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Fluid Dynamics of Sustainability and the Environment
Summer School
9 - 21 September 2012
Venue: Centre for Mathematical Sciences (CMS), Cambridge, UK
The summer school is designed for PhD students and those in early stages of their research career. The residential school, held over two weeks, will consist of
Lecture Courses |
Laboratory experiments |
| Six pedagogical courses covering the | Project-based investigations of fluid |
| fluid dynamics relevant to | flows |
| sustainability and the environment |
Guest lectures |
Computational projects |
| State of the art on advanced topics | Numerical simulations of fluid flows |
Lecture courses |
Lecturers |
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| Fundamentals of fluid mechanics | Colm-cille Caulfield | Riwal Plougonven |
| Fluid dynamics of the environment | Jean-Marc Chomaz | John Taylor |
| Circulation and climate | Ray Goldstein | Andy Woods |
| Instabilities and transfers | Peter Haynes | Grae Worster |
| Energy, the environment | Paul Linden | Vladimir Zeitlin |
| and sustainability | Jerome Neufeld | |
| Biological fluid dynamics |
Guest lecturers |
Laboratory experiments |
| Emily Shuckburgh | Stuart Dalziel |
| Herbert Huppert | |
| David Marshall |
Computational projects |
| Michael McIntyre | John Taylor |
Applications have now closed.
Housing and fee
Full board and lodging will be provided at Churchill College, which is adjacent to CMS. The cost for the school and lodging is £2000.
Arrival
The school will begin on Monday September 10, 2012 at 08:30. For those staying at Churchill College keys to the rooms will be available from the Porters' Lodge from 14:00 on Sunday September 9. Dinner is served on Sunday evening. Directions to Churchill and the Centre for Mathematical Sciences (CMS) can be found at http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/visitors/directions/ and http://www.cms.cam.ac.uk/visiting/ respectively. It is a short (5 mins) walk from Churchill to CMS.
Registration will be open in Churchill on Sunday September 9 from 17:00-19:00 and again from 8:00 in CMS on Monday September 10.
Research presentations
There will be an opportunity to present a brief (3 mins maximum) description of your research on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings (11/12 Sept.). Please bring two slides (maximum) on a USB stick for this purpose. You may also, if you wish, bring a poster that we will display during the school.
Clothing
You should bring sensible clothes to wear in the lab - no open-toe footwear will be allowed. You may also like to bring clothing suitable for taking part in sporting activities that will take place.
Questions
Please contact Doris Allen (pavhsec@damtp.cam.ac.uk) if you have any questions.
Participants
For details of the students attending the summer school please click here.
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