CSURE 2015

By: 
Scott Gibson

Participants in the Computational Science for Undergraduate Research Experiences (CSURE) 2015, from left, front row: Jacob Pollack (student research assistant), Helsa Chan, Andy Xie, KiKi Ng, Ming Wang, Bobby Jiang, Kison Osborne. Second row: Benjamin Ramsey (student research assistant), Krystle Reiss, Tyler McDaniel, Jacob Blazejewski, Ashley Cliff, Gerard Vanloo. Back row: Nicholas Moran, Tanner Curren. [Image credit: Scott Gibson]

Nine students from around the U.S. are at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for the Computational Sciences for Undergraduate Research Experiences (CSURE), a summer internship program focused on developing knowledge and skills to use advanced computing in research.

CSURE is a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates, or REU, conducted by the Joint Institute for Computational Sciences. JICS is located at UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

The students from this year’s CSURE are from Alma College in Alma, Michigan; Central College in Pella, Iowa; Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee; the University of North Carolina in Asheville; UT Knoxville; Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia; and the University of South Carolina in Columbia. They are joined by two summer interns from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and two from the City University of Hong Kong.

Jacob Blazejewski, Alma College, Alma, Michigan

Helsa Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Ashley Cliff, Central College, Pella, Iowa

Tanner Curren, Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee

Bobby Jiang, City University of Hong Kong

Tyler McDaniel, the University of North Carolina, Asheville

Nicholas Moran, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville

KiKi Ng, Chinese University of Hong Kong

Kison Osborne, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia

Krystle Reiss, Alma College, Alma, Michigan

Gerard Vanloo, Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia

Ming Wang, the University of South Carolina, Columbia

Andy Xie, City University of Hong Kong

[Image credits: Scott Gibson]

The students are attending lectures on various aspects of advanced computing while working on leading-edge research projects with their JICS mentors. They will write a paper, develop a poster, and give presentations on their projects, which will focus on chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science, and engineering.

CSURE also offers some fun outside of the learning experiences, including social gatherings and visits to the World’s Fair Site in Knoxville, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and the Knoxville Zoo.

More information about CSURE is available here.

Article posting date: 3 June 2015

About JICS: The Joint Institute for Computational Sciences was established by the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to advance scientific discovery and leading-edge engineering, and to further knowledge of computational modeling and simulation. JICS realizes its vision by taking full advantage of petascale-and-beyond computers housed at ORNL and by educating a new generation of scientists and engineers to be well-versed in the application of computational modeling and simulation for solving the most challenging scientific and engineering problems. JICS operates the National Institute for Computational Sciences (NICS), which had the distinction of deploying and managing the Kraken supercomputer. NICS is a leading academic supercomputing center and a major partner in the National Science Foundation's eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE).