This award provides one-half the funds required to upgrade a SUN 3/160 monochrome workstation to a SUN 4/260 color workstation with additional random-access memory (RAM). The Department of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Minnesota will provide the remaining funds needed. The upgraded workstation is necessary to support computationally intensive research in the Department of Geology and Geophysics on mantle convection, postglacial rebound, magma dynamics, molecular dynamics and double-diffusive convection. The color workstation is needed for visualizing time-dependent models of convection in the mantle, and the added RAM will be used in developing numerical algorithms for large-scale supercomputer applications and processing data generated from supercomputer calculations.

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Earth Sciences (EAR)
Type
Standard Grant (Standard)
Application #
8803202
Program Officer
Daniel F. Weill
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1988-07-01
Budget End
1989-12-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1988
Total Cost
$21,215
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Minneapolis
State
MN
Country
United States
Zip Code
55455