SAFL Lab Insider Stories
SAFL Director involved in new $7.5M DoD MURI project
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Lian Shen, SAFL Director and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, is part of a PI group recently selected for a $7.5 million U.S. Department of Defense MURI award.
Tao Cao defends PhD: A Theoretical and Numerical Study of Turbulent Wind-Wave Interaction
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PhD candidate Tao Cao successfully defended his PhD thesis on December 7th, 2020.
Announcing the Roger E.A. Arndt Fellowship
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The St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (SAFL) is very excited to announce the creation of a new graduate student fellowship – the Roger E.A. Arndt Fellowship. The fellowship is designed to award outstanding students who perform fluid mechanics research at SAFL while honoring the many contributions that Professor Roger E.A. Arndt has made to the laboratory and the field of fluid mechanics.
Santosh Kumar Sankar defends PhD thesis: Investigation of viscous sublayer using fresnel reflection holography
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Congratulations to Santosh Kumar Sankar for successfully defending his PhD in Mechanical Engineering on Friday, October 2nd. Santosh is advised by Jiarong Hong (ME).
SAFL remembers former faculty Charles C.S. Song
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SAFL is saddened to hear of the recent passing of Dr. Charles C.S. Song, a former SAFL and UMN professor in the Department of Civil Engineering. Dr. Song came to the University of Minnesota as a doctoral candidate in 1956, and was appointed to a faculty position in 1961.
Former SAFL Director named as interim provost of Stony Brook University
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Former SAFL director and CEGE professor Fotis Sotiropoulos was recently named to the interim provost position at Stony Brook University.
The river runs through it - Learning more about the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory
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What is SAFL? Who works here? What do they do? Great questions, and a new article published by our friends at U Relations does a great job answering them.
SAFL-affiliated faculty featured in Healthline magazine re: COVID transmission indoors
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Mechanical Engineering faculty and SAFL-affiliated faculty Jiarong Hong is a PI in a study that looks to identify hotspots of virus particles in different types of indoor spaces.
SAFL leads crowdfunding campaign to study boat wakes in Minnesota Lakes
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Recreational boating is a beloved summer activity in Minnesota; however, the increased number of large boats on Minnesota lakes and rivers could negatively impact shorelines, lake bottoms, and other recreational activities. This late summer and fall, the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (SAFL) is proposing to research the impacts of boat wakes and propeller wash on lake bottoms and shorelines.
Media stories highlighting SAFL boat wake research crowdfunding effort
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SAFL is proposing to conduct crowd-funded research looking at the impacts of boat wakes and propellor wash on MN lakes. See the media generated by this story.