2009-2010 Bulletin – PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University

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centers and institutions for specialized
research, which study everything from
human rights to molecular recognition,
as well as the close affiliations it holds with
Teachers and Barnard Colleges, the
Juilliard School, the American Museum of
Natural History, and both the Jewish and
Union Theological Seminaries. Columbia
also maintains major off-campus facilities
such as the Lamont-Doherty Earth
Observatory in Palisades, N.Y., and the
Nevis Laboratories in Irvington, N.Y.
Involved in many cooperative ventures,
Columbia also conducts ongoing research
at such facilities as Brookhaven National
Laboratory in Upton, N.Y., and the NASA
Goddard Institute for Space Studies
located just off the Morningside campus.
THE MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS
CAMPUS
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering
and Applied Science is located on
Columbia’s Morningside campus. One of
the handsomest urban institutions in the
country, the thirty-two acres of the
Morningside campus comprise over sixty
buildings of housing; recreation and
research facilities; centers for the humanities
and social and pure sciences; and
professional schools in architecture, business,
the fine arts, journalism, law, and
other fields.
THE FU FOUNDATION
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
AND APPLIED SCIENCE
The Fu Foundation School of
Engineering and Applied Science occupies
three laboratory and classroom
buildings at the north end of the campus,
including the Schapiro Center for
Engineering and Physical Science
Research. In September 2010 the
Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering
Building currently under construction is
scheduled to open and will house SEAS
laboratories in nanotechnology and
biomedical imaging. Because of the
School’s close proximity to the other
Morningside facilities and programs,
Columbia engineering students have
ready access to the whole of the
University’s resources.
Comprising multiple programs of
study, with facilities specifically designed
and equipped to meet the laboratory and
research needs of both undergraduate
and graduate students, the School is the
site of an almost overwhelming array of
basic and advanced research installations,
from the Columbia Genome Center
and Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Center to the School’s newest major
center, the Energy Frontier Research
Center, which will examine new and
more efficient ways to extract solar energy.
Details about specific programs’ laboratories
and equipment can be found in
the sections describing those programs.
SEAS COMPUTING FACILITIES
The Botwinick Multimedia Learning
Laboratory at Columbia University has
changed the way engineers are educated
here.
Created with both education and interaction
in mind, the lab provides students
and instructors with fifty state-of-the-art
Apple MacPro workstations, a full set of
professional-grade engineering software
tools, and a collaborative classroom learning
environment to help them engage in
real-world interactions with community
clients, SEAS faculty, and professional
practitioners. It is home to the School’s
introductory first-year engineering course,
as well as advanced classes in 3-D modeling
and animation, technology and society,
and entrepreneurship.
The classroom features a wide-screen
SMART Board, two high-definition LCD
projectors, and a Sony EVI-HD1 PTZ
camera with direct-to-disk recording via
HD-SDI using a Kona3 video capture card.
CENTRAL COMPUTING
RESOURCES
Columbia University Information
Technology (CUIT)
www.columbia.edu/cuit
Contact the CUIT Helpdesk for
Technical Support
E-mail: askCUIT@columbia.edu
By phone: 212-854–1919
Monday–Thursday: 8:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Sunday: 3:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
In person (some consultations may
require an appointment):
CUIT Client Service Center
102 Philosophy Hall
Monday-Friday: 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Columbia University Information Technology
(CUIT) provides Columbia University
students, faculty, and staff with central
computing and communications services,
including computer accounts, e-mail, telephone
and cable TV service, and course
management and student information
applications. CUIT manages the Columbia
wireless network and the high-speed campus
Ethernet network, which is available to
all students in residence hall rooms. CUIT
also manages an array of computer labs,
terminal clusters, ColumbiaNet kiosk stations,
and electronic classrooms, and provides
a variety of technical support services
via the CUIT Helpdesk. CUIT services
include the following:
• Computer account IDs provide access
to Columbia’s secure online information
resources, campus computer
labs, and printing on CUIT printers. All
Columbia students, faculty, and staff
are assigned an ID account (called
University Network ID or UNI).
uni.columbia.edu.
• Columbia’s Web site provides access
to hundreds of online services and
resources, including extensive academic,
scholarly, and administrative
resources, a myriad of library catalogs
and references, the Directory of
Classes, registration information, campus
publications, and events listings.
www.columbia.edu
• Technical support is available through
the CUIT Helpdesk, which provides
assistance to the Morningside campus
online, by phone, or in person. (See
beginning of this section for hours and
contact information.)
• Courseworks@Columbia is the
University course management system.
It allows instructors to develop
and maintain course Web sites easily,
distribute class materials, link to online
reserves, administer quizzes and
tests, communicate with students,
and promote online discussions.
courseworks.columbia.edu
• Electronic classrooms provide multimedia
capabilities such as computer
and projection systems, DVD and
CD-ROM players, VCRs, and audio
SEAS 2009–2010