Feedback form for 2-day workshop on OpenFOAM

Dear Participant,
We thank you for attending the OpenFOAM workshop on 13 and 14 November 2021. We would like to have your valuable feedback about the Workshop and the Self-Learning experience as it will help us enhance the quality of our work. Kindly click on the best option that describes your views. You can also provide your comments in the spaces provided in the form. Your response will be kept confidential.

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Questions marked with are mandatory



1. Your Background

  Faculty in a College
  Lab Assistant/ Lab Staff Member
  Research Scholar/PhD student
  Student (B.E/B.Tech/B.Sc./Any other Bachelor's degree)
  Student (M.E/M.Tech/M.Sc./Any other Masters' degree)
  Working Professional
  Other




1B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:





Questions related to CFD and software used

2. Have you taken any CFD courses previously?

  Yes            No         



3A. Do you currently use any CFD software?

  Yes            No         



3B. If the answer is "Yes" to the above question, please mention the name of the CFD software that you currently use.





4. Have you used OpenFOAM before you registered for the current workshop?

  Yes            No         



5A. If the answer is "Yes" to the above question, in what way did you use? Please select all the relevant options.

  Course work - class/lab
  Research
  Other




5B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:





6A. Why would you like to learn OpenFOAM

  Course work - class/lab
  Research
  Other




6B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:





7A. Rate your understanding and experience in using OpenFOAM BEFORE today's workshop

  Very high
  High
  Nominal
  Low
  Very low
  Other




7B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:





8A. Rate your understanding and experience in using OpenFOAM AFTER today's workshop

  Very high
  High
  Nominal
  Low
  Very low
  Other




8B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:





Questions on pre-workshop help session

9A. Did you attend the pre-workshop and installation help session conducted 1-day prior to the workshop?

  Yes            No         



9B. Did you find the pre-workshop and installation help session conducted 1-day prior to the workshop helpful?

  Yes            No         



9C. Any other comments regarding the pre-workshop session?





Questions on installation

Each of the registered participant should have received an email with a guideline document and necessary installation files and FAQs before the workshop.

10A. Did you open the installation files and FAQ provided before the workshop and try to install OpenFOAM?

  Yes            No         



10B. Were you able to install OpenFOAM with just the instructions provided?

  Yes            No         



Questions related to the workshop

11. Rate your experience in using Spoken Tutorial to learn OpenFOAM. Kindly provide the response that describes your views

  Strongly disagree     Disagree     Neither agree nor disagree     Agree     Strongly agree  
Tutorials are well-made and self-explanatory
Tutorials need some improvement
Various aspects are unclear and need further explanation
Some concepts are unclear and need further explanation
I could not learn much from the tutorials





12. Using these tutorials, were you able to learn the following concepts ? (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "extremely easy to learn" and 5 implies "extremely difficult to learn".)

  1 (extremely easy to learn)     2     3     4     5 (extremely difficult to learn)  
Understanding the problem
Creating up a suitable geometry and mesh
Setting up the problem
Viewing the results in Paraview





13. Did you register yourself on the Spoken Tutorial Forums as asked in the guideline email sent before the workshop?

  Yes            No         



14. Did you post questions or answer questions on the Spoken Tutorial Forum during the workshop?

  Yes            No         



15. Rate the following aspects of the workshop:

  Excellent     Good     Acceptable     Bad     Poor  
Quality of instructional material presented to you
Learning through Spoken Tutorials
Lectures by the faculty members
Discussions regarding some key concepts and assignments
Quality and conduct of the workshop





16. What aspect(s) about the workshop did you like the most?





17. What aspect(s) about the workshop did you dislike the most?





18. Suggestions for improvement or any other suggestions