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Krell Institute Announces UCES 2005 Award Winners

Ames, IA (November 15, 2005) – The Krell Institute is pleased to announce the UCES 2005 award winners. The recipients were recognized at the UCES luncheon in Seattle, Washington on November 14.

Ignatios Vakalis, Professor of Math and Computer Science at Capital University was selected as the 2005 award winner for his development of Computational Engineering and Science course material, distribution of web-based tools with cross-disciplinary impact, and establishment of the Keck Undergraduate CS&E Consortium.  In addition to recognition at the luncheon, Mr. Vakalis received a $500 cash prize.

In addition, Honorable Mention was awarded to Tom Murphy, Professor of Computer Science at Contra Costa College, for his promotion and enhancement of undergraduate education in Computational Engineering and Science (CES) through the development of a portable, eight-node cluster system suitable for teaching scientific computing and high-performance computer systems programming.  Mr. Murphy developed the cluster with collaborators Paul Gray from the University of Northern Iowa and Charlie Peck from Earlham College (Richmond, IN).

Created to promote and enhance undergraduate education in computational engineering and science (CES), the Undergraduate Computational Engineering and Sciences (UCES) award program encourages further development of innovative educational resources and programs; recognizes the achievements of CES educators; and disseminates educational material and ideas to the broad scientific and engineering undergraduate community.

For additional information on the UCES 2006 Awards Program, including eligibility and how to apply, see the program website: www.krellinst.org/uces2006/ . The 2006 application deadline is June 15, 2006.

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