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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 Lab 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 constituted of an open, local area / Internet networked academic and computing environment supporting the educational mission of the UT Engineering College. Research projects of the CFD Lab enjoy direct interaction with the UT Computer Science Department, UT Innovative Computing Laboratory (ICL) and the UT Joint Institute for Computational Science (JICS), for parallel computing issues. CFD Lab also operates a 12 processor Beowulf Linux PC cluster. 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: |
