Education and Outreach
AHPCRC fosters 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.
We are now taking applications for the 2012 AHPCRC Summer Institute, an 8-week program for undergraduate students, held at Stanford University. The Summer Institute provides training and hands-on experience in the use of computational techniques for science and engineering students with a curriculum of short courses in computational engineering methods concentrating on structural mechanics, fluid dynamics, and computer programming for parallel clusters. Students gain research experience working with one of the AHPCRC research groups at Stanford University. Download the announcement and application form below (pdf documents).
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| Summer Institute Flyer | Summer Institute Application Form |
AHPCRC Summer Intern ProgramIn summer 2010, six students became the first cohort of AHPCRC summer interns at the Army Research Laboratory’s Adelphi and Aberdeen campuses in Maryland. These interns worked side-by-side with computational scientists and engineers from the Army Research Laboratory, Stanford University, and High Performance Technologies, Inc., on problems with direct relevance to Army research objectives. Three students from the 2010 AHPCRC Summer Institute went on to become interns in 2011, working at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Computational and Information Sciences Division at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD. Their project reports were published in the AHPCRC Bulletin, Vol. 3 No. 2. |
AHPCRC Summer Institute in Computational Science and Engineering2011 Summer Institute students and projects (see also the AHPCRC Bulletin, Vol. 3 No. 2) 2010 Summer Institute students and projects (see also the AHPCRC Bulletin, Vol. 2 No. 2) 2009 Summer Institute students and projects 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. (Read more...) |
NMSU Pre-Freshman Engineering ProgramThe Pre-Freshman Engineering Program (PREP) located on the campus of New Mexico State University (NMSU) in Las Cruces, New Mexico recruits pre-college students with a history of academic achievement for a six-week, academically intense, summer program with the goal of preparing them for careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Courses including logic, algebraic structures and physics stimulate students' interest in higher mathematics and science. Problem solving sessions equip them with the necessary tools and develop the enthusiasm to complete pre-calculus and calculus during high school. Through Friday field trips and Career Awareness Seminars, the students meet and interact with professionals who instill the vision and passion to become the scientific leaders of tomorrow. Participants may begin the program as early as sixth grade, and attend for three years prior to college entrance. Although PREP is open to everyone, the program focus is on female and minority populations traditionally underrepresented in the STEM fields. (Read more...) |
HRID Program Begins
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Morgan State Academy of ComputingIn the Fall of 2007, Morgan State University (Baltimore, Maryland) established an Academy in Computing, which introduces pre-college students to real-world problems and challenges that can be address through high-performance computing tools and techniques. This ten-week program hosted an initial cohort of 50 students on Saturdays, giving them exposure to computer-related applications relating to current events. Example topic areas include weather prediction, global climate change, homeland security, space technology, and genetic manipulation. (Read more...) |
AHPCRC Summer Education Program at UTEPThe 2009 AHPCRC Education Program at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) aims to increase the number of middle-school students capable of and interested in technical subjects by equipping middle-school teachers of mathematics and their students with appropriate motivating examples of the usefulness of mathematical concepts and by providing both the teachers and students with interactive computational technologies that can be used to refine associated mathematical knowledge and skills. In some cases different instances of an example are encapsulated in a computational tool, while in other cases the examples stand by themselves and can be, if desired, paired with computational tools. (Read more...) |
Stanford EPGYThe Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY) Summer Institutes is a residential program for academically talented and motivated middle-school and high-school students, providing them with the opportunity to study advanced topics in subject areas not normally taught in their schools. In addition to enriching and accelerating their academic pursuits through engaging and challenging courses, these students are immersed in a social environment with others from across the country and around the world who share their academic interests and abilities. Students leave the program with a sense of academic accomplishment, new friends, and fond memories of a wonderful time spent at Stanford University. (Read more...) |
ExciTES Project at UTEPThe University of Texas at El Paso recently completed its three-week residential program for high-school juniors. Of the 24 students who attended, 42 percent were females. All students completed the full program. The ExciTES Summer Institute encourages students from the El Paso/Ciudad Juarez region to use their knowledge, imagination, and creativity and apply it to traditional math and science problems. All the activities are structured within team environments. ExciTES participants engaged in a number of hands-on and thematic modules centered on these disciplines. (Read more...) |