Acquisition of a Linux Cluster to Support College-Wide Research & Teaching Activities

CTS-0521602S。马奎特大学Goldsborough这笔赠款是为了资助购买一个Linux集群，用于马奎特大学两所学院的跨学科研究和教学活动。该系统是一台高性价比的分布式内存位并行计算机，由48个节点通过千兆位网络互连而成。这将大大增强工程学院和艺术与科学学院目前的计算能力，使许多重要的跨学科课题得以研究，包括基础研究和应用研究。例如：均质充气压缩点火燃烧、流体动力稳定性和冲击物理、生物医学传输现象、平流层臭氧形成和电机驱动故障表征和预测。未来的主题还可能包括大型结构系统的极端负载(例如地震)、抗生素对核糖体蛋白质合成的影响、燃料电池中的运输、分子量子计算机、生物信息学、大气流体动力学、力引导的自动化组装以及圆柱体-圆柱体交叉处的爆炸过程。除了这些研究活动外，这台机器还将作为几个研究生和本科课程的组成部分，以及在科学/高性能计算、集群管理/操作和并行/分布式编程等领域对学生进行教学和培训。该系统还将作为地区初中生的招生工具，并将向SWE、NSBE和SHPE等学生组织提供使用该系统的机会，以丰富他们的教育经验。

CTS-0521602S. Goldsborough, Marquette UniversityThis grant is to fund the acquisition of a linux cluster to be used for interdisciplinary research and teaching activities across two colleges at Marquette University. The system is a cost-effective, distributed memory 64-bit parallel computer consisting of 48 nodes inter-connected by Gigabit networking. It will be a significant increase in the computing power currently in place within the Colleges of Engineering and Arts & Sciences, allowing a number of important cross-disciplinary topics to be investigated, including both fundamental and applied studies. Examples include: homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion, hydrodynamic stability and shock physics, biomedical transport phenomena, stratospheric ozone formation, and electric motor drive fault characterization and prediction. Future topics may also include extreme loading of large structural systems (e.g. earthquakes), antibiotic effects on ribosomal protein synthesis, transport in fuel cells, molecular quantum computers, bioinformatics, atmospheric fluid dynamics, force guided automated assembly and burst processes in cylinder-cylinder intersections. In addition to these research activities, this machine will be used as an integral component for several graduate and undergraduate courses, as well as for teaching and training students in areas such as scientific/high-performance computing, cluster management/operation, and parallel/distributed programming. The system will also be used as a recruiting tool for area middle and high school students, and use of the system will be offered to student organizations such as SWE, NSBE and SHPE to enrich their educational experience.