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CFD with OpenSource Software 2012

1. If you started but did not finish this course, please state why.

2. Give your general impression of the course.

Poor»		0		0%
Fair»		0		0%
Adequate»		0		0%
Good»		7		77%
Excellent»		2		22%

Genomsnitt: 4.22

- It"s a very informative and good course to get into OpenFOAM.» (Good)
- The level of experiences in OpenFoam among the students differed significantly. This makes it not really a peer-review process. It might further be differences in workload depending on the level of initial knowledge.» (Good)
- There is in general a good structure in the course. Perhaps it would be beneficial to try to get a bit deeper in to the code, getting past the application layer.» (Good)
- Very good course, but I think it requires some modifications to allow for different backgrounds and other differences between the students.» (Good)
- Very good course and excellent subject.» (Excellent)

3. How much time did you spend on this course, and did it correspond to 7.5 "Higher education credits"?

- I think I spent approximately what was required (20 hours per week). Perhaps a little bit more. If there was something I would have been without it was Jelena"s part. There was to much code which she went through and when it is not anything you are directly working with you loose focus. Otherwise I think all lectures were very informal.»
- Less homework»
- around 100hr in total»
- As I expected before taking this course I spent more time on this course than on a general master course.»
- I spent more or less exactly 220 hours on the course, including the lecture. This is somewhat more than the required workload for 7.5 credits. However, this is related to my lower level of knowledge from the beginning. It is probably the right amount of workload and I don"t see where you could remove material.»
- Around 300 hours.»
- 400 h»
- Difficult to say, approximately the time equivalent to 7.5 credits. The work load is fair I would say.»
- I think, about 20 hours per week, in addition to the lectures, before un-registering.»

4. Comment the schedule of the course.

- The schedule worked fine for me with lectures and afterwards assignment/project work.»
- Can be made more compact instead of 3 weeks»
- The current time plan is ok. But could it also be possible that all the lectures is put together, e.g. we have a full week of lectures first, and then we do all the assignments later. In this way, the long distance student can just come once to Chalmers. »
- Good solution»
- It is a good schedule. Even better for long distance PhD students would be a whole week schedule.»
- It was good, 6 complete days for course in three weeks is reasonable for PhD course»
- The fact that it was full days was ok. The distribution of two full class days/week followed by an assignment is a very good way of keeping the students focused and working on the project. »
- Very good. Good to have chunks of days. »
- I think it"s a good idea, but since the course is offers in quarter 1, it would also be a good idea to send an email to those registered containing the first lecture note, or better yet, a dedicated document on how to get started before the course actually begins. This would allow for someone enthusiastic, like me, who won"t have enough time to keep up with the course during the semester to get a head start.»

5. To what extent has the teaching been of help for your learning?

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Some extent»		3		33%
Large extent»		5		55%
Great extent»		1		11%

Genomsnitt: 2.77

- More examples» (Some extent)
- The main problem here is that the teacher couldn"t not cover the basics in an appropriate level, in my opinion. Information about OpenFOAM is very scarce and not so good. I wasn"t (and still am not) comfortable with C++. The mixture C++ and OpenFOAM styled C++ was extremely difficult to grasp (again, practically nothing can be found online). This caused me to have a very low productivity during the course after the third/fourth day. I think that there should be some more time spent dealing with the C++ related issues. The examples given for C++ code example to learn during class are very, very, very far from what is expected for someone to understand the construction of boundary conditions and other examples. I think this should be tuned. I know the course is not about c++, is about OpenFOAM, but it is crucial to get it to properly use OpenFOAM» (Some extent)
- Knew much of it earlier...» (Some extent)
- I remember the slides being very good and easy to follow.» (Large extent)
- It was sometimes hard to follow through all the steps on the screen. But one could re-do everything with the course script.» (Large extent)
- Mentioned important parts so students get key points for this software the workshop part is missing. Teacher must become sure that all the students can run some tasks in the class. Nowadays it is more lecturing compare to workshop. So my suggestion is instead of going very deep into the code in the class, try to make some tutorial and description of some codes and let students go by themselves and you just try to help them more by sitting beside them and just highlight the main parts. So in this case the student become more active and struggling more to get the result» (Large extent)
- Again, for someone who started knowing nothing about OpenFOAM and little about Linux, a preparatory study guide would have been helpful since I would often get lost in the middle of the lecture. What would be even better, in my opinion, is a short video allowing you to get started.» (Great extent)

