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Project Manager:
Dr. Martin Richter

Strong-field Response of complex Systems

Principal Investigators:
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Gräfe
Affiliation:
FSU Jena, TU Wien
HPC Platform used:
PC2: Noctua 1 Cluster

The interaction of light with matter covers a large number of physical phenomena that we literally see in our everyday life. Early scientists mostly focused on investigations of electromagnetic radiation in the visible range and at low intensities, where material polarization responds linearly to incident electromagnetic fields. Utilizing the compute clusters at PC2, this project aims at simulating and interpreting the strong-field dynamics of real molecules and larger systems in a rigorous real-space real-time approach including non-linear strong-field effects such as photoionization and high-order harmonic generation of systems ranging from small (chiral) molecules over nano-systems to the condensed phase.

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Project Manager:
Dr. Ana-Catalina Plesa

Thermal Evolution and Dynamics of the Interior of Planets and Moons

Principal Investigators:
Dr. Ana-Catalina Plesa
HPC Platform used:
NHR@KIT: HoreKa

Over the past decades, large-scale computer simulations have grown to become one of the most powerful approaches to study the interior of Earth-like planets. Geodynamical models are used to investigate the evolution and distribution of the temperature inside the planet that ultimately affects its structure and the way the planet cools over time. Combined with data obtained from planetary missions and laboratory experiments, these models help us to improve our understanding of the history and current state of planets in our Solar System and beyond. These models can teach us about the formation and evolution of planetary environments

Project Manager:
Prof. Uwe Naumann

CFD Simulations Ecurie Aix

Principal Investigators:
Prof. Uwe Naumann
Affiliation:
RWTH Aachen University
HPC Platform used:
NHR4CES@RWTH: CLAIX

Every year we, as the Formula Student Team of RWTH Aachen University, develop a completely new electric race car and revise a previous car to be able to drive autonomously. For our Aerodynamics team, the electric vehicle is the main focus. We try to find the best geometries for our car within the regulatory constraints and while keeping performance compromises with other design areas in mind.

Project Manager:
Marius Trollmann

Resolving the Structure of mRNA-Vaccine Lipid Nanoparticles

Principal Investigators:
Prof. Dr. Rainer Böckmann
Affiliation:
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen
HPC Platform used:
NHR@FAU: Alex GPU cluster

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are very successfully employed as novel transport vehicles for mRNA vaccines. A major gap in our understanding and thus obstacle for future developments of nanoparticle-mRNA drugs, however, is the lack of a molecular picture and molecular insight into LNPs. In this project we aim to provide unique insight at the atomistic scale into the structure and mechanisms of these carriers.