Mathematics Gives You Wings
Professor Margot Gerritsen illustrates how mathematics and computer modeling influence the design of modern airplanes, yachts, trucks and cars.
Margot Gerritsen, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Energy Resources Engineering, with expertise in mathematical and computational modeling of energy and fluid flow processes.
She teaches courses in energy and the environment, computational mathematics and computing at Stanford University.
| Mathematics Gives You Wings |
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