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Selected Current Research Projects



  		• TITLE: NSF ITR AP&IM 0205198: "Development of a General Computational Framework for the Optimal Integration of Atmospheric CTMs and Measurements Using Adjoints".
    SPONSOR: NSF ITR AP&IM 0205198.
    PI: G.R. Carmichael. Co-PI(s):A.Sandu, J.Seinfeld,P.Hess, T.Anderson, D.Daescu.
    Total Funding: $2,300,000.
    CSLab's Portion: $451,711
    Period: 08/2002-07/2007.
    Participants: Wenyuan Liao, Emil M. Constantinescu, Philipp Miehe,Haiyan Cheng
    This project seeks to develop general computational tools, and associated software, for assimilation of atmospheric chemical and optical measurements into atmospheric chemical transport models.


  		• TITLE: "Multirate Time Integration Algorithms for Adaptive Simulations of PDEs".
    SPONSOR: NSF CCF-0515170
    PI: A.Sandu. Co-PI(s):N/A
    Total Funding: $180,000.
    CSLab's Portion: $180,000.
    Period: 08/2005-08/2008.
    Participants: Emil M. Constantinescu


  		• TITLE: "Virginia Institute for Performance Engineering and Research - Part I".
    SPONSOR: NASA
    PI: M.Ahmadian Co-PI(s):C.Sandu,P.Kachroo,A.Sandu,C.Holton
    Total Funding: $2,860,000.
    CSLab's Portion: $143,000(5%).
    Period: 09/2005-03/2007.
    Participants: Emmanuel D. Blanchard


  		• TITLE: "Virginia Institute for Performance Engineering and Research - Part II".
    SPONSOR: NASA
    PI: M.Ahmadian Co-PI(s):C.Sandu,P.Kachroo,A.Sandu,C.Holton
    Total Funding: $2,770,000.
    CSLab's Portion: $138,500(5%).
    Period: 04/2007-02/2009.
    Participants: Emmanuel D. Blanchard


  		• TITLE: "Stochastic Models of Cell Cycle Regulation in Eukaryotes".
    SPONSOR: NIH 4-31481, NSF DMS-0540675.
    PI: J.Tyson Co-PI(s): L.Watson, C.Shaffer, A.Sandu, M.Paul, H.Dankowitz, Y.Cao
    Total Funding: $1,290,419.
    CSLab's Portion: $90,329(7%).
    Period: 09/2006-08/2010.
    Participants: David Beck


  		• TITLE: "Development of a Sensor-web Operations Explorer".
    SPONSOR: NASA Roses-2005.
    PI: M.Lee. Co-PIs: K.Bowman, A.Sandu, C.F. Miller
    Total Funding: $500,000.
    CSLab's Portion: $211,000.
    Period: 08/2006-08/2009.
    Participants: Kumaresh Singh, Paul Eller


  		• TITLE: "Solution of Inverse Problems with Adaptive Models".
    SPONSOR: NSF CCF-0635194.
    PI: A.Sandu Co-PIs: I.M. Navon(FSU).
    Total Funding: $350,000.
    CSLab's Portion: $186,000.
    Period: 01/2007-12/2009.
    Participants: Mihai Alexe


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    Selected Completed Projects



  		• TITLE: NSF CAREER ACI-009319: "Development of Computational Methods for the New Generation of Air Quality Models" .
    SPONSOR: NSF Faculty Early Career Development(CAREER) Award ACI-0413872 .
    PI: A.Sandu. Co-PI(s):N/A .
    Total Funding: $325,732 from NSF (plus $153,515 from MTU/VT cost share).
    CSLab's Portion: $325,732 from NSF (plus $153,515 from MTU/VT cost share).
    Period: 08/2001-07/2006.
    Participants: Philipp Miehe, Haiyan Cheng, Christian Borden, Anurag Srivastava
    The research goals of this project are to develop state-of-the-art computational methods and software techniques for use in air quality modeling.


  		• TITLE: "REU Site: Automotive Technologies at the Technische Universitaet Darmstadt and Virginia Tech".
    SPONSOR: NSF REU 0552832.
    PI: J.H. Bohn. Senior personnel: M. Ahmadian, C. Sandu, A. Sandu, K. Thole, K. Davis, R. Anderl, D. Tatar, J. Ferris, and S. Southward
    Total Funding: N/A.
    CSLab's Portion: N/A.
    Period: 08/2006-08/2007.


  		• TITLE: "A Chemical Data Assimilation Test Bed for the Interpretation and Analysis of the 2004 NEAQS/ITCT Observations".
    SPONSOR: NOAA
    PI: G.R. Carmichael. Co-PIs:  A.Sandu.
    Total Funding: $250,000.
    CSLab's Portion: $127,000.
    Period: 08/2005-07/2007.
    Participants: Anurag Srivastava, Mihai Alexe


  		• TITLE: "NSF-REU/CAREER: Development of Computational Methods for the New Generation of Air Quality Models".
    SPONSOR: NSF CCF-0530393.
    PI: A.Sandu. Co-PIs:N/A.
    Total Funding: $6,300.
    CSLab's Portion: $6,300.
    Period: 2005-2006.
    Participants: Paul Eller, Don Jacob, Nicholas Hobbs, Tingting Jiang


  		• TITLE: "4D-Var Chemical data Assimilation over Texas".
    SPONSOR: Houston Advanced Research Council (HARC).
    PI: A.Sandu. Co-PIs:N/A.
    Total Funding: $100,000.
    CSLab's Portion: $100,000.
    Period: 01/2006-12/2006 .
    Participants: Lin Zhang,Emil M. Constantinescu
    The goal of this project is to demonstrate the use of adjoint sensitivity analysis and data assimilation techniques on air quality problems in Texas.

  		• TITLE: "Modeling Air Pollution in East Texas".
    SPONSOR: Houston Advanced Research Council (HARC).
    PI: D.Byun(U.Houston). Co-PIs:A.Sandu.
    Total Funding: $500,000.
    CSLab'sPortion: $30,000.
    Period: 01/2006-12/2006.
    Participants: Kumaresh Singh
    This project develops an adjoint of the Environmental Protection Agency's chemistry and transport model CMAQ.


  		• TITLE: "International Travel Supplement (to visit Technical University Darmstadt)."
    SPONSOR: Virginia Tech.
    PI: A.Sandu. Co-PIs:N/A.
    Total Funding: $2,250.
    CSLab'sPortion: $2,250.
    Period: June 2004.


  		• TITLE: "NUE: Nano-integration- Exploring Nano-Science, Applications, and Implications with Undergraduates at MTU".
    SPONSOR: NSF SES 0304439.
    PI: J.A. Jaszczak. Co-PI(s):A.Sandu et al.
    Total Funding: $100,000.
    CSLab'sPortion: N/A.
    Period: 2003-2004.


  		• TITLE: "Faculty Scholarship Grant".
    SPONSOR: Michigan Technological University, Fund R00861, Index E29716.
    PI: A.Sandu. Co-PI(s):N/A.
    Total Funding: $900.
    CSLab'sPortion: $900.
    Period: 2000.


  		• TITLE: "Faculty Scholarship Grant".
    SPONSOR: Michigan Technological University, Fund R00817, Index E29687.
    PI: A.Sandu. Co-PI(s):N/A.
    Total Funding: $1,750.
    CSLab's Portion: $1,750.
    Period: 1999.
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