Achievement

As part of the IGERT curriculum, the new course "Uncertainty Analysis and Downscaling" (560.701/530.701) was developed and co-taught by Professors Igusa (Civil Engineering) and Meneveau (Mechanical Engineering). The idea behind the course was to present downscaling techniques in various applications and then cover fundamentals of uncertainty analysis tools and associated statistical techniques. The instructors attended each other's lectures and placed special attention to blend both parts of the class as seamlessly as possible. Student enrollment of 16 was robust, including IGERT Trainees and other students. At the completion of the course, the students have continued to interact with the instructors to discover possible applications of the tool sets in their research areas. The course was considered to be very successful and will be taught again after the next round of IGERT Trainees complete the prerequisite, 550.695 "Advanced Parameterization in Science and Engineering."