Center for Engineering Computing

Interim Director: Brian Sheffield

Home Page: http://www.cec.wustl.edu/ Location: 214 Sever Hall

CEC provides computers, computer-aided teaching classrooms, and consulting services. CEC labs are generally open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week during the spring and fall semesters (however, it is a good idea to check the schedule for class times, etc.).

CEC operates a fully networked computing system integrating workstations, file-servers, and compute-servers from multiple vendors. This includes approximately 100 user computing stations accessible from the Washington University Campus-Wide Network. Many of the computer stations are arranged in computer-aided teaching classrooms where several of the school's courses are taught.

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Planning for a pandemic Round tables address IT problems, infrastructure, workplace concerns over flu pandemic June 8, 2006 -- Temperature is rising as St. Louis tackles the ramifications of a flu epidemic. St. Louis is one of the few cities trying to stay ahead of the pandemic curve, thanks to workshops being conducted this spring and summer that bring together area institutions and businesses in round table formats. The Business Community and Pandemic Flu Roundtable is sponsored by the Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science's Center for the Application of Information Technology (CAIT) and the University's School of Medicine. CAIT is St. Louis' center for IT training, professional development, and executive interaction for more than 25 years. More than 100 business and institutional attendees are learning to address everything from potential vaccines and medications to sick leave policy and protective gear. More...

Free networking opportunities State-of-the-art laboratory offered to researchers, students Sept. 7, 2005 -- A router in the new Open Network Laboratory, funded by NSF. A novel networking service has been made available to the research community by computer scientists at Washington University in St. Louis, enabling researchers and students remote, free use of the latest networking technology. Ultimately, the new Open Network Laboratory (ONL )can lead to innovations that can expand the capability of the Internet and other networking environments, said its director, Jonathan S. Turner, Ph.D., Henry Edwin Sever Professor of Engineering, and professor of computer science and engineering at WUSTL.

Bandit, space repairman Tiny satellite can dock with mothership Nov. 11, 2004 -- David Kilper / WUSTL Photo Failure at a university is a word with bad connotations, unless you are involved in building experimental satellites that the U.S. Air Force and NASA find interesting. An aerospace engineer at Washington University in St. Louis who works with students building experimental spacecraft says student-built spacecraft, which he calls "university-class," have a strong advantage over aerospace industry-built spacecraft: the freedom to fail.

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Faculty Experts:

Computing Technology and Services (CTS) provides a variety of services to CEC. Some of these include hardware support, OS support, and application support. CTS is also responsible for the SEAS Network Operations Center which provides network support for the entire engineering school.

CEC supports electronic mail, WWW, and other communications to engineering students, faculty, and staff. CEC's Advisory Board helps direct CECís mission — its members are also open to your comments.