CC*DNI Campus Design: Northern's Network Expansion for Large Science and Engineering Data Flows

新墨西哥州北部学院(Northern)正在建立一个专门的研究网络Fabric and Science DMZ，即：1)连接多个服务于生物、化学、环境科学和工程的教学和研究实验室；2)提高TB数据集的移动能力和效率。拟议的网络升级使教职员工和学生能够从事高通量数据分析研究。高速交换机允许将数据从存储节点传输到多个实验室，包括分析辐照度和太阳能发电模式所需的太阳能变量；由Northern的Agua并行超级计算机计算的三维对流模拟数据集；以及了解Cajal小体在陆地植物非编码RNA生物发生中的作用所需的TBS核糖核酸(RNA)测序。Northern服务于72%的西班牙裔和11%的美国原住民学生。S最近工程、生物和环境科学专业的发展极大地增加了新墨西哥州北部人获得四年制STEM学位的机会。这个CC*DNI项目代表着缩小STEM教育差距的下一步，STEM教育差距阻止拉美裔美国人和美洲原住民进入STEM职业。拉美裔是美国劳动力中增长最快的种族。实验室设备的远程实验控制功能还解决了居住在偏远山区的学生进入校园的地理挑战，特别是在冬季，并允许开发已知支持少数民族人口学习STEM成功的远程本科生研究经验。

Northern New Mexico College (Northern) is establishing a dedicated research network fabric and Science DMZ that is: 1) connecting multiple teaching and research laboratories serving biology, chemistry, environmental science, and engineering; and 2) improving the capacity and efficiency of moving Terabytes (TBs) of data sets.The proposed network upgrades are permitting faculty and students to engage in high-throughput data analysis research. High-speed switches are allowing TBs of data transfers from storage nodes to multiple labs, including solar energy variables needed to analyze irradiance and solar power generation patterns; data sets of 3-D convection simulation computed by Northern's Aguila parallel Supercomputer; and TBs of ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequencing needed to understand the role of Cajal Bodies in the biogenesis of non-coding RNA in land plants.Northern serves a 72% Hispanic and 11% Native American student population. Northern?s recent development of Engineering, Biology, and Environmental Science programs has greatly increased access to four-year STEM degrees for northern New Mexicans. This CC*DNI project represents the next step in closing the STEM education gap that prevents Hispanics, the fastest growing ethnic group in the nation's labor force, and Native Americans from entering STEM professions. The remote experimental control features to lab equipment are also addressing the geographic challenge of campus access for students living in remote mountain villages, especially during winter months, and is allowing for the development of remote undergraduate research experiences known to support the success of minority populations studying STEM.