Taira Lab - Computational and Data-Driven Fluid Dynamics Group
UCLA Courses
MAE150A
Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
Undergraduate - FA19, FA20, FA21, WI23, WI24
Topics: governing equations, fundamental solutions, lubrication theory, potential flow, boundary layers, turbulent pipe flows.
MAE250A
Foundations of Fluid Dynamics
Graduate - WI20, WI21, WI22
Topics: flow kinematics, basic equations, constitutive relations, exact solutions, vorticity dynamics, potential flow.
MAE259A
Data Science for Fluid Dynamics
Graduate - SP20, SP22, SP24
Topics: Application of data-driven methods for fluid dynamics. Project-based course.
MAE250H
Numerical Methods for Incompressible Flows
Graduate - SP21, SP23
Topics: Fundamentals of numerical methods, incompressible flow solvers, DNS, RANS, LES.
Workshops/Technical Activities
Montestigliano Spring School (hosted by ERCOFTAC)
Network Science for Fluid Dynamics
April 2019
Invited keynote speaker [link]
AIAA Modal Decomposition Discussion Group
FDTC Technical Activity
2015-18 (with Doug Smith 2015-17, Maziar Hemati 2017-18)
Invited session organizations, overview paper compilations [Overview 1, Overview 2], etc.
AIAA Continuing Education Course
Specialist's Course on Flow Control
(with David Williams and Daniel Miller, 2013)
Responsible topics: Dynamic models of fluid systems I & II
FSU Courses
EML5709
Fluid Mechanics
Graduate - Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013
Topics: fundamentals of fluid mechanics, conservation laws, potential flows, viscous flows, vortical flows
EML5930
Computational Fluid Dynamics for Incompressible Flows
Graduate - Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2018
Topics: fundamentals of numerical methods, incompressible flow solvers, DNS, RANS, LES
EML4930/5930
Network Analysis
Undergraduate/graduate - Fall 2015, Fall 2017
Topics: introduction to networks, graph theory, structures of networks, dynamics on networks
EML4930
Numerical Methods for Engineers
Undergradaute - Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017
Topics: programming in Matlab, numerical methods, engineering applications
Outreach Education Programs
Buck Lake Elementary School
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3
Bottle rockets (energy); oobleck (states of matters); mechanics of flight (paper/model airplanes); helicopters (flight/acoustics)
Florida State University School
Grade: 4
Oobleck (states of matters)
Challenger Learning Center
Summer camp/Weekend outreach
Mechanics of flight (paper/model airplanes)
AME Building - Open House
General public: Science/engineering fair
Mechanics of flight (paper/model airplanes); oobleck (states of matters)