Undergraduate Internship Program

The Supercomputing Institute provides an Undergraduate Internship Program for undergraduate students throughout the country. The focus of the program is the application of computational approaches and visualization methods to supercomputing research. Supercomputing research is defined broadly to include a variety of research activities from many disciplines. This research involves the use of high-performance computing environments to address problems in science and engineering that could not otherwise be attempted. Faculty from various disciplines have contributed projects and supervise the undergraduate students in their daily work. This program provides an opportunity for a challenging and enriching educational experience for undergraduate students interested in pursuing graduate or professional education. The program has sponsored 428 interns in its 13 years of existence.

The Supercomputing Institute awarded internships to the following undergraduates for Summers 2001 and 2002:

Anthony Anderson, University of Minnesota

Abdul Bahar, University of Minnesota

Victoria Bedell, Bethel College

Sarah Betterman, University of Minnesota

Nenad Bjelorglic, University of Minnesota

Adam Butensky-Bartlett, Northwestern University

Michael Garrels, Case Western Reserve University

Jerome Hauser, Princeton University

Peter Holm, Iowa State University

Eric Johnson, University of Minnesota

Christopher Kauffman, University of Minnesota

Elmer Kim, Harvey Mudd College

Jennifer Klein, College of St. Benedict

Benjamin Langmead, Columbia University

Margot LeClair, Haverford College

Peter Mack, St. John’s University

Daniel Melendez, Universidad Metropolitana, Bayamon, Paraguay

John O’Leary, University of Chicago

Mariah Olson, University of Minnesota

Nick Olson, University of Maryland

Jonathan Othmer, Williams College

William Ryan, Rice University

Sosheel Saleem, University of Houston

Dawn Schafer, Bethel College

Justin Sjulson, University of Minnesota

Samuel Stechmann, University of Saint Thomas

Michael Tobin, Macalester College

Mychel Varner, Truman State University

Sterling Greg Williams, University of Minnesota

Hiu L. (Amy) Wong, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill

Undergraduate Internship Committee for 2002–03

William B. Gleason, Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, chair

David D. Thomas, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics and Scientific Computation

Donald G. Truhlar, Supercomputing Institute Director, Chemistry, Chemical Physics, and Scientific Computation