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'All-hands' Meeting

The Louisiana Cyberinfrastructure and Science Drivers Symposium took place on Friday, August 22, 2008 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The symposium included presentations from RII project participants, CyberTools WorkPackages demonstrations, and a graduate student poster competition. The meeting was attended by approximately 110 individuals, including the project's five External Review Board members. More info.
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Louisiana EPSCoR RII Graduate Students

Photo Akturk, Ismail
Work Package 1
Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering
Center for Computation and Technology
Louisiana State University
+1 225 578 7658
akturk AT cct.lsu.edu
He received a B.S.(2007) degree in Computer Engineering from Dogus University in Turkey. He started a graduate study in Electrical and Computer Engineering department at LSU in Fall 2007. He is currently involved in PetaShare project.

Photo Alapati, Raghava
BioTransport (Transport Processes)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Louisiana State University
+1 225 733 0130
alapatiraghava AT gmail.com
Raghava Alapati is Graduate Student in Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University. His research interest is computational biology and he is working on Molecular Dynamic Simulations of lipid bilayer. He is using LONI computers for his work.

Photo Amatya, Vinay C.
Work Packages 1 & 3
Department of Computer Science
Center for Computation and Technology
Louisiana State University
vamatya AT cct.lsu.edu
Vinay is a PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at LSU. He is also involved in the Cybertools Group, Work Package 1. He obtained his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. His research interests are Grid Computing, System Dynamics and Collaborative Learning Environments.

Photo Bahsi, Emir Mahmut
Work Package 1
Department of Computer Science
Center for Computation and Technology
Louisiana State University
+1 225 3284982
embahsi AT gmail.com
Emir Mahmut Bahsi has received his bachelor's degree in computer science at Fatih University in Istanbul, Turkey, in June 2006. In his undergraduate studies he has implemented a web-based apartment management system and this work became his thesis and entitled as "Apartment Building Management Web Application." He joined LSU to pursue a master's degree in August 2006. At LSU he has studied and performed research in the area of high performance computing and grid computing. He has focused on grid workflow management systems and collected his work in his thesis as: "Dynamic Workflow Management for Large Scale Scientific Applications."

Photo Balman, Mehmet
Work Package 1
Department of Computer Science
Center for Computation and Technology
Louisiana State University
balman AT cct.lsu.edu
Mehmet received his BS(2000) and MS(2005) in Computer Engineering from Bogazici University, Turkey. He started PhD in Computer Science at Louisiana State University in August 2005. Mehmet's research interests include data placement and job scheduling in widely distributed environments.

Photo Bhagawaty, Harsha
Transport Processes
Department of Computer Science
Center for Computation & Technology
Louisiana State University
harsha09 AT cct.lsu.edu
Harsha received his Bachelors degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India in June 2007. After that, he spent a semester studying as a graduate student at Lehigh University, Pennsylvania. He then stated off pursuing his Masters in Systems Science program at LSU in the Spring-2008 semester. In Summer-2008, he started working with Dr.Nathan Brener of his department on the "Environmental Transport" project. He is currently working with Dr. Nathan Brener, Dr. Sitharama Iyengar and Dr. Gabrielle Allen on the same project. His research interests include Data Grids and Scientific Computing.

Photo Chakraborty, Promita
Work Package 1
Department of Computer Science
Center for Computation and Technology
Louisiana State University
+1 225 505 6782
promita AT cct.lsu.edu
Promita Chakraborty is a graduate research assistant of the Center for Computation & Technology at Louisiana State University and a PhD student in LSU's Department of Computer Science. She earned her MS from LSU in System Science (computational biology) in Summer 2007. Promita's research interests are in the field of computational biology and also in building human-computer interaction tools for biology. To meet that goal, she is studying grid computing, high performance computing, and also tangible interfaces. She had been using LONI for her work in MS project, and thereafter.

Photo Choi, Junseo
Biosensor Development
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Center for BioModular Multi-Scale Systems
Louisiana State University
+1 225 578 4595
jchoi7 AT lsu.edu
Junseo Choi is a graduate research assistant of the Center for BioModular Multi-Scale Systems at Louisiana State University and a PhD student in LSU's Department of Mechanical Engineering. He earned his MS from Kyunghee University (Republic of Korea) in Chemical Engineering in Spring 2006. He is interested in studying free-standing polymer membrane with nanopore for biological molecules detecting.

