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AGS Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences |
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| Initial Amendment Date: | August 22, 2008 |
| Latest Amendment Date: | September 19, 2011 |
| Award Number: | 0821093 |
| Award Instrument: | Standard Grant |
| Program Manager: |
Therese Moretto Jorgensen
AGS Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences GEO Directorate for Geosciences |
| Start Date: | September 1, 2008 |
| End Date: | August 31, 2012 (Estimated) |
| Total Intended Award Amount: | $190,707.00 |
| Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $190,707.00 |
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4900 MERIDIAN STREET NW NORMAL AL US 35762-7500 (256)372-8186 |
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4900 MERIDIAN STREET NW NORMAL AL US 35762-7500 |
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Major Research Instrumentation, STC Integrative Partnrshps Adm, EPSCoR Co-Funding |
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| Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
| Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.050 |
ABSTRACT
The team will construct a computational physics cluster at Alabama A&M University (AAMU), a historically black land grant institution, to allow leading edge work in solar physics and space weather modeling. The team will build a sixteen-node computer cluster, such that each node includes a pair of 64-bit quad-core processors and Myrinet high-speed interconnect capability. The cluster will also have 9 TeraBytes of mass storage in a Level 5 RAID array connected to a head node, as well as associated support equipment. The principal investigators will include four high-end workstations to perform 2D and 3D visualizations using model output.
Members of the AAMU Physics Department are partners of the Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling (CISM), a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center headed by Boston University. These personnel are involved in validation activities for integrated space weather models being developed by CISM. Also, two members of the team are young faculty members, as well as specialists in solar physics modeling.
The AAMU Physics Department has formed the first research group among HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) institutions to offer advanced degrees in space physics to minority students. The cluster will provide a unique facility for research, allowing the Department to provide advanced training in computational physics and to strengthen its unique space science research program. This high performance computational system will also be used by students and faculty of other research departments at AAMU, such as the Department of Plant and Soil Science, the Department of Chemistry, and the Department of Engineering.
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