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MSI PI Martin Saar (Earth Sciences), MSI Fellow Thomas Kuehn (Mechanical Engineering), and postdoctoral fellow Jimmy Randolph have invented a process by which carbon dioxide can be used as a renewable, green power source. The process, called the CO2-plume geothermal (CPG) system, shows great promise in computer models. The U has applied for international patents; testing should begin next year. You can read more in “Clean energy from CO2?” on the UMNews website.

The Virtual School of Computational Science and Engineering (VSCSE), a national virtual education organization partially funded by the Great Lakes Consortium for Petascale Computation, is offering three courses during Summer 2012. These courses, which include instruction in programming for many-core processors and heterogeneous systems and leveraging cloud systems, are designed for graduate and doctoral students from all disciplines.

Jeff McDonald, Assistant Director of HPC Operations, and Bill Hellriegel, Assistant to the Director, were interviewed at the Minnesota High Tech Association's Spring Conference on April 25, 2012. Jeff and Bill talked about MSI's resources and the MSI services that are available to Minnesota companies. You can see the video at the TECHdotMN website.