CFD x DEI: Technically Rigorous Opportunities to Highlight Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Computational Fluid Dynamics

In this talk, we highlight two opportunities to engineer a virtuous cycle that simultaneously elevates technical rigor and respect for the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion, specifically in the context of computational fluid dynamics education: (1) identifying physical and mathematical concepts that are value-neutral in the abstract yet have significant justice-related implications in practice (e.g., in the context of record statistics or Karhunen-Loève expansion); and (2) deeply integrating the history of science and mathematics to highlight technical contributions from diverse individuals (e.g., in the context of numerical methods for fluids simulation). We emphasize throughout that there are numerous ways in which technical rigor and social-justice-oriented pedagogy can mutually enrich each other.