ANSLab

</head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#0000FF" vlink="#9E0061" alink="#FF0000"> <center> <h1> <img SRC="title.gif" ALT="ANSLab --- The UBC Advance Numerical Simulation Laboratory" height=155 width=500 align=CENTER></h1></center> <center> <h2> What do aerodynamic analysis of aircraft, clinical treatment of cancer, and electron transport in semiconductors have in common?</h2></center> <p><br>All of these problems involve complex physical phenomena and complex geometric shapes. For example, simulating the effects of microwave therapy on tumors requires accurate modeling of the size, shape, and location of all surrounding tissues so that the interaction between these tissues and therapeutic microwave beams can be determined. <p>Decomposing complex geometries into simple subdomains for computation is easiest using unstructured meshes --- those for which the topology of the decomposition can vary from one location to another.  Numerical simulation techniques for unstructured meshes are well-developed at the research level, and quite powerful.  Unfortunately, wide-spread industrial use of these mesh techniques is currently limited by the high level of specialized knowledge required to successfully implement an unstructured mesh simulation. <br>  <h2> Advanced Numerical Simulation Laboratory</h2> The mission of the Advanced Numerical Simulation Laboratory at the University of British Columbia is to develop computational infrastructure so that people without extensive knowledge of unstructured mesh techniques can easily create powerful, efficient simulation programs for complex problems.  To this end, we are developing two main computational tools: one to do geometric decomposition (mesh generation) and one to provide support for  numerical simulation programs.  The team working on these tools is interdisciplinary: engineers, computer scientists, and mathematicians all have unique skills that are valuable to the project. <p> <hr WIDTH="100%"> <center><a href="projects.html">Project Summary</a> <img SRC="ball.red.gif" height=22 width=20 align=ABSCENTER> <a href="meshing.html">Meshing</a> <img SRC="ball.red.gif" height=22 width=20 align=ABSCENTER> <a href="solver.html">PDE Solver</a> <img SRC="ball.red.gif" height=22 width=20 align=ABSCENTER> <a href="people.html">People</a> <img SRC="ball.red.gif" height=22 width=20 align=ABSCENTER> <a href="tech_transfer.html">Tech Transfer</a></center> <p> <hr WIDTH="100%"> <br>For further information, contact Dr. Carl Ollivier-Gooch at  <a href="mailto:cfog@mech.ubc.ca">cfog@mech.ubc.ca</a>  or (604)822-1854. </body>