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v3 v4 5 5 == Studentship Opportunities == 6 6 7 === Fall, 201 2===7 === Fall, 2016 === 8 8 9 At this point, our admission cycle for fall 201 2 has ended. The application deadline for January, 2013, is May 1, 2012.9 At this point, our admission cycle for fall 2016 has ended. 10 10 11 === January, 2013===11 === Fall, 2017 === 12 12 13 I n January, 2013, I expect to accept one or two students, depending of the availability of funds. I have projects planned for mesh-solution interaction and unstructured mesh adaptation.13 I expect to accept one or two new students for fall 2017. I have projects planned for mesh-solution interaction and unstructured mesh adaptation. 14 14 15 In mesh-solution interaction, we are studying the accuracy characteristics of various unstructured mesh discretization schemes on realistic meshes. Over the next year or two, we'll be studying discretization schemes for both inviscid and viscous compressible flow, as well as re-examining approaches for gradient estimation. Ultimately, we expect to use the results of that analysis to improve the discretization scheme, the mesh generation process, or both.15 One project will be in the area of error estimation and correction. Two current PhD students have made great strides in error estimation for output functionals and on solving the error transport equation, for problems as complex as the laminar Navier-Stokes equations. The next step will be to extend this work to turbulent flows, including any challenges that arise because of highly anisotropic meshes. 16 16 17 The second project aims to extend our recent work on anisotropic adaptation, including smoothing anisotropic meshes to make them quasi-structured, from 2D to 3D. This is simple in principle, but the details will be challenging. This work will fit together nicely with ongoing work in parallel meshing and turbulent flow simulation. 18 19 === Fall 2013 === 20 21 My current estimate --- subject to change --- is that I'll be accepting two new students for fall, 2013. One of those projects will focus on how mesh quality affects stability; the other will ultimately be aimed at turning what we're learning about mesh-accuracy interaction into improved methods for mesh generation and/or improved and thoroughly tested numerical methods. 17 The second project aims to extend our recent work on anisotropic adaptation. In addition to adaptation capabilities, we have the ability to insert arbitrary surfaces into an existing mesh and to construct anisotropic meshes using an advancing front-like method. The combination of these tools should be quite powerful for anisotropic adaptation. 22 18 23 19 == Research Life in ANSLab == … … 27 23 Depending on their projects, my students also tend to collaborate with each other. For example, a recent student who was working on mesh adaptation was working both with a student working on mesh generation (to fix bugs he'd discovered in the insertion code) and a student working on flow solver stuff (who was a "customer" for him). 28 24 29 In addition to weekly one-on-one meetings with students, we have a weekly group meeting. These alternate in focus between discussing a specific paper (either from within the group or from outside) and talking about software engineering issues (debugging, makefiles, programming best practices, etc).30 31 25 == General Info about Graduate Programs in UBC Mechanical Engineering == 32 26 33 All students accepted into the group are hired as research assistants. MASc students receive a stipend of Can$ 18,000, guaranteed for two years, subject to satisfactory academic progress. PhD students receive a stipend of Can$20,000, guaranteed for four years, subject to satisfactory academic progress. The primary duty of research assistants is research work aimed towards their thesis, though other related small projects may be assigned occasionally.27 All students accepted into the group are hired as research assistants. MASc students receive a stipend of Can$21,000, guaranteed for two years, subject to satisfactory academic progress. PhD students receive a stipend of Can$23,000, guaranteed for four years, subject to satisfactory academic progress. The primary duty of research assistants is research work aimed towards their thesis, though other related small projects may be assigned occasionally. 34 28 35 Students with reasonable knowledge and English skills can easily supplement that by about $2K/semester with teaching assistantships, which typically require 56-84 hours/semester. (For reference, in my second year fluids class, the TAs are responsible for running the tutorials and marking the midterms for a class of 130-140 students; that and a few minor add-ons works out to about the full 60 hours. Other faculty no doubt have different expectations....)29 Students with reasonable knowledge and English skills can easily supplement that by about $2K/semester with teaching assistantships, which typically require 56-84 hours/semester. (For reference, in my second year fluids class, the TAs are responsible for running the tutorials and marking the midterms for a class of 130-140 students; that and a few minor add-ons works out to about the full 70 hours. Other faculty no doubt have different expectations....) 36 30 37 As for time requirements, for a MASc, a typical time to completion is about two years + one semester (28 months). In terms of actual degree requirements, our current course requirement is 18 credits (six courses) beyond the BASc, plus a 12-credit thesis. 2 credits go to a mandatory seminar course, which would leave you with five courses to take, if you pick the right five.31 As for time requirements, for a MASc, a typical time to completion is about two years + one semester (28 months). In terms of actual degree requirements, our current course requirement is 18 credits (six courses) beyond the BASc, plus a 12-credit thesis. 38 32 39 PhD students typically require three-four years after the MASc. The course requirement (in practice) is 15 credits (five courses) beyond the MASc , including a 3 credit mandatory seminar course, leaving you to take four courses.33 PhD students typically require three-four years after the MASc. The course requirement (in practice) is 15 credits (five courses) beyond the MASc. 40 34 41 35 == How ''Not'' to Apply == … … 43 37 This is actually good general advice, not just advice for students who are interested in working in ANSLab: Find out enough about a research group to get a good sense of whether your interests ''really'' match up well with what's going on there before you bother to show interest. 44 38 45 Don't just send email to every prof who Google turns up from a cursory keyword search. This past year, I got in excess of 200 emails from students expressing interest in joining ANSLab. While that's very flattering, over half were from prospective students whose interests matched up with mine only in the sense that "fluid dynamics" appears in both, or even worse. Someone whose interests are solely in experimental two-phase flows, for instance, is wasting their time and mine, as well as my patience, by sending me an email about graduate study: that's not even close to what my group does.39 Don't just send email to every prof who Google turns up from a cursory keyword search. This past year, I got in excess of 500 emails from students expressing interest in joining ANSLab. While that's very flattering, over half were from prospective students whose interests matched up with mine only in the sense that "fluid dynamics" appears in both, or even worse. Someone whose interests are solely in experimental two-phase flows, for instance, is wasting their time and mine, as well as my patience, by sending me an email about graduate study: that's not even close to what my group does. 46 40 47 41 As a result of this signal-to-noise ratio, most emails get only a quick scan and then get filed away in case I need info about a potential student later.
