Alexander Quan
ABOUT ME
Intern, SIO Visualization Center
BS Aerospace Engineering candidate
Warren College
University of California, San Diego
email: aquan@ucsd.edu
phone: (619)508-0360
FACT
I have reciently started this position so I am learning as I go.
ACTIVE PROJECTS
This is a scene file which shows all the earthquakes larger than Magnitude 6 that occurred in the year 2006. The top ten of those earthquakes are listed to the side of the scene file
One of the more recent and prominent features that the Visualization Center has to offer is the iCluster, a twelve unit array of 30" Apple Cinema HD displays, powered by 6 G5 Mac towers and used for purposes of exhibiting up-to-date seismolic data. From the beginning of my internship, I have helped deal with the setup and maintenance of the iCluster: the hook-up between the monitors and the computer cluster, troubleshooting, managing the content that appears, and setting up and transporting the portable apparatus.
MiniMe (August 2006- )
The Mobile Interactive Imaging Macintosh Environment(MiniME) Wall is another cluster of computers that form a powerful visualization system. This system is powered by 16 Apple MacMinis. The series of screens is portable and displays various materials at conferences. This system is currently being finalized at CalIT2.
Consisting of 15 24" Dell Ultra Sharp LCD monitors with a native resolution of 1920 x 1200, the MiniME is the newest iCluster at IGPP. Each monitor is attached to a small Mac Mini, which despite its 6.5" square and 2" small portable size is powerful. Each MacMini is stock with Intel CoreDuo 1.83 GHz processors.