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<title>Astrophysics</title>
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<p class=H3><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:maroon'>Astrophysics</span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Theoretical astrophysics, with
particular emphasis on computer modeling of stellar explosions: supernova
explosions, nova outbursts, X-ray bursts, gamma-ray bursts, element production
in stellar explosions (r process and rp process). Involves collaboration with
the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.</span></p>
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<p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Theoretical neutrino astrophysics:
role of neutrinos in various areas of astrophysics and cosmology, with
particular emphasis on their role in supernova explosions. Involves
collaboration with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.</span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Nuclear structure calculations
with emphasis on the role of nuclear structure in stellar explosions and
neutrino astrophysics.</span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Experimental astrophysics:
accelerator-based measurement of quantitities important for explosive nucleosynthesis
of elements in nova, X-ray burst, and supernova events. Involves collaboration
with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and may involve some combination of data
acquisition, data analysis, and hardware or software development.</span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Implementation of a parallel
genetic algorithm (mathematical global minimization based on principles of
evolutionary genetics) for applications to astrophysics problems such as galaxy
collisions or extrasolar planets.</span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in'><span
style='font-size:11.0pt'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Theoretical issues in atomic
astrophysics such as the chemical kinetics of cold molecular clouds, planetary
atmospheres, and comets. Involves collaboration with the Oak Ridge National
Laboratory.</span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Advisor:
<span style='color:maroon'><a
href="http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/mwg-root.html"><span style='color:maroon'>Dr.
Mike Guidry</span></a></span></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> </p>
<p class=H3><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:maroon'>Mathematical
Physics: Symmetries and Algebras</span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2>Symmetry in mathematical physics: application of
algebraic symmetry principles to the understanding of problems in various
fields of physics (condensed matter, particle physics, nuclear physics).
Present efforts center on a new theory of high-temperature superconductivity
based on Lie algebras defined in the fermion degrees of freedom, and other
possible applications in condensed matter physics.</p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2> </p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Advisor: <span
style='color:maroon'><a href="http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/mwg-root.html"><span
style='color:maroon'>Dr. Mike Guidry</span></a></span></span></b></p>
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<p class=H3><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:maroon'>Interactive
Animations in Science</span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2>Development of state-of-the-art programming for
interactive animation in the sciences. Present efforts center on
object-oriented programming in languages like Java and Flash + Actionscript in
the fields of astronomy, physics, biology, and genetics. These efforts underlie
the development of a next generation of interactive and web-deliverable
interactive textbooks in these fields for several major publishers. They also
provide the basis for a variety of practical applications such as demonstration
for non-specialist audiences of how drugs work in the body, the principles of DNA
fingerprinting, or how various high-tech medical devices function. Students
will participate in the development of those interactive projects and gain
extensive practical scientific and programming experience in the process.
These projects can have strong overlap with areas 2, 3, and 4 listed under
“Topics in Computational Science”, and the scientific problem depends partially
on the interests of the student. Involves programming in some combination of
Java, Flash Actionscript, JavaScript, XML technologies such as XML, SVG, or
MathML, and database technologies such as SQL.</p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2> </p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Advisor: <span
style='color:maroon'><a href="http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/mwg-root.html"><span
style='color:maroon'>Dr. Mike Guidry</span></a></span></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:maroon'> </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2> </p>
<p class=H3><span style='font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:maroon'>Topics in
Computational Science</span></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2 style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in'>1.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span>Development
of parallel programming for scientific applications. Students will participate
in developing code and implementing it on our new 15 gigaflop parallel cluster
(Beowulf), using Message Passing Interface (MPI) with Linux running on the
nodes. Possible programming languages include F90, C, C++, and Java. The
particular scientific application depends partially on the interests of the
student.</p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2> </p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2 style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in'>2.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span>Development
of a next generation of lightweight, interactive tools for scientific
visualization. These tools will exploit the power of Java distributed network
programming and vector graphics technologies (SWF and SVG formats). They are
intended to be accessible through desktop PCs and standard networks, thus making
high-quality collaborative visualization tools available even to research
projects with limited budgets and computational resources. (Though our
interests are serious, there is strong overlap of these issues with games
programming technology. ) The particular scientific application depends
partially on the interests of the student. Involves programming in Java and
possibly C or C++ , and in XML (Extensible Markup Language) technologies such
as scalable vector graphics (SVG).</p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2> </p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2 style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in'>3.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span>Many
workhorse programs in physics and astronomy have crude command-line interfaces
that are cumbersome to use compared with modern graphical user interface (GUI)
tools that we now expect as standard in non-scientific software. This project,
which is closely related to the visualization project of the previous
paragraph, develops sophisticated graphical user interfaces for such programs.
Although the actual computational programs may be written in various languages
(e.g., F90, C, or C++), graphical user interfaces to control them are typically
written in Java or C++.</p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2> </p>
<p class=MsoBodyText2 style='margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in'>4.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span>Development
of innovative scientific programming for next-generation wireless hand-held
devices (personal digital assistants, cell phones, …). These efforts will
concentrate on scientific educational applications and on the use of these
devices to provide “in-the-field” interactivity and connectivity with back-end
databases and support programs. A sample application would be sophisticated
personal digital assistant programs for gathering data in the field, uploading
automatically through the wireless network to servers running heavy-duty
analysis software, and obtaining analyzed feedback in near real time that could
guide further data collection. There are obvious applications in almost any
field of physical or biological science, and in many applied fields such as
forensic science, medicine, forestry, or engineering, …. The particular
scientific application depends partially on the interests of the student.
Involves programming in Java, C, or C++, database technologies such as SQL, and
XML-related languages.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Advisor:
<span style='color:maroon'><a
href="http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/guidry/mwg-root.html"><span style='color:maroon'>Dr.
Mike Guidry</span></a></span></span></b></p>
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