Introduction: Through the CFD Laboratory, the UT Engineering College offers an
internationally recognized computational engineering sciences (CES)
graduate curriculum leading
to MSc and/or PhD Engineering Science degrees. A fully enabled Internet website now
admits outreach to the professional community in an absolutely time- and distance-insensitive
mode for professional self-study. The more formal option leads
to a CFD Certificate following completion of 12 graduate credit hours
in the CES curriculum.
Professional Self-Study:
Courses: Archived courses available for professional self-study are
open for topical review at the Internet website (http://cfdlab.utk.edu/Internet). All courses are
completely self-contained with video-streamed lectures, courseware, problem and computer exercises and
their archives. Touching the hot word leads to the pertinent website for
course content perusal.
ME 452w: Finite Element Analysis (3): A new
undergraduate course on FEA covering topics in heat transfer, solid mechanics, fluid mechanics,
mechanical vibrations and heat/mass transport. Prerequisites are first undergraduate courses on these
subjects. Over a dozen computer-based experiments. A great place to get a foothold in FEA. Read about the content.
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ES 551w: Computational
Engineering Sciences (3): A thorough first-level graduate
exposure to the mathematics and computer practice of weak form-based
constructions in the computational engineering sciences.
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ES 552w: Computational
Fluid/Thermal Sciences (3): The succeeding first level graduate
course in the mathematics and computer practice of weak form-based
theory, with finite element / difference / volume semi-discretized
implementations for non-linear fluid-thermal Navier-Stokes systems
including turbulence closure, conjugate heat transfer, stability,
artificial diffusion and optimal adaptive mesh constructions.
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ES 645w: Advanced
Topics in Turbulence (3): a thorough coverage of turbulence
theory focused on closure systems embedded in commercial and proprietary
CFD codes. Coverage includes algebraic, two-equation, Reynolds
stress transport systems for RaNS, and Fourier transform focused
on sub-grid scale formulations leading to LES, VLES and DES closure
for unsteady Navier-Stokes systems.
Structure: Options exist for professional participation with or without academic
staff interaction. Advance payment is required, typically via check to “CFD Laboratory” and mailed
to UT CFD Laboratory, 316A Perkins Hall, Knoxville TN 37996-2030, with a note as to desired course
and start date.
1. Strictly self-study: The requested website archive is opened for one month from
the selected start date. The option exists to keep the website open for the 2 succeeding months.
The charge for the first month is US$198 and each succeeding month charge is US$ 99.
Casual email interaction with academic staff is supported.
2. Participatory study: The requested website is opened for three months
from the start date. The participant may select this period to coincide with the
regularly scheduled UT academic course offering, enabling collegial interaction with the
“live” class. Independent of timing, the charge is US$ 995, full email interaction with the
instructor is supported, and a Certificate of Completion will be issued upon successful
performance. For students registered at a university awarding
academic credit for this experience, CFD Lab will submit requested certification of
successful completion of the course.
3. Collegial interaction: For academics holding a university faculty appointment,
the charge for option 2 is halved and casual collegial interaction with academic staff is
available.
Materials: One copy (ONLY!) of the courseware at an archive site may be
downloaded and printed for personal use. The text supporting ME 452w and ES
551w is available from the publisher, contact jComputekPress@bellsouth.net.
The text for ES 552w has just gone out of print, but recent students have
secured a copy by searching the net. The various texts for ES 645w are
available from the respective publishers. All materials at the website are
the intellectual property of the CFD Laboratory and enjoy full copyright
protection.
CFD Certificate:
Certificate in Computational Fluid Dynamics:
The UT College of Engineering offers a certificate program in computational
fluid dynamics (CFD). The program is designed primarily for the
engineering professional interested in gaining dexterity in this subject by
taking a course sequence through distance education. All academic
material is
permanently archived at the UT CFD Laboratory
website, hence available on demand on a totally flexible schedule.
The 12 hour certificate is earned by completing the three courses ES
551, ES 552 and ES 645, which are extensively
cross-listed among departments in the College of Engineering. Read about the scope and content of this course sequence.
The certificate is completed with one elective 3 hours course from an approved
list. Those currently approved include ChE 507 (Matrix Methods in
Engineering Systems) and ES 555w (Computer Fire Modeling), which has
the prerequisite ME 455w (Enclosure Fire Dynamics), a fundamental
course in buoyant fluid dynamics. A wider selection will become available
as pertinent content courses become website archived.
The sole academic prerequisite for entering the certificate program
is a bachelor's degree in engineering. Applicants must meet
the minimum admission requirements of the UT Graduate School and become
admitted thereto.
Pedagogical Outreach:
The newly published text The Computational Engineering Sciences (ISBN
0-9790459-0-8) is the third authored by Prof. Baker on this subject.
It presents and summarizes in concise terms recent advances in the theory
and computer practice of discrete implementations of weak form constructions
in the computational engineering sciences. The text frontispiece material
is viewable here 
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Unique for a text on this subject, The Computational Engineering
Sciences is fully integrated for hands-on implementation of the contained
computer experiments, supported by Matlab® and/or the COMSOL®
Problem Solving Environment (PSE). The included DVD contains the full
compliment of computer lab execution files, also the specifically
developed Matlab “toolbox” enabling the developed object-oriented
template translation of theory into computer practice.
As an additional pedagogical advance, the two UT CFD Lab academic
courses which engendered the book technical content are now fully
distance-enabled in an Internet modality, including complete lecture
archives amenable to video streaming. Academics as well as practicing
professionals purchasing the text may also acquire these support materials
for their respective use. Available academic support packages are detailed www.jcomputek.com
Professor Baker’s follow-on authorship activity is to replace the pioneering 1983 textbook Finite Element Computational Fluid Mechanics. Drafting is underway for the title The Computational Fluid-Thermal Sciences. The associated UT CFD Lab course is ES 552w, which is as well fully Internet-enabled. The frontispiece draft for this text
will appear here shortly ..
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