Sandie Kappes to lead NCSA Training and Outreach Division

released September 28, 2005

Sandie Kappes has been chosen to head NCSA's Training and Outreach Division within the Persistent Infrastructure Directorate. Kappes, who has been the interim division leader for the past several months, will lead NCSA's efforts to develop and deliver training to NCSA’s user community.

"Sandie has had a strong history at NCSA, has critical experience, and has provided important input into the development of training and other activities over the past several years," said John Towns, leader of the Persistent Infrastructure Directorate. "She is now taking a position that will allow her to leverage her knowledge and provide critical leadership."

Kappes has been with NCSA since 1997, focusing on online training and web application development. She initiated and has been responsible for leading NCSA's online training efforts using the WebCT training environment. Since the first course was delivered in 2000, more than 22,000 student logins have been created for the 15 courses delivered to-date. She has developed and maintains the NCSA and TeraGrid software repository application for delivering third-party software information to users of NCSA and TeraGrid systems.

Kappes serves as the NCSA lead for the Cyberinfrastructure Partnership (CIP) training effort, working with the San Diego Supercomputer Center to provide joint training activities.

Before joining NCSA, Kappes was a computer scientist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) from 1984 to 1997. Kappes earned her bachelor's degree in computer science and mathematics from the University of Illinois in 1984.

 

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