An Undergraduate Workstation Laboratory for Scientific Computing

该项目向低级工科学生介绍最先进的科学计算环境。该环境的关键组件包括两个高性能工作站、一个广泛使用的科学子程序库和一个非常高级的问题解决环境。彩色PostSCRIPT打印机提供最先进的打印功能。科学计算入门课程的设备支持以前包括一台IBM大型机和相连的终端；这一新的仪器扩展了现有的NSF资助的实验室，从而使该课程能够展示解决问题和科学软件开发的现代方法。学生了解现有软件库和系统的功能，然后学习批判性地评估问题，以便识别哪些需要定制设计的软件，哪些可以使用库例程来处理，哪些可以用非常高级的编程语言快速解决。将解决需要不同数量的计算资源的问题，以便学生在选择适当的硬件环境方面获得专业知识。由首席调查员所在机构提供的等额奖金将与此相匹配。

This project introduces lower division engineering students to state-of-the-art scientific computing environment. Key components of this environment include two high-performance workstations, a widely-used scientific subprogram library, and a very high-level problem solving environment. A color PostScript printer provides state-of-the-art printing capability. Equipment support for the introductory course in scientific computing previously consisted of an IBM mainframe and attached terminals; this new instrumentation expands an existing NSF-funded laboratory, thus allowing the course to demonstrate modern methods in problem solving and scientific software development. Students gain a knowledge of the capabilities of existing software libraries and systems and then learn to critically evaluate problems in order to recognize which ones require custom-designed software, which may be approached using library routines, and which may be rapidly solved with a very high-level programming language. Problems requiring varying amounts of computational resources will be solved so that students will acquire expertise in the selection of the appropriate hardware environment. The award is being matched by an equal amount from the principal investigator's institution.