"EMSW21-RTG": Laboratory and Mathematical Fluid Dynamics: Experiments, Computation, and Modeling

“EMSW21-RTG”：实验室和数学流体动力学：实验、计算和建模

• 批准号: 0502266
• 负责人: Richard McLaughlin
• 金额: $ 172.69万
• 依托单位: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-01 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0502266&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: EMSW21; RTG; Laboratory; Mathematical; Fluid

Fluids are everywhere, in the air we breathe, and in the water we drink. As living organisms, fluids provide the environment in which we live, and the understanding of fluid motion (from the smallest micro-scale organisms to the largest planetary-scale storms which stir our atmosphere) is vital to understanding how living organisms function.The understanding of fluid dynamics is both an experimental and mathematical endeavor. This research training grant will facilitate training of a full spectrum of students (undergraduates, graduates, and post-graduates) to work at the interface of experimental and theoretical science in research focused upon discovering new fluid phenomena through laboratory experiments, and the development of mathematical theory for better predicting these new phenomena. The training provided will prepare future mathematical scientists to engage directly with experimentalists in the area of biological and environmental fluid dynamics crucial to understanding how we interact with our environment on a wide range of spatio-temporal scales. The trainees will be developed into true interdisciplinary mathematical scientists with expertise in both mathematical technique and experimental laboratory method. The experimental fluid phenomena studied in the UNC fluid dynamics laboratories housed in the Mathematics and Physics departments will be the focus of a uniformly balanced research approach which will bring together new experiments and new mathematical (theoretical and computational) predictions to better our understanding of fluid phenomena in nature.The specific focus will be upon two different experimental regimes of micro-fluidic transport phenomena (directly relevant to muco-ciliary transport in the lung), and of laboratory-scale stratified fluid phenomena (directly relevant to mixing in the atmosphere and oceans). Through a combination of a structured advising system (with 8 mathematics and 1 physics faculty advisors), rotations through the involved laboratories, regular group meetings, and a modified course of study, this RTG grant will develop a new generation of mathematical scientists prepared with the necessary tools to effectively work on truly interdisciplinary science.

液体无处不在，在我们呼吸的空气中，在我们喝的水中。 作为生物体，流体为我们提供了生存的环境，而了解流体运动（从最小的微观生物到搅动我们大气的最大行星级风暴）对于了解生物体的功能至关重要。流体动力学的理解既是实验又是数学的奋进。 该研究培训补助金将促进全方位学生（本科生，研究生和研究生）的培训，以便在实验和理论科学的接口上工作，研究重点是通过实验室实验发现新的流体现象，以及发展数学理论以更好地预测这些新现象。 所提供的培训将使未来的数学科学家能够直接与生物和环境流体动力学领域的实验人员接触，这对于了解我们如何在广泛的时空尺度上与环境相互作用至关重要。 受训人员将发展成为真正的跨学科数学科学家，在数学技术和实验室方法方面具有专业知识。 在数学和物理系的流体动力学实验室中研究的实验流体现象将成为统一平衡研究方法的重点，该方法将汇集新的实验和新的数学方法。（理论和计算）预测，以更好地理解自然界中的流体现象。具体的重点将放在两个不同的实验制度的微流体传输现象（与肺中的粘膜纤毛运输直接相关）和实验室规模的分层流体现象（与大气和海洋中的混合直接相关）。 通过一个结构化的咨询系统（有8名数学和1名物理教师顾问），通过所涉及的实验室，定期小组会议和修改后的学习课程的轮换相结合，这个RTG赠款将开发新一代的数学科学家准备与必要的工具，有效地工作在真正的跨学科科学。