(August 10, 2006)--A group of Southern universities that includes two Texas schools is assembling a high-speed supercomputer grid that can trace the shape of star systems millions of miles away.

It also could magnify the inner workings of the tiny moleculesin prescription drugs, and perform billions of calculations per second.

The grid is starting with Georgia State University in Atlanta and Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

Texas A&M will join the list by the fall and Texas Tech will also participate.

Eventually, 24 colleges in 15 states will be connected through the proposed network, which will provide access to lightning-fast computing capabilities and opportunities to do joint research projects on the grid.

Southeastern Universities Research Association:
http://www.sura.org

Eventual Participants
(Source: Southeastern Universities Research Association)

University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Alabama in Huntsville
University of Arkansas
Bowie State University, Bowie, Md.
University of Florida
George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
Georgia State University
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Ga.
University of Kentucky
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Louisiana State University
Louisiana Tech University
University of Maryland
University of Michigan
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
North Carolina State University
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va.
University of South Carolina
University of Southern California
Texas A&M University*
Texas Tech University*
Tulane University, New Orleans
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.
University of Virginia

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