| | 1 | My group focuses exclusively on development of CFD algorithms (not that |
| | 2 | we don't care about the physics, it's just that we're oriented to |
| | 3 | algorithm development rather than using CFD to study flow |
| | 4 | physics). Because we can't hope to compete with large commercial |
| | 5 | development efforts in creating production-grade code, we focus on the |
| | 6 | bleeding edge of new ideas and methodology, including both analysis of |
| | 7 | methods and implementation of new approaches in our research solver and |
| | 8 | mesh generator. As such, students in my group need a solid grounding in |
| | 9 | applied math (at minimum, comfort with PDE's and Taylor series), |
| | 10 | excellent programming skills (in C++), and a good understanding of fluid |
| | 11 | mechanics (ultimately, compressible aerodynamics). Needless to say, |
| | 12 | this is not necessarily the skill set that they arrive with, but it |
| | 13 | certainly is what they -leave- with, along with a strong understanding |
| | 14 | of the state of the art in CFD algorithms and the key issues that are |
| | 15 | limiting further progress in the area. |
| | 16 | |
| | 17 | 1. Given the research environment that I've tried to describe, what do |
| | 18 | you think is the greatest strength that you would bring to the group? |
| | 19 | |
| | 20 | 2. What is the area in which you expect to learn / improve the most? |
| | 21 | |
| | 22 | 3. What is the thing that you're the most curious about / would most |
| | 23 | like to know more about? (Whether or not it's something that you can |
| | 24 | see yourself working on personally.) |
| | 25 | |
| | 26 | 4. What's the biggest non-research draw of UBC for you? |
