Supercomputing for High Schools: An Innovative Tool for Teachers

Information

• NSF Award
• 9153953

Owner

• MPC INC

• Award Id

  9153953

• Award Effective Date

  5/1/1992 - 32 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  4/30/1995 - 29 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 583,046.00

• Award Instrument

  Continuing grant

The Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center, with the assistance of regional schools, has designed a program to help teachers and students to understand the way in which high performance computing is used by scientists and mathematicians and to strengthen student interest in both science and in the use of computers. A major goal of the project is to help to attract students to careers in the computational sciences. Student-teacher teams will design supercomputer oriented science or mathematics projects and will compete for places in a summer program designed to enhance computer skills and to implement the projects. After the summer sessions, teachers will interact with other teachers at their home sites to disseminate information and techniques and to integrate the project work into the school curriculum. Intensive networking between the teachers, students, sites, and the Supercomputer Center will follow up during the school year. Cost sharing of $235,00 per year for two years amounts to 85% of the amount requested from NSF.

• Program Officer

  Nora Sabelli

• Min Amd Letter Date

  5/22/1992 - 32 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  9/2/1994 - 30 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  MPC Corporation

• City

  Pittsburgh

• State

  PA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  5000 Forbes Avenue

• Postal Code

  152133890

• Phone Number

  4122682091

• First Name

  Ralph

• Last Name

  Roskies

• Email Address

  roskies@psc.edu

• Start Date

  5/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Michael

• Last Name

  Levine

• Email Address

  levine@psc.edu

• Start Date

  9/17/1993 12:00:00 AM

• First Name

  Jane

• Last Name

  Konrad

• Email Address

  konrad+@pitt.edu

• Start Date

  5/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Other Applications NEC

• Code

  99

• Name

  Chemistry

• Code

  12

• Name

  Physics

• Code

  13

• Name

  Geological Sciences

• Code

  42

• Name

  Life Science Biological

• Code

  61

• Name

  Other Sciences NEC

• Code

  99

• Text

  PART FOR ADVANCED COMP INFRA

• Code

  4066

• Text

  APPLICATS OF ADVANCED TECHNOLS

• Code

  7257

• Text

  SCIENCE & MATH EDUCATION NETWR

• Code

  7356

• Text

  ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY EDUCATION

• Code

  9177

• Text

  ADVANCED SOFTWARE TECH & ALGOR

• Code

  9216

• Text

  SCIENCE, MATH, ENG & TECH EDUCATION

• Text

  NATNL RESERCH & EDUCAT NETWORK

• Code

  9217

• Text

  HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING & COMM