Grants | The Center for Computational Science

CCS Member Ge-Cheng Zha receives DARPA award for Aviation Transports

A research grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) could help a University of Miami College of Engineering professor transform the aviation industry. Dr. Ge-Cheng Zha, a professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with the CoE, and a CCS Member, received a DARPA grant to conduct research including numerical simulation, design, and wind tunnel testing to further demonstrate the superior co-flow jet (CFJ)...

CCS Member Dr. Wangda Zuo Receives NSF Grants for Smart Cities Research

Congratulations to CCS's newest Member, Dr. Wangda Zuo! An Assistant Professor in the Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Miami College of Engineering, Dr. Zuo runs the Sustainable Building Systems Laboratory (SBS Lab), which focuses on developing cutting edge modeling and simulation technology and applying them to reduce building energy and water consumption while improving indoor...

UM Awarded NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Grant

Stephan Schürer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology at the Miller School and Chemoinformatics Program Leader at CCS leads the team of University of Miami researchers funded through NIH to create a Data Coordination and Integration Center for the Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures (LINCS) program. Read the NIH press release. More on BD2K....

Mellon Foundation Grant to Expand UM Libraries’ Cuban Theater Digital Archive

The University of Miami Libraries has received a two-year $260,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support software development that will expand the functionality of the Cuban Theater Digital Archives. Dr. Mitsunori Oghihara, Associate Dean for Digital Library Innovation and Center for Computational Science Director of Data Mining will oversee the development of various software components that will add metadata...

Researchers to Create World Database at CCS for Nervous System Repair

With the ultimate goal of accelerating the discovery of drugs to regenerate or protect nerves after spinal cord injury, UM Miller School researchers have received a $2.5 million grant to develop a novel database via the Center for Computational Science to enable neuroscientists to search the voluminous and growing number of studies related to nervous system repair, and link relevant data from those studies to other resources. “Right...

Grant Awarded to Multiple Institutions for Drought and Flood Prediction

Each year, the National Hurricane Center estimates that tropical storm-related flood damage costs literally billions of dollars. In 2011, it was estimated at $8,410,469,500. In 2005, the year of Hurricane Katrina, that number was $51,173,065,465. So, to have a tool that can help forecast the potential for flooding rise means better preparation and reduced damage and costs. A multi-model seasonal climate prediction system has shown it...