Photo Dharmasiri, Udara
Biosensor Development
Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University
udharm1 AT lsu.edu
Udara Dharmasiri is a graduate research assistant in Soper research group and a PhD student in Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University. He earned his BS degree with honors from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Later, he obtained a MS degree in analytical chemistry from the Post Graduate Institute of Science at University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. Udara's research interest is utilization of aptamers as biorecognition element for prostate cancer diagnosis.

Photo Dubbaka, Swathi Laxmi
Work Package 1
Department of Computer Science
Center for Computation and Technology
Louisiana State University
sdubbaka AT cct.lsu.edu
Dubbaka earned her Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from JNT University,India. She is currently pursuing her Masters in Computer Science in Louisiana State University. She is currently employed as a Graduate Assisstant with Dr.Gabrielle Allen and Daniel S Katz.

Photo Emory, Jason
Biosensor Development
Department of Chemistry
Center for BioModular Multi-Scale Systems
Louisiana State University
+1 225 578 7709
jemory1 AT lsu.edu
Jason Emory is a graduate research assistant and a PhD student in LSU's Department of Chemistry. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a Master of Science in Chemistry from UNC Charlotte in 2001 and 2004 respectively. Jason's research intrests are in the field of flourescence spectroscopy with a focus on single molecule detection of molecular beacons as biomarkers. These goals are being meet by designing and building new modular genosensor systems and the supporting instrumenation.

Photo Gilmanov, Timur
BioTransport (Transport Processes)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Louisiana State University
tgilma AT lsu.edu
Timur Gilmanov is a PhD student with the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He obtained a BS degree in Summer 2007 from Kazan State University, Russia. Since Spring 2008 he is involved in solving problems of biomechanics at the EPSCOR project. His research interests are computational approaches in biomechanics, including theory of membranes and Flow-Structure Interaction(FSI) problems. To achieve the objectives of his research he is studying numerical methods for solving continuum mechanics equations and high-performance computing. He has been using LONI for his research in since he came to LSU in 2008.

Photo Hamlington, Katharine
Biosensor Development, Transport Processes
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Tulane University
+1 504 862 3374
khamling AT tulane.edu
Kate Hamlington is a biomedical engineering Ph.D student at Tulane University. She received her BSE in biomedical engineering from Tulane as well. Kate works with Dr. Donald Gaver in computational fluid dynamics and is currently working on methods to compute flow fields around complex geometric obstructions.

Photo Harhad, Farid
Work Package 3
Department of Computer Science
Center for Computation & Technology
Louisiana State University
fharhad AT cct.lsu.edu
Farid is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science. He has also joined the CFD-IGERT program. He obtained his bachelor's degree in Computer Science from LSU with a minor in Mathematics. His research interests are Scientific Visualization, Computational Fluid Dynamics, and Human-Computer Interaction. His faculty advisors are: Dr. Bijaya Karki, Dr. Brygg Ullmer, Dr. Sumanta Acharya, and Dr. Werner Benger.

Photo Kalghatgi, Prasad
BioTransport (Transport Processes)
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Louisiana State University
+1 225 578 0589
prasad AT cct.lsu.edu
Prasad Kalghatgi is a PhD student in LSU's Department of Mechanical Engineering. He completed BS from Visveshwaraiah Technological University in 2003. His interests are Computational Fluid Dynamics and he is currently involved in developing CFD modules for CFDToolkit.

Photo Kankamedala, Senaka
Biosensor Development
Department of Engineering
Institute for Micromanufacturing
Louisiana Tech University
+1 318 607 7716
skk011 AT latech.edu
Senaka Kanakamedala received the B. Tech degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Jawaharlal Technological University, Hyderabad, India, in 2006 and is currently working towards the PhD. Degree program in Engineering at Louisiana Tech University. His current research interests include design and fabrication of micro/nano electronic devices and microfluidic devices for sensor applications.

Photo Kim, Namwon
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Center for Bio-Modular Multiscale Systems
Louisiana State University
+1 225 578 4412
nkim1 AT lsu.edu
Namwon Kim is a graduate research assistant of the Center for Bio-Mudular Multiscale Systems at Louisiana State University and a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering, LSU. He received his B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering from Kangwon National University, South Korea, in 1998. He was with Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea from 1997 to 2001 as an Auto-Parts Developing Engineer. His research interests include multiphase flows in polymer microfluidic systems. He is working on experimental investigations of gas-liquid and liquid-liquid two-phase flows for bio-analytical chip applications.

