Why Study Fluid Mechanics at Northwestern Polytechnical University?

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My main interest lies in the mathematical modeling of Physical, mainly mechanical systems. I adopted this passion by studying Newtonian Mechanics (Fluid+Solid), Thermodynamics, and Heat Transfer etc. It further raised to Numerical Simulations when I undertook a project “Dragonfly airfoil simulation”, with Dr Adnan Maqsood (National University of Science and Technology) in 2014, it was the first time that I ever employed the practical use of software such as Solidworks/Ansys etc. Working on those simulations for the brief period of 2 months gave me some software expertise and at the same time inspired me to learn more about CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics)/FEA (Finite Element Analysis).

Consequently, I was led to select my Bachelor's thesis, title in CFD "Effects of Winglets in Wind turbine blade for vortex reduction". It was a multi-disciplinary project: The aerodynamics of the Wind turbine + FSI (Fluid Structure Interaction), so in general, it was the combination of Solid and Fluid mechanics. During Final year project I worked extensively on simulation software: Ansys and Solidworks. While working on those software a void was felt, of not having the ample theoretical knowledge of things operating behind the screen. Therefore, along the way, the underlying mathematics behind the simulation intrigued me: such as Finite Volume/Finite Element methods etc.

Because for the completion of a person as an Engineer, he must not only understand the physical Laws but at the same time also equip himself with the appropriate Mathematical tools.

Now, along with further enhancing my software skills, I am greatly interested in learning the background Mathematical Techniques used in solving process related to fluid flow, heat transfer analysis and also the underlying natural laws which govern their behaviors. Therefore, Fluid Mechanics is the field which is fully coherent with my academic research area. And the topic groups offered at Northwestern Polytechnical(School of Aeronautics), mainly, CFD and Software Lab are exactly the kind of the fields which are in phase with my research interest.

During my Bachelor’s study I have obtained the right theoretical and experimental (Wind Tunnel etc.) knowledge, as well as the simulation techniques, now I just want to take all those ingredients into the right place with right people, so that something beautiful is produced in the end, and I believe the environment at Northwestern Polytechnical, offering the exact course outline and experimental facilities (Low and High Speed Wind tunnel), would help me satisfying my academic needs.

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