In the News, July 2009

The space shuttle Endeavour undocked from the International Space Station Tuesday. Pilot Douglas Hurley, LA B ’88, guided Endeavour around the Space Station as crewmates took photographs.

The touchdown at the Kennedy Space Center is targeted for Friday July 31. Read article

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As part of a ten-member group of in-state universities, the University of South Florida (USF) is collaborating with the Florida Energy Systems Consortium in developing strategies to implement renewable and cost-effective alternative energy sources.

With the aid of a three-year grant, the School of Architecture and Community Design at USF is partnering with the College of Engineering’s Clean Energy Research Center to build a “moderately priced home using renewable and highly efficient solar energy.”

The home will be a center open to the public and used for USF faculty and students to learn the applications and strategies of renewable resources. Read article

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At a recent talk, James Hamilton, VP and Distinguished Engineer at Amazon Web Services, discussed data center efficiency and the outdated approaches to data center cooling.

The article contains links to Hamilton’s presentation where you can read more about his proposed tactics to cooling data centers.

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