Morris Flynn, PhD, PEng
Pronouns: he/his
Contact
Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Dept
- mrflynn@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-5593
- Address
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10-226 Donadeo Innovation Centre For Engineering
9211 116 StEdmonton ABT6G 2H5
Director of First Year Program, Faculty of Engineering - Deans Office
- mrflynn@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Fluid Mechanics And Systems Fluid Mechanics Multiphase Flows Energy And Environment Water Resources
About
Education:
- Ph.D. (Univ. of California - San Diego, 2006)
Awards/Honors:
- Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations (CAFA) Distinguished Academic Early Career Award (2013)
- Faculty of Engineering Undergraduate Teaching Award (2010, 2015, 2018)
- Faculty of Engineering Graduate Teaching Award (2021)
Research
Morris's core research interests include fluid mechanics, environmental transport and buoyancy-driven flow. Much more information can be found at his research website: https://sites.ualberta.ca/~mrflynn/
Courses
MEC E 340 - Applied Thermodynamics
Review of thermodynamic principles. Applications to gas compressors, vapour and gas power cycles, heat pump cycles. Availability analysis. Psychrometrics. Combustion analysis. Prerequisite: CH E 243.
MEC E 430 - Fluid Mechanics II
Navier-Stokes equations, introductory computational fluid dynamics, boundary layers, compressible fluid flow (variable area ducts, normal and oblique shock waves, Prantdl-Meyer expansions, adiabatic and isothermal pipe flow), two phase flow. Prerequisite: MEC E 330 or 331.