ANNOUNCEMENTS
High Performance Computational Physics Education Workshop, sponsored by SC08
The June 1st - 7th workshop on Physics and High Performance Computing (HPC),
to be hosted at Kean University, will focus on creating educational
materials to incorporate HPC into the physics classroom. As much of a
WORKshop as a workshop, individuals with a strong background in Physics
education and/or HPC education interested in developing curriculum centered
around real-world HPC examples in the Physics classroom are invited to
attend. Participants should have knowledge of at least one computer language
(C/C++, Java, FORTRAN) and the standard undergraduate Physics curriculum.
Participants will have guaranteed access to Kean's new 1000 core cluster
with allocations dedicated to educational applications of HPC, and will
receive preferential consideration for acceptance to the 2008 SuperComputing
Conference Education program the week of November 15th in Austin, TX..
Please join us as a part of the team that will help expand the existing
curriculum in computational physics education to span the spectrum from the
single CPU to the small cluster to the Petascale!
Register at http://computationalscience.org/workshops2008 . To learn more
about the SC08 conference that is sponsoring this workshop, visit
http://sc08.supercomputing.org/?pg=edprog.html .
NJCSTME Computational Math student recieves REU from University of Maine
NJCSTME Sophomore Omar Padron has been awarded a 10-week Research Experience
for Undergraduate internship at the University of Maine as part of the
Supercomputing Undergraduate Program in Maine (SuperMe).
http://arch.eece.maine.edu/superme/index.php/Main_Page
Teacher of the Year (TOTY)
Deadline: Grant Applications due December 15, 2008
Yearly, NJCSTME runs a grant contest for K-12 school teachers who submit a proposal for an innovative teaching method or curriculum project that involves science and mathematics and integrates the use of technology. CSTME funds the winners with seed money to implement their ideas in the classroom. Award presentations are made at the annual NJ Science Teachers Convention in October 2008.
Click here to access the application.
New Jersey Academy of Science (NJAS)
NJAS main office is now located in Kean University's CSTME.
New Jersey Academy of Science is a private, non-profit, scientific and educational organization of scientists and others interested in science. It was founded in 1954, is affiliated with American Association for the Advancement of Science, and is a member of the National Association of Academies of Science.
The purpose of the academy is to stimulate education and research in science throughout New Jersey. The academy seeks to accomplish this purpose by publication of a scholarly journal, The Bulletin, by support of secondary school programs in science, such as our Science for Breakfast program, the Grant-In-Aid Program to promote high school research, and by dissemination of current research results through our annual meetings and special symposia, as well as other occasional publications.
Visit www.njas.org for more information and updates.
Updated April 2008.