About the Award
This award recognizes outstanding contributions in the areas of computational sciences and visualization. Such contributions may include, but are not limited to: 1) applications of high performance computation and/or visualization technology; 2) development of algorithms, codes, software environments or other tools for better using high performance computing and/or visualization. The nominated work need not have been done using CRC hardware or software.
Previous Winners
2018 Sponsored by Center for Research Computing
- Prateek Mehta, College of Engineering
advisor: Prof. Willaim F. Schneider - Anna Elizabeth McCoy, College of Science
advisor: Prof. Mark A. Caprio - James Kapaldo, College of Science
advisor: Prof. Sylwia Ptasinska
2017 Sponsored by Center for Research Computing
- Douglas Duhaime, College of Arts and Letters
advisor: Prof. Matthew Wilkens - Lei Li, College of Engineering
advisor: Prof. Kapil Khandelwal - Xufei Wu, College of Engineering
advisor: Prof. Tengfei Lou - Triet Nguyen-Beck, College of Science
advisor: Prof. John Parkhill
2016 Sponsored by Center for Research Computing
- Eric Hansen, Chemistry and Biochemistry
advisor: Prof. Olaf Wiest - Brian S. Yoo, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
advisor: Prof. Edward Maginn - Teng Zhang, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
advisor: Prof. Tengfei Luo
2015 Sponsored by Center for Research Computing
- Christopher Paolucci, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
advisor: Prof. William Schneider - Aparna Bhattacharya, Physics
advisor: Prof. David Bennett - Matthias Wolf and Anna Woodard, Physics
advisors: Prof. Mike Hildreth and Prof. Kevin Lannon
2014 Sponsored by Center for Research Computing
- Xin (Cynthia) Tong, Psychology
advisor: Prof. Zhiyong Zhang - Geoffrey Siwo, Biological Sciences
advisor: Prof. Michael Ferdig - Aaron Donahue, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
advisor: Prof. Joannes Westerink
2013 Sponsored by Center for Research Computing
- Jason Bray, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
advisor: Prof. William Schneider - Patrick Kerr, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
advisor: Prof. Joannes Westerink - Zachary Terranova, Chemistry and Biochemistry
advisor: Prof. Steven Corcelli
2012 Sponsored by Center for Research Computing
- Chad D. Meyer, Physics
advisor: Prof. Dinshaw Balsara - Ryan Lichtenwalter, Computer Science and Engineering
advisor: Prof. Nitesh Chawla - Gianluca Puliti, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
advisor: Prof. Samual Paolucci
2011 Sponsored by Center for Research Computing
- Prashant Deshlahra, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
advisors: Prof. Eduardo Wolf and Prof. William Schneider - Qi Lao, Computer Science and Engineering
advisor: Prof. Aaron Striegel - Yao Shen, Chemistry and Biochemistry
advisor: Prof. Olaf Wiest
2010 Sponsored by Center for Research Computing
- Joshua Enszer, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
advisor: Prof. Mark Stadtherr - Karsten Steinhaeuser, Computer Science and Engineering
advisor: Prof. Nitesh Chawla - Xinghai Zhao, Physics
advisor: Prof. Grant Mathews
2009 Sponsored by Center for Research Computing
- Saivenkataraman Jayaraman, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
advisor: Prof. Edward Maginn - Drew Johnson, Chemistry and Biochemistry
advisory: Prof. Olaf Wiest - Luke Simoni, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
advisors: Prof. Joan Brennecke and Prof. Mark Stadtherr
2008 Sponsored by Center for Research Computing
- Cesar A. Hidalgo, Physics
advisor: Prof. Laslo Barabasi - Rachel B. Getman, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
advisor: Prof. William F. Schneider - Charles F. Vardeman II, Chemistry and Biochemistry
advisor: Prof. J. Daniel Gezelter
2007 Sponsored by Center for Research Computing
- Robert Bruggner, Biological Sciences
advisor: Prof. Frank Collins - Manish Kelkar, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
advisor: Prof. Edward Maginn
2006 Sponsored by SGI, a leader in high performance computing and visualization technology
- Christopher B. Harrison, Chemistry and Biochemistry
advisor: Prof. Olaf Wiest - Ethan J. Kubatko, Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
advisor: Prof. Joannes Westerink - James P. Larentzos, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
advisor: Prof. Edward Maginn
2005 Sponsored by SGI, a leader in high performance computing and visualization technology
- Christopher J. Fennel, Chemistry and Biochemistry
advisor: Prof. Daniel Gezelter - David M. Eike, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
advisor: Prof. Edward Maginn - Jeffrey R. Spies, Psychology
advisor: Prof. Steven Boker
2004 Sponsored by SGI, a leader in high performance computing and visualization technology
- John Drake, Biological Sciences
advisor: Prof. David Lodge
Global hot spots of biological invasions: evaluating options for ballast-water management PDF - Youdong Lin, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
advisor: Prof. Mark Stadtherr
2003 Sponsored by SGI, a leader in high performance computing and visualization technology
- Matthew Meineke, Chemistry and Biochemistry
advisor: Prof. Daniel Gezelter - Jesse Feyen, Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
advisor: Prof. Joannes Westerink - Eric Covey, Psychology
advisor: Prof. Steven Boker
2002 Sponsored by SGI, a leader in high performance computing and visualization technology
- Gaurav Arya, Chemical Engineering
advisor: Prof. Edward Maginn - Jonas Oxgaard, Chemistry and Biochemistry
advisor: Prof. Olaf Wiest
2001 Sponsored by SGI, a leader in high performance computing and visualization technology
- Chris Monico, Mathematics
- Jeff Squyres, CSE
2000 Sponsored by SGI, a leader in high performance computing and visualization technology
- Timothy Gallant, Arts and Letters
advisor: Prof. Paul Down - Marianna Safronova, Physics
advisor: Prof. Walter Johnson - Yiannis Kaznessis, Chemical Engineering
advisors: Prof. Edward Maginn and Prof. Davide Hill