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The Long-Term Impacts of LDRD Investments: Centers for Strategic Partnerships
- FY2019
- Overview
- Research Categories
- Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
- Materials Informatics for Synthesis, Optimization, and Scale-Up of Advanced Materials
- Parallel Two-Photon Polymerization for Sub-Micrometer Additive Manufacturing
- Optimizing Engineered Flow-Through Electrodes for Energy Applications
- Understanding Material Strength Variabilities and Uncertainties for Component Qualification
- Rapid Closed-Loop Control of Additive Manufacturing with Machine Learning
- Quantum Levitation of Fuel Capsules for Inertial Confinement Fusion
- In Situ Diagnostics for Accelerated Fabrication and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials
- Film Growth Dynamics During Pulsed Sputter Deposition
- Computational Design Automation
- Functional Photoresists for Energy Applications
- Porous Metals via Ice Templating
- Influence of Process Parameters and Alloy Composition on Crack Mitigation in Selective Laser Melting
- Multiscale Model for Chemical Degradation of Materials
- Directly Probing Spin Fluctuations in Quantum Spin Liquids with X-Ray Free Electron Lasers
- Metallopolymers as an Emergent Class of Materials for Additive Manufacturing of Graded Density Gold Foams
- Developing and Characterizing New Tools for Actinide Processing Science
- A New Science-Based Paradigm Enabling Microstructure-Tailored Additive Manufacturing of Metals
- Climbing over Energy Barriers: A New Paradigm for Accelerating Kinetics
- Transforming Living Materials into Chemical Reactors
- Gestalt Optics: Three-Dimensional Transparent Ceramics
- Acoustic and Electromagnetic Characterization for Accelerated Development of Additive Manufacturing
- Advanced Photopolymer Materials Engineering for Multiscale Additive Fabrication
- Materials with Embedded Microstructural Logic
- Glass Inks for Three-Dimensional Printed Fiber Preforms and Telescope Optics
- High-Resolution Three-Dimensional Imaging via X-Ray Reflectometry and Phase-Contrast Computed Tomography
- Exascale-Ready Modeling to Predict Recrystallization in High-Temperature Materials
- Amorphous Carbon Coatings with Controlled Density and Composition
- Laser-Based Defect Reduction in Wide Bandgap Semiconductors Used in Radiation-Voltaics Devices: Radiation Hardening and Annealing
- Laser-Based Defect Reduction in Wide Bandgap Semiconductors Used in Radiation-Voltaics Devices: Radiation Hardening and Annealing
- Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing In-Process Monitoring and Optimization Using Thermionic Emission Detection
- Large Volume Paste Projection Microstereolithography
- Investigation of Computational Corrections to X-Ray Computed Tomography for Dimensional Metrology of Complex Additively Manufactured Parts
- Nanoscale Three-Dimensional Printing of Metallic Structures via Femtosecond Projection Two-Photon Reduction
- Unconventional Superconductivity in a Focused-Ion-Beam-Decorated Topological Insulator
- Development of Additive-Manufacturing Inks with Embedded Electronics for Programmable Matter
- Accelerating Feedstock Optimization Using Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Data Analytic Techniques
- Bioscience and Bioengineering
- Characterizing Host-Pathogen Immunity Gut-Brain Interactions
- Engineering a Therapeutic Microbe for Infection-Site Delivery of Encapsulated Antimicrobial Peptides
- Synthetic Biology and Computational Modeling for Prediction of Viral Virulence
- Microbial Characterization of Combat-Patient Wounds to Improve Healing
- Computational Design of Broadly Neutralizing Vaccines for Highly Mutable Pathogens
- Three-Dimensional Bio-Printed Microenvironments for Studying Cancer Metastasis
- Investigating the Role of Innate Immunity in Viral Encephalitis Caused by Rift Valley Fever Virus
- An Investigational Platform of the Human Brain for Understanding Complex Neural Function
- Longitudinal Monitoring of Ribonucleic Acid Content of a Live Cell with a Nanotube Pore Interface
- A Computational Approach to Improve Prediction of Off-Target Drug Binding Using Membrane Bilayer Effects
- Stable Isotope Probing and Viromics: Quantifying Virus-Host and Carbon Cycling Dynamics in Soil with Isotope-Targeted Metagenomics
- Optical Interconnect for High-Density Neural Signals
- Detection of Upwind Pathogens Using Aircraft and Ground Stations
- A Handheld Medical Diagnostic Device for Harsh Environments
- Bioprinting Breast Cancer In Situ to Study Cell Communication in Disease Progression
- Brain Connectomics: Opportunities for High-Performance Computing
- The Mechanochemical Genesis of Prebiotics
- Innate Persistence of Human Immune Memory T Cells
- Rapid Detection of Candidates for Vaccines Against Biothreat Agents
- Catching Villains: Finding Single Cells Responsible for Cancer Drug Resistance and Metastasis
- Protein Factory on a Chip for Rapid Therapeutics
- Toward Artificial Neurons: Biomimetic Signal Propagation in Synthetic Nanochannel Systems
- A Machine Learning System to Guide Clinical Procedures in Real-Time
- A Deep Bayesian Active Learning Framework for Temporal Multimodal Data
- Preparing Circulatory Modeling Code for Exascale Computing
- Elucidating Algal-Bacterial Community Interactions by Tracking Volatile Biomarkers
- Imaging Macromolecular Structural Dynamics with Low-Dose, Time-Resolved Transmission Electron Microscopy
- Metamaterials for Mechanically Directing Cell Phenotype
- Using Microscale Models to Enhance Predictions of Damage to Soft Tissues
- Three-Dimensional Bioprinted Aneurysm for Intervention Modeling Validation
- Antibacterial Minerals: A Geochemical Approach to Combating Antibiotic Resistance
- Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis: Waging the Arms Race with Superbugs
- Engineered and Instrumented Three-Dimensional Tumor-Immune Model System
- Chemical and Biological Countermeasures
