Collaborative Research: Engineering Virtual Organization: Combustion Kinetics

获奖编号：CBET-0742688; CBET-0742186; CBET-0742543主要研究者：王海; Smith，Gregory P. 南加州大学;美国天主教大学SRI International提案标题：合作研究：工程虚拟组织：Combustion KineticsPUBLIC ABSTRACTThis seed grant supports the creation of a Virtual Organization of Combustion Kineticists（VOCK）with a initial research and learning goal of developing a chemical kinetics foundation model for C1-C4 hydrocarbon combustion.由于燃烧过程的多现象，多尺度，数据和知识密集型的性质，这些模拟工具的开发不再能够由个人或有限数量的研究小组完成，即使在合作环境下。为了取得进一步进展和成功，将需要社区的协调努力。这一努力的成功将有助于证明虚拟组织的有用性和有效性，以进一步实现高保真燃烧模拟的研究目标。三个相关的任务组将被部署和测试，作为原型的完整的虚拟组织的实施，创建一个概念设计和催化全面实施更广泛的虚拟组织开发高性能的计算工具，燃烧模拟。PrIMe（http：//www.example.com）作为网络基础设施的一个使能工具，将用于促进数据收集、模型生成和成员交流。www.primekinetics.org此外，还确定了广泛的共享社区资源，以取得成功。项目的重点很大一部分是试验组织原则和结构，任务组的协调，以实现VOCK的共同目标，以及成员的参与/协作。预期的项目成果包括一份正式的用户需求文件和一个试验化学动力学基础模型，以证明VOCK的有效性。更重要的是，VOCK有望成为一个示范性的燃烧虚拟组织，具有广泛的参与，有效的治理原则和结构，以及相互支持的组织文化，鼓励更广泛的参与。

Award Numbers: CBET-0742688; CBET-0742186; CBET-0742543Principal Investigator: Wang, Hai; Knyazev, Vadim D.; Smith, Gregory P. Affiliation: University of Southern California; Catholic University of America; SRI InternationalProposal Title: Collaborative Research: Engineering Virtual Organization: Combustion KineticsPUBLIC ABSTRACTThis seed grant supports creation of a Virtual Organization of Combustion Kineticists (VOCK) with an initial research and learning goal of developing a chemical kinetics foundation model for C1-C4 hydrocarbon combustion. Because of the multi-phenomenon, multi-scale, and data- and knowledge-intensive nature of combustion processes, the development of these simulation tools can no longer be accomplished by an individual or a limited number of research group(s) even under a collaborative setting. To make further progress and achieve success, a coordinated community effort will be needed. The success of this effort will lend itself to a demonstration of the usefulness and effectiveness of a virtual organization to further the research objective of high-fidelity combustion simulations. Three related task groups will be deployed and tested as the prototypes for full virtual organization implementation, creating a conceptual design and catalyzing full implementation of a broader virtual organization for developing high-performance computing tools for combustion simulations. As a cyberinfrastructure-enabling tool, PrIMe (http://www.primekinetics.org) will be used to facilitate data gathering, model generation, and member communication. In addition, a wide range of shared community resources have been identified to achieve success. A large part of the project focus is to experiment with the organization principles and structures, the coordination of task groups to achieve the common goal of VOCK, and member participation/collaboration. The anticipated project outcomes include a document of formal user requirements and a trial chemical kinetic foundation model to demonstrate the effectiveness of VOCK. More importantly, VOCK is expected to serve as an exemplary combustion virtual organization with broad participation, effective governance principles and structures, and a mutually supportive organization culture that encourages even broader participation.