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Krell extensively promotes the advancement of science and math at
all levels of education. This includes studying classroom
effectiveness, developing learning modules, judging school science fairs,
as well as judging teacher-written education proposals. Krell is
also helping to guide educators and to create a useful research base that
supports computational literacy.
High School Education
The Krell Institute, in partnership with the Center for Children and
Technology, the Maryland Virtual High School and the University of
Northern Iowa, has spearheaded a nationally NSF-funded educational
research initiative to study classroom effectiveness in science.
Through a long-standing history with the high-school geared
Adventures in Supercomputing (AIS) program and the Undergraduate
Computational Engineering and Sciences (UCES) project, both funded
by the Department of Energy (learn more about these on the
Archives page), Krell is a logical
collaborator for such an innovative research initiative to
understand how students learn through scientific simulations.
The goals of this project are to use simulations to enhance science
learning, as well as to identify the limitations of simulations,
and ultimately, to develop a scientifically literate workforce.
Krell continues to promote the advancement of science and math
education as an affiliated partner with SUNY-Brockport's
NSF-supported Computational
Mathematics, Science and Technology (CMST) program. This
includes serving on the CMST advisory committee and judging
both high school science fairs and teacher-written education
proposals. Krell has developed, in conjunction with State
University of New York - Brockport (SUNY-Brockport), an
excellent website for teachers to share
feedback and use discussion groups to promote learning. Krell is
helping to understand classroom management issues, as well as
forming a network of individuals interested in the advancement of
science education.
Undergraduate Computational Engineering and Sciences
(UCES) Award
The Krell Institute manages the UCES award program
to promote and enhance undergraduate education in computational engineering
and science (CES). The 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.
Computational Science and Engineering Education
Questionnaire – Undergraduate Programs/Courses
The Krell Institute, in support of efforts to develop computational
science and engineering (CSE) education, is conducting an in-depth
study of existing CSE programs and courses. The intent is to
document the current state of CSE education, uncover the key aspects
of existing courses/programs in order to identify commonalities, and
to identify CSE educational trends. The results will be used
to produce an update of Charles Swanson’s
Survey of CSE.
Open HPC
 Krell joined forces with friends in the science community to develop
OpenHPC, a non-profit organization
formed to promote the development,
dissemination and application of open-source software in high-performance computing
(HPC). The first directive of this project is to engage advanced, high-quality research
projects with potential for impact in HPC and help them to organize funding from
vendors and others to turn their software into products with a real user community.
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