- Learning Interactions in Complex Biological Systems
- Construction of Genetic Sense-and-Respond Modules to Detect Viral Infection
- Vaccination on the Fly: The Use of Mosquitoes to Vaccinate Bat Populations That Harbor Human Pathogens
- Creating Feature Representations of Antibody–Antigen Complexes for Fast Binding Prediction with Machine Learning
- Predicting Ionizing Radiation Exposure
- Cybersecurity and Cyber–Physical Resilience
- A Quantitative Methodology for Measuring Cyber Risk to Critical Infrastructure
- Predictive Modeling of Correlated Noise in Superconducting Circuits
- Industrial Control Systems Network Mapping and Data Analytics for Cybersecurity
- Scalable Graph Motif Learning Capabilities for Operational Cyber Defense
- Gas-Electrical Grid Coordination for Cross Infrastructure Resilience Enhancement
- Directed Energy
- Laser Beam Propagation Through Deep Turbulence
- Optically Safer, Power-Scalable Laser Systems for Defense Applications
- A Diamond Total-Internal-Reflection Photoconductive Switch
- New Framework to Prevent Catastrophic Damage to Laser Diodes
- Scalable Computational Tools for Predicting Fluid-Structure Interactions in Laser Directed-Energy Applications
- Earth and Atmospheric Science
- Fiber-Optic Acoustic Sensors for Geophysical Applications
- Probabilistic Predictions and Uncertainty Estimation for Radiological and Nuclear Effects Modeling
- Integrating climate model simulations and paleo data to constrain future drought risks over California
- Measuring Atmospheric Gas Using Small Satellites
- Advancing Measurements and Understanding of the Rate and Structure of Atmospheric Warming
- Deeply Rooted: Evaluating Plant Rooting Depth as a Means for Enhanced Soil Carbon Sequestration
- Interseasonal Prediction of Western United States Snowpack with Deep Learning
- Earthquake Predictions on the Sierra High-Performance Computing System
- Developing an Observation-Based Transfer Function for Climate Sensitivity
- Using Passive Seismology to Map the Water within Critical Glacial Ice Sheets
- Dating Alluvial Landforms to Understand the Role of Climate in California's Water Supply
- Energy and Resource Security
- Fullerene-Grafted Graphene as an Electrical Energy Storage Material
- Selective Removal of Ions from Aqueous Solutions
- Algebraic Multigrid Preconditioners for Scalable Simulation of Reservoir Geomechanics and Multiphase Flow
- Construction of Solar Cells from Colloidal Nanocrystals Through Electrophoretic Deposition
- Structure of Ionic Liquids Under Nanoconfinement in Energy Applications
- Hot Plasma Etching of Gallium Nitride
- Plasmonics-Enhanced Photocatalysis for Water Decontamination
- Three-Dimensional Printed Segmented Electrodes for Water Desalination
- Enabling Optimized Charging of Electric Vehicles in Mobility Services
- Rational Design of Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable Metal–Air Batteries
- Evolution of Induced Fracture Networks Using Machine Learning Correlation Image Analysis
- Three-Dimensional Printing of Catalytic Electrodes for Solar-Driven Water-Splitting Devices
- New Experiment–“Theory Capability for Atomic-Level Imaging of Interfaces in Solid-State Batteries
- Manufacturing Molecules for the Carbon Economy
- High-Energy-Density Science
- Exploring Laser-Produced Relativistic Pair Plasma Jets
- Kinetics of Incipient Stages of Phase Transitions
- Understanding Plasma Divertor Detachment in Fusion Power Reactors
- Effects of Pressure-Induced Ionization Potential Depression on Material Properties
- Effects of Magnetic Fields on Transport in Laser-Driven Nonequilibrium Plasmas
- The Design of a Solid-State Streak Detector
- Investigation of Ultrahigh-Pressure Phase Transitions in Metals with a Toroidal Diamond Anvil Cell
- A Short-Pulse, Laser-Driven Particle Beam Capability
- Electrodeposition of Gradient-Density Metal Films from Ionic Liquids
- Microphysics Studies of Hohlraum Dynamics
- Foams in Hohlraums
- Next-Generation Hohlraums for High Coupling Efficiency
- Accurate Temperature Determination from X-Ray Diffraction and X-Ray Absorption Measurements
- Simulating Magnetized Particle Dynamics in Z-Pinch Plasmas
- Probing Liquid Phases and f-Electron Systems at the Dynamic Compression Sector
- X-Ray Optics Solutions for Studying Mesoscale Science
- Direct Measurement of Mass-Temperature Distributions in the Core of Implosions on the National Ignition Facility
- Quantum Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Electronic Transport in Nonlinear Regimes
- Pressure Ionization in Ultra-High Density Plasmas
- High-Fidelity Kinetic Modeling of Plasmas in Z-Pinch and Pulsed-Power Configurations
- Exploring Deuterium-Tritium Gas-Filled Hohlraums as a High-Yield Neutron Source
- Metal Ejecta: Transport, Interaction, and Recollection
- Defining the Direction of Nuclear-Plasma Interaction Research at the National Ignition Facility
- Imaging Dynamics of Defects Far from Equilibrium
- Plasma Amplifiers to Enable Dramatic Increases in Laser Power and Energy to Access New Physical Processes
- Unraveling the Physics and Chemistry of Water-Rich Mixtures at Extreme Pressures and Temperatures
- Laser-Plasma Interactions in Magnetized Environments
- Modeling Hydrodynamic Instabilities and Mix in Hohlraums
- Development of Multilayer Laue Lenses for 25 Kilo-Electronvolt X-Ray Imaging
- New Design for Low-Mode Asymmetry Mitigation in Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions
- Heavy-Metal Ceramic Hohlraums for Magnetically Assisted Ignition Targets
- Development of Beryllium Carbide Capsules for Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions
- Quantum Leap for Fusion Energy Sciences
- Establishing a Laser-Driven Megaelectronvolt X-Ray and Neutron Radiographic Capability
- High-Explosives Physics, Chemistry, and Material Science
- High-Performance Computing, Simulation, and Data Science
- Control of Superconducting Quantum Circuits
- High-Dimensional Spectral-Sampling Techniques
