Drs. King and Taylor are currently working on various applications of genetic algorithms as an optimization tool in image processing. They are also working on computational applications of wavelets.

Their current project is associated with NASA's Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) data from the Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) mission. Check out the article "The Fury of Space Storms" in the April 2001 issue of Scientific American written by James L. Burch

Dr. Oelgoetz's primary interests are in the field of computational atomic and molecular physics. His current projects all revolve around predicting the properties of plasmas from first principles (starting with the fundamental quantum mechanics of the electrons and ions in the plasma, solving coupled collisional-radiative atomic rate equations, and finally using those results to calculate the quantity of interest, usually spectra). This work has applications to a number of fields, including astronomy & astrophysics, renewable energy (fusion reactors), laser science, and the lighting industry.