Toronto Researchers Shine at Thousand Islands Meeting 2025
Our team at the Thousand Islands Meeting 2025
We’re thrilled to announce our team’s exceptional performance at this year’s Thousand Islands Meeting (TIM 2025). Both Khodr and Howard delivered standout presentations on cutting-edge fluid dynamics research, with Howard earning the conference’s coveted (and slightly notorious) GUPPIE Award!
Innovative Research in Fluid Dynamics
Khodr explains his novel approach to complex geometries
Khodr captivated attendees with his groundbreaking perspective on fluid dynamics, famously declaring that “life is more curved” — a brilliant conceptual bridge between Minecraft’s blocky world and his sophisticated framework for curved flow dynamics. His pioneering work on cavity flows and innovative methods for handling complex geometries drew enthusiastic responses from peers and established researchers alike.
A Celebration of Excessive PowerPoint Excellence
Howard fine-tuning his GUPPIE Award-winning slides
Howard’s dedication to presentation perfection was rewarded with this year’s GUPPIE Award (Gratuitous Use of PowerPoint in Excess), recognizing both his substantive research on computational methods for cylinder flow simulation and his… enthusiastic application of every PowerPoint effect known to science.
His presentation on advanced computational fluid dynamics techniques demonstrated not only rigorous scientific innovation but also a bold willingness to embrace spinning transitions, dramatic reveals, and other presentation flourishes that lesser researchers might shy away from.
Group photo on a rainy weekend
Want to learn more? Visit the official TIM 2025 website to explore conference abstracts and discover more cutting-edge research from this year’s meeting.