Abstract
Africa is not investing much in computational materials research. Poor infrastructure in terms of electricity and internet connectivity has made research difficult for computational researchers. High Performing Computers and especially CHPC of South Africa have proven to be a better way of doing research in Africa. It has attracted many researchers in Physics, Chemistry and Biology just to name a few. In these initial studies, LaF3 has been presented as a case study currently being done in CHPC yet miles away from Kenya. With the actual speed achieved and resources used (e.g. twelve times speed and over 20 CPUs). For the lattice parameter for LaF3, the experimental work has given a value of 7.20 Bohr and 7.36 Bohr respectively while our computational results are 7.24 Bohr and 7.37 Bohr respectively. The deviation between experimental and computational proves to be small hence validating our computational research.
Highlights
A country’s economic growth can be pegged on the research it does
Apart from South Africa that has discovered this secret of inter-relations between economic growth and research most countries in Africa are struggling with funding scientific research
Through establishment of the Center of High Performing Computers (CHPC) in 2007, South Africa has positioned herself as a hub for research and a preferred destination for computational researchers
Summary
A country’s economic growth can be pegged on the research it does. In western countries, governments have discovered this relationship and have heavily invested in research. In Kenya, 2016/2017 budget saw the government allocate Ksh 3 billion which is an improvement for the first time to 2% of the national budget allocated to research Most of this fund is disbursed to applied sciences where much emphasis is given to biological science and environmental science [2]. In Kenya, the active computational group of university of Eldoret may not handle huge calculations given that it was made for the use by the students and staff of the university This facility was funded by National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI) before the formation of National Research Fund [3]. Contributions from users aid those still learning creating a platform for interaction
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