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About the UT CFD Lab
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Academic Mission: To conduct forefront academic research in computational engineering sciences theory and computing practice, to bring cutting-edge simulation capability to focus in assisting commercial industry do a better job of engineering design optimization. The emphasis is computational fluid dynamics with heat and mass transport, called "CFD," present in the wide majority of engineered systems, e.g., microelectronics cooling, metals quenching, heat treating, casting, industrial ventilation/indoor air quality, environmental transport, biodegradation simulation, subsurface creeping flows (contaminants, oil, water), as well as all classes in aerodynamics. The UT CFD Laboratory exemplifies the venue that industry will assimilate, to keep pace in computer-based engineering system simulation, hence productivity. Graduate classes, particularly those presented using video streaming via Internet, use the UT CFD Laboratory for hands-on computing experience. All MSc/PhD students, plus participating industry scientists and engineers, conduct applications in this world-class computing environment promoting rapid conversion of theory into practice. Assimilation of component-based software systems, using high performance computing and communications (HPCC) facets, has the potential to supplant isolated code installations, with their use restrictions, cost of upkeep and legacy numerics. Research Facilities: The UT CFD Laboratory is a lecture/computing facility supporting the educational/research mission of the UT college of Engineering graduate curriculum in the computational engineering sciences. It operates a Linux-based networked computing environment constituted of 23 high end PCs, accesible by registered students, faculty and student researchers in an open internet networked environment. A complete description of the facilities/environment is available here. Research projects conducted through the UT CFD Lab also enjoy direct interaction with the UT Computer Science Department and the UT Innovative Computing Laboratory (ICL), also the UT-ORNL Joint Institute for Computational Sciences (JICS) for high-end parallel computing functionality. The Lighter Side: The field of CFD is populated with bright colorful people with a sense of humor. Touch the following for trips to the lighter side: |