- Detecting Data Races in High-Performance Computing
- Simulation of Biased Random Walks in an Asynchronous Graph Framework
- Projection-Based Model Reduction with Applications in Radiation Transport and Hydrodynamics Simulation
- Multiple-Rate Integrators for Differential Equations
- Modeling Thermal and Quantum Magnetic Fluctuations in Correlated Materials
- Simulations of Interpenetrating Plasmas
- Robust Decentralized Signal Processing and Distributed Control of Autonomous Sensor Networks
- Large-Scale Multimodal Deep Learning for Nuclear Nonproliferation Analysis
- Variable Precision Computing
- High-Order Finite Elements for Thermal Radiative Transfer on Curved Meshes
- XPlacer: Extensible and Portable Optimizations of Data Placement in Memory
- Deep Multitask Learning for Predictive Oncology
- Methods for Explainable Artificial Intelligence
- The Development of High-Order Interface Tracking Schemes for the Simulation of Multiphase Flows
- Engineering a Quantum Methuselah Using Phononic Band Gaps
- Hypothesis Testing via Artificial Intelligence: Generating Physically Interpretable Models of Scientific Data with Machine Learning
- Nuclear Dynamics on a Quantum Chip
- Beating Monte Carlo: The Polynomial Method in Lattice Problems
- Heterogeneous Computing Elements: A Quantitative Evaluation
- Next Generation Machine Learning
- Expanding Control of Quantum Processor Units
- Scalable Multilevel Training of Large Neural Networks
- Advanced Physics Models for Particle-Particle Interactions
- High-Performance Parallel Simulations for Whole-Cell Modeling
- Automatic Design of Transport Systems Through Topology Optimization on Adaptively Refined Computational Grids
- Advanced Parameterizations for Topology Optimization via Projection
- Prototyping Exascale Graph Analytics
- Quantum Optimal Control Using High-Performance Computing
- Evaluating Field-Programmable Gate Arrays with Proxy Applications
- Machine Learning for Constitutive Modeling on an Exascale Computing Platform
- MADSTARE: Modeling and Analysis for Data-Starved or Ambiguous Environments
- Lasers and Optical Science and Technology
- HDRScope—”The High Dynamic-Range Oscilloscope
- Enhanced Surface Laser-Damage Resistance of Nonlinear Crystals
- Science of Finishing of Novel Optical Materials
- Technologies for High-Energy, Short-Pulse Laser Systems Beyond the Kilowatt Barrier
- Minimizing Absorption on Optical Surfaces of Gas Lasers
- Advanced Multilayer Systems for National Security
- Anti-Reflective Meta-Surfaces (ARMS) for High-Power Lasers
- Arbitrary Control and Characterization of Laser Waveforms and Interactions at Picosecond Resolution over Long Record Lengths
- Energy Scaling of Thin-Disk Lasers
- Plasma Photonics: Manipulating Light Using Plasmas
- Short-Pulse Laser Ablation of Energetic Materials for Threat Object Interrogation
- Germanium Photodiode Arrays for Hard X-Ray Imaging
- The Physics of Confined Laser Ablation and Its Applications
- Photonic Transceivers for Secure Radio Frequency Communications and Radar
- Improving the Performance and Efficiency of Diode-Pumped, High-Power Lasers
- Using Nanoparticle Sol Gels to Prepare Custom, High-Purity Optical-Fiber Preforms
- Optical Sampler for Broad-Spectrum Sensing
- Assessment of Laser-Damage Performance of Meta-Surface Material to Enable High-Speed Laser Beam Control
- Time-Resolved Two-Dimensional Streak Camera
- Nuclear, Chemical, and Isotopic Science & Technology
- Nucleosynthesis for Science and Security
- Uncovering the Origins of the Solar System with Cosmochemical Forensics
- The Origins of Matter on Near-Exascale Supercomputing
- An Alternative Rare-Event Detector
- Probabilistic Modeling for Nuclear Fission and Heavy-Ion Collisions
- Developing Photonuclear Experimental Capabilities for Nuclear Science and Security
- The Next Breakthroughs in Neutrino Physics
- Laying the Foundation for a Predictive Theory of Electroweak Nuclear Phenomena
- Toward the World's First Nuclear Clock
- Building a Predictive Fission-Rate Model
- Micro-Resonators for Compact Optical Sensors
- Development of Novel Ligand-Based Systems to Study the Chemical Properties of the Transactinides
- Beta Decay at the Limits of Nuclear Stability: Integrating Ab Initio Calculations and Kinematically Complete Measurements
- Nuclear Reaction Theory for Astrophysics and Laboratory Applications
- Investigating the Site of the Weak Rapid Neutron Capture Process
- Developing a Radiochemical Method to Measure Thermonuclear Detector Cross Sections
- A Simple Search for Sterile Neutrino Dark Matter
- Establishing Hands-On Astrophysics at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Connecting Nuclear Structure to Stellar Astrophysics: Neutron Skin in Tin Isotopes
- Using Moderately Volatile Elements to Understand the Origin of the Earth-Moon System
- Proliferation of Interstellar Plutonium into the Solar System
- Discovering the Nature of Neutrinos: How Nuclear Theory Will Advance This Grand Endeavor
- Using Isotope Probing of Microbe-Microbe Interactions to Determine the Fate of Carbon and Impacts on Climate Change
- Constraining the Origin of Earth's Water with Isotope Tracers in Astromaterials
- Nuclear Threat Reduction
- Pioneering Stable Isotope Signatures of Nuclear Proliferation
- Modeling Nuclear Cloud Rise and Fallout in Complex Environments
- Additive Manufacturing of Post-Detonation Surrogate Debris Reference Materials
- Experimental Determination of the Uranium-239 Neutron Capture Reaction by Measurement of Uranium-240 by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
- Probing Photon Fusion for New Physics at the Large Hadron Collider Using Proton Tagging
- Deployable, Automated Chemistry-on-a-Chip Platform for Nuclear Forensics
- Rapid Laser Processing of Nuclear Debris
- Efficient, Portable Radioxenon Collection for Nuclear Test Monitoring
- Short-Pulse Interrogation for Detection of Special Nuclear Materials
- Nuclear Weapons Science
