Experimental environmental hydraulics: entrainment and mixing in turbulent flows

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Turbulent flows are present in both natural and anthropogenic environments. The proposed research in environmental hydraulics will study turbulent flows found in the atmosphere and hydrosphere that are relevant to processes in environmental pollutant dispersion, ocean mixing, fluvial geomorphology, energy and meteorology, and can also be applied to industrial processes such as combustion. My main long term goal is to improve the understanding of turbulent entrainment and turbulent mixing in environmental hydraulics using innovative experiments and related analysis, and complemented by numerical modelling. My four long term objectives are: 1) maintaining a solid program of experimental environmental hydraulics (using techniques such as LIF, PIV, PTV, ADV, anemometry), 2) developing new experimental methods, tools and analysis techniques, 3) extending my research area into new areas, 4) continuing to train students at all levels. My philosophy involves performing rigorous research that i) is fundamental and provides valuable insight into the physics of the processes, and ii) can be applied to improve both engineering processes and predictions of natural phenomena.