Testimonials

From FOSSEE Summer Fellowship to an internship

My journey with OpenFOAM started with the Spoken Tutorial programme by the FOSSEE team. Due to the nature of OpenSource software documentation and tutorials, sometimes finding the right tutorials that explain the basics is very difficult but with the help of Spoken Tutorials I was able to easily grasp the workings of OpenFOAM and learn my way upto to more complex problems.This also helped me during the task phase for the FOSSEE Fellowship 2020, as I developed a good understanding of the basics in OpenFOAM, I was successfully able to complete the screening task phase and get selected for the Fellowship. 

During the fellowship, Professor Janani Srree, Swetha and the rest of the FOSSEE team were incredible in their support and guidance. Even though in 2020 we were faced with lockdowns, the fellowship was conducted through online modes and this did not take away from the fantastic experience and the knowledge that was gained while doing the projects.

I would also like to thank my mentors Ashley Melvin & Divyesh Variya for their constant support. Professor Janani had some very interesting projects for us related to COVID-19 specific research that could be performed using OpenFOAM, specifically in multiphase solvers such as twoPhaseEulerFoam. Later, I also got the opportunity to test my knowledge that I gained in OpenFOAM by acting as a Teaching Assistant (TA) in one of the workshops conducted by FOSSEE. A company called UFI filters had approached Prof. Janani for an intern to work  in OpenFOAM and I was recommended by her! I am currently working with them to solve complex flow problems using OpenFOAM. So overall the FOSSEE Fellowship  has led to a very successful and fulfilling outcome!!

Regards 

Sahil Deepak Kukian