The 2003 ~FAST Tex projects
College of Engineering

Title:
Interactive Flow Simulations Over a 2-D Body of General Geometry

Faculty Client:
Spyros Kinnas, kinnas@mail.utexas.edu

Student Developers:
Chad Wood, Tarang Mittal

Project Description:
This ~FAST Tex team worked on a Java applet that models the turbulent flow around an object of general geometry described via parametric curves. It is intended to solve the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations with the Baldwin-Lomax model using a body-fitted grid and a finite volume method (the algorithm of which has been developed and has partly been validated). The applet presents the results on the screen (via contour plots of pressure distributions, velocity vector fields, flow streamlines, forces etc.), allowing for variable geometries and flow conditions to be specified by the user. Also developed were comprehensive directions to the user as to how to run the applet and interpret the shown results.
http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/kinnas/319LAB/fr_tool.html

Title:
Innovative Web-Based Technologies in Nuclear and Radiochemistry

Faculty Client:
Sheldon Landsberger, s.landsberger@mail.utexas.edu

Student Developers:
Mohamed Fakhreddine, Thomas Ross

Project Description:
The US Department of Energy has implemented a university program to redevelop graduate student expertise in nuclear and radiochemistry to meet the needs of the nation in the nuclear medicine, radioactive waste management, industrial applications and national security issues. The University of Texas at Austin was one of three universities chosen this year to develop a graduate program in radiochemistry. One of the UT Austin outcomes was to develop a Web-based course in nuclear and radiochemistry that integrated ~FAST Tex-developed materials using the technologies of PowerPoint, images, and Flash animations. Using these pedagogical techniques allows delivery of complicated aspects of chemistry and physics, often very difficult concepts to effectively teach and learn.