visualab.sdsu.edu, visual lab, visualization lab, Victor Miguel Ponce

1726.   Visualab
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1726.1    The People of the Visualab 

 

The staff of the Visualab on the lab's 7th anniversary, March 7, 2008:   From left to right, Chris Paolini, systems administrator; Prof. Victor M. Ponce, Director; and Flor Perez, research associate.

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Visualab's Smart-UPS monitoring: 15-minute log (last month)
Visualab's Smart-UPS monitoring:  Graph

  • The Visualab  features:

    • one Silicon Graphics Octane server running Irix 6.5,

    • one SunFire V240 server running Solaris 10,

    • one Sun Ultra 45 server running Solaris 10,

    • four SunBlade 1500 workstations running Solaris 10, and

    • two Hewlett-Packard workstations running Windows XP.

  • The lab is used for teaching and research applications in web-based hydraulic and hydrologic engineering at San Diego State University's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

  • The following software is available:

    • AutoCAD 2008:   Computer-aided design software.

    • CGI:    Common Gateway Interface, for interactive web-based applications.

    • CSS:    Cascade Style Sheets for web-based applications.

    • COREL DRAW X3:   To develop specialized graphics.

    • FIREWORKS:   To develop specialized web graphics.

    • FORTRAN 77:   Structured language compiler (FORmula TRANslation).

    • FORTRAN 90:   Structured language compiler (FORmula TRANslation).

    • GIMP 2.0:   Open-source GNU Image Manipulation Program.

    • HEC-HMS 3.2:   U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Hydrologic Modeling System.

    • HEC-RAS 4.0:   U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' River Analysis System.

    • HTML:   Hyper-text Media Language.

    • IMAGEMAGICK:    Open-source graphics development software.

    • LATEX:   Electronic typesetting software.

    • ONLINECALC.SDSU.EDU   Online hydrologic and hydraulic software.

    • PERL:   Practical Extraction and Reporting Language.

    • PHOTOSHOP CS3:    Professional graphical manipulation software.

    • PHP 5:   Scripting language to develop dynamic web content.

    • RAINFLO 1.4:    Catchment model for simulation of flood flows.

    • SSH:    To Secure the SHell of a remote workstation or server.

    • TERRAIN NAVIGATOR PRO:   Map Tech's digital map imaging, V. 6.0.


 

Variation of the dam-breach Froude number with dimensionless distance downstream of the dam breach; hydrograph volume = 27000 m3 (Ponce, Taher-shamsi, and Shetty: ASCE Journal or Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 129(10), 2003, 1-6).

Mechanical Engineering graduate student Aman Khippal at the Visualab on March 7, 2008.

Civil engineering students Isaac Etchamendy, Collins Solomon, and Matthew Laman at the Visualab on March 7, 2008.

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