[Colloquium] Terrel/Dissertation Defense/Apr 22, 2010

[Margaret Jaffey]

The time and location have been determined.

       Department of Computer Science/The University of Chicago

                     *** Dissertation Defense ***


Candidate:  Andy Terrel

Date:  Thursday, April 22, 2010

Time:  11:00 AM

Place:  Ryerson 277

Title: Finite element method automation for non-Newtonian fluid models

Abstract:
Finite element methods (FEMs) are a popular simulation technique for
discretizing partial differential equations (PDEs) to an algebraic
problem. For well studied problems, theory shows which methods are
optimal and can be applied to a wide variety of applications. Building
a FEM model for a new or complex problem can be a labor intensive,
error prone task. The difficulties have been somewhat alleviated by
automation, but the tools often lag in performance to hand optimized,
specialized code. Because of the ease of specifying new models and
solver techniques in automated solvers, it is an ideal place to look
at challenging problems and evaluate a large number of methods. By
developing automation techniques, we study a challenging class of
problems: complex fluids.

Andy's advisor is Prof. L. Ridgway Scott

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including a draft copy of the dissertation:

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