Acquisition of a Linux Cluster to Support College-Wide Research & Teaching Activities

cts - 0521602。Goldsborough， Marquette University这笔拨款用于资助收购linux集群，用于跨Marquette大学两个学院的跨学科研究和教学活动。该系统是一种具有成本效益的分布式内存64位并行计算机，由48个节点组成，通过千兆网络相互连接。这将大大提高目前工程学院和文理学院的计算能力，使许多重要的跨学科课题得以研究，包括基础研究和应用研究。例子包括：均质电荷压缩点火燃烧、流体动力稳定性和冲击物理、生物医学输运现象、平流层臭氧形成以及电动机驱动故障表征和预测。未来的主题还可能包括大型结构系统的极端载荷（例如地震）、抗生素对核糖体蛋白合成的影响、燃料电池中的运输、分子量子计算机、生物信息学、大气流体动力学、力引导的自动组装和圆柱体交叉中的爆裂过程。除了这些研究活动之外，这台机器还将被用作若干研究生和本科生课程的组成部分，以及科学/高性能计算、集群管理/操作和并行/分布式编程等领域的教学和培训学生。该系统还将被用作地区初高中学生的招生工具，并将提供给SWE、NSBE、SHPE等学生组织使用，以丰富他们的教育经验。

CTS-0521602S. Goldsborough, Marquette UniversityThis grant is to fund the acquisition of a linux cluster to be used for interdisciplinary research and teaching activities across two colleges at Marquette University. The system is a cost-effective, distributed memory 64-bit parallel computer consisting of 48 nodes inter-connected by Gigabit networking. It will be a significant increase in the computing power currently in place within the Colleges of Engineering and Arts & Sciences, allowing a number of important cross-disciplinary topics to be investigated, including both fundamental and applied studies. Examples include: homogeneous charge compression ignition combustion, hydrodynamic stability and shock physics, biomedical transport phenomena, stratospheric ozone formation, and electric motor drive fault characterization and prediction. Future topics may also include extreme loading of large structural systems (e.g. earthquakes), antibiotic effects on ribosomal protein synthesis, transport in fuel cells, molecular quantum computers, bioinformatics, atmospheric fluid dynamics, force guided automated assembly and burst processes in cylinder-cylinder intersections. In addition to these research activities, this machine will be used as an integral component for several graduate and undergraduate courses, as well as for teaching and training students in areas such as scientific/high-performance computing, cluster management/operation, and parallel/distributed programming. The system will also be used as a recruiting tool for area middle and high school students, and use of the system will be offered to student organizations such as SWE, NSBE and SHPE to enrich their educational experience.