Alliance for Computational Science Collaboration HBCU Partnership at Fisk University. Final Report 2001

Collins, W. E.

Fisk University (United States)

关键词: Training;    Computers;    29 Energy Planning, Policy And Economy;    Black Americans;    Computer Codes;   

DOI  :  10.2172/833869
RP-ID  :  FG02-98ER25367
RP-ID  :  833869

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Computational Science plays a big role in research and development in mathematics, science, engineering and biomedical disciplines. The Alliance for Computational Science Collaboration (ACSC) has the goal of training African-American and other minority scientists in the computational science field for eventual employment with the Department of Energy (DOE). The involvements of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) in the Alliance provide avenues for producing future DOE African-American scientists. Fisk University has been participating in this program through grants from the DOE. The DOE grant supported computational science activities at Fisk University. The research areas included energy related projects, distributed computing, visualization of scientific systems and biomedical computing. Students' involvement in computational science research included undergraduate summer research at Oak Ridge National Lab, on-campus research involving the participation of undergraduates, participation of undergraduate and faculty members in workshops, and mentoring of students. These activities enhanced research and education in computational science, thereby adding to Fisk University's spectrum of research and educational capabilities. Among the successes of the computational science activities are the acceptance of three undergraduate students to graduate schools with full scholarships beginning fall 2002 (one for master degree program and two for Doctoral degree program).