February 11, 2008 [printable version]
Racial Disparity in Hospital DeathsA study finds minority patients have a higher risk of dying after hospital admittance. Read more
Parliamentary HonorWest O'ahu’s William J. Puette elected president of the Aloha 'Ohana Parliamentary Unit. Read more
Student Research at the Maui High Performance Computing CenterProjects receive more than $127,000 in grants. Read more
UH People in PrintHilo’s Julie Ann Luiz Adrian, Robert Fox, Nina Buchanan, Ron Gordon, Kirsten Mollegaard and Manoa’s Haruko Cook, J. Kenneth Grace, Shu Hwa Lin, Adrian C. Pope and Terence Wesley-Smith. Read more
Healthy Living in Hawai'iKapi'olani’s culinary arts releases A DASH of Aloha: Healthy Hawai'i Cuisine and Lifestyle. Read moreReady for Valentine’s DayUH Alumni win wedding contest and West O‘ahu student finalist for Most Romantic Man. Read more
UH EventsHilo’s International Nights, Hilo and Hawai'i's Black History Month celebration, Windward’s handbell concert, Leeward’s throat singers concert and culinary student scholarship benefit and Manoa’s lectures. Read more
Announcements- Video of February 2008 Flooding Requested
- Lau Water Research Endowed Scholarship
- Kapi’olani Summer Study Abroad Program
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Student Research at the Maui High Performance Computing Center
Five Manoa departments have been awarded grants for the current academic year totaling more than $127,000 to support students engaged in research using the Maui High Performance Computing Center, which operates the 25th most powerful supercomputer in the world.
The awardees and their projects
- Ruey Hwu for Three-Dimensional Simulation of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells by Parallel Computing
- Seung-Sep Kim for Finding Seamounts in the Satellite-Derived Gravity Field
- Kin Wai Leung for Computational Modeling and Simulation of Wave-Impact on Coastal Structures
- Erik C. Franklin for Quantification and Comparison of Patch, Class and Seascape Scale Metrics for the Shallow Coral Reefs of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
- Jhonsen Djajamuliadi for Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Human Connective Tissue Protein Fragments in Water
- Paulo H.R. Calil for Generation of Submesoscale Vorticity Filaments in the Ocean and their Impact on Primary Productivity in an Island Wake