The next generation of supercomputers, called exascale (a quintillion floating point operations per second), holds promise for solving some of the most demanding problems in numerical modeling. But as scientists worldwide, including Dongarra, work to develop the hardware for these machines, the software to run them remains elusive.

Since 1993, Jack Dongarra, distinguished professor of computer science at UT has led the ranking of the world’s top 500 supercomputers. The much-celebrated bi-annual TOP500 list is compiled using Dongarra’s benchmark system, called Linpack. It is the most widely recognized and discussed metric for ranking high-performance computing systems.

Ramamoorthy Ramesh, an authority in the physics of functional materials, has been named the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair. He has also been appointed as deputy director for science and technology at ORNL.

These educators deliver STEM content of science, technology, engineering, and math along with social studies and language arts to 4th-8th graders in Tennessee public and private schools.

This STEM Teacher Workshop is a joint endeavor of STEMspark and UT’s Center for Transportation Research (CTR); both have contributed funds for this work.

The Tennessee Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Innovation Network and Battelle are sponsoring the UT College of Engineering’s Engineering Volunteers for Ninth Graders (eVOL9) June 23-28, 2013, at the UT Knoxville campus.

Aqua-Chem Inc. and the University of Tennessee’s Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering are teaming up to assist Aqua-Chem in continuous process improvements. The university will have a diverse group of twenty-eight students, representing six countries, descend on Aqua-Chem from July 2-26, 2013, to look at continuous improvement opportunities in the areas of: Warehouse, Materials, Engineering, and Manufacturing.