Upgrading Computing Hardware to Support Geoscience Initiatives

这笔赠款为宾夕法尼亚州立大学(PSU)地球科学系内的计算设备升级费用提供部分支持。高端多CPU服务器和联网工作站将允许各种目标研究小组、博士后以及研究生和本科生共享计算资源。该设备将用于在地球科学领域进行广泛的计算机密集研究，包括：旨在阐明大陆地壳和火山管道系统结构的地震学研究；活动板块边缘的地球动力学演化研究；河流侵蚀过程和地貌演变的模拟；盆地沉积过程的模拟；矿物-水界面化学反应和动力学的模拟。***

0001918SlingerlandThis grant provides partial support of the costs of upgrading computational equipment within the Geosciences Department at Penn State University (PSU). High end multi-CPU servers and networked workstations will allow sharing of computational resources by various targeted research groups, postdocs, and graduate and undergraduate students. The equipment will be used for a wide array of compute intensive research in the earth sciences including: seismological research aimed at elucidating the structure of continental crust and volcanic plumbing systems; studies of the geodynamic evolution of active plate margins; modeling of fluvial erosional processes and landscape evolution; modeling basin sedimentation processes; and simulations of chemical reactions and kinetics at mineral-water interfaces. ***