WASHINGTON, DC Under a new program funded by the Department of Energy's Office of Science, researchers will use mathematics to help solve problems such as the production of clean energy, pollution cleanup, manufacturing ever smaller computer chips, and making new "nanomaterials." Thirteen major research awards totaling $20 million will go to 17 universities and eight DOE national laboratories.

The research is funded under the Office of Science's "Multiscale Mathematics" program. This program addresses those science problems that span many time scales -- from femtoseconds to years -- and many length scales -- from the atomic level to the macroscopic. The problems cannot be easily broken down into simpler problems for solution using traditional mathematical techniques.

"Computer simulations on even the most powerful present-day computers cannot handle these scientific problems, so new mathematics is needed," said Dr. Raymond L. Orbach, Director of the Office of Science. "This research has very practical applications and will help to solve some of our most complex energy and environmental problems."

The program will fund more than 100 researchers. The awards range from individual research grants to multi-institution collaborations. The universities and DOE laboratories receiving awards (and their three-year total funding) are:

California

• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore ($1,155,274)
• University of California, Los Angeles ($630,901)
• University of California, San Diego ($797,032)
• University of California, Santa Barbara ($386,688)

Colorado

• Colorado State University, Fort Collins ($213,833)

Delaware

• University of Delaware, Newark ($1,120,747)

Florida

• Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton ($284,003)
• Florida State University, Tallahassee ($380,215)

Georgia

• Georgia Institute of Technology, A
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Contact: Jeff Sherwood
jeff.sherwood@hq.doe.gov
202-586-4826
DOE/US Department of Energy
4-Aug-2005


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