The West Virginia High Technology Consortium Foundation's Global Grid Exchange program has announced its Spring 2008 Higher-Ed Student Project Competition. This statewide competition encourages undergraduate and graduate level college students to embrace grid computing--one of the newest trends in the computing industry. There will be one first-place prize of $1,000 and one second-place prize of $500 awarded in this competition.
Both the student entry form and the competition announcement are attached.
Students are required to submit an entry form by Monday, February 25, 2008, with a deadline of Friday, April 25, 2008, for final project submissions.
More information and entry forms can be obtained by e-mailing a request to bbunner@wvhtf.org. For more information, contact:
Brent Bunner
Grid Outreach Specialist
WVHTC Foundation
1000 Technology Drive
Suite 1000
Fairmont, WV 26554
Phone: 304.333.6766
bbunner@wvhtf.org
Monday, February 4, 2008
WVCURE report available
The final report of the West Virginia Consortium on Undergraduate Research and Engineering (WVCURE) is now available online at http://www.wvresearch.org/wvcure/.
For more information, contact Betsy Ennis Dulin, consortium chairman.
For more information, contact Betsy Ennis Dulin, consortium chairman.
Lab 304: Outlook introduces science segment highlighting state achievements
West Virginia Public Broadcasting introduces a new segment to its weekly news and public affairs television program "Outlook" this week during the Thursday show. "Lab 304" will be an on-going series of stories focusing on activities of West Virginians exploring the vast world of math and science.
"Outlook" airs on West Virginia PBS each Thursday at 9 p.m. and repeats the following Sunday at 6 p.m. There is also a broadcast Sunday at 10 p.m. on West Virginia PBS Cable, available via Suddenlink and Time Warner cable systems in limited areas.
On this week’s premiere of "Lab 304" viewers will learn about the challenges of replacing the azimuth track on the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope. Scientists from around the world use this telescope to study virtually all types of astronomical objects, from planets and comets in our own Solar System to quasars and galaxies billions of light-years away. The azimuth track is used to calculate distance.
Throughout the refurbishing project, West Virginia Public Broadcasting cameras were granted access in, on and around the 420-foot structure--capturing unique images of how the telescope is constructed and used.
Some of this footage was recently featured on the PBS program "Wired Science. "
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory operates the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope and several other telescopes.
Support for "Lab 304" is provided by West Virginia Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.
For more information, contact Shawn Patterson at (304) 556-4908 or spatterson@wvpubcast.org.
"Outlook" airs on West Virginia PBS each Thursday at 9 p.m. and repeats the following Sunday at 6 p.m. There is also a broadcast Sunday at 10 p.m. on West Virginia PBS Cable, available via Suddenlink and Time Warner cable systems in limited areas.
On this week’s premiere of "Lab 304" viewers will learn about the challenges of replacing the azimuth track on the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope. Scientists from around the world use this telescope to study virtually all types of astronomical objects, from planets and comets in our own Solar System to quasars and galaxies billions of light-years away. The azimuth track is used to calculate distance.
Throughout the refurbishing project, West Virginia Public Broadcasting cameras were granted access in, on and around the 420-foot structure--capturing unique images of how the telescope is constructed and used.
Some of this footage was recently featured on the PBS program "Wired Science. "
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory operates the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope and several other telescopes.
Support for "Lab 304" is provided by West Virginia Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research.
For more information, contact Shawn Patterson at (304) 556-4908 or spatterson@wvpubcast.org.
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