Engineering Research Equipment Grant: 386 Microcomputer

工艺设计是确定最佳的互连， 处理单元以及单元的最佳类型和设计 包括该系统。 在设计中涉及到许多任务 包括确定稳态热量和材料的程序 平衡。 PI的研究涉及计算机模拟和 优化这个过程。 这笔设备赠款将为PI提供资金，以购买386 微型计算机被用作他研究中的一个硬件部件。 具体来说，计算机将用于 (1)促进项目开发和沟通， 超级计算机上的化学过程模拟器的性能，以及（2） 探索计算之间的适当混合和交换 个人计算机级和超级计算机级。

Process design is the determination of the optimal interconnection of processing units as well as the optimal type and design of the units comprising the system. Many tasks are involved in the design procedure including determination of steady state heat and material balances. The PI's research involves computer simulation and optimization of this procedure. This equipment grant will supply funds for the PI to purchase a 386 microcomputer to be used as one hardware component in his research. Specifically, the computer will be used to (1) facilitate program development and communication in improving the performance of a chemical process simulator on a supercomputer,and (2) explore the appropriate mix and interchange of computations between the personal computer level and the supercomputer level.