Table 5. ANU Principal Investigators - Grants and Usage on the VPP300


Project Project Title Number of SU CPU
Code Researchers Awarded Used
Blackwell (PRL, RSPhysSE)
k05 Computational Support of the H-1 Heliac 7 66 1
Brent (CSL, RSISE)
k58 Applications of Integer Factorization 4 4176 16522
Christie (RSES)
s52 Highly Nonlinear Solitary Waves in Compressible Fluids 3 304 77
Chung (Chemistry, Faculty of Science)
r06 Permeation of Ions Through Membrane Channels - Molecular Dynamics Studies 5 683 557
Cummins (JCSMR)
u51 qm/MM Calculations on Solvated Molecules 3 2483 1856
Davies (RSES)
k43 Mantle Convection 1 166 4
Dewar (Theo Phys, RSPhysSE)
r21 Simulation of Neo-Classical Plasma Transport 4 592 439
s55 Plasma Turbulence in 3-Dimensional Magnetically Confined Plasmas 7 2966 729
Evans (RSC)
r04 Transport Processes in Liquids of Flexible Chain Molecules 3 1833 1312
r61 Strain Rate Dependence of Heat Transfer as Applied to Planar Poiseuille Flow 4 2128 743
s02 Calculation of the Stability of Phase Space Trajectories using Molecular Dynamics Simulations 3 2454 943
Gardner (Theo Phys, RSPhysSE)
k12 3D MHD Equilibrium and Stability 5 651 138
Gready (John Curtin School of Medical Research)
u52 Enzyme-Ligand Docking and Drug Design 4 1035 733
u53 Definition of the Chemical Mechanism of the Photosynthetic Enzyme Rubisco 4 1260 1108
v52 Molecular Docking of Pteridines 2 540 176
v53 Hybrid Quantum Mechanical and Molecular Mechanical Studies of the Reaction Mechanism of Lactate and Malate Dehydrogenase 2 600 564
Hall (CMA, SMS)
v65 Calibrating Silverman's Test for Multimodality 1 300 224
Houwing (Physics)
v59 Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence Imaging of Hypervelocity Flows; Computer Simulation and Sensitivity Analysis 4 135 137
Kuyucak (Theo Phys, RSPhysSE)
r53 Investigation of Collective Nuclei in the SDG Interacting Boson Model 2 604 374
Leitch (RSES)
r01 Mantle Plumes 2 611 132
Lloyd (Plant Environmental Biology, RSBS)
s53 Interactions Between the Hydrological and Carbon Cycles at a Global Scale 4 510 492
Moresi (Geo Dynamics, RSES)
v66 Simulations of Convection in the Earth's Mantle-Crust System 0 25 1
Ollis (RSC)
s06 Protein Refinement and Engineering 8 751 3
Pace (Chemistry, Faculties)
q63 Theoretical Studies of the Oxygen Evolving Site of Photosystem II 2 395 258
Persson (Theo Phys, RSPhysSE)
n59 Hidden Low-Dimensional Attractors in High-Dimensional Simulations 5 702 36
Radom (RSC)
k29 Gas-Phase Ion Chemistry 5 821 1
p02 Theoretical Studies of Organic Reactive Intermediates 2 651 356
p03 Unusual Structural and Energetic Consequences of Ionization 3 993 289
q08 Theoretical Thermochemistry 3 912 829
r54 Planar Carbon 2 1468 2565
s08 Free Radical Polymerization Reactions 5 590 226
v01 Enzyme-Mediated Reactions 2 840 497
v55 Ion-Neutral Complexes 3 480 189
v56 Small Ring Phosphorus Chemistry 4 480 23
Savage (Physics, Faculties)
r62 Modelling Atomic Diffraction 6 1056 292
u57 Quantum Trajectories in Atom Optics 6 923 416
Schranz (RSC)
s10 Efficient Calculation of Statistical and Dynamical Reaction Rates for Large Dimensional Molecular Systems 2 427 1
Sutherland (MSSSO)
v60 The Impact of Realistic Plasma Cooling Processes on the Hydrodynamics of Astrophysical Shockwaves 2 400 12
Taylor (CRES)
m33 A 3-D Tropospheric Transport and Chemistry Model 3 357 4
r60 Climate Modelling 5 635 22
Tridgell (ACSys, CISR)
v67 Port of High Performance Computing MPI Benchmarks to the VPP300 3 80 59
Welberry (RSC)
p05 Computation of X-ray Diffraction Patterns for 3D Model Systems 5 847 144
v51 Reverse Monte Carlo Simulation for Analysing Diffuse X-ray Scattering 2 150 294
Totals* 45604 33778


* Totals include projects not listed here which made little or no use of the grant