Chunlei Liang, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Clarkson University, will discuss some development of numerical methods and software engineering at Clarkson University for a massively parallel code, SHARPer during his talk titled “SHARPer: Large Eddy Simulations of Clarkson Ducted Wind Turbines and Diffuser Optimization” on April 9 at 7:15 p.m.
SHARPer was used to conduct the first high-order Large Eddy Simulation of a marine propeller and the first high-order large eddy simulation of a ducted wind turbine. Liang and his graduate student, Seyi Oluwadare, also designed the Seyi-Chunlei Ducted Turbine in 2025. The Seyi-Chunlei Ducted Turbine consistently offers 7 percent more power output than the Clarkson Ducted Wind Turbine.
Science Cafés are held in Potsdam in the Potsdam Civic Center Community Room at 2 Park Street at 7:15 p.m.