The PI is a co-PI in an NFS BIOCOMPLEXITY-PHY 0083653 grant. This
project entitled, Multiscale Simulation of Avian Limb Development, is
a five-year grant that began in September of 2000 involving Notre
Dame, Emory, and New York Medical College for $2,999,320. The PI is
working with three graduate students, two undergraduates, and a
postdoctoral research associate, Dr. Rajiv Chaturvedi, in developing
methodology for multiscale modeling, focusing on algorithms for
reaction-diffusion PDEs. Also the PI is interfacing cellular automata and
a simple form of Navier-Stokes equation, and integrating all of these
parts into a collaboratory for cellular biology. Some of this
technology (GUI, AEOS modules) will be used in PROTOMOL as
well. He has been a co-organizer of two workshops held at Notre Dame
related to the biocomplexity project, one last year and one this year
in November. Results from this research on reaction diffusion PDEs
partially prompted the development of the semi-implicit methodology
proposed here.