Ohio Supercomputer Center Posts

Summer programs helping change the face of STEM

By on Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 2:15pm (updated Monday, April 4, 2016 - 8:20pm)

The Young Women’s Science Institute (YWSI) and the Summer Institute (SI), summer programs hosted by the Ohio Supercomputer Center, are two of the many programs ready to change stereotypes and address the obstacles that are hampering women from entering STEM. Birce Ela Onal, a graduate student in the OSU engineering program, has served as a residential adviser and career panelist for these programs and shares her observations on the effect it has on the campers.

 

Ready to try a virtual, model-based strategy? Here’s some tips to get started

By on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 - 11:00am (updated Monday, April 4, 2016 - 8:12pm)

In the Modeling and Simulation (M&S) journey at P&G over the past 15-plus years, we have recognized that a shift to M&S, away from large-scale physical tests, is really a cultural change. We know M&S provides tremendous benefits in some business areas, whether it be costs in development or manufacturing, time to market, or better product performance or quality. Yet we have seen this difficulty to get started time and time again across the various businesses and technologies we work in. 

So what are some of the lessons learned and approaches we’ve taken to ignite this activation energy? Here are three tips to get you started. 

Are you an app developer? The answer may surprise you!

By on Monday, February 15, 2016 - 9:45am (updated Monday, April 4, 2016 - 8:37pm)

A few weeks back I took the opportunity to write Jeff Crompton of AltaSim Technologies(link sends e-mail) to let him know how impressed I was by the recent article he wrote about the HeatSinkSim application. I was surprised to learn how comprehensive the model was, with regard to including conduction, convection and radiation effects. Jeff replied, “Thanks.

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