NSF Org:	OISE Office of International Science and Engineering
Recipient:	UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Initial Amendment Date:	June 30, 1998
Latest Amendment Date:	June 30, 1998
Award Number:	9805563
Award Instrument:	Standard Grant
Program Manager:	Beverly Diaz OISE  Office of International Science and Engineering O/D  Office Of The Director
Start Date:	July 1, 1998
End Date:	June 30, 2002 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$17,256.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$17,256.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 1998 = $17,256.00
History of Investigator:	William Layton (Principal Investigator) wjl+@pitt.edu
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	University of Pittsburgh 4200 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH PA  US  15260-0001 (412)624-7400
Sponsor Congressional District:	12
Primary Place of Performance:	University of Pittsburgh 4200 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH PA  US  15260-0001
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	12
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	MKAGLD59JRL1
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	AMERICAS PROGRAM
Primary Program Source:	app-0198
Program Reference Code(s):	0000, 5945, OTHR
Program Element Code(s):	597700
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.079

ABSTRACT

9805563 Layton This Americas Program award will fund a cooperative research project between Dr. William Layton, University of Pittsburgh, and Dr. Nando L. Troyano DiBartolomeo, Universidad de Oriente, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. The focus of the project is to develop increasingly sophisticated electro-thermal cell models and finite element codes for the simulation of aluminum reduction cells (ARC). The increasing speed and storage capacity of massively parallel computers and clusters will play an important role in this effort, as will also improved algorithms in (ARC) computations. The goal of the project is to develop and to implement in computer codes state-of-the-art methods for simulating the physics of ARC. The program would provide a needed research tool for efforts to increase the safety and energy efficiency of aluminum production. The updated models and codes will be made available to university and industrial experts in the field in the US and Venezuela. The development of increasingly sophisticated electro- thermal cell models and finite element codes for their simulation should be of interest to major aluminum producing countries such as the US and Venezuela. Results of the best runs of the research code as well as the code itself will be made available to US and Venezuelan industrial research groups. ***

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