diff --git a/MPI-Codes/IntroMPI/Makefile b/MPI-Codes/IntroMPI/Makefile
new file mode 100755
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+++ b/MPI-Codes/IntroMPI/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+MPICC = mpicc			#The wrapper for the compiler
+CFLAGS += -g			#Useful for debug symbols
+
+all: helloworld hamlet easysendrecv nonblockingsendrecv
+
+helloworld: helloworld.c
+	$(MPICC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $? $(LDLIBS) -o $@
+
+hamlet: hamlet.c
+	$(MPICC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $? $(LDLIBS) -o $@
+
+easysendrecv: easysendrecv.c
+	$(MPICC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $? $(LDLIBS) -o $@
+
+nonblockingsendrecv: nonblockingsendrecv.c
+	$(MPICC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $? $(LDLIBS) -o $@
+
+clean:
+	rm -f helloworld hamlet easysendrecv nonblockingsendrecv
diff --git a/MPI-Codes/IntroMPI/easysendrecv.c b/MPI-Codes/IntroMPI/easysendrecv.c
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..e98a617
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+++ b/MPI-Codes/IntroMPI/easysendrecv.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include "mpi.h"
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+int main( int argc, char **argv){
+ char message[20];
+ int myrank;
+ MPI_Status status;
+ MPI_Init( &argc, &argv );
+ MPI_Comm_rank( MPI_COMM_WORLD, &myrank );
+ if (myrank == 0){  /* code for process zero */
+  strcpy(message,"Hello, there");
+  MPI_Send(message, strlen(message)+1, MPI_CHAR, 1, 99, MPI_COMM_WORLD);
+ }
+ else if (myrank == 1){ /* code for process one */
+  MPI_Recv(message, 20, MPI_CHAR, 0, 99, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
+  printf("received :%s:\n", message);
+ }
+ MPI_Finalize();
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/MPI-Codes/IntroMPI/hamlet.c b/MPI-Codes/IntroMPI/hamlet.c
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..64b3ef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MPI-Codes/IntroMPI/hamlet.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include "mpi.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+int main( int argc, char **argv ){
+ int rank, size;
+ MPI_Init( &argc, &argv );
+ MPI_Comm_rank( MPI_COMM_WORLD, &rank );
+ MPI_Comm_size( MPI_COMM_WORLD, &size );
+ printf( "Hello world! I'm process %d of %d\n",rank, size );
+ MPI_Finalize();
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/MPI-Codes/IntroMPI/helloworld.c b/MPI-Codes/IntroMPI/helloworld.c
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a6329d0
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+++ b/MPI-Codes/IntroMPI/helloworld.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include "mpi.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv){
+ MPI_Init( &argc, &argv);
+ printf("Hello, world!\n");
+ MPI_Finalize();
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/MPI-Codes/IntroMPI/launcher.sh b/MPI-Codes/IntroMPI/launcher.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3ea24c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MPI-Codes/IntroMPI/launcher.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#SBATCH --job-name=helloworld
+#SBATCH --nodes=1
+#SBATCH --ntasks=6
+#SBATCH --time=00:05:00
+#SBATCH -o ./%x.%j.out
+#SBATCH -e ./%x.%j.err
+mpirun helloworld
diff --git a/MPI-Codes/IntroMPI/nonblockingsendrecv.c b/MPI-Codes/IntroMPI/nonblockingsendrecv.c
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..2a3fee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MPI-Codes/IntroMPI/nonblockingsendrecv.c
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <mpi.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+ int a, b;
+ int size, rank;
+ int tag = 0; 
+ MPI_Status status;
+ MPI_Request send_request, recv_request;
+ MPI_Init(&argc, &argv);
+ MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &size);
+ MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &rank);
+ if (rank == 0) {
+  a = 314159; 
+  MPI_Isend(&a, 1, MPI_INT, 1, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &send_request);
+  MPI_Irecv (&b, 1, MPI_INT, 1, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &recv_request);
+  MPI_Wait(&send_request, &status);
+  MPI_Wait(&recv_request, &status);
+  printf ("Process %d received value %d\n", rank, b);
+ } else {
+  a = 667;
+  MPI_Isend (&a, 1, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &send_request);
+  MPI_Irecv (&b, 1, MPI_INT, 0, tag, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &recv_request);
+  MPI_Wait(&send_request, &status);
+  MPI_Wait(&recv_request, &status);
+  printf ("Process %d received value %d\n", rank, b);
+ }
+ MPI_Finalize();
+ return 0;
+}