Massively Parallel Platform for the Center of Computational Materials Theory

计算材料理论中心大规模并行平台

• 批准号: 0116566
• 负责人: Nicholas Kioussis
• 金额: $ 25万
• 依托单位: The University Corporation, Northridge
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-09-01 至 2002-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0116566&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Massively; Parallel; Platform; Center; Computational

This award from the Major Research Instrumentation Program will allow California State University Northridge to expand and strengthen the computational facilities at the Computational Materials Theory Center at California State University Northridge. The general goals of the Center are: (1) To conduct fundamental and applied research that enhances our knowledge in materials properties and processing through theory, modeling, simulation, visualization and computation; (2) To educate and train students through a program of studies and research activities on current and future materials-related technological challenges; and (3) To stimulate and develop strong industrial-university-national laboratory partnerships in materials research. The research programs include the electronic and mechanical properties of metals and intermetallics, the properties of strongly correlated electrons, the Quantum Hall effect and high temperature superconductivity, the optical and magneto-optical properties of materials, catalysis, and the Quantum Hall effect, the optical and magneto-optical properties of materials, catalysis, and magnetic and electronic properties of nanostructure materials in general. The award will provide a parallel computing paradigm capability allowing the center (1) to treat large numbers of atoms ab initio electronic structure codes, (2) to sample a larger number of configurations in Monte Carlo simulations and (3) to decrease the time steps in molecular dynamics simulations. The Center comprises of faculty, postdoctoral fellows, visiting scientists and students.This award from the Major Research Instrumentation Program will allow California State Northridge to enhance the parallel computing capability at the Computational Materials Theory Center at California State University Northridge. This award will be leveraged substantially using funds from other federal agencies. The resulting massively parallel platform state-of-the-art facility will allow enhanced capability to investigate problems that are beyond current capabilities at the institution, such as bridging different length scales, increasing the configuration space in Monte Carlo simulations, and decreasing the time scale in molecular dynamics simulations. The facility will train students, including underrepresented minority students, and educate them in materials related technological challenges of the next century. The University was ranked first among master's degree-granting institutions in the number of baccalaureate graduates who went on to complete the Ph.D. in science and engineering fields.

重大研究仪器计划的奖项将使加利福尼亚州立大学诺斯里奇（Northridge）能够在加利福尼亚州立大学诺斯里奇（Northridge）的计算材料理论中心扩展和加强计算设施。该中心的一般目标是：（1）进行基本和应用研究，以通过理论，建模，模拟，可视化和计算来增强我们在材料属性和处理方面的知识； （2）对当前和未来材料相关的技术挑战的研究和研究活动进行教育和培训； （3）在材料研究中刺激和发展强大的工业大学实验室伙伴关系。研究计划包括金属和金属间的电子和机械性能，密切相关的电子的特性，量子霍尔效应和高温超导性，材料的光学和磁光学特性，催化性，量子霍尔效应，材料和材料的光学和磁性特性，材料的光学和磁充分性质，催化性和磁性磁性。该奖项将提供平行的计算范式能力，使中心（1）可以治疗大量原子的电子结构代码，（2）在蒙特卡洛模拟中采样大量的配置，（3）以分子动力学模拟中的时间步骤减少时间步骤。该中心由教师，博士后研究员，访问科学家和学生组成。这项主要研究仪器计划的奖项将使加利福尼亚州立诺斯里奇（California State Northridge）在加利福尼亚州立大学诺斯里奇（Northridge）的计算材料理论中心（Northridge）增强了平行计算能力。该奖项将通过其他联邦机构的资金实质性地利用。由此产生的大规模平行平台最先进的设施将允许提高能力，以调查超出机构当前功能的问题，例如桥接不同的长度尺度，增加蒙特卡洛模拟中的配置空间，并减少分子动力学模拟中的时间尺度。该设施将培训包括代表性不足的少数族裔学生在内的学生，并在下一个世纪与材料相关的技术挑战进行教育。 该大学在获得博士学位的学士学位毕业生人数中排名第一。科学和工程领域。