The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $700,002 Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program grant to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) to develop a centralized high-performance computing (HPC) system. This 3-year Project Grant, awarded under the Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083), will provide New Mexico Tech researchers, educators, and students with exponentially more computational resources to conduct cutting-edge research and train the next generation of computationally-oriented scientists.
The new HPC system will support a variety of computational research projects at New Mexico Tech, including studies of natural hazards, materials science, climate change, and astrobiology. The system will also enable expanded use of advanced computational techniques in the classroom. To promote open science, all data, methods, and materials produced on the HPC system will be made publicly available through a repository hosted by New Mexico Tech.