Ongoing Research Support

• NSF DMR 02-39819 Shumway (PI) 03/01/03 – 02/29/08, my role: PI (Single Investigator)
  CAREER: Path Integral Simulations of the Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Semiconductor Nanostructures
  This is a five-year single investigator project to develop new computer simulation techniques for quantum mechanical properties of semiconductor nanostructures using Path Integral Monte Carlo methods.
  2004 NSF Research and Educaton Nuggets (pdf, 518 kB)
• SRC-NRI, Sanjay Banerjee, UT Austin (PI), my role: Co-investigator (Multi-Institution)
  SouthWest Academy of Nanoelectronics (SWAN) SRC-NRI
  One of three national centers that comprise the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Nanoelectronics Research Initiative (NRI). The center is lead by University of Texas at Austin and includes Arizona State, Notre Dame, Maryland, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Rice, and UT-Dallas.

Completed Research Support

• DARPA/ONR N00014-01-1-1062 Ceperley (PI) 09/20/01 – 12/15/03, my role: Co-Investigator
  Development and Application of Accurate Quantum Simulation Techniques for Materials Design
  The goal of this study was to develop new quantum Monte Carlo algorithms for materials design with an emphasis on ab-initio simulation of magnetic properties.

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