Award Date:                                                    November 5, 2002 
Award No.                                                      DUE-0202452      
Amendment No.                                                  001              
                                                                                
Mr. Marvin S. Enokawa                                                           
Director of Research Services                                                   
University of Hawaii                                                            
2530 Dole Street                                                                
Sakamaki D-200                                                                  
Honolulu, HI  96822-2225                                                        
                                                                                
Dear Mr. Enokawa:                                                               
                                                                                
By letter dated September 3, 2002  the sum of $986,631 was awarded to 
University of Hawaii under the direction of G. Robert Converse, Cynthia 
Childers, Stephen G. George, Thomas P. Murphy, Witold Sieradzan for support of 
the project entitled:                                  
                                                                                
"National Center of Excellence for High Performance Computing Technology."      
                             
                                                                                
                                                                                
Effective with this amendment, this project is now under the direction of G. 
Robert Converse, James M. Lusk, Thomas P. Murphy, Witold Sieradzan, Stephen G. 
George.                                  
                                                                                
                                                                                
Except as modified by this amendment, the grant conditions remain unchanged.    
                              
                                                                                
The cognizant NSF program official for this grant is Duncan E. McBride (703) 
292-4630.  The cognizant NSF grants official contact is Loretta Hemsley (703) 
292-8218.                                  
                                                                                
Sincerely,                                                                      
                                                                                
                                                                                
Stephanie Gorman                                                                
Grants Officer                                                                  
                                                                                
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