2011 EFD Seminars

Fall 2011 Seminars

August 30th, 2011
Edison Lecture: Probing the Geodynamo with Laboratory and Numerical Experiments

Professor Peter Olson
Earth and Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University

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September 6th, 2011
Fluid dynamics and morphometric based approaches for city management and sustainability

Professor Silvana Di Sabatino
University of Lecce, Italy and University of Notre Dame 

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September 13th, 2011
Hydrologic Controls on Soil Nutrients: the role of soil moisture, stoichiometry and topography

Professor Amilcare Porporato
Duke University

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September 20th, 2011
Experimental study of the initial stages of wind waves' spatial evolution

Dr. Dan Liberzon
Tel Aviv University and University of Notre Dame

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September 27th, 2011
High-resolution nearshore wave and flow modeling: infrastructure, numeric and physics

Professor Andre Van der Westhuysen
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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October 3rd, 2011
The Challenge of Fully-Predictive Hydrologic Models Supported by Observations: Recent Experiences and Prospects in Semiarid Systems

Professor Enrique Vivoni
Arizona State University

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October 25th, 2011
The City of Chicago's Science-Driven Sustainability Initiatives

Lyndon Valicenti
WRD Environmental Project Manager to the Chicago Department of Environment

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November 1st, 2011
The Role of Physical Modeling in Understanding Environmental Flows

Professor Don Boyer
Arizona State University

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November 8th, 2011
Near-Inertial Poincare Waves in Lake Michigan: Observations and Consequences

Professor Carey Troy
Purdue University

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November 15th, 2011
Fractional Diffusion

Professor Mark Meeschaert
Michigan State University

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November 29th , 2011
Langmuir Turbulance in The Ocean Boundry Layer Forced By Hurricane Winds and Waves

Professor Peter Sullivan
National Center for Atmospheric Research

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