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“Bubbles” Demonstrates the Power of GPUs, Immersion Cooling

Two high school students from Knoxville’s L&N STEM Academy spent their internships at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) developing Bubbles—a demonstration unit used to show the potential of ORNL’s supercomputers and the future of computer cooling techniques. Logan O’Neal, a senior, and Tyler Duckworth, a…
Will Wells
March 5, 2020
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Upgraded Science Trailer Teaches Students about Supercomputing

“What’s Your Problem?” This question, emblazoned on the side of a bright red trailer, invites students of all ages to step into the world of computational science. This mobile exhibit showcases the scientific and technological achievements made possible by past, present, and future supercomputers located at the US Department of…
Elizabeth Rosenthal
April 25, 2019
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OLCF Staff Reach Students through Coding Events

Daughters of ORNL staff members display their fractals on the visualization wall in the Exploratory Visualization Environment for Research in Science and Technology, or EVEREST. Pictured here are the girls with staff volunteers (front row, left to right) Ashley Nguyen, Dasha Herrmannova, Megan Bradley, Katherine Engstrom, Kate Carter, Anne Berres,…
Rachel McDowell
July 18, 2017
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OLCF Staff Inspire Innovation at Bay Area Maker Faire

OLCF User Support Specialist Adam Simpson explains how Tiny Titan works during the 2016 Bay Area Maker Faire, which ran May 20–22 in San Francisco. OLCF staff modified Tiny Titan to take advantage of Leap Motion sensors that allowed students to control the simulation by using their hands. In 2006,…
Eric Gedenk
July 26, 2016
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Tiny Titan Travels Again

An OLCF team consisting of user assistance specialists Adam Simpson, Robert French, and Matt Belhorn participated in four 35-minute sessions at the National Science Bowl in Washington, DC.
Maleia Wood
June 14, 2016
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Titan Goes on Tour

OLCF staff helped unveil ORNL’s Traveling Science Fair supercomputing exhibit at the USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington DC.
Jonathan Hines
May 10, 2016