2017 EFD Seminars
Spring 2017 Seminars
January 24, 2017
Megagravel on the Move: Storm Waves, Boulder Transport, and the Erosion of Rocky Coasts
Rondadh Cox
Prof. & chair of Geociences, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
January 31, 2017
Numerically Modeling Waves and Currents in the Surf Zone with Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics
Professor Tony Dalrymple
NAE, Willard & Lillian Hackerman Professor of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
February 7, 2017
Large-eddy Simulation Tropical Convection over the Indian Ocean: Scale Variability and SST
Eric Skillingstad
Professor of Oceans and Atmospheres, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
February 21, 2017
New insights into turbulence dynamics under stabilizing stratification from direct and large-eddy simulations
Professor Eli Bou-Zeid
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director, Program in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
February 28, 2017
Development and Transition of Operational Storm Surge Models
Jesse C. Feyen
Ph.D. Deputy Director, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
March 7, 2017
Ablation due to Oscillatory Boundary Layer: Incipient Motion of Nearshore Sediments
Professor Diane Foster
Professor, Director of the Ocean Engineering Program, Mechanical Engineering, University of New Hampshire
March 21, 2017
How Vegetation Alters Water Motion, and the Feedbacks to Environmental System Structure and Function
Professor Heidi Nepf
Donald and Martha Harleman Professor, Margaret MacVicar Fellow, Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
March 28, 2017
Aircraft Wake Vortices: Transport and Decay Study Using Remote Sensing Devices
Raghu Krishnamurthy
Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Assoc., CEEES, University of Notre Dame
April 4, 2017
Characterizing Multispectral Vertical Profiles of Aerosol Extinction with Surface-based Measurements
Dr. Steven Fiorino
Assoc. Prof Atmospheric physics, Director AFIT Center for Directed Energy, Dept. of Engineering Physics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
April 11, 2017
Calculation of Oil Droplet size Distribution in Ocean Spills and its Importance in Oil Spill Models
Dr. Indrajith Nissanka
Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Assoc. CEEES, University of Notre Dame
April 18, 2017
From Complexity to Simplicity: Landscape Hydrologic Dynamics
Professor Suresh Rao
Lee A. Rieth Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering, Prof. of Civil Eng. & Agronomy, Purdue University
April 25, 2017
Turbulence-induced Broadening of Cloud-droplet Size Distribution: Implications for Aerosol Effects on Climate
Prof. Raymond A. Shaw
Prof. Physics, Director, Atmospheric Sciences Ph.D. Program, Michigan Technological University