Summer Institute 1997

Highlights

Overview Participants Projects Schedule

Overview
Students stepped into the world of high-performance computing and networking at the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) during this residential program. Students explored scientific investigation through collaborative team projects and intensive classes. Ohio high school teachers also participated in this program.

Thank you to the SI1997 corporate sponsors:

Participants

Tyler Forsythe
Homeschooled
project: Interactive Virtual Environments

Steve Mokris
Hilliard and OSU
project: Haptic Display

Robert Herman
Cincinnati Country Day School
project: Haptic Display

Blake Scholl
Sycamore High School
project: Haptic Display

Kai Sung
Thomas Worthington High School
project: Chaotic Motions

Neal Wiggermann
Oak Hills High School
project: VRML

Sam Chen
Copley High School
project: VRML

Patrick Dunnigan
Wellington High School
project: Interactive Virtual Environments

Coleman Alleman
Northeastern High School
project: VRML

Dan Muzyka
Wellington High School
project: Interactive Virtual Environments

Christopher Brown
Reynoldsburg High School
project: VRML

Mark Milligan
Northmont Senior High School
project: VRML

Isaac Rosmarin
Mansfield Christian School
project: Chaotic Motions

Thomas Kerwin
Bishop Watterson High School
project: Chaotic Motions

Akil Narayan
Grove City High School
project: Chaotic Motions

Michael Ekoniak
Canfield High School
project: VRML

SI Education Consultants

Jane Nawrocki
Springfield High School

Brian Gray
Greenon High School

Projects

Each SI student participated in a team project. The number of students in a group varied between three and four. The students selected their own teams, elected a project leader, and chose a project.

This years projects included: 

The final results of each project were copied to video tape and distributed to the students at the end of the Summer Institute.

Schedule

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