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'''μFluids@Home''' (also written '''uFluids@Home''') was a [[wikipedia:Volunteer computing|volunteer computing]] project built on the [[wikipedia:Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing|BOINC]] platform, operated by [[wikipedia:Purdue University|Purdue University]]'s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The project used the [[wikipedia:Surface Evolver|Surface Evolver]] program, a finite-element package for modeling surfaces shaped by [[wikipedia:Surface tension|surface tension]], to simulate [[wikipedia:Two-phase flow|two-phase flow]] behavior in [[wikipedia:Microgravity|microgravity]] and [[wikipedia:Microfluidics|microfluidics]] problems.<ref name="wp">{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFluids@Home|title=UFluids@Home|website=Wikipedia|access-date=2026-07-18}}</ref><ref name="official">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ufluids.net/|title=What is μFluids?|website=ufluids.net|publisher=Purdue University|access-date=2026-07-18}}</ref>

'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120722101023/http://www.ufluids.net/ μFluids@Home]''' (also written '''uFluids@Home''') was a [[wikipedia:Volunteer computing|volunteer computing]] project built on the [[wikipedia:Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing|BOINC]] platform, operated by [[wikipedia:Purdue University|Purdue University]]'s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The project used the [[wikipedia:Surface Evolver|Surface Evolver]] program, a finite-element package for modeling surfaces shaped by [[wikipedia:Surface tension|surface tension]], to simulate [[wikipedia:Two-phase flow|two-phase flow]] behavior in [[wikipedia:Microgravity|microgravity]] and [[wikipedia:Microfluidics|microfluidics]] problems.<ref name="wp">{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFluids@Home|title=UFluids@Home|website=Wikipedia|access-date=2026-07-18}}</ref><ref name="official">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ufluids.net/|title=What is μFluids?|website=ufluids.net|publisher=Purdue University|access-date=2026-07-18}}</ref>

[[File:Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering Purdue University 2016 04.jpg|thumb|The Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering at Purdue University, home to the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.]]

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-'''μFluids@Home''' (also written '''uFluids@Home''') was a [[wikipedia:Volunteer computing|volunteer computing]] project built on the [[wikipedia:Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing|BOINC]] platform, operated by [[wikipedia:Purdue University|Purdue University]]'s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The project used the [[wikipedia:Surface Evolver|Surface Evolver]] program, a finite-element package for modeling surfaces shaped by [[wikipedia:Surface tension|surface tension]], to simulate [[wikipedia:Two-phase flow|two-phase flow]] behavior in [[wikipedia:Microgravity|microgravity]] and [[wikipedia:Microfluidics|microfluidics]] problems.<ref name="wp">{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFluids@Home|title=UFluids@Home|website=Wikipedia|access-date=2026-07-18}}</ref><ref name="official">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ufluids.net/|title=What is μFluids?|website=ufluids.net|publisher=Purdue University|access-date=2026-07-18}}</ref>
+'''[https://web.archive.org/web/20120722101023/http://www.ufluids.net/ μFluids@Home]''' (also written '''uFluids@Home''') was a [[wikipedia:Volunteer computing|volunteer computing]] project built on the [[wikipedia:Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing|BOINC]] platform, operated by [[wikipedia:Purdue University|Purdue University]]'s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The project used the [[wikipedia:Surface Evolver|Surface Evolver]] program, a finite-element package for modeling surfaces shaped by [[wikipedia:Surface tension|surface tension]], to simulate [[wikipedia:Two-phase flow|two-phase flow]] behavior in [[wikipedia:Microgravity|microgravity]] and [[wikipedia:Microfluidics|microfluidics]] problems.<ref name="wp">{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFluids@Home|title=UFluids@Home|website=Wikipedia|access-date=2026-07-18}}</ref><ref name="official">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ufluids.net/|title=What is μFluids?|website=ufluids.net|publisher=Purdue University|access-date=2026-07-18}}</ref>
 [[File:Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering Purdue University 2016 04.jpg|thumb|The Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering at Purdue University, home to the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics.]]