Engineering department atUtah Valley University. I have 33 years of teaching experience at the university level. My areas ofinterest are Thermal Sciences, Machine Design, and Advanced Manufacturing. My hobbies are all kindsof sports. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2023 Project-Based Learning of Computational Fluid Dynamics: Challenges and Lessons Learned – A Personal PerspectiveAbstract: The engineering department undertook the challenge to develop an autonomousinspection system using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) through a research grant received fromthe Utah System of Higher Education (USHE). The project is conducted by a multidisciplinaryteam consisting of students from Electrical