EFM@ucb - People

CEE Faculty
Tina Katopodes Chow, Assistant Professor
	Research interests are in performing large-eddy simulations (LES) of the atmospheric boundary layer, with a focus on the development and testing of new turbulence models and improved boundary conditions for flow over complex terrain (such as mountainous and urban areas). office: 621 Davis Hall phone: (510) 643-4405 e-mail: tinakc@berkeley.edu
Jim Hunt, Professor
	Research emphasizes quantification of contaminant transport processes in natural and altered environments including groundwater, surface and subsurface soils, and estuarine sediments. These efforts are conducted by a combination of field data analysis, development of mechanistic models, and verification of those models at the laboratory scale. Contaminants of interest include trace metals, persistent organics, radionuclides, pathogenic organisms, and poorly characterized wastes from new industries. The research program seeks to understanding the dominant processes that control contaminant mobility in natural and altered environments. office: 779 Davis Hall #1710 phone: (510) 642-0948 email: hunt@ce.berkeley.edu
Mark Stacey, Associate Professor
	Research interests focus on the physics of fluids in the natural environment and the connection between fluid mechanics and biology. Ongoing research includes the dynamics of turbulent mixing in San Francisco Bay and the effects of stratification, turbulent mixing in a diurnally-forced California Lake (Clear Lake), and transport of odorant through and around the antennules of marine species. office: 665 Davis Hall phone: (510) 642-6776 e-mail: mstacey@berkeley.edu
Evan Variano, Assistant Professor
	Research is focused on experimental techniques, and the use of these to illuminate the dynamics of transport and mixing in natural water bodies. Sediment transport can be measured with digital video obtained via fiberoptic transmission. Transport of biologically relevant gasses CO2 and O2 can be measured with fluorescent dyes that signal the presence of such gasses in their dissolved (aqueous) phase. Dynamics at free surfaces can be measured remotely via digital infrared imagery. Each of these techniques, and others, are applied in the laboratory and, whenever possible, in the field. Laboratory devices are designed to provide models of phenomena that occur in field settings. office: 623 Davis Hall e-mail: variano@ce.berkeley.edu