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College of Engineering

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Scott Laboratory, Computing Labs


SYSTEM STATUS - Updated 5/13/2013 10:00 p.m.
  • The department file server, which includes the Z: drive and the S: drive, was offline from 7 p.m. until 7:40 p.m. for maintenance.  All file service has been restored.
  • Use of ANSYS and ANSYS/Fluent require students to configure the license before using the software.  Please see S:Student/ANSYS 14/ANSYS_license_instructions.pdf for step by step instructions.

The student computing labs are for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering academic purposes. Most labs are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Students are provided with 30 GB of storage.  Snapshots are made every weekday of the home directories so students can restore or revert to previous versions of documents using the tools built into Windows 7.
 
All students are encouraged to read the OSU BuckeyeSecure and Safe Computing web sites.

Information Technology (IT) Staff Responsibilities

Jim Giuliani, IT Manager - Oversees IT staff and operations; manages budgets, addresses administrative issues/problems; primary contact for Unix/Linux systems, systems administrator for department web and mail servers, oversees research computing support.

Troy Tolle, Senior Systems Manager - Primary architect and administrator for department network infrastructure, primary systems administrator for Windows server infrastructure, systems administrator for department storage system, primary contact for Active Directory.

Ryland Truax, Systems Manager - Manages daily operation of the instructional computer labs, responsible for lab software image, printing subsystem, license servers for instructional software and anti-virus and security of instructional lab systems.

(Open Position), Systems Specialist - Primary support contact for faculty and staff desktop systems, department built research desktop systems, Windows desktop antivirus managment and reporting, desktop system compliance with university policies,.

For instructional lab problems, please report issues to the lab monitor, or contact Ryland Truax in room E220.
For BuckID card access issues, please fill out a problem report form at the front desk in N350.