Photo Korobkin, Oleg
Work Package 4
Department of Physics
Louisiana State University
+1 225 578 1218
korobkin AT cct.lsu.edu
Oleg graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with a degree in applied physics and mathematics. The subject of his diploma was computing spectrum of semiconductor nanowires. Currently he is pursuing Ph.D. in physics under supervision of Dr. Manuel Tiglio. Oleg started working at CCT in February 2006 as a member of numerical relativity group, and right now he is working on initial data for new generalized harmonic formulation of Einstein's equations. Another project, which he is doing at CCT with Dr. Burak Aksoylu from Maths department, is application of space and space-time finite elements in general relativity.

Photo Lee, Tae Yoon
Biosensor Development
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Center for BioModular Multiscale System
Louisiana State University
tlee15 AT lsu.edu
Tae Yoon Lee is a graduate research assistant of the Center for BioModular Multiscale System at Louisiana State University and a Ph.D. Student in LSU's Department of Mechanical Engineering. Tae Yoon's research interests are in the field of lab-on-a-chip (LOC) or micro-total-analysis-system for mutation detection. To build up a system, he has applied engineering principles and used engineering tools to his studies.

Photo Natarajan, Rathika
Transport Processes
Department of Computer Science
Louisiana State University
rnatar1 AT lsu.edu
Rathika Natarajan is an alumna of the Department of Computer Science, Louisiana State University. She earned her MS from LSU in Systems Science in Summer 2008. Rathika's research interests are Evacuation Models for Transportation Analysis, Intelligent Transportation Systems and GIS based Modeling. Her MS project was based on Evacuation Modeling and she is now involved in working for OREMS.

Photo Natesan, Vignesh
Work Package 3
Center for Advanced Computer Studies
University of Louisiana Lafayette
vignesh AT lite3d.com
Vignesh Natesan is a graduate research assistant at Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) with interest in the field of Computer Graphics, Database Management System and Operating System.

Photo Njoroge, Samuel K.
Biosensor Development
Department of Chemistry
Louisiana State University
+1 225 454 2469
snjoro1 AT lsu.edu
Samuel is a PhD student at Louisiana State University, Chemistry Department. He has been working as a graduate student since the fall of 2006. In the spring and summer semesters of 2007, Samuel worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in Chemistry Department. His research is on DNA Fingerprinting for Forensic Studies under the supervision of Dr. Steven A. Soper. Currently, he is working as a research assistant in Dr. Soper Lab. Samuel's country of origin is Kenya. He received his BS in Chemistry and Physics from Moi University, Eldoret in Kenya.

Photo Park, Taehyun
Biosensor Development
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Center for BioModular Multi-Scale Systems
Louisiana State University
+1 225 578 4412
lsumems AT gmail.com
Taehyun is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University.

Photo Pillert, Jerina
Biosensor Development, Transport Processes
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Tulane University
+1 504 247 1910
jpillert AT tulane.edu
Jerina Pillert is a biomedical engineering Ph.D student at Tulane University. She received her B.S. in physics and computer engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Jerina currently works with Dr. Donald Gaver on projects related to computational fluid dynamics and pulmonary mechanics.

Photo Ramet, Celine
Biosensor Development
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Center of Bio-Modular Multi-scale Systems
Louisiana State University
+1 225 278 3014
cramet1 AT lsu.edu
Celine Ramet has been a graduate research assistant and a MS student in Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University since Fall 2006. Celine's research is on creating a micro-fluidic cycler based on electrokinetic forces-called Electrophoretron- to be used as a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) cycler. Her work combines electroosmotic and electrophoretic velocity measurements (close to PCR conditions), as well as design, optimization and realistic simulations of the device.

Photo Rojas, Ana
Work Package 4
Department of Physics
Louisiana State University
+1 225 578 8441
arojas1 AT lsu.edu
Ana received her undergraduate degree in physics at the Universidad Nacional de Cordoba on September 2001. She is currently a graduate student in the department of Physics & Astronomy since June 2002, and joined the CCT on June 2006. Ana works in ab-initio simulations of protein folding. She uses the molecular dynamics technique to predict the folding pathway of oligomeric proteins.

