8General Manager of the business unit. I left Intel and went to HP and continued to work more directly with the end-user for several years, then felt called to retire from that industry after 40 years."I've had the opportunities to work with every major national lab in the United States as well as internationally, worked with major universities and institutions in Germany, Norway, Italy, India, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Vietnam, and New Zealand. It's been a worldwide experience working with users to solve complex problems." Dr. Wheat adds, "Being at ORU allows me to speak to what it looks like to be a light in a dark place. To be missionaries to the work force. That's what I'd been doing for so long, in conversations with colleagues. Now I can help raise up the next generation of people like me, technical computer leaders who will be able to carry the power of God into their careers and environments." He played a significant role in bringing Titan to ORU's campus, the only Christian university in the country to host such a machine. Birth of `Titan'Today's grand challenge problems require much more power than what a single machine can provide, such as the folding of a protein or modeling the crash of a car. Industry is transforming from a model of only physical prototyping to a model that embraces virtual prototyping, so this gives students the opportunity to use tools that need to be far more powerful than a single computer, putting the computational power of a thousand laptops to work one problem. According to Dr. Wheat, "There's a whole side of computing where we can have a direct influence on the quality of life around the world. We can contribute to clean water, sustainability, clean energy, national security, and so on. The kinds of things through computational science we can do are huge, so I love having the opportunity to infuse that into future employees, researchers, and leaders."Dr. Kathaleen Reid-Martinez, Chief Academic Officer of ORU inspired Dr. Wheat and his team to incorporate a supercomputer for the benefit of the University and its students. Dr. Reid-Martinez says, "We are all moving forward at a fast pace, and to just `do technology' is the wrong approach. We have to creatively find ways to leverage technology that creates less confusion, ease of use, and makes studies more gratifying. We imagine 90% of the world obtaining some form of education, knowledge, or intelligence as we integrate all technologies to deliver and assess hundreds of modalities of education."ORU's High Performance Computing Center provides resources to students and faculty and enables them to use high performance computing in their research and educational activities. Titan can be used for several departments in several different colleges, from modeling physical phenomena for chemistry, biology, or mechanical engineering to gene sequencing or gene alignment or material science in researching new materials. They can do radio wave propagation and wi-fi simulation, which is of interest to the College of Theology, or deep learning applications for enhanced business analytics Now I can help raise up the next generation of people like me, technical computer leaders who will be able to carry the power of God into their careers and environments
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