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Folding@Home

Folding@Home. Joey Schaefer Every Student that used the LAB. East Lab Computer usage: Dianne Phillips.

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Folding@Home

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  1. Folding@Home • Joey Schaefer • Every Student that used the LAB. East Lab Computer usage: Dianne Phillips

  2. Folding@Home is a program that few have heard about. Similar to the SETI project, it uses a mass network of computers to try and unravel the mysteries of protein folding or its mistakes that make up a lot of today's diseases. Introduction

  3. Be part of something more than just my own little world. To raise community awareness about the role of protein folding in understanding diseases. To use energy and resources efficiently, that are otherwise wasted. To discover the cost of utilization of these resources. ProjectOverview

  4. Why should NWACC be involved in this project? • Computers in student computer labs at NWACC are not used 24 hours a day. Each computer could be helping to unravel disease information while they sit idle. • The protein folding program can also run while students are working on projects with no discernable interference. • Using the program would benefit mankind as well as help NWACC use its resources efficiently.

  5. Promote NWACC as a contributor toward the FOLDING@ HOME project. Contribute to helping find answers to some of the top diseases. Community Aspects of the Project

  6. Objectives of Project • Gather Data • Figure out the cost in helping • Progress Protein folding

  7. Methods • Data collection.

  8. Advance Protein Folding

  9. What it all costs. • 1 computer running 24 hours with screen saver uses 1.04 KW. • 1 computer running 24 hours with Folding@Home and FahMon uses 1.40KW • That’s a difference of .36 KW • Costing no more than 11cents per KWH. • http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/epm/table5_6_a.html • $.04 a day for 1 computer. • $.48 a day for 12 computers.

  10. Technology Used • Digital Camera • Microsoft: Power Point, Paint • 12 East lab computers • VISTA • Internet • Kill-A-Watt meter • How to Fold

  11. Skills Achieved • VISTA knowledge gained. • Security settings • Folder Properties

  12. Project Results • In 4 months, with 12 computers, I was able to move team NWACC_East_Empacts from a team ranking position of 145,081 to 3862; completing 1348 Work Units for a points total of 313,909. • The results are truly untold as to how much this has contributed, but if 1 cure is found, Is it not worth the cost?

  13. Project Ideas for Future • Continue present project. Takes a few minutes to keep each computer setup after updates or power loss. • Incorporate Every computer at NWACC. There has to be well over 200 computers sitting idle daily. • Increase the student knowledge of how to utilize their personal computers in helping with this project. • Determine if NWACC is capable of utilizing this technology for other projects.

  14. References/Acknowledgements • NWACC • Dean Marvin Galloway EAST / EMPACTS Coordinator • C. Dianne Phillips, EAST / EMPACTS Facilitator • NWACC security agents • NWACC East Lab Students

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