2016 EFD Seminars
Spring 2016 Seminars:
January 19, 2016
The Orphan Tsunami of 1700 North American and Japanese Clues to a Giant Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest
Dr. Brian Atwater
Senior Research Geologist, United States Geological Survey Research Professor, University of Washington
January 26, 2016
Mixing and Unmixing in Natural Flows: Qualifying the Throttle on Chemical Reactions
David Benson
Associate Professor, Director, Hydrologic Science and Engineering Program, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
February 2, 2016
Experiments in Environmental flows: Flow in Porous Media for CO2 Sequestration and Biofilm-Flow Interaction
Dr. Farzan Kazemifar
Visiting Scholar, CEEES, University of Notre Dame
February 9, 2016
Hagfish Slime: Rheology of a Marine Predator Defense Mechanism
Professor Randy Ewoldt
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
February 16, 2016
Physics and Dynamics of a New Lake Effect Snow Type Classification
Ed Bensman
Program Manager, Physical Meteorology, National Science Foundation, Adjunct Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame
February 23, 2016
Water and Energy Cycles Coupling Diagnosed from Remotely Sensed Global Observations
Professor Dara Entekhabi
Bacardi and Stockholm Water Foundations Chair, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
March 1, 2016
An Isogeometric Framework for Automated Generation of Geometrically Exact, Feature-Preserving Unstructured Finite Element Meshes
Professor John Evans
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado
March 15, 2016
Extreme Wave Runup and Boulder Transport During Typhoon Haiyan
Andrew Kennedy
Associate Professor, CEEES, University of Notre Dame
March 22, 2016
Large-eddy Simulation of rought Wall turbulence: Effects of Complex Topography, Evidence of Inner-outer Effects, and the role of Turbulence in Aeolian Systems
Professor William Anderson
Erik Jonsson School of Engineering, University of Texas Dallas
March 29, 2016
The Role of Federal Science in Responding to Societal Needs
Dr. Suzette M. Kimball
Director, U.S. Geological Survey, The US Department of Interior USGS
April 5, 2016
Indo-Pacific Maritime Continent: The Crux of Global Weather-Climate
Professor Chidong Zhang
Professor, Department of Ocean Sciences, RSMAS/MPO, University of Miami
April 12, 2016
Synoptic Variability of the Exchange Flow in the Turkish Straits
Dr. Ewa Jarosz
Principal Investigator, Oceanography Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi
April 19, 2016
Shelf circulation and associated ecosystem impacts in the northern Gulf of Mexico
Dr. Robert Hetland
Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University
April 26, 2016
The Hydrology and Aquatic Geochemistry of the McMurdo Dry Valleys
Dr. William Lyons
Director, School of Earth Sciences, Research Scientist, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University