Bielak and Colleagues Awarded NSF Grant

Professor Jacobo Bielak has recently been award with an NSF grant for his proposal entitled "Towards Petascale Simulation of Urban Earthquake Impacts," and will be awarded at the $1.6M level.  Professor Bielak submitted this proposal to the NSF PetaApps program: ACCELERATING DISCOVERY IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING THROUGH PETASCALE SIMULATIONS AND ANALYSIS, together with his Co-PIs Ahmed Elgamal of UCSD, Greg Fenves of UC Berkeley, Kwan-Liu Ma of UC Davis, and Dave O'Hallaron.

The objective of the project is to develop methodologies, capability, and software for high-fidelity physics-based petascale simulations of entire urban regions to assess the engineering impacts of large magnitude earthquakes on buildings, transportation system components, and the underground civil infrastructure.

Congratulations, Jacobo!