Computer Facilities

A real strength, not only of the Department but of the University as well, is the outstanding computing facilities. The Department itself maintains three state-of-the-art computer laboratories in Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering and one data acquisition center in Hessert Laboratory for Aerospace Research.

The Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory contains three Macintosh personal computers, two DEC Station workstations, and one IBM RS6000 computer for analytical and numerical study of aerodynamics and aeroacoustics.

The Design Automation Laboratory contains three Sun Sparcstations and features Aries Technology and Computervision CAD/CAE software for CAD/CAE tool development.

The Computer Graphics Laboratory houses three Sun Sparcstations, two Silicon Graphics IRIS workstations, two IBM personal computers, other hardware, and extensive specialized software for performing a wide range of graphical analysis tasks.

The Data Acquisition and Image Processing Center houses Macintosh II computers equipped with powerful image processing hardware and software to assist in flow visualization experiments.

The University operates two mainframe computers, a sixteen processor IBM SP1 and an IBM ES/9000 which supports the TSO/MVS and VM/CMS operating environments. In addition, about one hundred and fifty powerful Sparcstation Ultra 1 workstations, over 200 Macintosh, and over 100 IBM compatible personal computers are also available in the ten computer clusters scattered throughout campus, several of which are open 24 hours a day. One of the largest clusters is located in Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering.

The campus is internally Ethernet networked, and has access to other networks via backbone to the Internet. Use of the Andrews File System (AFS) makes a wide array of software available to all users at all clusters.

 

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