Undergraduate, Semester 6, 2025-
15 classes in a quarter.
Exam-based class. 1.5 hrs × 2 days per week.
Evaluation: 7 HWs (35%), 2 Midterms (20%), and Final (45%)
Covering the fundamental compressible fluid dynamics.
Graduate, Summer Intensive Lecture, 2025-
12 classes over 3 days.
Project-based class. 4 classes (90 mins/class) × 3 days.
Covering 1. fundamentals of numerical simulation (by Prof. Soshi Kawai), 2. data-driven fluid dynamics (by Kai F), and 3. their industrial applications (by a guest lecturer).Â
Undergraduate, Semester 6, 2025-
15 classes in a quarter.
Project-based class. 5 hrs per week.
Covering the fundamentals of Computer Aided Design (CAD).
Undergraduate (IMAC-G), Semester 5, 2025-
14 classes in a quarter.
Report-based class. 1.5 hrs × 2 days per week.
(For Kai F's class): Covering the fundamentals of data-driven analysis for aerodynamics.
Undergraduate, 2025-
A quarter-based course.
Learning literature survey.
Evaluated with presentation and submission of a summary for a paper.
Undergraduate, 2026
An omnibus-type course.
Introducing data-driven fluid mechanics.
Graduate, Spring 2022
Project-based class. 2 hrs × 2 days per week.Â
Grading for progress and final project reports for all students.Â
TA office hours (2 hrs per week) were also held. Â
Kai F offered 3 lectures about machine learning and fluid mechanics including
Lecture 8: Basic applications of supervised learning to fluid flows (overview of Fukami et al., Theor. Comp. Fluid Dyn., 2020)
Lecture 9: Coding-based class for machine-learning-based aerodynamic coefficient prediction and super-resolution reconstruction
Lecture 10: Overview of machine-learning-based global flow field reconstruction (generalized super-resolution analysis)
Graduate, Spring 2024
Kai F offered 3 lectures about machine learning and fluid mechanics including
Lecture 4: Regression and neural networks for fluid flows
Lecture 5: Convolutional neural networks for fluid flows
Lecture 6: Overview of machine-learning-based global flow field reconstruction (generalized super-resolution analysis)
Mini-symposium "Low-order analysis and modeling of transient flows," July 2026
Organizers: K. Fukami (Tohoku Univ.), A. J. Linot (UMass Amherst), and K. Taira (UCLA)
Japan-Korea Fluid Mechanics Online Workshop (since March 2025)
Organizers: K. Fukami (Tohoku Univ.), S. Lee (Inha Univ.), A. Sciazko (Univ. Tokyo), J. Jeon (POSTECH), and H. Kim (Korea Univ.)
March 17-19, 2025, Nagoya, Japan
Organizers: K. Taira (UCLA), T. Nonomura (Nagoya Univ.), K. Fukami (Tohoku Univ.), K. Fujii (Tokyo Univ. Sci.), K. Fukagata (Keio Univ.), S. L. Brunton (Univ. Washington), and M. Hemati (Univ. Minnesota)
Mini-symposium "Reduced-complexity models for fluid flows," March 2023
Organizers: K. Fukami (UCLA), S. T. M. Dawson (Illinois Tech.), and K. Taira (UCLA)
Mini-symposium "Data-driven analysis and modeling of unsteady flows," Sep 2022
Organizers: K. Fukami (UCLA), M. Hickner (Univ. of Washington), K. Taira (UCLA), and S. L. Brunton (Univ. of Washington)
Science school at Matsubushi Town (Nov 2026)
Provided introductory activities on fluid dynamics to elementary school students at Matsubushi Town, Saitama.
Gave an introduction-type lecture on aerodynamics to high school students in Sendai, Miyagi. [PDF]
Introduce our group activities in the annual open-school event at Tohoku University.
Provided outreach activities of aerodynamics and fluid dynamics as a member of Professor Taira's group
Provided introductive activities of aerodynamics and fluid dynamics as a member of Professor Taira's group