Welcome!

The Cosmological Simulation Group at the University of Illinois studies the formation and evolution of structures such as globular clusters, galaxies, and clusters of galaxies. We use advanced computational methods such as adaptive mesh refinement to solve numerically the equations describing the behavior of matter, magnetic and gravitational fields, and radiation in cosmological settings. We make extensive use of parallel computers in carrying out and analyzing simulations, particularly at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). As part of NCSA's Cyberapplications and Communities Directorate, we also develop cyberinfrastructure tools to support astrophysical simulation.

Our work is funded by:

• NASA Earth and Space Sciences Fellowship
• DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
• UIUC/NCSA faculty startup funding
• Los Alamos National Laboratory Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics and LDRD program
• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers)
• NASA XMM Guest Observer Facility (past)
• NASA Computational Technologies Project, Round III Grand Challenge (past)