Research
Assistantship
Students are given the opportunity to obtain experience in Advanced
Distributed Simulation (ADS) research. ADS
research involves 3-D modeling, behavior representation, advanced visualization,
and communications. Students
receive stipends while studying in a high-technology environment composed of a
state-of-the-art computer laboratory.
Tutoring
While UHD offers tutoring for freshmen courses, C2SDS offers
free tutoring for upper-level mathematics and computer science courses. Tutors consist of college faculty and advanced college
students. These sessions take place
within computer classrooms, which also allows further utization of these rooms
for open lab.
Scholars Academy Community
College students and current UHD students are invited to apply for competitive
scholarships of up to $5,000 per academic year to major in computer science,
mathematics, engineering, or any area of natural science at UHD.
Visit www.uhd.edu/scholars for
additional information and applications. The
Academy now serves over 100 recipients and expects to grow each year.
Peer Advising/Mentoring
Scholars Academy recipients are provided with advising and mentoring by
advanced college students whom are also scholarship recipients.
The peer mentors are assigned 6-8 mentees within their same field of
study. Peer mentors meet and
communicate (via phone and email) with their meetees on a regular basis to
advise, mentor, encourage, and to intercept problems (social and academic).
Faculty Advising/Mentoring
Scholars Academy recipients and research assistants are provided with
advising and mentoring by college faculty members.
Mechanisms to ensure interaction with faculty advisors include required
signatures for registration and midterm reports each semester.
Learning Center
A Learning Center, established for use by UHD students enrolled in
mathematics and computer science courses, offers open lab hours and tutoring
sessions every week. The Center is
equipped with 10 Pentium machines and a laser printer for student purposes.
Collaborative Learning Community
Center The aim of the CLCC is to provide tutoring and
mentoring for Scholars Academy recipients in mathematics and computer science.
As students collaborate, younger students interact and learn from
examples set forth by upper classmen. The
CLCC is equipped with 15 Pentium machines, two laser printers, and working space
for study sessions. Upper-level
Scholars Academy recipients serve as tutors within the CLCC each week.
ADSRC Laboratory
This is a state-of-the-art networked graphics environment (400
square-feet of newly renovated space with equipment obtained through both NSF
and ARO funding) utilized by faculty and student researchers and as a classroom
setting for CS and upper-level mathematics courses.
The Lab consists of 20 Pentium 4 based machines running Linux and Windows
2000. In a separate lab, support is
provided via specialized Pentium and Unix based machines, including access to an
IBM SP/2 RISC6000 Multiprocessor that is available for research needs.