Summer Students 2000

During the summer of 2000 two students, Randy Debasa from Florida International University and Andrew Obeng from the University of Central Florida, worked on parallel computing projects with ecological applications with Forrest Hoffman and Bill Hargrove. These students participated through the Research Alliance for Minorities (RAM) program. They worked on the Stone SouperComputer as well as the CPile cluster and the IBM SP.

Randy Debasa

Andrew Obeng

On August 8 in Building 6010, Drew and Randy gave oral presentations on the results of their research. In addition, Randy and Drew presented a poster at the Environmental Sciences poster session on August 10 at 11:00 a.m. at ORNL in Building 6008. That same evening, the RAM programs held a banquet for students and mentors in Oak Ridge. Randy, Drew, Forrest, and Bill attended the banquet.

Drew presenting a new ecoregion map.	Randy and Drew giving their presentations on August 8.
Drew and Randy working.	Bill Hargrove (CPED) and Forrest Hoffman (ESD), at left, with students Randy and Drew, at right, at the Environmental Sciences student poster session on August 10. Additional photos from the poster session are available here.
Bill and Randy holding the latest niche theory diagram at the RAM banquet. Drew is in the foreground.	Drew taking a big bite of lasagne at the RAM banquet.
Randy at the RAM program banquet.	Drew at the RAM program banquet.
Students at the RAM program banquet. At left are Thomas Zacharia and Ruth Ann Manning.	Forrest, Randy, Drew, and Bill at the RAM program banquet.