Senior University Travels

 

 

Tour through each of these incredible research sites with researchers of the University of Texas at Austin

 

Wednesday,   February 13, 2008

7:50 a.m. —4:00 p.m.

Texas Advanced Computer Center  was recently awarded the largest NSF award ever to UT Austin to install and deploy what will be one of the largest supercomputers in the world, Ranger,   Housed in a  new building, which it shares with the Jackson School of Geosciences' Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), the Ranger has a 6,000 square foot machine room and is expandable to provide space for future growth.

Center for Electromechanics:  A major focus of the Center for Electromechanics is energy.  Research and development is being conducted on hybrid busses, trains, and ships.  In addition, the Center performs research into alternative fuels including electricity, hydrogen, biodiesel, and ethanol.  A walk through the laboratory will highlight current experiments on components and systems for advanced transportation.

 

Microelectronics Research Center laboratory, under the direction of Prof. S Banerjee, is a share hands-on environment, open to all qualified (trained) users.  Microelectronics, as the name suggests, is related to the study and manufacture of electronic components which are very small.  We review the different fabrication tools and equipments of the MRC laboratories (from diffusion capabilities to photolithography equipments and both wet and dry etching tools, sputters and evaporators for metal deposition).

 

Institute for Geophysics:  "Geoscientists view Planet Earth from core to upper atmosphere in terms of global systems, and the economic, environmental and intellectual needs to undertake geoscience studies on a global scale are steadily increasing. Thus, to contribute effectively to research and education in the Earth sciences, a major public university must have a substantive program that treats the earth as a planet. Such a program should investigate not only the continents, but also the continental margins, the oceans and the Polar Regions, since the latter, when taken together, cover three-quarters of the surface of the globe."

 

Come learn  -- no matter your level of knowledge in these fields – you will learn!

 

$61 per person

 

With Lunch at the Daily Grill in the Domain

Includes motor coach, lunch, taxes and gratuities.  Hosts:  Babs and George Cape

 

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