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Benefits to Members
The ACSESS program is designed to build
strong partnerships with U.S. industry
and to become a significant computational
science consulting resource. The program
offers companies immediate access to the
SDSU program by joining as an affiliate
partner. For an annual contribution, your
organization has access to our facility
and staff, meetings, and seminars, as
well as access to our computational resources.
As you identify particular problems with
products, services, or environmental issues,
we anticipate meeting with you (and your
staff) to develop a Plan of Investigation.
This plan should:
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Outline an approach
to a solution, |
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Identify the key personnel within
your organization for coordination
purposes, and |
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Identify one or more SDSU advisors
with whom you will correspond. Once
the plan is developed, we will identify
candidate students interested in pursuing
the investigation under the leadership
of one of our faculty. |
In Addition
Our relationships with the DoD and DoE national
laboratories, such as Sandia National Laboratory,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, Los Alamos National
Laboratory, and the National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL). These facilities are
virtually assured of maintaining a leadership
role in computational assets. As a partner,
we can provide the national laboratories
with graduate students, post-docs, and un-classified
research investigations. An expected quid
pro quo is access to their computational
infrastructure for both students and faculty.
Extending these relationships can offer
us opportunities for growing our indigenous
computational infrastructure. Perhaps the
most valuable gain will be those new and
innovative research opportunities created
by the practical needs of their on-going
mission fulfillment. A growing expertise
in areas driven by world class, leading
edge problems can only enhance our ability
to address classic industrial problems. |
