RESEARCH IN INDUSTRIAL PROJECTS FOR STUDENTS 2004 PROGRAMCURRENT YEAR PROJECTS AND COMPANY INFORMATIONArete Associates, IncCompany Information: Arete was founded in 1976 and conducts leading-edge research and development in:
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BioDiscovery, Inc.Company Information: BioDiscovery, Inc. (www.BioDiscovery.com) was established in 1997, in Los Angeles, California and now operates from El Segundo, California as a leading bioinformatics company. Bioinformatics is a developing field that merges computational science with biological information. A main focus in this area is to develop software that creates and manages genomic databases. BioDiscovery concentrates on the microarray process and provides software to perform clone tracking, image processing, data mining, statistical analysis, and data management. Biologists and other researchers use these packages to transfer the physical data from a microarray into graphical systems that represent the relationships among various genes. Project Work Statement (PDF file)
The NASA Jet Propulsion LaboratoryCompany Information: Project Work Statement (PDF file)
Los Alamos National LaboratoryCompany Information: Project Work Statement (PDF file)
Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryCompany Information: Project Work Statement (PDF file)
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)Company Information: The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is a federally-funded entity that seeks to explore and understand earth’s atmosphere and its reaction with the sun, the oceans, the biosphere, and human society. After World War II and the Cold War, the United States government recognized a need for more sophisticated weather prediction systems. Supported mainly by the National Science Foundation and operated by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, NCAR was established in 1960, in Boulder, Colorado. Since its inception, NCAR has studied the atmosphere in many ways; the center is composed of nine science divisions, including the Climate & Global Dynamics (CGD) Division, which seeks to understand how and why our climate changes and has evolved in the past. Under the CGD group there are seven research sections including the Geophysical Statistics Project (GSP). The goal of the GSP is to encourage the application and further development of statistical analysis to problems in the earth sciences. The GSP is headed by NCAR Senior Scientist Doug Nychka, who also serves on a committee for the Institute for Mathematical Applications in the Geosciences (IMAGe). The goal of this Institute is to motivate application of mathematics and statistics to grand challenge problems in geophysics and other earth sciences. Today, through IMAGe and other initiatives, NCAR continues to develop and maintain beneficial partnerships with universities to motivate research in mathematics and atmospheric sciences, helping undergraduates gain unique and practical research experience and, improving the quality of research done at the center. Project Work Statement (PDF file)
Pixar Animation StudiosCompany Information: Pixar Animation Studios is the industry leader in the creation of original stories in the medium of computer animation. Pixar has combined creative and technical artistry to create five of the most successful animated films of all time: Academy Award-winning Toy Story (1995); A Bug’s Life (1998); Golden-Globe-winner Toy Story 2 (1999); Monsters, Inc. (2001); and, Finding Nemo (2003). Pixar began with its first animated short film, Luxo Jr., shortly after being founded by Steve Jobs in 1986. For the next five-years, Pixar focused on developing the technologies necessary to produce the first completely computer animated feature film. Toy Story was released Thanksgiving Day weekend in 1995, marking a milestone in the movie industry as the first fully computer animated feature film. Toy Story became the highest grossing film of 1995, making over $358 million in worldwide box office receipts. With the release of Toy Story, the feature film industry was forever changed, demonstrating the near limitless possibilities of computer animation. The following two years led to the release of two new feature films, A Bug’s Life (1998) and Toy Story 2 (1999). Pixar Animation’s newest films, Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo feature many highly advanced technologies that have raised the bar in computer animation. Pixar is currently in production on The Incredibles (November 2004) and Cars (holiday 2005). Overall, Pixar Animation Studios and its employees have received more than 100 awards and nominations for their animated films, commercials, and technical contributions. Pixar’s relentless pursuit of creative technical solutions to the needs of the underlying story has made its films a unique mixture of cutting-edge visual special effects and good old fashion storytelling. Recent research advancements in fluid animation have once again raised the bar in computer graphics, providing motivation for Pixar to explore the animation of high viscosity/viscoelastic fluids. Project Work Statement (PDF file)
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