ACCESS Open House Demonstration Abstracts

Computational Science in Undergraduate Curricula

San Diego State University
Kris Stewart
Stewart@sdsu.edu

Computational Science in Undergraduate Curricula:
Faculty Fellows program, Sociology Workbench, and other EC/CSE projects.

Ilya Zaslavsky
Education Center on Computational Science and Engineering,
San Diego State University.
Zaslavsk@rohan.sdsu.edu
http://www.edcenter.sdsu.edu

Education Center on Computational Science and Engineering, an EOT-PACI partner at San Diego State University, focuses on enhancing undergraduate curricula with modern computational science technologies. We work with CSU and SDSU faculty, on the one side, and PACI researchers, on the other side, to streamline the incorporation of high performance computing tools in classroom teaching. Our efforts in building comprehensive computational infrastructure for undergraduate teaching have been centered around (1) the Faculty Fellows program supporting faculty who incorporate high-performance computing tools in their teaching; (2) dissemination of curriculum materials and computational science methodologies in education; (3) experimentation with novel learning technologies, including real-time distance teaching from a desktop; (4) development of in-house software systems for Web-based collaborative learning. The Sociology Workbench, a collection of on-line tools and resources for the analysis of qualitative data developed by the Ed Center, will be demonstrated, along with other Ed Center accomplishments in curriculum development and dissemination.

The demonstration will focus on techniques and infrastructure supporting the incorporation of high-performance computing tools from NCSA and NPACI, into undergraduate education; it will explore the model relationships between AT/ET projects and undergraduate educators.

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