Jun Ni's Research Grants

Awarded Grants

PI, NSF-CISE: NSF Workshop on Emerging Models Technologies for Computations in Nanoelectronics (awarded date Aug. 29, 2008) $50,000

PI, NSF-CISE-EMT: A Merging Multi-scale Model for Simulations of Crystallization/Solidification of Nano-structured Materials on Large-scale Parallel Computing Systems, with Co-PI, Shaoping Xiao (awarded date July, 2007-2010), $240,000

PI, NIH-NIBIB-R21, A Large-scale Parallel Katsevich Algorithm for 3D Cone-beam CT Image Reconstruction, with Dr. Ge Wang, and Dr. Hengyong Yu (awarded NIH grant, awarded date: July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2008), $221,250

PI, Intel, Technology Initiatives: HPC Hardware Solution for UI-IMHPC Lab’s Medical Imaging Research and Medical Image Informatics, (awarded date: Nov. 2006), $500,000

PI, Microsoft and UI-MIHPC Lab collaborative project, medical imaging HPC and large-scale biomedical imaging informatics (June, 2007), $30,000

Co-PI, NSF: NER/SNB: Haenessing the Spin-Stabilized Motion of a Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube for Memory-cell Operation, with Ray Han (PI), M. Asghar Bhatti (co-PI), David Andersen (co-PI), Shaoping Xiao (co-PI), Lihe Wang (co-PI), (awarded date: June 2005-June 2006), $100,000

Co-PI, University of Iowa Internal Funding Program/Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPSFP): Establishing a Compact Muon Solenoid Grid-based Tier-2 National Computing Center and NSF Shared Cyber-infrastructure Tier-2C Program at The University of Iow,  Yasar Onel, PI, Gregory R. Carmichael, Co-PI, Ge Wang, Co-PI, Shaowen Wang, co-PI, $115,000

Co-PI, University of Iowa Internal Funding Program/Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPSFP): Finding Genes Responsible for Continues Traits: A Computer program, with Kai Wang (PI) et al. (awarded Dec. 16, 2004) $30,000

Co-PI, University of Iowa Internal Funding Program/Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPSFP): Prototyping, Testing, and Operating an Intra-campus Research Grid – HawkGrid: an Application-Driven Approach, with Shaowen Wang1 (PI), Terry A. Braun2 (Co-PI), Gregory R Carmichael3 (Co-PI), Boyd M. Knosp (Co-PI) Jun Ni (Co-PI) Yasar Onel (Co-PI) (awarded date: Dec. 16, 2004), $45,608

PI, NSF National TeraGrid: Computation in Transport Phenomena during Material Processing, 300,000 SUs award, with Shaowen Wang (Co-PI), and Boyd Knosp (Co-PI) (awarded date: March 20, 2004)

PI, NCSA National Center for Supercomputing Applications Small Allocation Application, 10,000 SUs awarded, with Dr. Ching-long Lin (Co-PI) (awarded date: April 2003)

PI, University of Iowa Internal Funding Program/Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPSFP): Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Fluid under Grid Computing Environment, Dr. Ching-long Lin (Co-PI) (awarded date: Dec. 2002), $30,000

Co-PI, University of Iowa Internal Funding Program/Iowa Informatics Initiative (III): A Prototype Genetics Likelihood Visualization Utility, Dr. Mark Logue (PI), Dr. Veronica Vieland, (Co-PI), Dr. Alberto Segre (Co-PI), Dr. James Cremer (Co-PI), Steve Beck (Co-PI), Boyd Knosp (Co-PI) (awarded date: Dec. 2002), $30,000

Co-PI, The Development of a Proof-of-Concept Physics Grid Tier-2 Center, the University of Iowa Vice president for Research Fund with Yasar Onel (PI), Boy M. Knosp (Co-PI) (awarded date: June 2002), $44,000

Co-PI, Internal Research Fund: VoluMeasureTM: A Portable Java Program for Stereological Volume Measurement, Dr. Ge Wang (PI), Dr. Simon Kao (Co-PI) (awarded date: Oct. 2002), $21,000

Co-PI, NSF EAR-9508291, Sedimentation by Dripping Instability in Viscous Fluids in Geophysical System, with Dr. G.W. Bergantz (PI), (awarded date: awarded 1995-1996), $90,000

PI, Da-Gang Petrologic Industrials Inc., Research and development of database system for storage management in petroleum industrial, (awarded date: 1985-1986), ¥120,000

Submitted Grants /Pending

PI, NSF-CCF-EMT Workshop on Cyberinfrastructure (CI)-based Emerging Models and Petascale Computing for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (request $50,000; submitted on June 28, 2008)

Co-PI, NSFC-Biomedical Engineering, Multi-variable decision-making mechanism in knowledge-based, early-stage breast cancer diagnoses systems, PI, Zhang Lu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Medical School), Co-PIs, Yajia Gu, M.D. (Shanghai Cancer Hospital), Ying Zhen, Zhulin Gong (SJTU), Dr. Laruie Fajardo, M.D. (University of Iowa, College of Medicine) (request 350,800 RMB ; submitted Feb. 25, 2008)