6. To what extent has the course material been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		0		0%
Some extent»		2		22%
Large extent»		6		66%
Great extent»		1		11%

Genomsnitt: 2.88

- It could have been separated in tutorials with only commands (possibly one column) and explanations in a separated way. » (Large extent)
- for C++ part in tutorial, it is better to add some hints for extra details, examples and etc to corresponding parts in the famous book » (Large extent)

7. To what extent have the assignments been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		0		0%
Some extent»		2		22%
Large extent»		3		33%
Great extent»		4		44%

Genomsnitt: 3.22

- Maybe less importance on the basic tutorials in the first assignment and one more advanced tutorial. As the basic can easily be followed in the user guide. Also you spend quite a lot of time on preparing the slides for these basic tutorials. So perhaps just present the additional utility or function object in slides and not all the basic cavity- damBreak and pitzDaily tutorials.» (Large extent)
- I wasn"t able to hand them in in time since I was lagging behind, but I think they were great.» (Large extent)
- related to course content» (Great extent)
- The assignments forced me to keep working with and applying the contents of the course lectures (ideal exercise) and demanded me to search for extra information, helping me get to know more about OpenFOAM.» (Great extent)
- The assignments are the core of the course.» (Great extent)

8. To what extent has the project been of help for your learning?

Small extent»		0		0%
Some extent»		0		0%
Large extent»		4		44%
Great extent»		5		55%

Genomsnitt: 3.55

- A little bit more response to the optional project during the working period would have been good.» (Large extent)
- I think for people who already have a project they are working with, it"s great. But for MSc students without a project o their hands, more help in choosing one would be useful.» (Large extent)
- It was rather hard for me to decide on the project, because I had no idea about the amount of work.» (Great extent)
- Sufficient time and help from teacher» (Great extent)
- This is a keeper. It must be kept.» (Great extent)
- This is very important for the course.» (Great extent)

9. Comment the assessment of your learning.

- Yes the slides/lectures and assignments and project work worked fine for me. »
- The assignments are very helpful for us to get familiar with the basic usage of OpenFOAM. The project allows us to do more advanced technique related to our own research interests. Moreover, the peer-view process is very good since not only our own work can be improved due to comments, but also we read carefully on other"s topic so that we learn more applications in OpenFOAM. Hence, i would say that the learning procedure of this course is quite appropriate.»
- I think the assignments and the project are very helpful. However, the peer-review process is in my opinion only helpful to a smaller extent since the level between the students and thus the level of the projects were rather different.»
- Really steep learning curve. I"m not comfortable/happy with my knowledge of OpenFOAM source code and other features. On the other hand, the knowledge of what I can do with OpenFOAM and using it. The assignments and project are perfect. The peer-review project is flawed. I received absolutely no reply to my proposed changes, on the report I reviewed. The work load required to review a project deserved, at least, an answer and if I can"t get my evaluation with filling a review, the person replying to me should say at least something. This should be considered in evaluation. The way the report review process is distributed is excellent (nobody gets to pick what to review). »
- Yes, it feels like there is no further need as comes to assessment.»

10. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

11. What should definitely be changed to next year?

12. How well did the course administration, web page, handouts etc work?

Very badly»		0		0%
Rather badly»		0		0%
Rather well»		2		22%
Very well»		7		77%

Genomsnitt: 3.77

- Simple and clear homepage which works very well. Good and quick response from Håkan.» (Very well)
- Any material to help people new to OpenFOAM cope the first two weeks would greatly improve the course.» (Very well)

13. Additional comments