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Faculty Research

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Joel Adams developed Microwulf, a portable, 8-core, Beowulf-class supercomputer. (see the Microwulf homepage).

Our faculty are actively engaged in a variety of forms of research (see the faculty page for details). Here are some of the larger projects:

  • Digital Libraries – Harry Plantinga built and maintains the Christian Classics Ethereal Library, a digital library of well-known Christian literature that is one of the five top Christian sites on the world-wide-web. This work is funded by commercial sales, private benefactors, and employs a number of students throughout the year.

  • Networking – David Laverell built and maintains EmuLab, an on-line network emulation system. This work has been funded by the NSF and is done in collaboration with the Universities of Kentucky and Utah.

  • Security – Earl Fife is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSPĀ®) and serves as a security consultant to the College. He has also built a security attack cart that he uses in his computer security course (see CS 386).

  • SuperComputing – Joel Adams designs and builds Beowulf clusters (see Ohm & MicroWulf), and applies their computation power to significant problems in the sciences. This work has been funded by the NSF, employs student interns, and serves as the basis for the high-performance computing course (see CS 374).