge Calculation of Hadronic Physics | Ranger |
| Lousto, Carlos | Rochester Institute of Technology | Physics (PHY) | Binary Black hole simulations | Lonestar, Ranger |
| MacDonald, Allan | University of Texas at Austin | Theoretical Physics | Semiconductor Spintronics | Lonestar, Champion |
| Makarov, Dmitrii | University of Texas at Austin | Physical Chemistry | Molecular dynamics simulations of protein unfolding and other mechanical processes involving biopolymers | Lonestar |
| Marshall, Garland | Washington University | Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) | Targeting Protein Interactions and Designing Chimeric Proteins | Lonestar |
| Matzner, Richard | University of Texas at Austin | Gravitational Physics | Problems in gravitation | Lonestar, Champion |
| Messer, Bronson | University of Tennessee | Astronomical Sciences (AST) | Unleashing CHIMERA: Multidimensional Supernova Simulations | Ranger |
| Morningstar, Colin | Carnegie Mellon University | Physics (PHY) | Monte Carlo Ensemble Generation for Hadronic Physics on Anisotropic Lattices | Ranger |
| Niu, Guo-Yue | University of Texas at Austin | Atmospheric Sciences (ATM) | Long Term Ensemble Climate Modeling | Lonestar, Champion |
| Norman, Michael L. | University of California, San Diego | Astronomical Sciences (AST) | Projects in Astrophysical and Cosmological Structure Formation | Lonestar, Ranger |
| Oleynik, Ivan | University of South Florida | Materials Research (DMR) | Large-Scale Atomistic Simulations of Materials | Lonestar, Ranger |
| Osman, Roman | Mount Sinai School of Medicine | Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) | Computational Studies of Biomolecular Systems | Lonestar |
| Person, Mark | Indiana University | Earth Sciences (EAR) | Three-Dimensional Models of the Pliestocene Hydrology of the Atlantic Continental Shelf, New England | Lonestar |
| Quinn, Thomas | University of Washington | Astronomical Sciences (AST) | TeraGrid Roaming: Gravitational N-Body Somulations: Planet Formation to Cosmology | Lonestar |
| Raman, Venkatramanan | University of Texas at Austin | Chemical Reaction Processes | Large-Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Combustion | Lonestar |
| Ray, Asok | University of Texas at Arlington | Physics (PHY) | A Density Functional Study of the Surface Electronic Behavior of Actinide Metals | Lonestar |
| Rebbi, Claudio | Boston University | Physics (PHY) | Strange Quark Contribution to the Nucleon Form Factors | Ranger |
| Ren, Pengyu | University of Texas at Austin | Biophysics | BioMolecular Modeling | Lonestar, Ranger, Champion |
| Rossky, Peter | University of Texas at Austin | Chemistry (CHE) | Molecular Dynamics in Condensed Phases | Lonestar |
| Sahu, Bhagawan | University of Texas at Austin | Solid State and Microstructures | Molecular dynmaics simulation of dopants and defects in silicon | Lonestar, Champion |
| Sai, Na | University of Texas at Austin | Condensed Matter Physics | Multifunctional Oxides for Integrated Devices | Lonestar, Champion |
| Schulten, Klaus | University of Illinois | Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) | Modeling of Biological Membranes and Membrane Proteins | Lonestar, Ranger |
| Schutz, B.E. | University of Texas at Austin | Earth Sciences (EAR) | High Degree Geopotential Model Solutions Using Parallel Processing | Lonestar, Champion |
| Shapiro, Paul | University of Texas at Austin | Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) | Ranger Early User Project - Shapiro | Ranger |
| Shea, Joan-Emma | University of California, Santa Barbara | Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) | A Replica Exchange Molecular Dynamics Study in Explicit Solvent | Lonestar |
| Stanton, John | University of Texas at Austin | Physical Chemistry | ACES II | Lonestsar, Champion |
| Stoffa, Paul | University of Texas at Austin | Non Chosen | Ranger Early User Period - Early Users | Ranger |
| Sugar, Robert | University of California, Santa Barbara | Physics (PHY) | Lattice Gauge Theory on MIMD Parallel Computers | Ranger |
| Tapley, Byron | University of Texas at Austin | Earth Sciences (EAR) | Static and Time Variable Gravity Determination from GRACE Satellite Data | Lonestar, Champion |
| Toomre, Juri | University of Colorado | Astronomical Sciences (AST) | Coupling of Turbulent Compressible Convection with Rotation | Ranger |
| Voth, Gregory A. | University of Utah | Chemistry (CHE) | Electron Transfer Across the Electrode/Electrolyte | Lonestar, Ranger |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | Atmospheric Sciences (ATM) | Three-dimensional modeling of Titan's Upper Atmosphere | Lonestar | |
| Wheeler, Mary | University of Texas at Austin | Computational Mathematics | Geosystems Management | Lonestar |
| Xue, Ming | University of Oklahoma | Atmospheric Sciences (ATM) | CAPS: Admin | Ranger |
| Yeung, Pui-kuen | Georgia Institute of Technology | Chemical and Thermal Systems (CTS) | High-Resolution Computations for Studies of Scaling in Turbulence and Turbulent Mixing | Ranger |
| Zayak, Alexey | University of Texas at Austin | Theoretical Physics | Quantum simulations of materials properties at the nanoscale | Ranger |
| Zhu, Cheng | Georgia Institute of Technology | Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB) | MD Simulations of Mechanical Regulation of Biomolecular Interactions | Ranger |