The Need For Action

  We are a group of faculty at FSU who have arrived at the realization of a common problem. Each of us is internationally known and respected as a leading scientist in our own field of research. Yet each of us, working alone, is restricted in what we can achieve.

The logistics of dealing with current computational facilities with cutting edge power such as the FSU SP-3 supercomputer, to use these facilities effectively and absorb their results, as well as to train students in their application, is more than any single faculty working alone can handle effectively. However, achieving those goals is an essential requirement for FSU to be a primary institution in the area of computational mechanics.

We recognize that by working together, we can achieve a synergism that yields a total that is much more than the sum of the parts. The problems we face in the field of modern mechanics, such as the use of massively parallel computing. formulation of appropriate boundary value problems, solution methodologies, and the analysis of their results, are something we all share. Only by working together, we can face our challenges and vanquish the new generation of problems in computational mechanics.