SERD Computer Laboratories
The SERD Computer Laboratories I and II in the Main SERD Building, comprising of 80 high-end
PCs connected to the campus-wide Ethernet and ATM Network, provide support to all students,
faculty and staff in their computer-aided courses, training and research. Full internet access is available
to these PCs through a high speed network backbone which connects all academic buildings including
the residence halls. A large number of PC software packages for applications such as word-processing,
spreadsheets, network communications, multimedia and file transfer utilities are available. High quality
laser printers, scanning and CD writing facilities are available for students' uses. These two computer
laboratories have a server to host and maintain the School's homepages as well as other WebPages for
project and newsletters.
The SERD Computer Lab III in the Agricultural and Food Engineering Building has various kinds of
software packages for system analysis and simulation, including DSSAT (Decision Support System for
Agro-technology Transfer), ArcView etc. A Computer-Aided Design (CAD) workstation is also available for
training the design of agricultural equipment. There is a machine workshop with facilities for fabricating various types of laboratory and experimental apparatus and models. Consultation and fabrication of different types of transducers can be provided. About 20 high-end PCs connected to the campus-wide Ethernet and ATM network and a high quality laser printer, scanning and CD writing facilities are available for students' uses.
The SERD Computer Lab IV in the Energy Building has a large number of computer modeling software for energy planning and policy analysis. These include Model for Analysis of Energy Demand and Environmental Impacts (MAED, MEDEE-S/ENV, LEAP), Electricity System Planning (WASP-III Plus, ENPEP, DECPAC), Energy-Environmental Flow Optimization Model (EFOM-ENV), Wood Energy Planning Models, Energy-Environmental Models for estimation of impacts of energy externalities, air pollution emission and dispersion and climate change (CO2 DB, RAINS, TEMIC, ECOSENS, ISC) and Energy-Environmental Database Management Software (DBA-VOID). An energy-environment database for Asia is maintained in this computer lab. About 20 high-end PCs connected to the campus-wide Ethernet and ATM network and a high quality laser printer, scanning and CD writing facilities are available for students' uses.
All registered SERD students are issued magnetic cards to access any of these four SERD computer laboratories.