First Student Open Forum -- A Huge Success!
More than 150 students turned out in freezing temperatures for pizza, pop, and the chance at dozens of door prizes, including an Apple iPod Nano, a Dell All-in-one printer, and the grand prize of a Nintendo Wii -- all in order to have some candid conversations about the computing environment in the College of Engineering. Joined by more than 20 full-time and part-time IT staff in the college, the 60 minute forum featured questions and answers on all topics that affect students who use the College of Engineering's computer laboratories.
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ISU Engineers Use World-Class Computers
- Professor Srinivas Aluru, Electrical and Computer Engineering, in front of "CyBlue", the IBM Blue Gene supercomputer. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergal)
Did you know that engineers at Iowa State University are using one of the most powerful university computers in the nation, and one of the most powerful computers in the world?
Can you imagine a computer that performs as many as 5.7 trillion calculations per second? The IBM Blue Gene super computer, purchased by Iowa State University in January 2006, is only part of the $500 million dollars worth of computing resources available to engineers at Iowa State University.
Operating one of the largest computing networks in the state of Iowa, the College of Engineering, supports instructors, researchers, students, and leadership in developing world-class solutions. Contained within this site you will find information that will help you as you begin to tap into the College of Engineering computing resources available at Iowa State.
