What Does CFD Body Language Look Like?
Most of the time, my jokes are greeted with polite laughter or uncomprehending stares. Certainly no one wants them to be repeated. So when someone asked me to blog about this little cartoon I had to...
View ArticleThe Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Resumes
It’s that time of year again. The time when we begin accepting applicants for our summer internships and other positions. Have you ever wondered what happens to your resume when you email it to a...
View ArticleMovies Retitled for CFD
A couple of weeks ago in advance of the Academy Awards TV broadcast we had some fun on Twitter by tweaking movie titles to give them a CFD theme and then tweeting them with the hashtag #CFDmovies....
View ArticleHow to Change the Perimeter of any Surface Grid to an Ellipse
How many times have you seen something on the internet that you’ve wanted to try for yourself? [Warning. Do not try this at home. Professional stunt driver on closed course. May result in the medical...
View ArticleThis Month in CFD
Altair: Altair Technologies and FluiDyna are collaborating on GPU-accelerated CFD. On a related note, Altair will be the exclusive worldwide reseller of the nanoFluidX technology. ANSYS: ANSYS was...
View ArticleDallas Dining Tips for AIAA Aviation
More than once in the past week I was asked by folks attending AIAA Aviation in Dallas for BBQ and Tex-Mex restaurant suggestions. My initial reply was to remind folks that I’m in Fort Worth and only...
View ArticleHappy Thanksmeshing
Today is the day we here in the U.S. of A. traditionally set aside to take stock of the good things in our lives and contemplate the essence of gratitude and good fortune. Oddly, we do this by...
View ArticleWhere’s My This Week in CFD?
The most recent edition of This Week in CFD was published on 28 September. Rest assured, there has been a lot of activity in the world of CFD in the intervening weeks. What there hasn’t been is any...
View ArticleStuff Engineers Don’t Learn in School, Part 1
This summer our three interns (Cade, Cannon, and Patrick) and I are reading and discussing the book Stuff You Don’t Learn in Engineering School by Carl Selinger. This is the first post in a series that...
View ArticleStuff Engineers Don’t Learn in School, Part 2
Our summer interns (Cade, Cannon, and Patrick) and I continue our discussion of Carl Selinger‘s book Stuff You Don’t Learn in Engineering School. If you missed Part 1 of this series, we covered the...
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