Principal Investigator
Prof. Glenn Flierl, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences; Mr. Christopher Hill, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences; Prof. Pierre Lermusiaux, Mechanical Engineering
Fund:
Alumni Class Funds
Funding Period:
AY2013
Department/Lab/Center:
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
We propose to design and begin populating an interactive textbook on numerical fluid dynamics, our long-term goal being to provide students with new and unique mind-and-hand experiences in computational modeling and virtual fluid labs. The project will advance i-text technology in 3 ways. (1) The text itself will be developed within a LaTeX/ PDF based "wiki" so that students in a class or doing research can alter and share sections with others; the faculty can incorporate changes permanently. (2) The examples - e.9., plots, experimenting with parameters, coding, and 3D fluid simulations - will run on a common platform with the user needing only a browser. (3) The i-text will be provided on virtual machines on our servers or in the "cloud." The open-source approach fits well with MlTx.