Budding Engineers Build a Supercomputer
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We’ve been delighted with their commitment and drive, and are reassured that by showing them how supercomputers can be used to create a better world, that the future is in safe hands.” Professor Simon Cox adds, “Using Microsoft’s Windows High Performance Computing Server and Windows Azure we were able to demonstrate how powerful supercomputing is now being made accessible to engineers and scientists to enable them to model, understand and improve the world in which we live.” Spokesperson for The Smallpeice Trust, Gemma Murphy commented “Computers are used in much of today’s technology and have the power to change the future and make a dramatic impact on everyone’s lives.Following the stock market flotation of his company Martonair, Dr Smallpeice invested his energy and part of his personal fortune to set up the Trust to ensure that British industry could continuously benefit from his proven design and engineering philosophies: “Simplicity in design, economy in production.” The Trust is now governed by an eminent board of non-executive trustees and members from a diverse range of engineering, industry, educational and professional bodies.For more information about The Smallpeice Trust, visit www.smallpeicetrust.org.uk Leamington Spa, United Kingdom, July 17, 2010 --( PR.com )-- From 6th to 9th July, twenty 16 and 17 year-old students descended on the University of Southampton to take part in a Supercomputing course put together by The Smallpeice Trust and delivered in partnership with the University of Southampton’s School of Engineering Sciences and Microsoft.During this four-day residential programme, students were set the challenge of building a supercomputer from raw components, including processors, memory, and motherboards.We’ve been delighted with their commitment and drive, and are reassured that by showing them how supercomputers can be used to create a better world, that the future is in safe hands.” Professor Simon Cox adds, “Using Microsoft’s Windows High Performance Computing Server and Windows Azure we were able to demonstrate how powerful supercomputing is now being made accessible to engineers and scientists to enable them to model, understand and improve the world in which we live.”Spokesperson for The Smallpeice Trust, Gemma Murphy commented “Computers are used in much of today’s technology and have the power to change the future and make a dramatic impact on everyone’s lives.Following the stock market flotation of his company Martonair, Dr Smallpeice invested his energy and part of his personal fortune to set up the Trust to ensure that British industry could continuously benefit from his proven design and engineering philosophies: “Simplicity in design, economy in production.”The Trust is now governed by an eminent board of non-executive trustees and members from a diverse range of engineering, industry, educational and professional bodies.Over the past year, The Smallpeice Trust has reached out to around 15,630 young people through 32 different subsidised 4-day residential courses and 1-day in-school curriculum enrichment masterclasses.A strong interface is maintained with industry, education and professional bodies that help to support, promote and develop the courses.