2010 Grant Balance - Swansea University

本次招标的重点是为工程学院内的一些EPSRC重点研究领域提供战略支持。这是由于EPSRC邀请使用EPSRC拨款的未用余额来支持大学内的战略研究领域。确定了四个方面：(1)。在计算工程背景下为高性能计算提供桥梁支持；(2)(3)连接XL30钨源扫描电子显微镜-服务合同：以及(4)INCA到Aztec edX软件和系统的升级，以包括Energy 350的能力。第一个组件支持强大的计算工程研究小组从现有的基于集群的系统过渡到大学最近采购的新的IBM HPC系统，并对斯旺西基于有限元的计算研究的所有方面产生影响，包括航空航天、民用、机械、化学、医疗、水、纳米和先进材料。第二，与计算流变学小组的一位关键研究人员的过渡支持有关。第三项是为XL30扫描电子显微镜的服务合同搭建桥梁，第四项是更新先进的仪器设备，用于材料和纳米研究领域的尖端材料表征。该设备用于颗粒检测、分析和分级、钢夹杂物分析以及薄膜成分和厚度的测量。

This bid is focussed on the strategic support of a number of EPSRC focussed research areas within the College of Engineering. This is as a result of an invitation by EPSRC to utilise the unspent balances on EPSRC grants in support of strategic research areas within the University. Four areas have been identified :(1). Bridging support for High Performance Computing in the context of Computational Engineering; (2). Bridging Funds in Computational Rheology;(3) Bridging XL30 Tungsten Source Scanning Electron Microscope - Service Contract: and (4) INCA to Aztec EDX Software and Systems upgrade to include the Energy 350 capability.The first component supports the transition of the powerful computational engineering research groups from the existing cluster based systems to the new IBM HPC systems recently procured by the University and impacts upon all aspects of finite element based computational research at Swansea including Aerospace, Civil, Mechanical, Chemical, Medical, Water, Nano and Advanced Materials. The second, relates to bridging support of a key researcher in the Computational Rheology group. The third to Bridging the service contract on the XL30 Scanning Electron Microscope and the fourth to updating the advanced instrumental facilities for sophisticated materials charaterisation in both the Materials and Nano research areas. This equipment is used for Particle Detection, Analysis and Classification, Steel Inclusion Analysis, and the Measurement of composition and thickness of thin films.