FY 2015 LDRD Projects Division AT AT AT AT AL Project Title Towards the Development of a Fiber Based Laser Plasma Accelerator (LPA) and Assessment of its Utility for Potential Biomedical Applications Probing Point Defect Dynamics in Solids with Short Ion Beam Pulses High-Accuracy Scalable Solvers for Modeling of Future Ultrafast Photon Sources A New Concept for High Average Power Ultrafast Lasers T-ReXS - Tender Resonant X-ray Scattering: A Spatio-Chemical Probe for Materials, Biology and Energy Ultra-high Resolution Microscopy of Nano-Materials by Scanning X-ray Diffraction Microscopy AL PI Total Allocation Leemans,Wim P Schenkel,Thomas Vay,Jean-Luc Wilcox,Russell B $258,000 $260,000 $306,000 $416,000 Hexemer,Alexander $260,000 Shapiro,David Alexander $202,000 Steier,Christoph Andreas Yang,Wanli Ahmed,Musahid Hartwig,John Head-Gordon,Martin Head-Gordon,Teresa Lyn $1,661,000 $180,000 $314,000 $467,000 $290,000 Novel Accelerator Techniques for Diffraction Limited Light Sources AL AL CH CH CH High Efficiency Soft X-ray In-situ Spectroscopy (HESIS) for ALS-II Energy Sciences Probing Dynamics with Multi-Color, Multi-Pulse Laser and Synchrotron Photons Design of Mesoscale Catalyst Networks #N/A Algorithms for Performing and Analyzing Large-Scale Electronic Structure Calculations Designing Fluctuations and Dynamics of Enzyme Catalytic Networks CH CH CR CR CR CR CR CR CR CR CR CR CR CR EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EE EG ES ES ES ES ES ES ES ES ES GN GN GN GN GN GN Computational-Experimental Studies of Aerosol Transformations from the Liquid to Glassy State High Performance Geometric Mulitgrid (HPGMG) For a #N/A TOP500 Computer Architecture Benchmark Graph-Based Analysis and Visualization of Multimodal Multi-Resolution Large-Scale Neuroimaging Data Unconstrained Functionals for Massively Parallel Scaling of Conjugate Gradient Eigensolvers Surrogate Model Algorithms for Optimization Problems Advanced Computational Chemistry and Semantic Data Tools for Mesoscale Science Computational Approaches to Understanding Ultrafast Science $207,000 Houle,Frances $206,000 Adams,Mark F. $234,000 Buluc,Aydin Canning,Andrew Bell,John de Jong,Wibe Albert Kemper,Alexander Franciscus Fast Numerical Methods for Green's Function in Mesoscale Simulation Lin,Lin EXDAC - EXtreme Data Analysis for Cosmology Nugent,Peter E High-Performance Parallel Analysis for Key Genomics Computations Oliker,Leonid High-Order Implicit Interface Methods for Complex Fluid Flow and Multiple Interface Dynamics Saye,Robert Coherent Information Propagation in Superconducting Qubit Trimers Siddiqi,Irfan SPOT Suite - Towards an End-to-End Solution for Light Source Data Tull,Craig Mesoscale Structuring of Surfaces for Energy and Water Applications Anders,Andre Next Generation Water Technologies for the Developing World Buluswar,Shashi IDEA--The International Database of Efficient Appliances: A #N/A Tool for Optimizing EnergyEfficiency Gerke,Brian Francis Application of Virtual Grind-Integration Laboratory (VirGIL) Kiliccote,Sila Using Differential Electrochemical Mass Spectrometry to Characterize Catalytic Processes in LiAir Batteries McCloskey,Bryan D. Transforming the Electricity & Automotive Markets with the LBNL Vehicle-to-Grid Simulator (V2G-Sim) Saxena,Samveg Advanced Combustion Technology for Transportation Refrigeration Units Therkelsen,Peter Behavior Analytics Todd,Annika Novel Magnetic Field Mapping Technology For Small And Closed Aperture Undulators Madur,Arnaud The Soil Metazoan Microbiome: A Key Functional Compartment of Importance to Plant Health Ceja Navarro,Javier and Root C Stabilization Arturo Cracking the Earth: Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical Modeling and Simulation of Fracture Propagation Edmiston,John Kearney Harnessing the Soil Microbiome for Food and Fuel Security Brodie,Eoin L Using Experiments and Numerical Models to Examine Ecosystem and Land Management Interactions with Atmosphere and Climate Kueppers,Lara M. Clay Interlayer Stratification: Implications for Ion Exchange and the Mobility of Neutral Molecules Lammers,Laura Nielson Fracture Characterization During and After Multistage Hydraulic Fracturing in Unconventional Gas Reserves Using Temperature Data Mukhopadhyay,Sumit Frequency-Modulated Hydraulic Fracturing for Secure and Efficient Reservoir Permeability Enhancement Nakagawa,Seiji Quantifying the Dynamics of Natural Organic Matter