- Quantifying Uncertainties of Microscopic Nuclear Theories
- Flash X-Ray Computed Tomography for Three-Dimensional Characterization of Explosive Performance
- Development of a Low-Cost High-Throughput Ejecta Drive
- Learning-Based Predictive Models: A New Approach to Integrating Large-Scale Simulations and Experiments
- Examining an On-the-Fly Movable Boundary Capability for Simulations of Unsteady High-Speed Aerothermodynamic Flows
- Space Security
- Positioning, Navigation, and Timing with High-Accuracy Astrometry
- Next-Generation Search for Solar Axion Dark Matter with the International Axion Observatory
- Design and Optimization of Compact Multi-Mission Telescopes
- A Search for Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Dark Matter
- Integration of Quantification of Margins and Uncertainties Methodology into Parallel Discrete Event Simulator Framework
- Tunable Optoelectronic Materials for Next-Generation Infrared Detectors
- Photonic-Software-Defined Radio
- Instrumenting a Fleet of Small Satellites for Monitoring the Earth's Upper Atmosphere
- Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
- Archives
- FY2018
- Overview
- Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
- Exploratory Research
- A Design Platform for Electrochemical Conversion of Carbon Dioxide
- A Diamond Total-Internal-Reflection Photoconductive Switch
- Building Computerized Tomography Tools for Precision Additive Manufacturing
- Electrodeposition of Gradient-Density Metal Films from Ionic Liquids
- Film Growth Dynamics During Pulsed Sputter Deposition
- Functional Photoresists for Energy Applications
- Influence of Process Parameters and Alloy Composition on Crack Mitigation in Selective Laser Melting
- In Situ Diagnostics for Accelerated Fabrication and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials
- Materials Informatics for Synthesis, Optimization, and Scale-Up of Advanced Materials
- Mesoscale Crystal Architectures
- Optimizing Engineered Flow-Through Electrodes for Energy Applications
- Parallel Two-Photon Polymerization for Sub-Micrometer Additive Manufacturing
- Porous Metals via Ice Templating
- Quantum Levitation of Fuel Capsules for Inertial-Confinement Fusion
- Rapid Closed-Loop Control of Additive Manufacturing with Machine Learning
- Three-Dimensional Bio-Printed Microenvironments for Studying Cancer Metastasis
- Understanding Material Strength Variabilities and Uncertainties for Component Qualification
- Feasibility Studies
- An Adaptable Network-Based Method for Bonding Plastics
- Bridging the Material Modeling Gap Between Research and Design
- Carbons with Designed Chemistry and Porosity
- Material Logic
- Multiscale Model for Chemical Degradation of Materials
- Solid Nanoadhesives for Precision Assembly
- Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing for Reactive Metals
- Lab-Wide Competitions
- Metallopolymers as an Emergent Class of Materials for Additive Manufacturing of Graded Density Gold Foams
- Construction of Solar Cells from Colloidal Nanocrystals through Electrophoretic Deposition
- Directly Probing Spin Fluctuations in Quantum Spin Liquids with X-Ray Free Electron Lasers
- Unraveling Force Chains and Failure in Granular Materials
- Nanometer-Particle Colloid Capsule Composites
- Strategic Initiative
- Exploratory Research
- Bioscience and Bioengineering
- Exploratory Research
- A Computational Approach to Improve Prediction of Off-Target Drug Binding Using Membrane Bilayer Effects
- A Handheld Medical Diagnostic Device for Harsh Environments
- An Experimental Platform and Model for Tumor Growth and Response to Therapeutics
- Bioprinting Breast Cancer In Situ to Study Cell Communication in Disease Progression
- Characterizing Host–“Pathogen Immunity Gut–“Brain Interactions
- Computational Design of Broadly Neutralizing Vaccines for Highly Mutable Pathogens
- Construction of Genetic Sense-and-Respond Modules to Detect Viral Infection
- Detection of Upwind Pathogens Using Aircraft and Ground Stations
- Engineering a Therapeutic Microbe for Infection-Site Delivery of Encapsulated Antimicrobial Peptides
- Longitudinal Monitoring of Ribonucleic Acid Content of a Live Cell with a Nanotube Pore Interface
- Microbial Characterization of Combat-Patient Wounds to Improve Healing
- Multimodal Learning on Big Brain Data
- Optical Interconnect for High-Density Neural Signals
- Stable Isotope Probing and Viromics: Quantifying Virus-Host and Carbon Cycling Dynamics in Soil with Isotope-Targeted Metagenomics
- Synthetic Biology and Computational Modeling for Prediction of Viral Virulence
- The Engineered Micro-Sensor Array
- Feasibility Studies
- Lab-Wide Competitions
- A Machine Learning System to Guide Clinical Procedures in Real-Time
- Catching Villains: Finding Single Cells Responsible for Cancer Drug Resistance and Metastasis
- Innate Persistence of Human Immune Memory T Cells
- Investigating the Role of Innate Immunity in Viral Encephalitis Caused by Rift Valley Fever Virus
- Nanometer-Scale, Particle-Based Immunotherapy for Cancer Treatment
- Protein Factory on a Chip for Rapid Therapeutics
- Rapid Detection of Candidates for Vaccines Against Biothreat Agents
- Real-Time Exhaled Breath Analysis for Biosecurity and Biomedicine
- The Mechanochemical Genesis of Prebiotics
- Toward Artificial Neurons: Biomimetic Signal Propagation in Synthetic Nanochannel Systems
- Strategic Initiative
- Exploratory Research
- Chemical and Biological Countermeasures
- Cybersecurity and Cyber–Physical Resilience
- Directed Energy
- Earth and Atmospheric Science
- Exploratory Research
- Advancing Measurements and Understanding of the Rate and Structure of Atmospheric Warming
- Detection and Attribution of Climate-Driven Impacts on Crop Fields
- Integrating Climate Simulations and Paleontology Data to Constrain California Drought Risks
- Measuring Atmospheric Gas Using Small Satellites
- Probabilistic Predictions and Uncertainty Estimation for Radiological and Nuclear Effects Modeling
