F. Xavier Trias
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Teaching


PhD thesis supervised:

Àdel Alsalti-Baldellou, "Development of linear solvers for large-scale CFD simulations on hybrid supercomputers" (encrypted with gpg - contact me), Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Heat and Mass Transfer Technological Center (CTTC), December 2023.

Xavier Álvarez-Farré, "A hierarchical parallel implementation model for algebra-based CFD simulations on hybrid supercomputers", Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Heat and Mass Transfer Technological Center (CTTC), September 2022.

Nina Morozova, "Development of CFD-based multi-fidelity surrogate models for indoor environmental applications", Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Heat and Mass Transfer Technological Center (CTTC), June 2022.

Nicolás Valle Marchante, "On the development of Direct Numerical Simulations for falling films", Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Heat and Mass Transfer Technological Center (CTTC), January 2021.

Arnau Pont-Vílchez, "A new grey area mitigation technique for DDES. Theory and assessment", Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Heat and Mass Transfer Technological Center (CTTC), December 2020.

Joan Calafell, "Efficient wall modeling for large eddy simulations of general non-equilibrium wall-bounded flows", Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Heat and Mass Transfer Technological Center (CTTC), July 2019.

Firas Dabbagh, "Flow topology and small-scale dynamics in turbulent Rayleigh-Bénard convection", Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Heat and Mass Transfer Technological Center (CTTC), September 2017.

Deniz Kizildag, “Numerical study of the non-Oberbeck-Boussinesq effects in turbulent water-filled cavities”, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Heat and Mass Transfer Technological Center (CTTC), February 2016.

Hao Zhang, "Numerical investigation of particle-fluid interaction system based on discrete element method", Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Heat and Mass Transfer Technological Center (CTTC), November 2014.

Andrey V. Gorobets, “Parallel algorithms for direct numerical simulations of incompressible turbulent flows on supercomputers”, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Heat and Mass Transfer Technological Center (CTTC), October 2008.



Master thesis supervised:

Jannes Hopman, "Implementing a low-dissipative symmetry preserving discretization scheme in OpenFOAM", University of Groningen, Bernoulli Institute for Mathematics, Computing Science and Artificial Inteligence, April 2020.

Xavier Álvarez Farré, "Study of an efficient parallel implementation of a CFD code based on algebraic operators", Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Heat and Mass Transfer Technological Center (CTTC), June 2016.

Francesc Bassa Parpal, "Development of software for the study of fluid dynamics. Aerodynamical applications", Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Heat and Mass Transfer Technological Center (CTTC), October 2014.

Ana Valcarce Nogueiras, "Estudi dels fluxes convectius en base a tècniques de CFD&HT", Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Heat and Mass Transfer Technological Center (CTTC), October 2012.

Tigran Sargsyan, "Estudio de fenómenos de transferencia de calor y dinámica de fluidos mediante los métodos de Lattice Boltzmann y volúmenes finitos", Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Heat and Mass Transfer Technological Center (CTTC), October 2012.

Freek van der Blij, "Cell shapes suitable for  the shift transformation  method", University of Groningen, Institute for Mathematics and Computing Science, August 2007.


Courses taught at UPC:

Master's degree in Energy Engineering at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC). From Fall 2009 until now.

Thermal Engineering Doctorate program at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC). From Fall 2009 until now.

    Lecture notes about Numerical methods for CFD and Turbulence and numerical methods for turbulent flows.


Visiting researcher at the Heat and Mass Transfer at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC). April 2009.

Visiting researcher at the Heat and Mass Transfer at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC). April 2008.


Master of Thermal Engineering and Energy Technology at the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC). From Fall 2004 until Fall 2006.


Courses taught at UNED:

Teacher-tutor of “Fluid Mechanics” and “Energy Technology” at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). From Fall 2009 until Spring 2011.

Teacher-tutor of “Fluid Mechanics” at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED). From Fall 2004 until Fall 2006.





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