WINTER 2004 ISSUE

IN THIS ISSUE:

Two hundred years ago, the Lewis and Clark Expedition crossed a continent

How do mountains grow? Rocks collected on Mount Everest tell the story

Reducing injuries from accidents is often new territory

Researchers help computers pick faces out of a crowd

Research can guide investment

World’s third-fastest supercomputer built in world-record time: How? and Why?

Program helps couples stop the violence

When a tree grows in Brooklyn – or Chicago – or any town or neighborhood, we all benefit

Graduate students are partners in research: Winning graduate student research makes it easier to plot forested land and for computer grids to operate in secure environments

Microscopes: Brief reports about a book of poetry that reveals slaves as models for space explorers, a rediscovered collection of works about American woods, a solid-state switch that could protect and enhance the nation’s electric grid, how museums reflect the intersection of politics and culture, and how a national fiber optic backbone is linking research universities and laboratories at gigabit and higher speeds.

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About the cover: The Virginia Tech X supercomputer actually looks like a small warehouse full of computers. Only the hum of the air conditioning and the lights tell you anything is happening. But inside the shelves full of units and across the blue and grey wires, knowledge is moving and growing. Photographer Michael Kiernan’s creative cover image appears to capture the action behind the sterile covers.

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Originally published in Winter 2003. Material appearing in the Virginia Tech Research magazine may be reprinted, provided the endorsement of a commercial product is not stated or implied. Please credit the researchers involved and Virginia Tech.

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