- Uncovering the Origins of the Solar System with Cosmochemical Forensics
- Lab-Wide Competitions
- Exploratory Research
- Energy and Resource Security
- Exploratory Research
- Accelerated Discovery of Advanced Combustion Fuels
- Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy of Liquids at Liquid-Solid Interfaces
- Fiber-Optic Acoustic Sensors for Geophysical Applications
- Fullerene-Grafted Graphene as an Electrical Energy Storage Material
- High-Fidelity Fracture Model for Hydraulically Fractured Shale Reservoirs
- Feasibility Studies
- Lab-Wide Competitions
- Exploratory Research
- Forensic Science
- High-Energy-Density Science
- Exploratory Research
- A High-Fluence, High-Energy X-Ray Source Using Laser–“Plasma Instabilities
- A Short-Pulse, Laser-Driven Particle Beam Capability
- Accurate Temperature Determination from X-Ray Diffraction and Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Measurements
- An Optical Interferometry Diagnostic for Hohlraum Plasma Characterization Experiments on the National Ignition Facility
- Defining the Direction of Nuclear-Plasma Interaction Research at the National Ignition Facility
- Effects of Magnetic Fields on Transport in Laser-Driven Ponequilibrium Plasmas
- Effects of Pressure-Induced Ionization Potential Depression on Material Properties
- Exploring Deuterium-Tritium Gas-Filled Hohlraums as a High-Field Neutron Source
- Exploring Laser-Produced Relativistic Pair Plasma Jets
- Extending Laser-Driven X-Ray Sources to High-Energy-Density Science Facilities
- Foams in Hohlraums
- High-Fidelity Kinetic Modeling of Plasmas in Z-Pinch and Pulsed-Power Configurations
- High-Pressure Thermal Conductivity of Iron
- Hybrid Drive on the National Ignition Facility
- Imaging Dynamics of Defects Far from Equilibrium
- Improving Density Functional Theory for Warm Dense Matter
- In Situ Probes of Granular Media Under Compression
- Investigation of Ultrahigh-Pressure Phase Transitions in Metals with a Toroidal Diamond Anvil Cell
- Kinetics of Incipient Stages of Phase Transitions
- Measuring Astrophysically Relevant Reaction Rates in a High-Energy-Density Laboratory
- Measuring the Asymptotic Behavior of Self-Generated B Magnetic Fields in a Hohlraum Geometry
- Metal Ejecta: Transport, Interaction, and Recollection
- Metallic Helium at Extreme Density Inside Giant Planets and White Dwarf Stars
- Microphysics Studies of Hohlraum Dynamics
- New Quantum Simulation Capability for Ultrahigh-Temperature, High-Energy-Density Science
- Next-Generation Hohlraums for High Coupling Efficiency
- Numerical Simulations of Dust-Grain Collisions with Interstellar Spacecraft
- Pressure Ionization in Ultra-High-Density Plasmas
- Probing Liquid Phases and f-Electron Systems at the Dynamic Compression Sector
- Probing the Interface Stability of Implosions
- Quantum Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Electronic Transport in Nonlinear Regimes
- Simulating Magnetized Particle Dynamics in Z-Pinch Plasmas
- Simulations of Interpenetrating Plasmas
- Study of Iron K-Alpha Spectra in a Compact X-Ray Atmosphere
- Study of Kinetic Plasma Dynamics and Field Degradation in Inertial Confinement Fusion
- The Design of a Solid-State Streak Detector
- Understanding Plasma Divertor Detachment in Fusion Power Reactors
- X-Ray Optics Solutions for Studying Mesoscale Science
- Feasibility Studies
- Exploratory Research
- High-Explosives Physics, Chemistry, and Material Science
- High-Performance Computing, Simulation, and Data Science
- Exploratory Research
- Advanced Adaptive Optics Algorithms for Astronomical and X-Ray Applications
- Algebraic Multigrid Preconditioners for Scalable Simulation of Reservoir Geomechanics and Multiphase Flow
- Computational Framework for Data Assimilation and Uncertainty Management of Large-Dimensional Dynamics Models
- Deep Multitask Learning for Predictive Oncology
- Dependency Resolution for High-Performance Computing Software
- Detecting Data Races in High-Performance Computing
- Failure Recovery Abstractions for Large-Scale Parallel Applications
- High-Dimensional Spectral-Sampling Techniques
- Improving Simulation Workflows: A Data Analytics Approach
- In-Memory Associative Indexing: An Approach to Efficient High-Performance Computing
- Integration of Quantification of Margins and Uncertainties Methodology into Parallel Discrete Event Simulator Framework
- Methods for Explainable Artificial Intelligence
- Modeling Spatial and Temporal Coupling in High-Contrast Laser Grating Compressors
- Modeling Thermal and Quantum Magnetic Fluctuations in Correlated Materials
- Multiple-Rate Integrators for Differential Equations
- Projection-Based Model Reduction with Applications in Transport and Hydrodynamics Simulation
- Real-Time Decision Making in Swarm Situations Using Belief Networks
- Robust Decentralized Signal Processing and Distributed Control of Autonomous Sensor Networks
- Selective Removal of Ions from Aqueous Solutions
- Simulation of Biased Random Walks in an Asynchronous Graph Framework
- The Development of High-Order Interface Tracking Schemes for the Simulation of Multiphase Flows
- Topology Optimization of Multifunctional Materials
- XPlacer: Extensible and Portable Optimizations of Data Placement in Memory
- Feasibility Studies
- Lab-Wide Competitions
- Strategic Initiative
- Exploratory Research
- Lasers and Optical Science and Technology
- Exploratory Research
- Active Adaptive Control of High-Energy, High-Repetition-Rate, Short-Pulse Lasers
- Anti-Reflective Meta-Surfaces for High-Power Lasers
- Arbitrary Control and Characterization of Laser Waveforms and Interactions at Picosecond Resolution over Long Record Lengths
- ARCHER: Advanced Radiographic Capability–High Energy and Resolution
- Energy Scaling of Thin-Disk Lasers
- Enhanced Surface Laser-Damage Resistance of Nonlinear Crystals
- HDRScope--The High Dynamic-Range Oscilloscope
- Laser Beam Propagation Through Deep Turbulence
