Technical competencies and resources in support of fluid experiments

A variety of skills and objects enables versatile development of apparatus for using and experimenting with fluids. Helping students acquire the know-how and keeping resources at hand provides on-demand support for creative thinking and prototyping. Elements include basic parts for piping and ducting and the methods for assembling them, pumps and blowers, sensors for temperature, pressure & flow, flow visualization techniques, electronic and optical systems for measurement and imaging, and entire experimental systems like water channels and wind-tunnels. This can be part of a larger framework for technical design and innovation.