Renaissance Computing Institute

About RENCI Main

Leadership

Locations

RENCI at Europa Center

RENCI at Duke University

RENCI at NC State University

RENCI at UNC Chapel Hill

RENCI at ECU

RENCI at UNC Asheville

RENCI at UNC Charlotte

RENCI at North Carolina State University ncsu

Location
North Carolina State University’s Centennial Campus
Partners I Building, Suite 1500 &
Engineering Building II, Room 1235
Raleigh, NC

Contact
Theresa-Marie Rhyne, Director
919-513-4623

Overview
The Renaissance Computing Institute at North Carolina State University opened in early 2007 and supports the use of visualization technology and analytical methods to explore engineering, scientific, design and educational challenges. The site will focus primary on serving the NCSU community, its partners and collaborators. Located on NCSU’s Centennial Campus in Raleigh, RENCI at NCSU will include a high-resolution display system and Access Grid multicast collaboration technology.

NCSU Collaborators
Information Technology Division: High Performance & Grid Computing
Institute for Transportation Research and Education
Department of Civil Engineering / College of Engineering
Geographic Information Science (GIS) Research and Teaching Program
Department of Marine, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Marine, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Visualization in Technology Education / College of Education
Astrophysics Group/ Department of Physics
Center for Electron Microscopy
Design Research & Extension Program / College of Design
Graphic Design Department / College of Design
Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications
Engineering Online / College of Engineering
Virtual Computing Laboratory / College of Engineering
Knowledge Discovery Laboratory / Department of Computer Science
Design Graphics Laboratory / Department of Computer Science
Multimedia Laboratory / Department of Computer Science
Center for Digital Entertainment / Department of Computer Science
Automated Software Engineering Research Group / Department of Computer Science
Department of Statistics / College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Open Courseware Laboratory / College of Management
Department of Communication / College of Humanities & Social Sciences
Department of Textile & Apparel Technology & Management / College of Textiles
Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism / College of Natural Resources
Department of Population Health & Pathobiology / College of Veterinary Medicine

Other Collaborators
Transportation Research Board: Visualization in Transportation Task Force

Directions
From I-40
Take Gorman Street exit (#295). Turn left onto Gorman. Turn right at second light onto Avent Ferry Road. Pass Trailwood Drive (light) and turn right at next light onto Varsity Drive. You have now entered NC State University’s Centennial Campus.

Stop at the Information Booth on Varsity Drive to obtain a parking pass. There is a visitor’s fee of $2.00. Drive straight down Varsity Drive, to the first stop sign, and turn right on Main Campus Drive, go past the first (Research Drive) intersection and turn right into the Partners Parking Area (see Map below) and park in the back of the Partners I Building.

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