SAFL Lab Insider Stories
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.
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.
Michael Heisel Defends PhD Thesis: Organization and scaling of coherent structures in the outer region of high-Reynolds-number turbulent boundary layers
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Ph.D candidate Michael Heisel successfully defended his Ph.D in Civil, Environmental, Geo- Engineering on May 4th, 2020. He is advised by Michele Guala of the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory and Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering at the University of Minnesota.
Alec Petersen defends PhD thesis: Laboratory Investigation of Disperse Multiphase-Turbulent Flows
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Ph.D candidate Alec Petersen successfully defended his Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics on May 15th, 2020. He is advised by Filippo Coletti of the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory and Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Minnesota.
Amirreza Ghasemi selected as 2019-2020 Alvin Anderson award recipient
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This past Tuesday, February 4th, SAFL was pleased to award the 2019-2020 Alvin G. Anderson award to Amirreza Ghasemi, a PhD Student in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering. The Alvin G. Anderson Award is awarded annually to University of Minnesota students pursuing graduate studies in water resources. Special consideration is given to students involved in the sediment transportation field, which was Dr. Anderson's specialty when a professor at the University of Minnesota from 1950 until 1975.
Phd Students Sagar Tamang and Luci Baker named 2019 Edward Silberman Fellowship Recipients
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Two SAFL PhD students were recently named recipients of the 2019 Edward Silberman Fellowship at a special SAFL seminar on November 19th, 2019. Luci Baker, from the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics (AEM), and Sagar Tamang, from the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering (CEGE), were presented the fellowships for their outstanding research at SAFL. The fellowship award is paid for in honor of Edward Silberman by his family and friends to acknowledge his contribution to the lab.
Santosh Kumar chosen as 2018-2019 Edward Silberman Recipient
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Santosh Kumar, a Mechanical Engineering PhD candidate at the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory was awarded the 2018-2019 Edward Silberman Award during a special SAFL seminar on November 13th, 2018. The Silberman Award is awarded annually for outstanding research at SAFL. The fellowship award is paid for in honor of Edward Silberman by his family and friends to acknowledge his contribution to the lab. Santosh received the award for his research titled, "Novel optical diagnostic tools for flow measurement near complex interfaces."
Spring 2020 Class List Taught by SAFL Faculty
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The following courses for Spring 2020 will be taught by SAFL-affiliated faculty:
Gerard Salter Defends PhD: Controls on the Flux Distribution of Delta Networks
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Ph.D candidate Gerard Salter successfully defended his Ph.D in Earth Sciences on August 30th, 2019. He is advised by Chris Paola of the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Minnesota.