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Modeling PowerHazlett-Kincaid recently acquired a new workstation to accommodate our high-end scientific modeling and visualization needs. The workstation is a Silicon Graphics (SGI) 540 with 3 550 MHz processors (up to 4 supported), more than half a Gigabyte of RAM and lots of SCSI drive space. The specialized bus architecture of the 540 allows system I/O and graphics throughput at a speed of 1.6GHz each, for a combined speed of 3.2 GHz. This massive bandwidth, combined with multiple processors, makes the 540 many times faster than any PC-based workstation on the market today.
Hazlett-Kincaid in TurkeyTodd Kincaid is just back from his recent trip to Turkey. Dr. Kincaid went to Turkey as a guest of Atlas Magazine, the Turkish equivalent of the National Geographic Society. While there he discussed ways to use Hazlett-Kincaid's dual-modeling approach to improve water resources development and protection efforts in the Antalya region of Turkey. The Turkish people are facing tremendous water
quality and demand issues in the Plans are being made for a collaborative effort between Hazlett-Kincaid, UKAM, and DSI where a model-based approach will be used to stabilize and manage the water resources of the region.§
Karst Modeling InitiativeDr. Hazlett will be heading to Tallahassee, FL in March 2001 to participate in the development of new modeling approaches to flow and transport in the karstic Floridan aquifer. The six-month, interdisciplinary, initial effort is being sponsored by the new center for Computational Science and Information Technology (CSIT) at Florida State University, where an IBM RS 6000 Supercomputer was recently delivered, placing FSU near the top among the computationally elite universities in the nation. As an expert in finite element modeling of groundwater flow systems, Dr. Hazlett's duties at FSU will include participation in and oversight of conceptual model and code development and interaction with mathematicians from Muscat, Oman, scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory, and members of the Hydrogeology Consortium. Dr. Hazlett's participation in the project will be occurring under the umbrella of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute (GFDI) at FSU, headed by Dr. David Loper. The ultimate outcome of the long-term effort will be a new tool specifically developed for modeling flow and transport in karst aquifers. Internship AnnouncementWe are currently advertising for a summer
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The
540's outstanding graphics capabilities are perfect for
Hazlett-Kincaid's solids and parameter modeling projects where
we need to manipulate large, visual datasets with ease and
efficiency. In the area of groundwater and fate and transport
modeling, the SGI 540 allows us to rapidly develop 3D conceptual
models of sites and generate predictive models of subsurface
phenomena. The 540 is up to the task of handling such sophisticated
processing requirements as automatic mesh generation, and the
solution of large and sparse matrix problems.§
Antalya
region, brought on by a growing population that currently depends on
karst water resources for power generation, agricultural irrigation,
industrial, and water supply needs. Dr. Kincaid met with Dr. Levent
Tezcan, with UKAM (International Research and Application Center for
Karst Water Resources) and several representatives of the DSI
(Turkish State Hydraulic Works).