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Roshan D'Souza Wins National Science Foundation Career Award |
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Roshan D'Souza, Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, has received the National Science Foundation's most prestigious early CAREER Award.
The project, "Towards Interactive Simulation of Giga-Scale Agent-Based Models on Graphics Processing Units," investigates techniques for efficient simulation of large scale agent-based models (ABMs). ABMs are increasingly being used to understand complex multi-scale behaviors in many natural, built, and social systems. This research investigates novel techniques designed to leverage the massive computing power available on commodity graphics processing units. It greatly expands the availability and applicability of agent-based modeling by effectively democratizing super computing for ABM simulation. Furthermore, it enables virtual testing of "what-if" scenarios in public policy, contingency planning for disaster relief, drug therapy design, etc., on inexpensive desktop computers at realistic levels of detail. The main challenge in this research is the re-formulation of ABM computation to fit the data-parallel model of GPUs. Educational topics include development of courses, outreach to K-12 students, and undergraduate research. The value of the award is $423,863 over five years.
"This is one of those really significant early-career recognitions," said David D. Reed, vice president for research. "It's extremely competitive, and you have to be able to explain how you are going to integrate teaching with your research. The CAREER Award demonstrates NSF's concern for extending the broader impact of research funding."
Roshan D'Souza, Assistant Professor is the second person in the past year to receive an NSF CAREER award for 2009. Last spring Jeffrey Allen, also an assistant professor of mechanical engineering-engineering mechanics, received an NSF CAREER Award for his research into capillary flow--how and why liquids and gases move through tiny channels such as those found in hydrogen fuel cells.
"The NSF CAREER Award is a prestigious and highly competitive multi-year grant for untenured junior faculty," explained William W. Predebon, chair of mechanical engineering-engineering mechanics. "It is a significant recognition of the quality and creativity of the proposed research, as well as recognition of the research potential of a junior faculty member."
Predebon called D'Souza's work "breakthrough research that could help overcome the major hurdle of translating the results of bench research into clinical therapies."
D'Souza and Allen are among six ME-EM faculty members to receive the NSF award. A total of 24 Tech researchers have won CAREER Awards since 1995.
NSF CAREER Awards are designed to promote early career development in junior faculty who exemplify the integration of research and teaching and who are likely to become the academic leaders of the future. Untenured faculty in their first tenure-track appointment are eligible to apply up to three times.
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