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Daniel Segura

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College and major

University of Minnesota Institute of Technology — Electrical Engineering

Short biography

I went to Blaine High School and chose the U of M for its wide variety of opportunities. In particular, the opportunity of research was the most enticing one to me.

Research and collaborators

This Summer, I am involved in an interdisciplinary project that allows me to work in research groups headed by Prof. Lilja and Prof. Saar from the Electrical Engineering and Geophysics Departments respectively. The goal of the project is to verify the accuracy of fluid flow simulations using Graphics Processing Units (GPU's). The GPU is responsible for rendering images on a computer monitor which makes it a necessary component in every modern computer. Basically, several fluid flows with analytical solutions or experimental data will be simulated on the GPU(s) and, later, on a more conventional Central Processing Unit (CPU) implementation. The results of the simulations will be compared to each other as well as the analytical/experimental results using standard analytical techniques. The importance of this study is to secure the future of the new GPU implementation by making certain that the answers provided by it are at the same level of accuracy or better than standard simulation implementations.