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Contacts:
Eugene M. DeLoatch, Dean
School of Engineering, Principal Investigator, deloatch@eng.morgan.edu
Dorothy Funches Russell, HPCSI Director, russell@eng.morgan.edu
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High
Performance Computing Summer Institute
The Alliances
for Minority Participation Program of Morgan State Unviersity provides
education and hands-on experience in high performance computing technologies
and applications. Since 1994, the program has been held during an eight
week period for minority undergraduate students at Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Students are selected from applicatons
received throughout Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virgina as
well as students from HBCUs in other areas of the country.
Goals of
the Program
The purpose
of this program is to introduce minority undergraduate students to state-of-the
art hardware and software in high performance computing. The objective is
to provide for minority participation in high peformance computing and its
associated technologies. Furthermore, students are encouraged to seek advance
degrees in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics. Other goals are to
advance the development and application of high performance computing technology
in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics by minority students. Participants
in the program have included majors in chemistry, computer science, engineering
(civil, electrical, industrial), mathematics, and physics.
Program
Description
The program
consist of an eight week education and training program held each summer
for undergraduate minorities. An intensive 3-week training course in high
performance computing and team research projects are the main focus of the
program. The training course includes lectures on parallel computer architectures,
languages and programming techniques, algorithms, networking technologies,
and applications. The students have hands-on experience with high performance
computers (Cray J90, Cray C90, and workstations).
Students
are matched to mentors and research projects based on their majorss. They
give oral presentations, write technical papers, and give a final oral
presentation at a symposium at the end of the program. Research topics
for this year included: Modeling and Computer Simulation of Gas and Particle
Flows in the Freeboard of Advanced Fluidized Bed Combustor (FBC) under
Swirling Flow Conditions, Field Behavior of Electromagnetic Engery: An
Analysis of Energy Reflection and Transmission at an Interface, Three-Dimensional
Semiconductor Simulations, Analysizing Nuclear Gamma Resonance Spectroscopy
Data, and the Internet and Its Use in Education.
Funding
Funding for
this program has been provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
under an Alliances for Minority Participation Award with additional funding
from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland.
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