Enhancing Undergraduate Understanding of Transport Phenomena via Application of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

本项目将计算流体力学（CFD）模块整合到流体力学和输运现象课程中，以加强本科生的学习。学生们正在开发CFD数值解决方案，以解决以前仅通过简化的经验关联或实验室实验分析的问题。通过CFD解决方案，学生们对复杂问题的理解不断加深，从而能够更有效地解决各种工程学科的复杂问题。将CFD引入本科课程是可能的，因为简化的CFD工具允许本科生解决复杂问题，而无需成为CFD软件专家。由Fluent公司开发的FlowLab仿真包吸引并增强了具有各种学习风格的学生的学习体验。与本项目相关的学习成果得到了很好的定义，用于记录这些成果成就的评估技术是全面和严格的。在会议上的演讲和发表的论文和文章有助于尽可能广泛地传播成果。与其他地方正在进行的相关CFD教育工作的密切沟通也为改进未来的CFD教育模块并在全球更多大学实施提供了机会。

Chemical Engineering (53)This project is enhancing undergraduate learning by integrating Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modules into fluid mechanics and transport phenomena courses. Students are developing CFD numerical solutions to problems previously analyzed only via either simplified empirical correlations or laboratory experiments. The increased understanding the students are achieving through CFD solutions enable complex problems across a diverse range of engineering disciplines to be solved more effectively.Introducing CFD into undergraduate courses is possible because simplified CFD tools allow undergraduate students to solve complex problems without needing to become CFD software experts. The FlowLab simulation package, developed by Fluent Inc., appeals to and enhances the learning experiences of students with a wide variety of learning styles.The learning outcomes associated with this project are well defined, and the assessment techniques for documenting the achievement of these outcomes are comprehensive and rigorous. Presentations at conferences and published papers and articles are helping to disseminate outcomes as widely as possible. Close communication with ongoing, related CFD educational efforts elsewhere also provide opportunities for improving future CFD education modules and implementing them at more universities worldwide.