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ACCESS MAGAZINE - SUMMER 2009

Access Magazine, Summer 2009

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Access story: Exciting times as applications are allocated to Blue Waters

Exciting times as applications are allocated to Blue Waters

Excitement starts to build for the Blue Waters sustained petascale computing system as the National Science Foundation announced the first science teams to receive preliminary Petascale Computing Resource Allocations for Blue Waters.

Access story: Power to change everyday life

Power to change everyday life

Tom Lange, director of corporate research and development modeling and simulation and NCSA's newest Private Sector Program partner, Procter & Gamble, shares some key points as well as other thoughts on how high-performance computing impacts not just his work with one of the world's largest corporations, but also U.S. innovation and competitiveness.

Access story: In the wind

In the wind

Reducing wind turbine noise while maintaining performance is a wind industry challenge. Using NCSA's Mercury, a Georgia Tech team is contributing to the solution.

Access story: The perfect pair

The perfect pair

Researchers rely on NCSA's Mercury to overcome a major barrier in shrinking capacitors for microelectronics use.

Access story: Virtual learning space

Virtual learning space

A team led by NCSA's Peter Bajcsy is developing a "tele-immersive environment" that enables people to interact in real time in a shared virtual space. University of Illinois wheelchair basketball players are helping to test the system.

Access story: Getting viral

Getting viral

Some early prospective users of Blue Waters will build computing code for global epidemic models.

Access story: Hydrogen harvest

Hydrogen harvest

A computational approach and NCSA resources help MIT researchers better understand the process of manufacturing hydrogen.

Access story: A radioactive topic

A radioactive topic

Materials used for radioactive-waste storage must be especially resilient. NCSA and TeraGrid resources help researchers identify and understand next-generation candidates.

Access story: Moving targets

Moving targets

A research team is using NCSA resources to develop new methods of studying fluid‑structure interaction and modeling of turbulence on moving grids.

Access News & Notes

News & notes

View previous Access Magazine issues from: 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006


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