University of Montana Computer Science Department Rakes in Prestigious Grants

The University of Montana’s modest-sized Department of Computer Science is housed on the fourth floor of the Social Sciences Building, the only floor in that building with air conditioning.

“Obviously, our equipment can’t handle high temperatures,” said Professor Joel Henry.

That, and they have to keep their millions cool.

The small, six-member faculty has pulled in more than $3 million in the last four years in various grants for work ranging from NASA’s ORION project – the successor to the space shuttle – to creating models of receding ice sheets around the globe for use in schools.

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