1. Gordon Erlebacher Florida State University
VLAB
Gordon Erlebacher
Florida State University

2. Questions Answered What is VLab? What will VLab accomplish?
An interdisciplinary consortium dedicated to the development and promotion of the theory of planetary materials.
What will VLab accomplish?
Address materials physics and physical chemistry issues of importance to planetary sciences.
Develop and improve first principles simulations methodologies, integrating highly tested first principles software with utility programs, and creating novel human/software interfaces to facilitate and automate time-consuming human tasks.
Develop an educational program to provide training and bridge the gap between mineral physicists and materials theorists.

3. Principal IT Investigators
University of Minnesota
Prof. David A. Yuen : Dept. of Geology and Geophysics
Martin D. Lyness
Prof. Renata Wentzocvitch : Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Dr. Cesar da Silva
Pedro da Silveira
Florida State University
Prof. Gordon Erlebacher : School of Computational Science
Evan F. Bollig
Indiana University
Dr. Marlon Pierce : IU Community Grids Lab
Mehmet Nacar

4. Photographs Renata Wentzcovitch Gordon Erlebacher Marlon Pierce
David A. Yuen
Martin F.
Lyness
Pedro
da Silveira
Evan F.
Bollig
Cesar
da Silva

5. Student Internships Ana Sallstrom (UMN): Workflow Visualization
Javier Roman (UMN): Making Vlab Secure
Frank Lyness (UMN): Remote Visualization, Ajax
Mike Nielson (UMN): Managing Vlab resources using J2EE
Dan Rao (UMN): Potential Repository
Laurie Labadie (FSU): Interactive Datamining of Worflows
Celine Gestas (FSU): Lineplot Visualization

6. This morning’s talks Marlon Pierce (IU) Dave Yuen (UMN)
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Dave Yuen (UMN)
Cesar Da Silver (UMN)