Conformation and Reactivity Nico,Peter S Extracting Natural Surfactant from Earth Sediments for Economical Oil/Gas Recovery (Re#N/Aal proposal Wan,Jiamin Discovery and Transfer of Novel Pathways for Phosphate Solubilization Blow,Matthew James Modification of the Genetic Code to Construct a Safe Industrial Microbe for Synthetic Biology Cheng,Jan-Fang Sequencing-Based Functional Genomic in-Vivo Characterization of Plant Promoters Visel,Axel Developing Epigenomic Technologies to Interrogate Genome Functions Relevant for Environment and Bioenergy Wei,Chia-Lin Tackling Microbial-Mediated Plant Carbon Decomposition Using Function-Driven Genomics Woyke,Tanja Development of a Cas9 Based Resource for Genome Engineering Zhu,Yiwen $460,000 $308,000 $228,000 $341,000 $199,000 $64,000 $273,000 $274,000 $223,000 $289,000 $286,000 $133,000 $321,000 $134,000 $387,000 $150,000 $235,000 $297,000 $311,000 $224,000 $276,000 $257,000 $899,000 $304,000 $149,000 $173,000 $194,000 $242,000 $193,000 $232,000 $175,000 $150,000 $163,000 $178,000 $314,000 AP LS LS LS LS LS MS MS MS MS Neuro/Nano Technology for Brain Mapping High-Performance Chemical Identification for Hyperspectral Data Science Microbiome Adaptation in Response to Environmental Challenges 4D Dynamics of Epigenome Regulation in Response to Environmental Challenges A Graphene-Based Platform for Correlative Electron and Super-Resolution Microscopy Reinventing Pre-Clinical and Environmental Testing Paradigms Next Generation Neutrino and Rare -Event Detection Search and Synthesis of the Next Generation of Topological Insulators Artificial Carboxysomes for CO2 Capture and Conversion in a Single Object Responsive Nanoparticle Assemblies Synthesis of Bio-Inspired Adaptive Membranes for Direct Capture of CO2 from Biogas MS MS MS MS NE NS NS NS NS NS PB PB PB PB PB PB PH PH PH PH PH PH SN Understanding Radiation-Induced Photo-Electron Chemistry in High-Cross Section Organometallic Resist Materials Computational Design of Smart Complex Oxides with Tunable Quantum Phases Dynamic Studies of Mesoscale Electronic Ordering in Complex Materials Codesigning Big Iron for Big Data Toward Laser Spectroscopy of Transfermium Elements Computational Nuclear Physics Code Developments for Fundamental Interactions/Astrophysics Next-Generation Neutrino and Rare-Event Detection Next Generation Si-Based Tracking and Massive Online Data Processing for Collider Experiments Multi-Disciplinary Research to Enhance Understanding of Transport, Risks, and Mitigation of Radioisotopes for Improved Radiological Resilience Advanced Computational Tools for High Resolution Cryo-Electron Microscopy Probing Dynamics of Electron Transfer for Microbial-based Energy Interconversion Interfacing Chemical and Biological Catalysis for Solar-to-Fuel Conversion Functional Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea: Evidence-Based Annotation of the Microbial Tree of Life Enhancing the Design-Build-Test-Learn Cycle for Metabolic Engineering Development of a CRISPR/Cas9 Knockout System for Streptomyces Venezuelae Tactical High Throughput Computing: Improving Interdisciplinary Tools for High Throughput Computing Higher Performance CCDs for Next Generation Dark Energy Experiments Advanced Composites for Next Generation Scientific Instruments Searches for the Supersymmetric Particles at the LHC in Run-2 and Beyond Next Generation Cosmic Microwave Background Detector Arrays: Enabling a factor 10-100 increase in Array Size Confronting Beyond the Standard Model Theories with #N/A LHC and Astrophysical Data ESnet Network Operating System Denes,Peter Bowen,Ben Celniker,Susan E Colmenares,Serafin U Xu,Ke Brown,James Bentley Asta,Mark Analitis,James Buonsanti,Raffaella Helms,Brett A Lynd,Nathaniel Alexander $725,000 $306,000 $837,000 $427,000 $151,000 $515,000 $102,000 $272,000 $284,000 $334,000 Naulleau,Patrick P Neaton,Jeffrey B Schoenlein,Robert William Wright,Nicholas James Gates,Jacklyn M $309,000 $329,000 Haxton,Wick C Orebi Gann,Gabriel D Ploskon,Mateusz Andrzej $268,000 $217,000 Vetter,Kai Adams,Paul D Ajo-Franklin,Caroline Chang,Michelle $581,000 $274,000 $71,000 $200,000 Deutschbauer,Adam M Hillson,Nathan J Mukhopadhyay,Aindrila $327,000 $679,000 $182,000 Bailey,Stephen Bebek,Christopher Haber,Carl H Heinemann,Beate H.E. $154,000 $240,000 $399,000 $275,000 Lee,Adrian Tae-Jin Papucci,Michele Monga,Inder $258,000 $249,000 $306,000 $166,000 $309,000 $386,000 $206,000 $219,000