COVID-19 in the Classroom: Simulating the Spread

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COVID-19 in the Classroom: Simulating the Spread

A team led by Rao Kotamarthi at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne) is using supercomputers at DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to study how aerosol viral particles are distributed in a ventilated classroom. Using ORNL’s Summit, the nation’s fastest supercomputer, the team simulated the…

Rachel McDowellFebruary 24, 2022

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Sparks Fly in Marriage of GE’s GENESIS Code and the Summit Supercomputer

General Electric (GE)—a company well-known for its contributions to aviation, power, renewable energy, and more—aims to design gas turbine jet engines that are world leading in efficiency, emissions, and durability. The stakes are high—every few minutes, an airplane carrying one of GE's engines takes off somewhere in the world. Competition…

Rachel McDowellAugust 10, 2020

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Modeling Autoignited Combustion to Drive Engines Forward

It’s no surprise that Rudolph Diesel became a millionaire only 6 short years after he patented the first diesel engine in 1892. When used in cars and trucks, diesel engines can deliver better fuel economy than gasoline engines and can last hundreds of thousands of miles longer. The efficiency of…

Rachel McDowellFebruary 28, 2017

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