Strategic Intents of GECO

•Computational hub for finding new ways to meet the energy needs of our society

• Energy node for Front Range high performance computing

Intended Impacts:
– Advance energy research
– Attract large scale funding
– Foster education in high performance computing
– CSM leadership in Front Range HPC

Major Research Topics

1: Locate/Develop Existing Resources

• Improve physicality of solid earth models
• Better local characterization of fluid dynamics in reservoirs
• Simulate nucleation and growth of hydrates

2: Advance Environmental Stewardship

• Simulate climate/energy scenarios
•Quantify CO2 trapping, isolation and immobilization mechanisms at depth

3: Design New Materials

•Identify optimized molecular structures for ion conduction
•Quantify entanglement dynamics for ultracold atoms in optical lattices

4: Pursue Renewable Resources

•Identify mechanism by which cellulose-degrading enzymes act
•Quantify band bending and charge transfer between POM and substrate