Research Projects

Researchers, engineers, and computer scientists from four NASA centers and several partner institutions—representing 29 projects that rely on NASA high-performance computing resources—are presenting their findings on location at SC24 and in the pages below. Advances in aviation research, Earth and climate science, space exploration, astrophysics, and much more are featured, along with stunning visualizations.

All Presentations

Aeronautics

Optimizing Aircraft Performance for Enhanced Efficiency and Reduced Environmental Impact
Brandon M. Lowe Scale-Resolving Methods for Accurately Predicting the Aerodynamics of In-Flight Icing
David A. Craig Penner Enabling Sky-High Commutes: Simulating NASA’s Tilt-Wing Air Taxi Concept
David Garcia Perez Scale-Resolving Simulations for Jet Noise Prediction
Olivia Martin Supercomputing in Supersonics: Analyzing Noise Predictions from High-Speed Aircraft
Marian Nemec Parallel Geometry-Based Mesh Adaptation for Supersonic Jet Acoustic Analysis
Chase Ashby

Human Space Exploration

Reliable Thermal Protection Systems for Planetary Missions
Savio Poovathingal Analyzing the Artemis I Launch Environment with Multiphase CFD
Chris DeGrendele SpaceX Starship Hot Staging - From Concept to Flight
Jason Liu Decoding Martian Dust: Brownout Simulations of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
Patricia Ventura Diaz Coupled Simulations of Propellant and Vehicle Dynamics Over Extreme Duration Time Scales
Marco Sansone

Our Planet

Future-Proof Performance Portability for Weather and Climate Models
Florian Deconinck Machine Learning Enhancements to NASA Weather and Climate Modeling
Katherine H. Breen AI Foundation Models for Science
Manil Maskey High-Resolution Land Hydrology Modeling at NASA
Jim Geiger Forecasting Extreme Weather at Local Scales with the Global NASA GEOS Model
Gary Partyka Prithvi WxC: Foundation Model for Weather and Climate
Sujit Roy Foundation Models for Generalist Geospatial Artificial Intelligence
Amy Lin

Supercomputing

NASA-GPT: Searching the Entire NASA Technical Reports Server Using AI
Derek Dalle NASA’s OCSDO: Creating a Culture of Innovation and Collaboration
Andrew Mitchell Data-Driven Movies from the NASA Scientific Visualization Studio
AJ Christensen NASA's Newest Hybrid-Chip Systems
Reid Ormseth, Brian Roth Inspire – Next-Generation HPC at NASA Goddard
Robert Budden, Jonathan Mills HEC: Meeting Today’s Most Challenging Problems and Preparing for the Future
William Thigpen

The Universe

Solar Corona Live! Predicting the 2024 Eclipse in Real Time
Ronald Caplan To Infinity and Beyond! NASA Plunges into a Black Hole
Jeremy Schnittman Forecasting Space Weather Using Machine Learning
Spyros Kasapis Unveiling Neutron Stars: Simulations and AI Insights into Cosmic Emissions
Constantinos Kalapotharakos, Greg Olmschenk The Sun in Action! 3D Realistic Modeling from Tiny to Large Scales
Irina Kitiashvili

NASA 101

Applying for NASA Supercomputing Internships
Laura Carriere How NASA Uses Filmmaking Tools for Scientific Data Visualization
AJ Christensen Introduction to NASA and Early Career Pathways
Matt Bruzek Computational Methods for Evaluating Transonic Aircraft Buffet
Daniel Maldonado Supercomputing in Supersonics: Quiet Supersonic Flight
Marian Nemec Becoming a NASA Intern and Exploring the World of CFD Simulations
Patricia Ventura Diaz How NASA Manages User Access Using Arbiter2
Dave Chau Managing and Patching Multiple Architectures at NASA
Don Story Designing Ansible for Large Scale Environments
Alex Pelkey

A

Chase Ashby
Parallel Geometry-Based Mesh Adaptation for Supersonic Jet Acoustic Analysis

B

Katherine H. Breen
Machine Learning Enhancements to NASA Weather and Climate Modeling Matt Bruzek
Introduction to NASA and Early Career Pathways Robert Budden
Inspire – Next-Generation HPC at NASA Goddard

C

Ronald Caplan
Solar Corona Live! Predicting the 2024 Eclipse in Real Time Laura Carriere
Applying for NASA Supercomputing Internships Dave Chau
How NASA Manages User Access Using Arbiter2 AJ Christensen
Data-Driven Movies from the NASA Scientific Visualization Studio AJ Christensen
How NASA Uses Filmmaking Tools for Scientific Data Visualization David A. Craig Penner
Scale-Resolving Methods for Accurately Predicting the Aerodynamics of In-Flight Icing

D

Derek Dalle
NASA-GPT: Searching the Entire NASA Technical Reports Server Using AI Chris DeGrendele
Analyzing the Artemis I Launch Environment with Multiphase CFD Florian Deconinck
Future-Proof Performance Portability for Weather and Climate Models

G

David Garcia Perez
Enabling Sky-High Commutes: Simulating NASA’s Tilt-Wing Air Taxi Concept Jim Geiger
High-Resolution Land Hydrology Modeling at NASA

K

Constantinos Kalapotharakos
Unveiling Neutron Stars: Simulations and AI Insights into Cosmic Emissions Spyros Kasapis
Forecasting Space Weather Using Machine Learning Irina Kitiashvili
The Sun in Action! 3D Realistic Modeling from Tiny to Large Scales

L

Amy Lin
Foundation Models for Generalist Geospatial Artificial Intelligence Jason Liu
SpaceX Starship Hot Staging - From Concept to Flight Brandon M. Lowe
Optimizing Aircraft Performance for Enhanced Efficiency and Reduced Environmental Impact

M

Daniel Maldonado
Computational Methods for Evaluating Transonic Aircraft Buffet Olivia Martin
Scale-Resolving Simulations for Jet Noise Prediction Manil Maskey
AI Foundation Models for Science Jonathan Mills
Inspire – Next-Generation HPC at NASA Goddard Andrew Mitchell
NASA’s OCSDO: Creating a Culture of Innovation and Collaboration

N

Marian Nemec
Supercomputing in Supersonics: Analyzing Noise Predictions from High-Speed Aircraft Marian Nemec
Supercomputing in Supersonics: Quiet Supersonic Flight

O

Greg Olmschenk
Unveiling Neutron Stars: Simulations and AI Insights into Cosmic Emissions Reid Ormseth
NASA's Newest Hybrid-Chip Systems

P

Gary Partyka
Forecasting Extreme Weather at Local Scales with the Global NASA GEOS Model Alex Pelkey
Designing Ansible for Large Scale Environments Savio Poovathingal
Reliable Thermal Protection Systems for Planetary Missions

R

Brian Roth
NASA's Newest Hybrid-Chip Systems Sujit Roy
Prithvi WxC: Foundation Model for Weather and Climate

S

Marco Sansone
Coupled Simulations of Propellant and Vehicle Dynamics Over Extreme Duration Time Scales Jeremy Schnittman
To Infinity and Beyond! NASA Plunges into a Black Hole Don Story
Managing and Patching Multiple Architectures at NASA

T

William Thigpen
HEC: Meeting Today’s Most Challenging Problems and Preparing for the Future

V

Patricia Ventura Diaz
Decoding Martian Dust: Brownout Simulations of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Patricia Ventura Diaz
Becoming a NASA Intern and Exploring the World of CFD Simulations