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A consortium of universities and research laboratories has
established the Center for Piezoelectrics by Design, based at the
College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, and funded by
a major grant from the Office of Naval Research. The Center is located
at the College of William & Mary, and will conduct research into
the theoretical prediction and experimental realization of new members
of a unique class of materials, piezoelectrics, which convert sound
waves into electrical signals, and back. Applications of piezoelectric
materials include medical ultrasound devices and naval sonar. Advances
in piezoelectric materials could dramatically improve the portability
and performance of these and other systems based on transducers, the
general term for devices that inter-convert electrical and mechanical
energy.
"The new Itanium® 2 cluster will greatly benefit our exploration
into the properties of new piezoelectric materials. Programs that are
currently hitting a wall-clock limit of five days will now take two,
maybe two and a half days, to complete — a significant difference,
opening the door to more extensive research opportunities."
Dr. Eric Walter
Scientific Programmer
Center of Piezoelectrics by Design
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