Courses

In addition to academic research, another major type of supercomputer use is for college course work.

Students utilize these computer systems in developing skills in many computing related fields. This creates a pool of potential employees for industries such as modeling and simulation, or computer programming. Alabama has a large presence in these fields and continues to see economic growth in these areas.

Non-research course work usage of the supercomputers is typically through classes being taught at the public universities in Alabama. Students enrolled in these classes will be issued an account on which to perform their assigned class work. Some of the courses that have utilized the present high performance computing systems are listed in the following tables.

Computer Science

University Professor Course Name
Alabama A&M University Dr. Al-Sharaeh Parallel Programming and Networking
Alabama A&M University Dr. Atluri Java Programming
Alabama A&M University Dr. Bording High Performance Computing
Alabama A&M University Dr. Bording Special Topics in Computer Science
Alabama A&M University Dr. Ghanbari Computer Science
Alabama A&M University Dr. Huq Operating Systems
Alabama A&M University Dr. Scott High Performance Computing
Alabama A&M University Dr. Scott Parallel Programming
Alabama A&M University Dr. Zhao Computer Architectures
Alabama A&M University Dr. Zhao High Performance Computing
Alabama A&M University Dr. Zhao Senior Design Project
Auburn University Dr. Carlisle Parallel Programming
Auburn University Dr. Chapman Senior Design Project
Auburn University Dr. Lee High Performance Computing
Auburn University Dr. Lee Parallel Processing
Auburn University Dr. Overbey GPU Programming
Auburn University Dr. Qin Advanced Topics in Parallel & Distributed Computing
Auburn University Dr. Yu Advanced Parallel and Distributed Computing
Auburn University Dr. Yu Design and Analysis of Computer Networks
Auburn University Dr. Yu Special Topics in High Performance Computing
Auburn University at Montgomery Dr. Dinc High Performance Computing
University of Alabama Dr. Bangalore Advanced Parallel Algorithms
University of Alabama Dr. Tao High Performance Computing
University of Alabama at Birmingham Dr. Bangalore Parallel Programming
University of Alabama at Birmingham Dr. Osborne Natural Language Processing
University of Alabama at Birmingham Dr. Zhao Parallel Computing
University of Alabama in Huntsville Phillip Lane Parallel Programming with OpenMP
University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Menon Big Data Analytics
University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Wells GPGPU Computing
University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Wells Hardware Accelerated SoPC and GPU Computing
University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Wells Parallel Algorithms
University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Wells Parallel Programming
University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Wells Introduction to Parallel Programming
University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Wells Senior Design Project
University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Wise General Purpose GPU Computing
University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Yoo Introduction to Parallel Programming
University of South Alabama Dr. Benton Distributed and Concurrent Computing
University of South Alabama Dr. Davidson Concurrent Programming
University of South Alabama Dr. Johnsten Parallel Programming

 

Engineering

University Professor Course Name
Alabama A&M University Dr. Deng Turbine Design
Alabama A&M University Dr. Scott National Defense Education Program Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Internship (NDEP STEM)
Auburn University Dr. Agrawal Aerospace Structural Dynamics
Auburn University Dr. Agrawal Aerospace Structural Vibrations
Auburn University Dr. Klyukin Computational Materials Engineering
Auburn University Dr. Lee Electrical Engineering Senior Design Project
Auburn University Dr. Nichols Scientific Supercomputing
University of Alabama Dr. Barkey Applied Finite Element Analysis
University of Alabama Dr. Jackson Finite Element Modeling (graduate & undergrad)
University of Alabama Dr. Kam Computational Hydrology
University of Alabama Dr. Lee Computational Fluid Dynamics
University of Alabama Dr. Turner Chemical Engineering Simulations
University of Alabama Dr. Zeiler Structural Dynamics Modeling
University of Alabama at Birmingham Dr. Kim Mechanical Engineering
University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Chung Computational Fluid Dynamics
University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Jarem Electromagnetic Diffraction
University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Jarem Electromagnetics
University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Wessling Finite Element Analysis
University of South Alabama Dr. Smallegan Hydrodynamic Modeling

 

Math

University Professor Course Name
Alabama A&M University Dr. Scott Numerical Methods
Auburn University Dr. Meir Mathematical Computation
University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Jarem Analytical and Computational Methods

 

Science

University Professor Course Name
Alabama A&M University Dr. Kim Special Topics on Chemistry
Alabama A&M University Dr. Kim and Dr. Odutola Chemistry Senior Final Projects
Alabama School of Mathematics & Science Dr. Paudel Physics
Athens State University Dr. Covick Physical Chemistry II
Auburn University Dr. Acevedo Computational Chemistry
Auburn University Dr. Acevedo & Dr. Cross Senior Design Project
Auburn University Dr. Coleman REU Undergraduate Internships in Entomology and Plant Pathology
Auburn University Dr. Colquhoun Physical Chemistry II Laboratory
Auburn University Dr. Halanych Python for Bioinformatics
Auburn University Dr. Kuroda Materials Physics
Auburn University Dr. Livant Computational Chemistry
Auburn University Dr. McKee Computational Inorganic Chemistry
Auburn University Dr. Miliordos Computational Chemistry
Auburn University Dr. Miliordos Physical Chemistry
Auburn University Dr. Ortiz Computational Chemistry
Auburn University Dr. Patkowski Computational Chemistry
Auburn University Dr. Potnis Plant Microbial Ecology & Omics
Auburn University Dr. Santos & Dr. Halanych Bioinformatics Bootcamp
Auburn University Dr. Santos & Dr. Oaks Scripting for Biologists
Auburn University Dr. Schwartz Functional Genomics
Auburn University Dr. Stevison Computational Biology
Auburn University Dr. Stevison Introduction to Bioinformatics
Auburn University Dr. Stevison Introduction to Computational Biology
Auburn University Dr. Stevison Introductory Biocomputing
Gaussian Inc. Dr. Frisch Gaussian Workshop
University of Alabama Dr. Dixon Honors Computational Research
University of Alabama Dr. Fierst Bioinformatics
University of Alabama at Birmingham Dr. Hamilton Computational Chemistry
University of Alabama at Birmingham Dr. Song Biomolecular Modeling
University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Byler Molecular Modeling
University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Ng Bioinformatics
University of Alabama in Huntsville Dr. Sysoeva & Dr. Chittur Bioinformatics Workshop
University of West Alabama Dr. Sandel Genomics
University of South Alabama Dr. Terwey Synoptic Meteorology II
University of South Alabama Dr. Borchert Advanced Bioinformatics
University of South Alabama Dr. Borchert Computational Genetics
University of South Alabama Dr. Borchert Directed Studies in Biology