ME 452w Computer Lab reporting
Troops: this message is being received by those enrolled in this course, having met the 4 prerequisites. The website login which enables accessing secure material is: user name "troops", password "FE4fun"
Your major inaugural step is to set up your OIT public_html area, download the lab report template zip file thereto and unzip it. Your first lab report is due at class 3 via this modality. Directions are detailed at the website PSE page. Following summarizes how this works.
Website lab report setup for ME 452w (8/09)
NOTE: All UNIX accounts are controlled by UT OIT. If you encounter problems with your UNIX account, contact the OIT Helpdesk.
1. If you do not have an OIT UNIX account, then create one as follows:
a) go to webmail.utk.edu --------> new account registration tool------>register
for unix account, or click on (http://accounts.utk.edu/cgi-bin/uact/uact2register.cgi?func=loginform&type=u <https://tmail.utk.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://accounts.utk.edu/cgi-bin/uact/uact2register.cgi?func=loginform%26type=u> nix).
2. Use your OIT webmail user id and password to log in and complete the formalities.
3. A public_html folder will appear, usually after about 5 minutes.
4. The procedure for transferring files is explained at the ME452 "PSE" page, or click on
http://cfdlab.utk.edu/452w/Public/PDFs/SSH_Help_452w.pdf
You access this site using your user id and password assigned at the start of semester.
A graphical presentation of the transfer procedure can be viewed at the CFD Lab
website, go to http://cfdlab.engr.utk.edu/NetworkInfo/
5. Go through this material - most of your questions will be answered. Then proceed to download the ME 452 lab report templates at the PSE page into your public_html folder and unzip them.
6. The CFD Lab server "par.engr.utk.edu" controls course access to the COMSOL computational aspects of ME 452. The Matlab computer labs can be executed on your PC after downloading the FEmPSE toolbox, located at the PSE page. Your login and password to the CFD Lab server will be assigned within ~10 days of course startup.
On occasion I use a Bellsouth email address for broadcast communications. DO NOT reply to it - always use my utk.edu email address for course communications. AJB
A.J. Baker, PhD, PE
Professor Emeritus
Director, UT CFD Laboratory, http://cfdlab.utk.edu
316A Perkins Hall
University of Tennessee
Knoxville TN 37996 2030 USA
Cell phone: 865.207.1537