- Mechanisms of Pulsed-Laser Ablation, Damage, and Failure in Various Classes of Materials
- Minimizing Absorption on Optical Surfaces of Gas Lasers
- Planar Ceramic Light Guides for Solar Concentrators and Laser Amplifiers
- Plasma Photonics: Manipulating Light Using Plasmas
- Science of Finishing of Novel Optical Materials
- Technologies for High-Energy, Short-Pulse Laser Systems Beyond the Kilowatt Barrier
- Feasibility Studies
- Lab-Wide Competitions
- Strategic Initiative
- Exploratory Research
- Nuclear, Chemical, and Isotopic Science & Technology
- Strategic Initiative
- Exploratory Research
- An Alternative Rare-Event Detector
- Developing Photonuclear Experimental Capabilities for Nuclear Science and Security
- Laying the Foundation for a Predictive Theory of Electroweak Nuclear Phenomena
- Nucleosynthesis for Science and Security
- Probabilistic Modeling for Nuclear Fission and Heavy-Ion Collisions
- The Next Breakthroughs in Neutrino Physics
- The Origins of Matter on Near-Exascale Supercomputing
- Feasibility Studies
- Additive Manufacturing of Post-Detonation Surrogate Debris Reference Materials
- Beyond Binary Reactions: A Generalized Microscopic R-Matrix Theory with Two- and Three-Particle Asymptotic Configurations
- Feasibility of Low-Energy Nuclear Physics Research Using Livermore Capabilities and Beams at Other Facilities
- Micro-Optical Gas Sensors
- Lab-Wide Competitions
- Building a Predictive Fission-Rate Model
- Development of Integrated Systems for Discovering the Chemical Properties of the Heaviest Elements
- Event-by-Event Determination of Antineutrino Direction
- Modernizing the Fission Basis
- Probing Photon Fusion for New Physics at the Large Hadron Collider Using Proton Tagging
- Towards the World's First Nuclear Clock
- Nuclear Threat Reduction
- Exploratory Research
- Feasibility Studies
- Experimental Determination of the Uranium-239 Neutron Capture Reaction by Measurement of Uranium-240 by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
- Short-Pulse Laser Ablation of Energetic Materials for Threat Object Interrogation
- Vapor-Phase Spectroscopy of High-Explosives Chemistry with Tritium and Depleted Uranium
- Nuclear Weapons Science
- Exploratory Research
- Deformation Mechanisms in Body-Centered Cubic Metals at High Pressures and Strain Rates
- Direct Measurement of Mass-Temperature Distributions in the Core of Implosions on the National Ignition Facility
- Emerging Radiography and Potential Diagnostic Applications
- Flash X-Ray Computed Tomography for 3D Characterization of Explosive Performance
- High-Order Finite Elements for Thermal Radiative Transfer on Curved Meshes
- Inferring Nuclear Fireball Properties from Experimental Data
- Quantifying Uncertainties of Microscopic Nuclear Theories
- Feasibility Studies
- Development of a Low-Cost High-Throughput Ejecta Drive
- Exploratory Design Study Towards the First Plasma-Electron Screening Experiment
- Feasibility of Predicting the Characteristics of the Ultraviolet, Visible, and Infrared Emissions from a Nuclear Explosion
- Flexible Nondestructive Inspection for Multilayer Metallic Structures
- Exploratory Research
- Space Security
- Exploratory Research
- A Search for Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Dark Matter
- Decoding the X-Ray Cipher of the Universe in the Laboratory
- Design and Optimization of Compact Multi-Mission Telescopes
- Image Analysis for Dark Energy and Space Surveillance Applications
- Next-Generation Search for Solar Axion Dark Matter with the International Axion Observatory
- Positioning, Navigation, and Timing with High-Accuracy Astrometry
- Feasibility Studies
- Exploratory Research
- FY2017
- Overview
- Advanced Materials and Manufacturing
- Advanced Synthesis and Characterization Techniques for Ultrahard Film Growth
- Microstructure Evolution During Rapid Solidification: In Situ Characterization and Mesoscale Modeling
- Accelerated Development of Multiscale Materials
- Rational Design and Optimization of Additively Manufactured Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Composites
- Manipulating Optical and Electromagnetic Properties Through Hierarchical Metamaterials
- X-Ray Pump-and-Probe Experiments with a Free-Electron Laser
- Freeze-Drying Aerosols: A Facile Route to Metal Particles with Nanometer-Scale Pores
- Building Computerized Tomography Tools for Precision Additive Manufacturing
- Materials Informatics for Synthesis, Optimization, and Scale-Up of Advanced Materials
- Mesocrystal Architectures
- Simulating X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Experiments for High-Energy-Density Science
- Parallel Two-Photon Polymerization for Sub-Micrometer Additive Manufacturing
- Radiation Processes in Nanometer-Scale Foams
- Coating Hollow Objects with Uniform Low-Density Films
- Electron-Beam-Induced Deposition of Boron Films
- Directed Assembly of Block Copolymers for Optical Metamaterials at Visible Wavelengths
- Enhanced Coherence for Quantum Sensing and Simulation
- Understanding Material Strength Variabilities and Uncertainties for Component Qualification
- Quantum Levitation of Fuel Capsules for Inertial-Confinement Fusion
- In Situ Diagnostics for Accelerated Fabrication and Manufacturing of Advanced Materials
- Electrodeposition of Gradient-Density Metal Films from Ionic Liquids
- Film Growth Dynamics During Pulsed Sputter Deposition
- A Diamond Total-Internal-Reflection Photoconductive Switch
- Discrete Polycrsytal Plasticity Simulator Mid Career Award
- Effects of Surface Defects on the Catalytic Activity of Semiconductors for Charge-Transfer Reactions in Liquids
- Three-Dimensional Fabrication by Tomographic Holographic Lithography
- Direct Ink Writing of Bulk Metallic Glasses
- Material Logic
- Additive Manufacturing of Nanometer-Scale Porous Metals
- Nanometer-Particle Colloid Capsule Composites
- Bioscience and Bioengineering
- Analysis of a Metabolically Engineered Microbial Consortium for Optimal Production of Biofuels