Photo Shetty, Nikhil
Work Package 3
Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE)
Center for Advanced Computer Studies (CACS)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
nikhil AT lite3d.com
Nikhil is pursuing his PhD in Computer Science. His primary areas of interest are systems-programming/development/engineering, machine learning and HPC in Scientific computing/visualization. His research goal is to develop an adaptive/distributed/unified systems framework for HPC in scientific computing and visualization. Dr. Cruz-Neira is his PhD advisor.

Photo Stamou, Katerina
Work Package 2
Center for Computation and Technology
+1 225 578 8049
kstamou AT cct.lsu.edu
Katerina is a research scientist with interest and professional experience in the field of Grid computing emphasizing to security and portals/lets technology. Katerina has joined CCT as an Intern with the prospective to continue for Graduate Studies. Prior to this, she has been working in Parallel Data Center of Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden for the OMII-EU project. Katerina's major scientific interest touches the areas of parallel programming and numerical analysis.

Photo Suslu, Ibrahim H
Work Package 1
Department of Computer Science
Center for Computation and Technology
Louisiana State University
+1 225 578 2818
ihsuslu AT cct.lsu.edu
Ibrahim H Suslu is a PhD student in computer science at LSU. He has completed bachelor's in computer technology at Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey. He has also completed master in computer science at Southern University, Baton Rouge. He has worked for Southern University, Computer Science Department as a System Manager for five years. He is working for CCT as a research assistant since spring 2007. His research interests are grid computing, distributed data movement and also networking.

Photo Thanakornworakij, Thanadech
Work Package 1
Computational Analysis and Modeling
Louisiana Tech University
no_on17 AT hotmail.com
Thanadech Thanakornworakij is a graduate assistant and PhD student in Computational Analysis and Modeling program at Louisiana Tech University. He earned MS from King's Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Thailand. His research interests are in High performance computing and Grid computing.

Photo Toole, Cornelius
Work Package 3
Department of Computer Science
Louisiana State University
corntoole AT cct.lsu.edu
Cornelius is a doctoral student within the Computer Science Department. He completed Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Computer Science at Jackson State University respectively in 2003 and 2005 and started here at the LSU/CCT Fall 2005. Currently Cornelius is investigating brokering techniques to help manage distributed visualization applications as part of the Enlightened Project. He is also working with the Tangible Visualization Group to find ways to apply brokering and other distibuted computing concepts to support co-located, computer-supported, collaborative use of tangible interaction devices in scenarios such as remote visualization and teleconference sessions. His research interests include visualization, human computer interfaces, distributed computing and design.

Photo Tummala, Sirish
Work Package 1
Department of Computer Science
Louisiana State University
sirish AT cct.lsu.edu
Sirish graduated from CCT/CS department at LSU with a Masters degree in Summer 2008. During his masters he worked on the SCOOP project to enable Wavewatch III and ADCIRC workflow management systems. He also implemented a Prioritized Workflow Scheduling system for the project. He has now started with the HPC group for LONI as IT analyst 2 working on Grid Services and Portal Developemt. He plans to pursue his research study in future.

Photo Wang, Xinqi "Jack"
Work Package 1
Department of Computer Science
Center for Computation & Technology
Louisiana State University
xinqiwang AT cct.lsu.edu
Wang Xinqi got his BS from Taiyuan University of Technology in 2002, he then worked in financial sector for about two years. Since 2004, he has been a graduate student in Taiyuan University of Technology, Wang Xinqi became a member of the CCT in January, 2007, he is currently working under Prof.Tevfik Kosar as a PHD student, his research includes data intensive distributed and grid computing.

Photo Yildirim, Esma
Work Package 1
Department of Computer Science
Center for Computation and Technology
Louisiana State University
+1 225 578 7511
esma AT cct.lsu.edu
Esma has received her BS degree from Fatih university and MS degree from Marmara University Computer Engineering Departments in Istanbul, Turkey. She worked for one year in Avrupa Software Company for the Development of ERP Software. She also worked as a Lecturer in Fatih University Vocational School until 2006. She is currently in Louisiana State University as a Phd student in Computer Science since August 2006. She is working for CCT as a graduate research asistant. Her research interests are Distributed Computing, Web technologies and Sofware Engineering.

Photo You, Byoung Hee
Biosensor Development
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Louisiana State University
byou1 AT lsu.edu
Byoung Hee You was born in Taegu, South Korea. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Yeungnam University in 1994 and 1996, respectively. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering at Louisiana State University. His research interests are in the areas of micromolding, kinematic design, tolerance analysis, microassembly and microsystem technologies.