Instrumentation for the Computational and Engineering Sciences
Abstract
Major Goals: Building on exceptionally strong, complementary and closely interwoven research and extensive collaborations, the goals of this project were two-fold: i) upgrade to an existing computational infrastructure for the STEM disciplines and the Computing and Visual Systems laboratory at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) in support of research and educational activities in nationally recognized, computationally driven research programs across the following multiple areas: Development of novel nanomaterials and application of these materials in advanced optoelectronic devices; Low-to-medium energy nuclear and hypernuclear few-body physics; Intelligent systems and robotics; Computational drug development; and Genomics research; ii) increase productivity and expansion of the ongoing research programs to facilitate NCCUs transformation into a research intensive university with established doctoral programs across STEM disciplines Accomplishments: Through this award, a SGI UV300 computing platform was acquired. A 40-seat laboratory is equipped with Linux based PCs and a laboratory equipped with a gridiron platform with 5 cameras and 40 Swarm R-Ones swarm robot assembled from parts. This acquisition of a high end computing infrastructure is beginning to impact the STEM departments, CREST, NASA-URC Centers, BRITE, and BBRI Institute. More than 25 faculty, 12 post doctorates and indirectly about 75 graduate and several undergraduate students in STEM who are directly involved in the high-end computations have access to further allow for more advanced research and creating of new opportunities, especially for young faculty and graduate students and their theses. The CREST Computational Center is already making a significant impact on the university undergraduate and graduate STEM academic programs and student and faculty development and its success is moving NCCU closer to its institutional goal of becoming a research intensive university.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 30, 2017
- Accession Number
- AD1066536
Entities
People
- Alade Tokuta
- Branislav Vlahovic
- Donghyun Kim
- Igor Filikhin
- Marvin H. Wu
- Ravasamudram Uma
- Vladimir Suslov
- Xinyu Huang
Organizations
- North Carolina College