Objectives and Goals of the Center

  The overall goal of the Center of Excellence in Computational Mechanics is to establish FSU as one of the premier institutions of research and education in computational mechanics. The specific goals of the center in order to achieve this mission are:

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To promote synergy through interdisciplinary interaction among FSU faculty members and graduate students working in computational mechanics, in order to strengthen the already existing strong subprograms in mechanics, and to expand them into new areas.

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To foster interactions between faculty, researchers, and graduate students working within the field of computational mechanics, with their counter-parts working in other computational fields, including members of CSIT, in order to cultivate the cross-fertilization of these disciplines.

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To enhance and to develop new computational methodologies for implementation on the FSU SP-3 computer with applications to mechanics problems and to share these methodologies and computational experiences with other FSU faculty members, as well as share the methodologies and experiences obtained by other faculty members.

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To develop a new interdisciplinary graduate program in Computational Mechanics.

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To develop into a premier, self-supporting center in three years by obtaining external funding through both individual and joint research proposals of the center's faculty members.