| Eunice
Smith
email: eunice@umfort.cs.ecsu.edu
Mentor:
Dr. John P. Kizito
Internship: Microgravity Fluid Physics Branch,
NASA Glenn Research Center
Title: Visualizing Data in Mathematical form
for Various Biological Projects
Data is collected each day as a result of several numerical
and physical experiments that are performed at the NASA Glenn
Research Center. The experimental data is then acquired with
the aid of computer applications like LabView. Numerical data
is very important; however, it is sometimes helpful to have
a picture that explains the results. Fortran is a programming
language used to perform numerical calculations to decipher
what the data means. Visualization of the data is method used
to give researchers a graphical way of explaining their findings.
This can be done in the form of simulations and graphs.
The overall goal of my research project was to design tools
to visualize data. There are many software applications that
have been designed primarily for the purpose of data visualization,
but data is collected in various formats that may have a different
structure from the required input format. Numerical data maybe
collected in binary or ASCI format. The application may require
the data to be converted into another format; the formats
must be compatible to the applications. For example, Tecplot
converts ASCI files to binary files before loading the data
files to perform a task. Matlab is often used to display mathematical
concepts and equations in the form of graphs. EnSight and
Fieldview also accept data and produce graphs and simulations.
My assignment was to discover which computer application would
provide us with the graphs and even small movies that were
needed to display the results of the experiments.
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