Acquisition of a High Performance Central Computing Facility at UCSB

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With support from the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program, the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California in Santa Barbara will acquire a Beowulf cluster. This equipment will enhance research in a number of areas including a) simulation of biomaterial microstructures; b) simulation and interpretation of single molecule spectroscopy experiments; c) field-theoretic computer simulations of polymers and complex fluids; and d) modeling and computation of flow-structure interaction in multi-phase and complex fluids. A cluster of fast, modern computer workstations is vital to serving the computing needs of active research departments. Such a "computer network" also serves as a development environment for new theoretical codes and algorithms, provides state-of-the-art graphics and visualization facilities, and supports research in state-of-the-art applications of parallel processing. These studies will have a significant impact in a wide number of areas, including materials science and physics.