2008-2009 Bulletin – PDF - SEAS Bulletin - Columbia University

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Beyond its schools and programs,
the measure of Columbia’s true breadth
and depth must take into account its
seventy-odd internationally recognized
centers and institutions for specialized
research, which study everything from
human rights to molecular recognition,
as well as the close affiliations it holds
with Teachers and Barnard Colleges,
the Juilliard School, the American
Museum of Natural History, and both the
Jewish and Union Theological Seminaries.
Columbia also maintains major off-campus
facilities such as the Lamont-Doherty
Earth Observatory in Palisades, N.Y., and
the Nevis Laboratories in Irvington, N.Y.
Involved in many cooperative ventures,
Columbia also conducts ongoing
research at such facilities as Brookhaven
National Laboratory in Upton, N.Y., and
the NASA Goddard Institute for Space
Studies located just off the Morningside
campus.
THE MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS
CAMPUS
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering
and Applied Science is located on
Columbia’s Morningside campus. One
of the handsomest urban institutions in
the country, the thirty-two acres of the
Morningside campus comprise over
sixty buildings of housing; recreation
and research facilities; centers for the
humanities and social and pure sciences;
and professional schools in architecture,
business, the fine arts, journalism, law,
and other fields.
THE FU FOUNDATION
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
AND APPLIED SCIENCE
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering
and Applied Science occupies three
laboratory and classroom buildings at
the north end of the campus, including
the Schapiro Center for Engineering and
Physical Science Research. Because of
the School’s close proximity to the other
Morningside facilities and programs,
Columbia engineering students have
ready access to the whole of the
University’s resources.
Comprising multiple programs of
study, with facilities specifically designed
and equipped to meet the laboratory and
research needs of both undergraduate
and graduate students, the School is
the site of an almost overwhelming
array of basic and advanced research
installations, from the Columbia Center
for Electron Transport in Molecular
Nanostructures to the Columbia Genome
Center. Details about specific programs’
laboratories and equipment can be
found in the sections describing those
programs.
SEAS COMPUTING FACILITIES
The Botwinick Multimedia Learning
Laboratory is the School’s state-of-theart
facility for computer-aided design
(CAD). It is equipped with forty-five Dell
Precision workstations, custom tailored
for 3D modeling and animation, as well
as a Sun Enterprise level server that
serves the lab’s 300-plus users per
semester. The lab offers students the
latest modeling software products used in
the industry—Alias|Wavefront Studio|Tools,
Maya, Pro-Engineer—as well as Adobe
Photoshop and After Effects.
All first-year students take a course
in the Botwinick Multimedia Learning
Laboratory that explores fundamental
engineering design in a three-dimensional
virtual environment. Students work in
teams to research, develop, and finally
design innovative new products. In addition,
all undergraduate students from the
University have a chance to take advanced
courses in modeling and animation.
CENTRAL COMPUTING
RESOURCES
Columbia University Information
Technology (CUIT)
www.columbia.edu/cuit
Contact the CUIT Helpdesk for
Technical Support
E-mail: askCUIT@columbia.edu
By phone: 212-854–1919
Monday–Thursday: 8:00 a.m.–11:00 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Sunday: 3:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
In person (some consultations may
require an appointment):
CUIT Client Service Center
102 Philosophy Hall
Monday-Friday: 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Columbia University Information
Technology (CUIT) provides Columbia
University students, faculty, and staff with
central computing and communications
SEAS 2008–2009