Lecture-based courses we offer...

Fluid Physics

Fluid Mechanics (ME-201)

Description: Graduate-level course on incompressible fluid mechanics

Lecturers: Dr. Vinicius Malatesta

Topics: Basic laws of fluid motion; Potential and viscous flows; Boundary-layer theory

When: Offered once a year as a one-semester, 3h/week course

For details, contact: malatesta@ita.br

Instability and Transition to Turbulence (AA-277)

Description: Graduate-level course on flow stability and transition to turbulence

Lecturers: Dr. André V. G. Cavalieri

Topics: Classical stability theory; Transient growth; Transition and advanced topics

When: Offered once a year as a one-semester, 3h/week course

For details, contact: andre@ita.br

Aeroacoustics (AA-271)

Description: Graduate-level course on sound generation and propagation

Lecturers: Dr. André V. G. Cavalieri

Topics: Classical theory with applications; Lighthill's analogy; Noise effects in aeronautics

When: Offered once a year as a one-semester, 3h/week course

For details, contact: andre@ita.br

Turbulent Flows and Numerical Modeling (AA-286)

Description: Graduate-level course on fluid turbulence and its modeling

Lecturers: Dr. Rodrigo Costa Moura

Topics: Reynolds-averaging; Common turbulent flows; Kolmogorov theory; RANS, LES & DNS

When: Offered once a year as a one-semester, 3h/week course

For details, contact: moura@ita.br

Numerical Methods

Computational Fluid Dynamics (AA-230)

Description: Graduate-level course on numerical methods for PDEs

Lecturers: Dr. Vinicius Malatesta

Topics: Intro to numerical methods; FD and FV approaches; Mathematical character of PDEs

When: Offered once a year as a one-semester, 3h/week course

For details, contact: malatesta@ita.br

Computational Aerodynamics (AED-25)

Description: Undergraduate-level course on computational aerodynamics

Lecturers: Dr. Rodrigo Costa Moura; Dr. André V. G. Cavalieri

Topics: Low fidelity tools in aerodynamics; Intro to CFD; Numerical approaches to turbulence

When: Offered once a year as a one-semester, 3h/week course

For details, contact: moura@ita.br; andref@ita.br

Spectral Element Methods for CFD (AA-270)

Description: Graduate-level course on spectral element methods for CFD

Lecturers: Dr. Rodrigo Costa Moura

Topics: Advection-diffusion via CG and DG; Treating nonlinear terms; Extension to NS eqs.

When: Offered once a year as a one-semester, 3h/week course

For details, contact: moura@ita.br

Modal Analysis of Complex Fields (AA-247)

Description: Graduate-level course on modern analysis & post-processing techniques

Lecturers: Dr. André Fernando de Castro da Silva

Topics: Reduced-order modeling; POD, DMD, ERA, SINDy; Applications in fluid mechanics

When: Offered once a year as a one-semester, 3h/week course

For details, contact: andref@ita.br

Topics in data assimilation

Description: Graduate-level course on data assimilation and related techniques

Lecturers: Dr. André Fernando de Castro da Silva

Topics: Syllabus under revision

When: Hopefully soon enough

For details, contact: andref@ita.br