Faculty Fellows kick-off reception set for Sept. 15

released September 08, 2005

The NCSA/UIUC Faculty Fellows Program will kick off the new academic year with a seminar and reception on Sept. 15 in the first-floor Lecture Hall at the NCSA Building, 1205 W. Clark St, Urbana.

The Faculty Fellows Program seeks to extend opportunities in advanced computing and information technology to UIUC faculty. Through the fellowship program, UIUC faculty can access and benefit from NCSA's high-performance computing and storage environment, cutting-edge visualization and virtual reality technologies, data mining capabilities, and opportunities for multidisciplinary collaboration with the center's expert staff.

The reception will begin at 3 p.m. with a welcome and introduction of the outgoing 2004-05 and incoming 2005-06 fellows. At 3:30 p.m., fellow Yuanhui Zhang, from the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, will give a talk on his project, "Animation of Air Flow and Pollutant Transmission in an Aircraft Cabin Using the CAVE." A reception will light refreshments will follow from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Room 1042 of the NCSA Building.

For information on the on Faculty Fellows Program, go to http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Divisions/DirOffice/CampusRelations/FFP/.

 

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