Columbia University, New York, NY

Office of Science Program Office/Division and Research

Total
($ in thousands)

• Resistive Wall Modes and Error Field Amplification

• Nonlinear Dynamics of Strong Interchange Instabilities in a Rotating Dipole-Confined Plasma

• MHD Mode Control Research in DIII-D

• High Beta Tokamak Research

• Study of MHD Stability and Active Mode Control in NSTX

• Levitated Dipole Experiment

• Basic Physics of Tokamak Transport and Feedback Control

• Center for Plasma Edge Simulation

• Center for Simulation of Wave Interactions with Magnetohydrodynamics

• Center for Gyrokinetic Particle Simulation of Turbulent Transport in Burning Plasmas

• Stellarator Theory

• Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Studies of the Structure and Chemistry of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Graphite Surfaces

• Laser Dynamic Studies of Photoreactions on Nanostructured Surfaces

• Photochemistry at Interfaces

• Theoretical Studies of Photoactive Molecular Systems:  Electron Transfer, Energy Transport, and Optical Spectroscopy

• Catalytic Applications of H. Transfer from Transitiion-Metal Hydride Complexes

• Metallic Carbon Nanotubes and Silver Nanocrystals

• Collaborative Research: Regional Climate-Change Projections Through Next-Generation Empirical and Dynamical Models

• Low Dose Radiation Cataract

• Mechanistic and Quantitative Studies of Bystander Reponses in 3-D Human Tissues for Low-Dose Radiation Risk Estimation

• Electronics from Nano-Scale Crystals

• Investigation of the Quantum Limit Transport Phenomena in Graphene

• Mapping the Electron Response of Nanomaterials

• Theory of Surface and Interface Physics of Correlated Electron Materials

• Influence of Surface Chemistry and Folding Free Energy on Protein Adsorption

• Use of Nano-Islands (With Dopant and "Co-Dopant") for Improved Doping in Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors

• Theory of Ultra-Dense Matter and the Dynamics of High Energy Interactions Involving Nuclei

• Studying Fundamental Matter with High Transverse Momentum Probes

• Theoretical High Energy Physics

• Towards Optimal Petascale Simulations (TOPS)

• Algorithms for Mathematical Programming with Emphasis on Bi-Level Models

• Catalytic Growth of Molecular-Scale Wiring

• Controlling Structural, Electronic, and Energy Flow Dynamics of Catalytic Processes Through Tailored Nanostructures

• A Symposium "The Radiobiological Basis for Improvements in Radiotherapy and Low Dose Risk Assessment" to be held October 13-14, 2008

• The Adaptive Response, Genetic Haplo-Insufficiency and Genomic Instability

• Cellular Response to Low Dose Radiation: Role of Phosphatidylinositol-3 Kinase Like Kinases

*Total FY08 Funding for Columbia University, New York, NY ($ in thousands):

$9,772