SAFL Lab Insider Stories
SAFL faculty featured in various media for COVID-related research
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SAFL faculty Jiarong Hong was recently featured in the Star Tribune and on Good Morning America regarding his contribution to a project that builds simulations of COVID transmission hotspots in different indoor spaces
SAFL-affiliated faculty Fall 2020 course offerings
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SAFL-affiliated faculty teach numerous course across UMN. See the offerings for Fall 2020!
Open-access publication addresses need for environmental justice and equity in stormwater engineering
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How do you bridge the gap between engineering effective projects while minimizing impacts on marginalized communities?
New award supports upgrade for unique SAFL experimental facility
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One of SAFL's most unique experimental facilities, the Outdoor StreamLab (OSL), is going to have a significant facelift thanks to the OVPR 2020 Research Infrastructure Investment Program.
Former student awarded 2020 Best Dissertation Award in Physical Sciences and Engineering
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Former SAFL/CEGE graduate student Mirko Musa was selected for the 2020 Best Dissertation Award in Physical Sciences and Engineering by the UMN Graduate School.
Evaporative residues from aerosol droplets key to understanding COVID-19 survivability on different surfaces
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A recently submitted study by researchers under the direction of Jiarong Hong, faculty at the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (SAFL) and associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota, devised a series of experiments looking at what happens after aerosol droplets fall on five different surface types and evaporate under different temperature and humidity scenarios.
Anqing Xuan defends PhD: Simulation and Theoretical Modeling of Interactions between Waves and Turbulence in Langmuir Circulation
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Ph.D candidate Anqing Xuan successfully defended his Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering on June 3rd, 2020. He is advised by Lian Shen, director of the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory and professor in the Department of Mechanical Engienering at the University of Minnesota.
Kevin Mallery defends PhD: Computational Digital Inline Holography for In Situ Particle Tracking and Characterization
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Ph.D candidate Kevin Mallery successfully defended his Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering (ME) on May 27th, 2020. He is advised by Jiarong Hong of the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory and Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota.
NCED Site Visit May 16-19
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NCED Principal Investigators and graduate students from NCED's partner institutions will be visiting the lab this week for NCED's 2011 Site Visit and retreat.
Amirreza Ghasemi defends PhD thesis: A Study of Particle Entrainment in Two Common Particle-Fluid Flows in Nature
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Ph.D candidate Amirreza Ghasemi successfully defended his Ph.D in Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering on May 15th, 2020. He is advised by Kimberly Hill of the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory and Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering at the University of Minnesota.