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## Education PlanLab InteractionsJayathi MurthyPurdue University

- Education PlanLab InteractionsJayathi MurthyPurdue University

## Undergraduate:
Freshmen-level introductory course on modeling and simulation (ENG103)‏
Undergraduate research (SURF)‏
Advanced technical electives
Graduate: 
Advanced courses on predictive modeling and simulation 
Research workshops 
Seminar series
Short courses on HPC, programming

- Freshmen-level introductory course on modeling and simulation (ENG103)‏
- Undergraduate research (SURF)‏
- Advanced technical electives
- Graduate:
- Advanced courses on predictive modeling and simulation
- Research workshops
- Seminar series
- Short courses on HPC, programming

- Education Plan

**Objective**: Significantly increase literacy/interest of US students in modeling and high-performance computing.

- Upcoming  HPC Workshop
- September 2008
-  Introduction to HPC
-  Fundamentals of
-   parallel processing
-  MPI
-  Hands-on exercises
-    using LAMMPS
-  Guest lectures

## Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN)

- $30M NSF-funded center (since 2002)
- Key NCN participants on PRISM team: Aluru, Murthy, McLennan, Strachan, Koslowski
- Over 760 resources: online simulation tools, courses, presentations, learning modules, podcasts, animations, online meetings
- Over 380 contributors from 180 countries
- Over 26,000 total users that includes over 5,900 simulation users

- http://www.nanohub.org

## New Hubs Online

- _[IndianaCTSI.org](http://www.indianactsi.org/)_ – Anantha Shekhar, IUPUIclinical and translational research in healthcareonline since 10/1/2007 with 1,434 visitors
- _[thermalHUB.org](http://www.thermalhub.org/)_ – Tim Fisher, ME Purdueheat transferonline since 12/6/2007 with 4,029 visitors
- _[pharmaHUB.org](http://www.pharmahub.org/)_ – Rex Reklaitis, ChE Purduepharmaceutical product development and manufacturingonline since 12/11/2007 with 1,411 visitors
- _[GlobalHUB.org](http://www.globalhub.org/)_ – Dan Hirleman, ME Purdueglobal engineering educationonline since 12/17/2007 with 686 visitors
- _[manufacturingHUB.org](http://www.globalhub.org/)_ – John Sullivan, Purdue DPadvanced manufacturing techniquesonline since 5/30/2008
- _[cceHUB.org](http://www.globalhub.org/)_ – Marietta Harrison, Purdue DPcancer care engineeringonline since 6/11/2008

- memsHUB
- cseHUB?

## Computational Science and Engineering (CS&E)

- Interdisciplinary graduate specialization program started in 1995
- Over 50 MS and PhD students and 137 faculty in 2007 including 6 PRISM members
- 14 core courses in HPC architectures, parallel algorithms, programming, and visualization
- Over 60 relevant CSE courses in disciplines ranging from computational biology to nuclear engineering
- Require all PRISM graduate students to take specialization
- Enrich program with more topical courses

- https://engineering.purdue.edu/CSE

## Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)

- NSF, NIST  and industry funded since 2003
- Summer and year-round paid research:
- 186 SURF students in 2007
- 112 faculty across 21 Engineering and Science
- Pathway to advanced degrees in STEM:
- Over 50% of SURF students apply to grad schools

## Interactions with Labs

- Collaborations in critical areas
- Validation data generation, sample fabrication
- LAMMPS development
- Linear solver development (PetSC)
- Summer students
- Joint participation in short courses, workshops, seminar series
- Thesis committees
- Sabbaticals (Purdue      Labs)