Demonstrations
At SC18, researchers, engineers, and computer scientists from 6 NASA locations and several universities will present their findings over the past year. Details from 40 presentations—covering next-generation aviation, climate research, space exploration, cosmic origins, and much more—are featured below, along with spectacular images and videos.
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Michael Aftosmis
Parametric Studies of Asteroid Impact Scenarios Jordan Angel
Computational Simulations of Next-Generation Aircraft B Michael Barad
High-Resolution Launch Environment Simulations Omer Blaes
Simulating Swirling Disks of Matter Around White Dwarf Stars Arnaud Borner
Hypervelocity Sampling of Venus’ Noble Gases C Ronald Caplan
Shields Up! Towards Forecasting Solar Particle Threats through Simulation Jordan Caraballo-Vega
Millions of Messages per Minute! Surviving the NCCS’s Log Avalanche Laura Carriere
Using NASA High Performance Computers to Analyze Large Earth Science Data Neal Chaderjian
Advanced CFD Tools for Accurate Rotorcraft Analysis and Design D Kamalika Das
Understanding the Amazon Rainforests Using Machine Learning H Robert Hood
What Role Should Commercial Clouds Play in NASA HPC? K Mehdi Khorrami
Aircraft Noise Reduction Technologies Come In for a Landing Cetin Kiris
Predicting Aircraft and Spacecraft Acoustics Aaron Knister
Multi-Protocol High Performance Centralized Storage L Henry Lee
Aerodynamic Databases for the Space Launch System Tsengdar Lee
30 Years of NASA Supercomputing Christopher Lynnes
NASA Earth Observation Data in the Cloud M Jonathan Mills
Building a Center-Wide Private Cloud at NASA Goddard N Grey Nearing
Learning and Simulating the Earth’s Water Cycle Eric Nielsen
Preparing the FUN3D Flow Solver for the Exascale Era P Craig Pelissier
Leveraging Mother Nature’s Peculiarity at Small Scales to Build Faster Computers Bruce Pfaff
The More Things Change—The Less Sleep You Get Michael Piotrowski
Lattice Boltzmann Simulations for Analyzing UAM Vehicle Propeller Noise William Putman
Enabling Exascale Science with the GEOS Earth System Model R Brian Richardson
Lighting the Fire: High Fidelity Combustion Modeling for Deep-Space Exploration Eleanor Rieffel
An Exciting Year in Quantum Computing Research at NASA T Chun Tang
Using Retrorockets for Human Exploration of Mars William Thigpen
NASA’s Module-Based Approach to Greener Computing Hoot Thompson
HPC in the Cloud? … Yes, HPC in the Cloud! Matthew Thompson
Extending and Exploring GEOS Performance & Portability Compton Tucker
Mapping the Semi-Arid Land Carbon Sink: A Tree Census From Polar-Orbit V Patricia Ventura Díaz
Towards Urban Air Mobility: The Side-By-Side Air Taxi Sander Visser
Extreme Plasma Modeling for Planetary Entry and Space Exploration Manan Vyas
Simulations Provide Insight into Shock Wave/Boundary-Layer Interaction W Andrew Weaver
Simulation of Space Shuttle SRB Ignition Transient with Sound Suppression Water Alan Wray
To Find Other Earths, We Need to Understand Other Suns
Parametric Studies of Asteroid Impact Scenarios Jordan Angel
Computational Simulations of Next-Generation Aircraft B Michael Barad
High-Resolution Launch Environment Simulations Omer Blaes
Simulating Swirling Disks of Matter Around White Dwarf Stars Arnaud Borner
Hypervelocity Sampling of Venus’ Noble Gases C Ronald Caplan
Shields Up! Towards Forecasting Solar Particle Threats through Simulation Jordan Caraballo-Vega
Millions of Messages per Minute! Surviving the NCCS’s Log Avalanche Laura Carriere
Using NASA High Performance Computers to Analyze Large Earth Science Data Neal Chaderjian
Advanced CFD Tools for Accurate Rotorcraft Analysis and Design D Kamalika Das
Understanding the Amazon Rainforests Using Machine Learning H Robert Hood
What Role Should Commercial Clouds Play in NASA HPC? K Mehdi Khorrami
Aircraft Noise Reduction Technologies Come In for a Landing Cetin Kiris
Predicting Aircraft and Spacecraft Acoustics Aaron Knister
Multi-Protocol High Performance Centralized Storage L Henry Lee
Aerodynamic Databases for the Space Launch System Tsengdar Lee
30 Years of NASA Supercomputing Christopher Lynnes
NASA Earth Observation Data in the Cloud M Jonathan Mills
Building a Center-Wide Private Cloud at NASA Goddard N Grey Nearing
Learning and Simulating the Earth’s Water Cycle Eric Nielsen
Preparing the FUN3D Flow Solver for the Exascale Era P Craig Pelissier
Leveraging Mother Nature’s Peculiarity at Small Scales to Build Faster Computers Bruce Pfaff
The More Things Change—The Less Sleep You Get Michael Piotrowski
Lattice Boltzmann Simulations for Analyzing UAM Vehicle Propeller Noise William Putman
Enabling Exascale Science with the GEOS Earth System Model R Brian Richardson
Lighting the Fire: High Fidelity Combustion Modeling for Deep-Space Exploration Eleanor Rieffel
An Exciting Year in Quantum Computing Research at NASA T Chun Tang
Using Retrorockets for Human Exploration of Mars William Thigpen
NASA’s Module-Based Approach to Greener Computing Hoot Thompson
HPC in the Cloud? … Yes, HPC in the Cloud! Matthew Thompson
Extending and Exploring GEOS Performance & Portability Compton Tucker
Mapping the Semi-Arid Land Carbon Sink: A Tree Census From Polar-Orbit V Patricia Ventura Díaz
Towards Urban Air Mobility: The Side-By-Side Air Taxi Sander Visser
Extreme Plasma Modeling for Planetary Entry and Space Exploration Manan Vyas
Simulations Provide Insight into Shock Wave/Boundary-Layer Interaction W Andrew Weaver
Simulation of Space Shuttle SRB Ignition Transient with Sound Suppression Water Alan Wray
To Find Other Earths, We Need to Understand Other Suns
