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Faculty Fellows Program Kicks Off Year With Brown Bag Lecture

released October 22, 2002

The first NCSA Faculty Fellow Brown Bag lecture of the 2003 Fiscal Year will be presented Nov. 6 from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 5602 at the Beckman Institute. The lecture also will be webcast at http://realvideo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/paulino/.

Glaucio Paulino, an associate professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering, will give his presentation on "Scientific Visualization and Parallel Computing Environments for Simulating Dynamic Failure of Functionally Graded Materials." Paulino studies ceramic and metal functionally graded materials (FGMs), which hold great promise for use in large-scale structures that require ultra-high performance, such as space shuttles. Paulino is working with NCSA to develop an integrated, multiscale computational environment for simulating the formation and propagation of cracks in these materials using visualization, virtual reality, and parallel processing techniques. The visualization and virtual rendering techniques will allow a better understanding of the mechanics and physics of fractures in FGMs.

The Faculty Fellows Program (FFP) offers one-year fellowships to University of Illinois faculty who are engaged in projects or activities that would benefit from access to NCSA's world class computing facilities and staff. NCSA and the University of Illinois jointly fund the program.

The Brown Bag lecture series give Faculty Fellows the chance to discuss their projects with interested members of the campus community. Additional FY2003 presentations are scheduled for Dec. 4, Jan. 29, Feb. 12, Feb. 26, March 19, and April 23.

For a listing of this year's Brown Bag seminars, visit the Faculty Fellows Brown Bag website.

For information on the Faculty Fellows Program, see http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Divisions/DirOffice/campusrelations/FFP/.

 

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