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December 10, 2008

SC08 Education Committee Announces Education Award Winners

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AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 8 -- Educators and students from Ohio, Oregon, Maryland, Illinois, Iowa and New Jersey were honored at the recent SC08 conference here for their outstanding accomplishments in computational science among undergraduate faculty, K-12 teachers and students at all levels.

The awards were presented during the SC08 Education Program, which was held in conjunction with the conference in November. The program focuses on engaging teachers and students across every level in learning about the latest technologies and applications for advancing scientific discovery. The program supports educators in bringing emerging technology and techniques into the classroom to better prepare the future workforce.

The SC Education Program is supported by the SC Conferences, ACM, the IEEE Computer Society and TeraGrid. Numerous academic and industrial organizations also provide financial and volunteer support. See www.sc-education.org for more information.

UCES Awards

The Undergraduate Computational Engineering and Sciences (UCES) Awards were presented at a November 18 luncheon to Steven Gordon, Ohio Supercomputer Center, and Rubin Landau, Oregon State University.

Gordon was honored for developing an innovative undergraduate minor program in computational science that spans nine Ohio colleges, including community and liberal arts colleges and large research universities.

Faculty at the colleges were interested in computational science but most would not have been able to start a complete program on their own, Gordon said. "By collaborating across institutions, we were able to make it feasible for all those participating to implement the program without needing the faculty and other resources for every course," he said.

The program has been well received, with about 100 students participating in courses in the first full year. The award "will help us accelerate the momentum for computational science education in Ohio," Gordon said.

Landau was recognized for developing a textbook with coauthors Manuel. J. Paez and Cristian Bordeianu. "A Survey of Computational Physics: Introductory Computational Science" provides comprehensive coverage of modern issues in computational physics at the upper-division collegiate level.

Landau said one goal of the book -- a rewritten and extended version of a 1997 text -- was to move computational engineering and science (CES) into the educational mainstream. "Response around the country has been wonderful," he said. Faculty "want to know about it and be convinced so they can convince their fellow faculty" to adopt undergraduate CES courses.

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