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e College of New Jersey ANNUAL REPORT 2017–2018 On October 12, School of Science Dean Jeffrey Osborn helped cut the ribbon on the college's new 89,000-square-foot STEM Building, which is home to the school's Department of Computer Science. (See related stories on pages 4 and 14.) The facility includes a Computer Science Faculty- Student Collaborative Research Suite, which accommodates a wide array of research areas, including computer networking and security, artificial intelligence, machine learning, grid computing and computational journalism, and human-computer interaction. The building also houses a High-Performance Scientific Computing Center that provides a platform for the intensive computing needs of student and faculty researchers, including big data, high-performance computing, graphic processing unit (GPU)-based calculations and modeling, and virtualization. Additional spaces include a Computer Science Student "Workshop" Lab and many informal learning spaces, including student commons, open study rooms, and closed study rooms. On November 1, the college dedicated the new SigmaPharm Laboratories Organic Chemistry Suite, which is part of TCNJ's new Chemistry Addition. The Organic Chemistry Suite, including two interconnected laboratories, and a unified prep lab, provides state-of-the-art pedagogical space and instrumentation for core and advanced chemistry courses. The 26,300-square-foot Chemistry Addition also houses a Multidisciplinary Super Laboratory Suite that includes synthetic, multipurpose, instrumentation, dry, and prep labs. This combination allows for seamless transition between computational, experimental, and analytical activities. TCNJ's chemistry department is in the top four percent in the U.S. and first in New Jersey in graduation of American Chemical Society- certified bachelor's degree chemistry graduates. SCHOOL OF SCIENCE HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING The National Science Foundation's Campus Cyberinfrastructure program awarded TCNJ a $500,000 competitive grant. It will fund strategic enhancements to TCNJ's network infrastructure to expand the innovative and diverse scientific research occurring at the college. Specifically, it will allow the implementation of a new high-speed science network that will provide faster transmission of data and enhanced network security. The new high-speed science network will connect the three science buildings to the high-performance computing cluster in the STEM Building via a new 80-gigabit-per-second backbone, and will include 10 Gbps connections to targeted labs, classrooms, and offices within each building. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT Mathematics major Kate O'Connor '19 was selected as a 2018 Goldwater Scholar, in part based on her knot theory research — an area of interest sparked by her work with Professor of Mathematics Cynthia Curtis. Chemistry major Kristen Vogt '19 received an honorable mention for her research in ionic liquids and computational chemistry with Joseph Baker, assistant professor of chemistry. Goldwater Scholars are chosen through a highly selective national competition that honors exceptional undergraduate students who plan to pursue graduate degrees in the STEM fields and careers in research. Sharon Ling '18 and alumnae Syndi Barish '16, Kirsten Christensen '16, Alana Huszar '16, and Susan Knox '16 were among only 2,000 students nationwide to receive a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Ling, a statistics major, conducted research in genetics and obesity with TCNJ Statistics Professor Michael Ochs. Barish is pursuing a graduate degree in genetics at Yale. Christensen is studying psychology at UMass-Boston. Huszar is at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the mathematical sciences program, and Knox is enrolled in Yale's graduate program in chemistry. COLLEGE OPENS NEW FACILITIES FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE AND CHEMISTRY

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