Declined Grants

Co-PI, NSF-EMT/NANO: Multiscale Modeling and Simulation of Nanotube-reinforced Polymer Composites with the Aid of High-Performance Computing, PI, Shaoping Xiao (request $447,066; March 4, 2008)

Co-PI, NSF-EMT/NANO: Cyberinfrastructure-enabled multi-scale modeling and simulation of nanotube-based devices, PI, Shaoping Xiao (request $958,026, March 4, 2008)

Co-PI and Technical Director, DOE-NSF: Establish a Compact Muon Solenoid Grid-based Tier-2 heavy Ion Nuclear Physics Computing Center and Cyberinfrastructure program at the University of Iowa, PI, Yasar Onel, Edwin Norbeck, and Boyd Knosp (submitted on Nov. 11, 2007)

PI, Department of Defense (DoD), Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E) National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowships (NSSEFF), Multi-scale Modeling and Simulations of Biotransport Phenomena in Complex Biophysics Systems Using Petascale Computing and Medical Imaging, nominated by President Sally Mason of University of Iowa, request $3,000,000 (white-paper proposal was submitted on Feb. 10, 2008)

PI, US DOD, Research and Engineering, National Security Fellowship Award, “Medical Imaging and HPC based Multi-scale Model and Simulation of Biotransport in Biological and Physiological Systems,” nominated by President Sally Mason, University of Iowa $3,000,000, Feb. 18, 2008)

Co-PI, NSF-EMT/NANO: Cyberinfrastructure-enabled multiscale modeling and simulation of nanotube-based devices, PI, Shaoping Xiao and David Andersen (request $958,026, March 4, 2008)

PI, DoD-Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E) National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellowships (NSSEFF), Multi-scale Modeling and Simulations of Biotransport Phenomena in Complex Biophysics Systems Using Petascale Computing and Medical Imaging, nominated by President Sally Mason of University of Iowa, request $3,000,000 (white-paper proposal was submitted on Feb. 12, 2008)

PI, NSF-CDI, Type 1: Cyber-enabled, Adaptive Computation Model for Simulation of Biotransport Phenomena using Computational Thinking, request $631,986 submitted on (Jan. 8, 2008) (preliminary proposal)

PI, NIH-NIBIB-R21: Adaptive Projection Regrouping and Grid Reformation for CT Image Reconstruction, request $404,500 (submitted on Oct. 12, 2007; declined Feb. 2008)

PI, NIH-NIBIB-R21: Adaptive Hybrid Diffusion Model for Vessel Image Enhancement, request $404,500 (submitted on Oct. 12, 2007; declined Feb. 2008)

PI, University of Iowa, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, Multiparametric MRI-based Computer Assistant System for Breast Cancer Diagnosis, request $40,000, co-PI, Yongqiang Zhao, submitted on Aug. 17, 2007, declined Oct. 2007

PI, NSF III-CXT: HPC-Powered Models of Response Accuracy and Response Time in Computerized Testing, co-PI, Tiangyou Wang, request $376,881.00 (submitted Dec. 6, 2006, declined June. 5, 2007)

Co-PI, NSF III-CXT: Multiscale Simulation of Nanocomposites with the Aid of High-Performance Computing Techniques PI, Shaoping Xiao, request, $292,799 (submitted Dec. 05, 2006, Declined June 6, 2007)

Co-PI, NSF SEI (CMS): Grid-based Bridging Domain Multiscale Method with the Implementation of Nano-Middleware, Shaoping Xiao, request, $496,929 (submitted Dec. 13, 2005, Declined May 5, 2006)

Co-PI, NSF MRI, Acquisition of Grid-Enhanced High Performance Computing Resources for Across-Disciplinary Research and Education, requested $897,131.00, PI Greg Carmichael, Tom Casavent, Chirstophoer Beckermanns, Alberto Segre (submitted Jan. 26, 2004, declined July 7, 2005)

Co-PI, NSF-IIS- SEI (CMS): Grid-based Bridging Domain Multiscale Method with the Implementation of Nano-Middleware, requested $470,407.00 (submitted Dec. 14, 2004, delinced July 1, 2005)

Co-PI, NIRT: Synthesis and Modeling of Organic Bottlebrush Polymers with Hollow Cavities and Their Integration with Inorganic Nanomaterials, requested $1,994,212.00 (submitted Oct. 22, 2003, declined April 23, 2004)

PI, NSF, IIS International Digital Libraries for CT-Image Analysis, co-PI Ge Wang, requested $1,308,418.00 (submitted June 5, 2002, declined Feb. 21, 2003)

PI, NASA, Gravitational Effects on Nucleation and Crystal Growth of Mono-dispersed Particles during Biomaterials Processing, co-PI, Yong Lai