- Unraveling the Burkholderia Pathogen Infection
- Engineering Bacterial Cell-Like Compartments as Platforms for Synthetic Biology
- Characterizing Host-Pathogen Immunity Gut-Brain Interactions
- Modeling Tissue Membranes
- Simultaneous Peripheral Nerve Stimulation and Gastrointestinal System Monitoring
- A "Peacock" Platform for Recording Cardiac Tissue Force
- Enhancing Nitrogen Uptake in Sustainable Biofuels with Microbes
- Engineering a Therapeutic Microbe for Infection-Site Delivery of Encapsulated Antimicrobial Peptides
- Microbial Characterization of Combat-Patient Wounds to Improve Healing
- Three-Dimensional Bio-Printed Microenvironments for Studying Cancer Metastasis
- Using Population Genomics to Improve Genome Editing
- Engineered and Instrumented 3D Tumor-Immune Model System
- Investigating the Role of Innate Immunity in Viral Encephalitis Caused by Rift Valley Fever Virus
- Nanometer-Scale, Particle-Based Immunotherapy for Cancer Treatment
- An Investigational Platform of the Human Brain for Understanding Complex Neural Function
- Chemical and Biological Security
- Development of a Virtual Human Heart to Predict the Pharmacology of Novel Drugs
- The Engineered Micro-Sensor Array
- Modeling Mutagenic Chain Reactions in Natural Ecosystems
- Approaches for Calibrating Agent-Based Models to Data
- Biosensors for Sensitive and Cost-Effective Detection of Uranium Contamination
- Synthetic Biology and Computational Modeling for Prediction of Viral Virulence
- Learning Interactions in Complex Biological Systems
- Computational Design of Broadly Neutralizing Vaccines for Highly Mutable Pathogens
- Real-Time Exhaled Breath Analysis for Biosecurity and Biomedicine
- Cyber Security, Space, and Intelligence
- All-Source Data Fusion for Detecting and Monitoring Threats on a Global Scale
- Integrated Physics-Based Noise Modeling of Qubit Devices
- Image Analysis for Dark Energy and Space Surveillance Applications
- Decoding the X-Ray Cipher of the Universe in the Laboratory
- Forensic Science of Genetically Variant Peptides
- Next-Generation Search for Solar Axion Dark Matter with the International Axion Observatory
- Measuring Atmospheric Gas Using Small Satellites
- Real-Time Decision Making in Swarm Situations Using Belief Networks
- A Search for Intermediate-Mass Black Hole Dark Matter
- Large-Scale Multimodal Deep Learning for Nuclear Nonproliferation Analysis
- Earth and Atmospheric Science
- In Situ Probes of Granular Media Under Compression
- Uncovering the Origins of the Solar System with Cosmochemical Forensics
- Fiber-Optic Acoustic Sensors for Geophysical Applications
- Probabilistic Predictions and Uncertainty Estimation for Radiological and Nuclear Effects Modeling
- Antropogenic radionuclide transient tracers: Model diagnostics and timescales of the redistribution of heat and carbon by the ocean.
- Unraveling Force Chains and Failure in Granular Materials
- Improving Subsurface Fluid Characterization by Coupling Seismic and Electromagnetic Phenomena
- Energy and Climate Security
- Dynamic Stimulation of Geologic Resources
- Decomposition Methods for Power Grid Optimization
- Increasing Capacity of Flow-Through Electrode Capacitive Desalination with Phased Charging
- Accelerated Discovery of Advanced Combustion Fuels
- High-Fidelity Fracture Model for Hydraulically Fractured Shale Reservoirs
- A Quantitative Methodology for Measuring Cyber Risk to Critical Infrastructure
- A Flue-Temperature Carbon Dioxide Separation Membrane
- Fullerene-Grafted Graphene as an Electrical Energy Storage Material
- Integrating Climate Simulations and Paleontology Data to Constrain California Drought Risks
- Planar Ceramic Light Guides for Solar Concentrators and Laser Amplifiers
- Detection and Attribution of Climate-Driven Impacts on Crop Yields
- A Quantitative Methodology for Measuring Cyber Risk to Critical Infrastructure
- Large-Scale Energy Storage in the Earth
- Optical Fibers for Water Treatment
- Printed Biocatalysts for Natural Gas Upgrading
- Hierarchical Nanometer-Scale Porous Copper Flow-Through Electrodes for Efficient Carbon Dioxide Reduction
- Applying Inverse Sheath Theory to Plasma–Surface Interactions in Magnetic Fusion and Space Plasmas
- High-Energy-Density Science
- Melting and Solidification in Multicomponent Materials: Constraints on the Search for Habitable Planets
- Quantum Simulations for Strongly Correlated Materials with High Atomic Numbers
- X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Science for High-Energy-Density Experiments
- Creation and Study of Ultrahigh-Energy-Density Matter Using Nanometer-Scale Structured Targets
- Advanced Fusion Target-Capsule Concepts
- Coupling Monte Carlo Neutral and Fluid Plasma Models for Edge Simulation in Magnetic Fusion
- Collisionless Shock Formation in Laser-Generated Plasma Streams
- New Quantum Simulation Capability for Ultrahigh-Temperature, High-Energy-Density Science
- Extending Laser-Driven X-Ray Sources to High-Energy-Density Science Facilities
- Exploring Laser-Produced Relativistic Pair Plasma Jets
- Kinetics of Incipient Stages of Phase Transitions
- Understanding Plasma Divertor Detachment in Fusion Power Reactors
- Effects of Pressure-Induced Ionization Potential Depression on Material Properties
- Effects of Magnetic Fields on Transport in Laser-Driven Nonequilibrium Plasmas
- The Design of a Solid-State Streak Detector
- Investigation of Ultrahigh-Pressure Phase Transitions in Metals with a Toroidal Diamond Anvil Cell
- A Short-Pulse, Laser-Driven Particle Beam Capability
- An Optical Interferometry Diagnostic for Hohlraum Plasma Characterization Experiments on the National Ignition Facility
- High-Pressure Thermal Conductivity of Iron
- Study of Iron K-Alpha Spectra in a Compact X-Ray Atmosphere
- Simulations of Interpenetrating Plasmas
- Measuring the Asymptotic Behavior of Self-Generated 'B' Magnetic Fields in a Hohlraum Geometry
- Metallic Helium at Extreme Density Inside Giant Planets and White Dwarf Stars
