The History of Multiphase Science and Computational Fluid Dynamics: A Personal Memoir

1. Introduction.- 2. Cleveland State University, Cleveland 1959 - 1964.- 3.Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago 1964 - 1970 .- 4. The Seeds are sown by Larry Ybarrondo in a stet far away, Idaho Falls, Idaho .- 5. Project Development begins.- 6. Characteristics analysis of the one-dimensional, two-fluid partial differential equations (PDEs) developed by Chuck Solbrig and Dan Hughes.- 7. The SLOOP code development.- 8 The Characteristics Paper Caper.- 9. RETRAN is Initiated at Energy Incorporated for EPRI hiring the core SLOOP code .- 10. RELAP5 is initiated by Victor Ransom and Dick Wagner funded by Ybarrondo.- 11. USDOE Starts Code Development at S Cubed and Jaycor to Address the Energy Crisis Caused by the Oil Embargos.- 12. Reactor Safety research Group breaks from T-3 Division.- 13. IIT code begins Using Los Alamos' K-FIX Code.- 14. METC starts MFIX Code development using FLUFIX Code.- 15. FLUENT Code Debuts at Creare, Inc. and CFX .- 16. COMMIX Code Development at Argonne National Laboratory.- 17. International Conferences and Workshops addressing Multiphase needs and Problems begin .- 18. DOE OIT Center for Multiphase Dynamics Effort begins becomes the MDFRC.- 19. Gidaspow publishes First Book "Multiphase Flow and Fluidization Continuum and Kinetic Theory Descriptions".- 20. NETL initiates Workshops on Multiphase Flow Research later called Multiphase Flow Science.- 21. The NETL Multiphase Flow Research "Roadmap" Document and its Critique.- 22. Gidaspow publishes Second Book "Computational Techniques: The Multiphase CFD Approach and Green Energy Technologies".- 23. Conclusion - What Does the Future Hold?.