AHPCRC Summer Institute 2009
The inaugural AHPCRC Undergraduate Summer Institute in Computational Science and Engineering was held at Stanford University from June 22 to August 14, 2009. Participants included 16 undergraduate students from five universities. Seventeen Stanford professors, research associates, postdocs, and graduate students served as instructors and mentors. This institute represents a key part of the AHPCRC mission: to foster the education of the next generation of scientists and engineers—including those from racially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds—in the fundamental theories and best practices of simulation-based engineering sciences and high performance computing. Students, mentors, and research topics are as follows:
• Alex Sabatini (Stanford). Mentors: David Amsallem, Charbel Farhat. "Flutter prediction for the F-16 Block 40"
• Ricardo Medina (NMSU). Mentors: Charbel Bou-Mosleh, Charbel Farhat. "Micro Air Vehicle Modeling"
• Samir Patel (Harvard). Mentors: Charbel Bou-Mosleh, Charbel Farhat. "The Aerodynamic Analysis of a Damaged Wing"
• Kalesanmi Kalesanwo (Morgan State). Mentors: Paolo Massimi, Charbel Farhat. "Higher Order Scattering on Submerged Objects"
• Brandon Moultrie (Morgan State), Caraline Murphy (NMSU). Mentors: David Powell, Charbel Farhat. "Modeling Differing Structural Fabric Designs for Use in Ballistic Shields"
• Emilio Lopez and Andres Morales (Stanford). Mentors: Cris Cecka, Eric Darve. "Sparse Matrix Solvers for Multi-Core and Parallel Platforms"
• Daniel Shaffer (Stanford). Mentors: Branislav Kusy, Martin Wicke, Leonidas Guibas. "Automated Calibration of Camera Networks"
• Kevin Thompson (NMSU). Mentors: Sungpack Hong, Kunle Olukotun. "Full Cache Coherency on an FPGA-based Accelerator"
• Richard Gutierrez (NMSU), Edgar Padilla and Essau Ramirez (UTEP). Mentors: Zach Devito, Pat Hanrahan, Eric Darve. "Mesh Visualization Tool"
• Michael Hammersley (Stanford). Mentors: Chris Weinberger, Sylvie Aubry, Wei Cai. "Characterization of High-Strength Nano-scale Gold and Aluminum"
• Abraham Chukwuka (Morgan State). Mentors: Sylvie Aubry, Wei Cai. "Thermal Conductivity of GaN Nanowires"
• Stacey Oriaifo (Morgan State). Mentors: Sylvie Aubry, Wei Cai. "Highly Anisotropic Iron in Fusion and Nuclear Power Plants"