- Probing the Interface Stability of Implosions
- Numerical Simulations of Dust-Grain Collisions with Interstellar Spacecraft
- A High-Fluence, High-Energy X-Ray Source Using Laser–Plasma Instabilities
- Measuring Astrophysically Relevant Reaction Rates in a High-Energy-Density Laboratory
- Foams in Hohlraums
- Next-Generation Hohlraums for High Coupling Efficiency
- Identification and Analysis of Temperature Gradients in X-Ray Spectroscopic Data
- Thermal Conductivity Measurements in Convergent Geometry
- High-Performance Computing, Simulation, and Data Science
- Integrated Mesoscale Approach for Predicting Ionic Conductivity in Solid Electrolytes
- New Computational Methods for Scalable Genome Variation Discovery
- Acceleration of Ptychographic Microscopy Reconstruction
- Algorithm for First-Principles Molecular Dynamics of Metals at Extreme Scales
- Failure Recovery Abstractions for Large-Scale Parallel Applications
- Predictive Models Based on Disjointed Feature Sets for Applications in Biomedicine and Cyber Security
- Validating Large Fluid-Dynamics Simulations of Complex Geometries with Three-Dimensional Printing
- In-Memory Associative Indexing
- Modeling Spatial and Temporal Coupling in High-Contrast Grating Compressors Utilizing High-Performance Computing
- Computational Framework for Data Assimilation and Uncertainty Management of Large-Dimensional Dynamics Models
- Topology Optimization of Multifunctional Materials
- Multimodal Learning on Big Brain Data
- Improving Simulation Workflows: A Data Analytics Approach
- High-Dimensional Spectral-Sampling Techniques
- Detecting Data-Races in High-Performance Computing
- Simulation of Biased Random Walks in an Asynchronous Graph Framework
- Multiple-Rate Integrators for Differential Equations
- Rapid Closed-Loop Control of Additive Manufacturing with Machine Learning
- Advanced Adaptive Optics Algorithms for Astronomical and X-ray Applications
- Exploring Laser Directed-Energy Lethality and Vulnerability
- Robust Decentralized Signal Processing and Distributed Control of Autonomous Sensor Networks
- Optimizing Application Performance in Multi-Constraint Computing Environments
- Discovering Phase Behavior of Materials Interfaces with Evolutionary Algorithms
- Variable Precision Computing
- Computational Design Automation
- Inertial Fusion Science and Technology
- Lasers and Optical Science and Technology
- Single-Shot Optical Recorder with Picosecond Resolution and Nanosecond Record Length
- Next-Generation Films for High-Performance Optoelectronics Applications
- Compton-Scattering X-Ray Generation from Compact X-Band Accelerators
- Mechanisms of Pulsed-Laser Ablation, Damage, and Failure in Various Classes of Materials
- Efficient, High-Power Mid-Infrared Laser for National Security and Scientific Applications
- Active Adaptive Control of High-Energy, High-Repetition-Rate, Short-Pulse Lasers
- HDRScope-The High Dynamic-Range Oscilloscope
- Laser Beam Propagation Through Deep Turbulence
- Improved Coupling of Laser Energy to Targets
- Extreme Nonlinear Optics of Plasmas
- Fabrication of Functionally Graded Optical Components Using Additive Manufacturing
- Enhanced Surface Laser-Damage Resistance of Nonlinear Crystals
- Science of Finishing of Novel Optical Materials
- Technologies for High-Energy, Short-Pulse Laser Systems Beyond the Kilowatt Barrier
- Optically Safer, Power-Scalable Laser Systems for Defense Applications
- Advanced Laser Diode Packaging
- New Framework to Prevent Catastrophic Damage to Laser Diodes
- A Compact High-Power, Radio-Frequency Directed-Energy Source
- ARCHER: Advanced Radiographic Capability–High Energy and Resolution
- Plasmonic Control of Short Pulses in Optical Fibers
- Advanced Multilayer Systems for National Security
- Nuclear, Chemical, and Isotopic Science and Technology
- Answering Fundamental Physics Questions with the Neutrino
- Neutrino Science with a Kiloton-Scale Water Detector
- Tracking Water through the Critical Zone to Assess Drought Vulnerability
- New Physics from Collisions at the Large Hadron Collider
- Inferring Nuclear Fireball Properties from Experimental Data
- Nucleosynthesis for Science and Security
- Using Short-Lived Cosmogenic Isotopes to Determine the Age of Underground Tunnels
- Radon Collection for Electric Dipole Measurements
- Measurement of Uranium Decay Rates to Advance Nuclear Forensics Chronology
- The New Frontier of Nuclear Science: Nuclear Reactions and Radiochemistry at the National Ignition Facility
- The Origins of Matter on Near-Exascale Supercomputing
- An Alternative Rare-Event Detector
- Probabilistic Modeling for Nuclear Fission and Heavy-Ion Collisions
- Feasibility of Low-Energy Nuclear Physics Research Using LLNL Capabilities and SARAF Beams
- Achieving the Ultimate Sensitivity for Dark Matter Detectors
- Modernizing the Fission Basis
- Development of Integrated Systems for Discovering the Chemical Properties of the Heaviest Elements
- Event-by-Event Determination of Antineutrino Direction
- Stockpile Stewardship Science
- Precision Gamma-Ray Signatures for Long-Lived Radioactive Nuclei
- A Dense-Plasma Focus Device as a Compact Neutron Source
- Application-Driven Research into Multiscale Modeling of Laser-Plasma Interactions
- Single-Shock Platform for Activation Studies with a Prompt Source of Fast Neutrons
- Transport and the Equation of State for Asymmetric Plasma Mixtures
- Self-Consistent, Three-Dimensional Calculations of Electromagnetic Pulse Propagation
- Controlling Detonative Phenomena with High-Explosives Material Architecture
- Deformation Mechanisms in Body-Centered Cubic Metals at High Pressures and Strain Rates
- Prebiotic Self-Assembly Reactions in Astrophysical Icy Materials
- Characterizing Carbon Nucleation in Shocked Energetic Materials
- Multispectral X-Ray Computed Tomography
- Modeling Thermal and Quantum Magnetic Fluctuations in Correlated Materials
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