Projects

ALCF projects cover many scientific disciplines, ranging from biology and physics to materials science and energy technologies. Filter ongoing and past projects by allocation program, scientific domain, and year.

Award ALCC
Domain Physics
Hours 7.5 Million Core-Hours
PI Brian Wirth, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Understanding Helium Plasma Mediated Tungsten Surface Response that Controls Plasma Facing Component Performance and Lifetime

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Domain Physics
Hours 40 Million Core-Hours
PI F.S Tsung, University of California, Los Angeles

Petascale Simulation of Laser Plasma Interactions Relevant to Inertial Fusion Energy

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Domain Earth Science
Hours 80 Million Core-Hours
PI David Trebotich, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Chombo-Crunch: Advanced Simulation of Subsurface Flow and Reactive Transport Processes Associated with Carbon Sequestration

Transient pH on calcite grains in capillary tube experiment. 1 billion grid points computed on 48K cores. 1 micron resolution.

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Domain Engineering
Hours 44 Million Core-Hours
PI Aleksandr Obabko, Argonne National Laboratory

U.S. Russia Collaboration on Cross-Verification and Validation in Thermal Hydraulics: Nek5000, Cfoam-CABARET, and Conv3D, Simulations of MATiS and MAX Experiments

Axial velocity in Nek5000 LES simulation of 2012 OECD/NEA Matis benchmark experiment which is one of the experiments chosen for cross-verification and validation in 2013 ALCC project.

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Domain Materials Science
Hours 23 Million Core-Hours
PI Jeffrey B. Neaton, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Large-Scale Computation for Discovery and Design of Excited State Phenomena in Next-Generation Energy Conversion Materials

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Domain Engineering
Hours 11 Million Core-Hours
PI Hassan Nagib, Illinois Institute of Technology; KTH Mechanics, Sweden

Does A Turbulent Duct Flow Ever Become Two-Dimensional

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Domain Engineering
Hours 150 Million Core-Hours
PI Parviz Moin, Stanford University

Wall Modeling and Primary Atomization for Predictive Large-Eddy Simulation of Airframes, Jet Engines and Jet Noise

The rectangular nozzle is shown in gray with an isosurface of temperature (gold) cut along the center plane of the nozzle showing temperature contours (red/yellow).

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Domain Earth Science
Hours 30 Million Core-Hours
PI Richard Mills, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Multiscale Modeling of Dynamic Arctic Landscapes in a Changing Climate

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Domain Engineering
Hours 80 Million Core-Hours
PI Elia Merzari, Argonne National Laboratory

Petascale Thermal Hydraulic Simulations in Support of CESAR

Large eddy simulation of the flow in a rod bundle at high Reynolds numbers. Rod bundles are a fundamental component of reactor cores.

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Domain Physics
Hours 47 Million Core-Hours
PI Katrin Heitmann, Argonne National Laboratory

MockBOSS: Calibrating Boss Dark Energy Science with HACC

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Domain Materials Science
Hours 50 Million Core-Hours
PI Jeffrey Greeley, Purdue University

First Principles Investigations of Adsorbate-Metal Interactions: Quantum Monte Carlo and Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations

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Domain Physics
Hours 19.5 Million Core-Hours
PI Frederico Fiuza, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Predictive Full-Scale Simulations of Fast Ignition of Fusion Targets

Interaction of a fast-ignition-scale laser with a dense DT plasma.

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Domain Physics
Hours 250 Million Core-Hours
PI Robert A. DiStasio Jr. , Princeton University

Ab Initio Quantum Liquid Water and Aqueous Ionic Solutions

A systematization of a lithium atom (yellow) immersed into an aqueous environment.

Award INCITE
Domain Earth Science
Hours 150 Million Core-Hours
PI Michael Wehner, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Attributing Changes in the Risk of Extreme Weather and Climate

CAM5 hi-resolution simulations

Award INCITE
Domain Earth Science
Hours 215 Million Core-Hours
PI Warren Washington, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Climate-Science Computational Development Team: The Climate End Station II

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Domain Materials Science
Hours 25 Million Core-Hours
PI Gregory A. Voth, The University of Chicago

Multiscale Modeling of Energy Storage Materials

Illustration of the electrode-SEI

Award INCITE
Domain Materials Science
Hours 240 Million Core-Hours
PI Priya Vashishta, University of Southern California

Petascale Simulations of Stress Corrosion Cracking

Award INCITE
Domain Physics
Hours 155 Million Core-Hours
PI James Vary, Iowa State University

Nuclear Structure and Nuclear Reactions

ADLB (Asynchronous Dynamic Load-Balancing) version of GFMC

Award INCITE
Domain Physics
Hours 40 Million Core-Hours
PI William Tang, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Kinetic Simulations of Fusion Energy Dynamics at the Extreme Scale

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Domain Engineering
Hours 35 Million Core-Hours
PI Lee Shunn, Cascade Technologies, Inc.

Combustion Stability in Complex Engineering Flows

Instantaneous contours of temperature from large eddy simulation