Resolve Magazine: Volume 2, 2009

Unbounded Opportunities

Welcome to the Fall 2009 issue of Resolve—a magazine dedicated to research and educational innovation in the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science at Lehigh University.

Advanced computing, along with theoretical exploration and laboratory experimentation, constitutes a “third pillar” of scientific inquiry. In the past 20 years, computing has played a leading role in major scientific and technological breakthroughs that are critical for sustained scientific leadership and economic competitiveness. Computing allows researchers to map the human genome, project climate change and ecological impact, and simulate such complex phenomena as protein folding and nuclear fusion. Computing and computational research are now an integral part of scientific discovery. Continued advancement in computing is critical for us to meet the grand challenges of our time – in health care, in energy and the environment, in infrastructure renewal, and in global economic development. In this issue of Resolve, we highlight the activities of Lehigh researchers who use HPC resources and expertise to solve complex problems. These endeavors have very different expected outcomes, but they share two features: big-time computing needs and tremendous potential impact.

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