Instructors:  Prof. Tad W. Patzek and Dr. Dmitriy B .Silin

When and Where : Fridays: TBA, 3-5 p.m.

Office Hours: Fridays 1:30-3 p.m., 425 Davis

How much: Two hours of lecture/discussion + preparation of seminars

What to bring to class: Knowledge of calculus (partial differential equations), linear algebra, basic computer science, and undergraduate physics

Grading: Pass/Fail or Grade

Brief Course Description: This is a seminar course in which we discuss in greater detail chosen topics in petroleum engineering, applied mathematics, computer science, and fluid mechanics.  This course grew from my Group Seminars given over the last 5 years (click here on Seminars to learn more).  Every semester, we cover a different set of issues.  In Spring 2005 we will focus on rock reconstruction with DEM, (with some emphasis on carbonates) lattice-Boltzmann calculations of rock absolute permeability and relative permeabilities, robust morphological description of pore space, upscaling in multiphase flow, passive tracer transport in the near-ground turbulent boundary layer, etc.

Sponsoring Department: Civil and Environmental Engineering

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