Avetec/Clark State NSF Interns Visit Cyrus One Data Center
July 20, 2012

Avetec/Clark State NSF interns, along with Avetec’s Chief Technology Officer Jeff Dalton and Executive Director of Education/Workforce Development Cathy S. Balas, visited the Cyrus One Data Center located in Lebanon, Ohio. Ryan Boots, Cyrus One Business Development Manager, shared information with the interns about the growth of the data center industry and the technical specifications which meet the power, cooling, and connectivity needs of businesses locating at Cyrus One data centers. The students also gained business insight into a rapidly growing career field which will require cybersecurity skills for the high performance computing environment in major data center operations.

Faculty Externship/Student Internship at PNNL
July 19, 2012

A “hands on” experience means getting to work directly on a large cluster of high performance computers for Clark State Professor Dan Heighton and Avetec intern Ben Schneider at Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL). One goal of the faculty externship/student internship team approach is to allow faculty to identify new ideas to use in their classroom teaching. Professor Heighton comments, “I really get to see the latest in industry and government requirements so that I can help prepare my students to be effective in those environments.”

Avetec and Wittenberg Partner for NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship
June 28, 2012

Avetec's partnership with Wittenberg University for the NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program has provided Wittenberg student Kimberly Lykens an internship at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratories this summer. Kimberly's research project focuses on purification and characterization of microbial proteins important in metal redox transformation. She is also working to develop methods to incorporate scientific research into the K-12 classroom as a part of her project to help excite and prepare the next generation of scientists.

Wittenberg University Discusses Cybersecurity Research with Avetec Interns
June 12, 2012

Dr. Elma Lee Moore, Dean of the School of Community Education at Wittenberg University, met with the Avetec interns to discuss their cybersecurity research and brainstorm issues that end users want to know about cybersecurity.

Avetec Interns Using Palantir
June 11, 2012

Avetec interns are using Palantir, an advanced analytics platform, for tracking and analyzing cyber-attacks and cyber-defenses as part of their work on a National Science Foundation/Pacific Northwest National Laboratories research project and Air Force Institute of Technology Cybersecurity Boot Camp.

Cybersecurity Internships at Avetec
June 4, 2012

Cybersecurity internships are underway at Avetec. The program, which includes virtual participation in the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) Cybersecurity boot camp and a High Performance Computing (HPC) cybersecurity research project with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL), runs from June 4 through August 10, 2012.

Interns pictured from left to right: Cory Gaston, Clark State Community College; Courtnay Dollinger, Wittenberg University; Don Wheeler, Clark State Community College; Rob Dean, Clark State Community College; Devon Love, Central State University; Aaron Lyons, Clark State Community College; and Ben Schneider; Clark State Community College.

Community College Interns, Using Bright Cluster Manager, Design and Implement HPC Clusters at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
April 18, 2012

Avetec and Clark State Community College interns have garnered national attention for designing and implementing HPC clusters and associated supporting infrastructures at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), a Department of Energy national research laboratory, and at Avetec in Springfield. A press release from Bright Computing can be found at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/4/prweb9410408.htm.