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  • Jean Biz Hertzberg
    • Flow Visualization
      • Flow Vis Course website
      • Flow Vis Education Research
    • Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics
    • Teaching as Profession
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Jean Biz Hertzberg

Engineering. Art. Education.

Mechanical Engineering Professor
and
Lover of Flow Visualization.

Flow Visualization

Flow visualization is the process of making the physics of fluid flows visible. The results are fascinating and often visually stunning. I teach an unusual course on flow vis, and am doing research on the impact it has on students. The course itself: The Flow Visualization course is designed for mixed teams of engineering and…

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Flow enters the right cardiac atrium from above and below, bringing wall generated vorticity with it.

Cardiovascular Fluid Dynamics

In 1997 I learned that vortex rings had been observed in the human heart,  and what that might mean for improving diagnoses. Since then, I’ve been fascinated with trying to get a better view of cardiac fluid dynamics, and a better understanding of the possible implications for, well, helping sick people. Who could resist? Précis…

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Teaching as Profession

Like most of my colleagues, I began teaching using the same instructional techniques that my professors used on me: lecture, homework, exams. The occasional project. Around the time I started developing the Flow Vis course, I started hearing about the idea that faculty could apply the techniques of their discipline, of research, to improving education.…

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Recent Posts

  • Research: My Statement for Promotion
  • Teaching: My Statement for Promotion
  • Service: My Statement for Promotion
  • Opportunities for Undergrads Interested in Research
  • Projects in Fluids Courses Made Easy (for You, the Instructor)

Posts by Category

  • Cardiac Flow Vis (5)
  • Flow Visualization (8)
    • Flow Vis Research (6)
  • General stuff (9)
  • Sabbatical 2015 (4)
  • Teaching (3)

Contact

Office: ECME 220 Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Colorado Boulder Mailing: 427 UCB University of Colorado Boulder CO 80309-0427 [email protected] 1-303-492-5092

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