Spring 2019 – 2022: Multiphase Flow (ME 125AS/225AS)
Multiphase systems encompass a large number of situations: particles in a fluid, water drops in a spray, air bubbles in water, biological fluids, etc. As a result, modeling multiphase flows is important to understand industrial processes (construction materials, oil and gas industry), environmental situations (rain, dispersion of contaminants) and biological systems (blood flow, micro-organisms in porous media). This course is an introduction to multiphase flows and to the methods used to describe their dynamics. It covers: (1) the dynamics of particles dispersed in fluid, (2) the mechanics of granular materials and (3) the formation of liquid drops and sprays. Recent research topics in this area are also presented.
Winter 2020 – 2024: Introduction to Fluid Mechanics II (Undergraduate, ME 152B)
The overall course objective is to familiarize students with fluid mechanics concepts. For each topic, students learn the underlying physical principles and develop the ability to solve and analyze problems. The course covers dimensional analysis and similitude, incompressible viscous flow, turbomachinery, boundary-layer theory, and introductory considerations for one-dimensional compressible flow.
Fall 2019 – 2021: Hydrodynamic Instability and Turbulence (ME 225F)
Spring 2024: Hydrodynamic Instability and Turbulence (ME 125F/225F)
Hydrodynamic instabilities and turbulent flows are ubiquitous, from natural phenomena to industrial applications. This course introduces the transition to unstable and turbulent flows, covering classical hydrodynamic instabilities and the analytical tools to predict their onset and resulting patterns. The second part focuses on turbulence and statistical methods for its description, including free turbulent flows, boundary-layer turbulence, and homogeneous turbulence.
