Student Advising and Supervising
Post-doc Supervision
Mohammad Mohaghar
Post-doc: May 2019 – August 2022
Research Engineer II: August 2022 – present
Research: Bio-fluid mechanics and turbulent mixing
Melissa Ruszczyk
May 2022 – August 2022
Research: Kinematics analysis of phytoplankton trajectories in Burgers vortex
Deepak Adhikari
December 2013 – November 2016
Research: Pteropod Swimming Behavior as a Bio Assay for Ocean Acidification
Ann Larsson
August 2011 – January 2013
Research: Simultaneous PIV and LIF Measurements in Meandering Plumes
Konstantin Volyanskyy
August 2010 – August 2011
Research: Design and Implementation of Algorithm for Autonomous Tracking in Turbulent Chemical Plume
Ph.D. Student Guidance
Graduated
Alexandra Muscalus (co-advisor Kevin Haas)
Starting Term: Fall 2017
Completion: Fall 2022
Thesis: “Characterization of low-frequency ship wake along the margins of confined channels and connected waterways”
Institute Fellow; 2022 Institute Graduate Student Instructor of the Year Award
Melissa Ruszczyk (co-advisor Jeannette Yen)
Starting Term: Fall 2017
Completion: Spring 2022
Thesis: “Crustacean behavior and morphology in low and intermediate Reynolds number environments”
Angelica Connor (co-advisor Devesh Ranjan)
Starting Term: Spring 2018
Completion: Spring 2022
Thesis: “Hydrodynamics of free-swimming multi-limb aquatic locomotion at intermediate flow regimes”
Dorsa Elmi
Starting Term: Summer 2016
Completion: Spring 2021
Thesis: “Navigating through space in turbulence tubes: Copepod responses to Burgers vortex”
David L. Young
Starting Term: Fall 2011
Completion: Spring 2016
Thesis: “A hydrodynamic characterization of saltmarsh ecosystems”
Aaron C. True
Starting Term: Spring 2008
Completion: Summer 2014
Thesis: “Ecological Engines: Finescale Hydrodynamic and Chemical Cues, Zooplankton Behavior, and Implications for Nearshore Marine Ecosystems”
David W. Murphy (co-advisor Jeannette Yen)
Starting Term: Spring 2008
Completion: Summer 2012
Thesis: “Planktonic Propulsion: The Hydrodynamics, Kinematics, and Design of Metachrony”
Sarah Delavan
Starting Term: Fall 2005
Completion: Summer 2010
Thesis: “The Reciprocal Relationship between Hydrodynamics and Bivalves”
Kimberly Catton
Starting Term: Fall 2004
Completion: Fall 2009
Thesis: “Aspects of Sensory Cues and Propulsion in Marine Zooplankton Hydrodynamic Disturbances ”
Brian Dickman
Starting Term: Fall 2003
Completion: Fall 2008
Thesis: “Chemical and Hydromechanical Cue Structure in the Context of Turbulent Odor Plume Tracking”
C. Brock Woodson
Starting Term: Spring 2002
Completion: Fall 2005
Thesis: “Thin Layers: Physical and Chemical Cues Contributing to Observed Copepod Aggregations”
CEE Best Ph.D. Thesis Award 2006
L. Prasad Dasi
Starting Term: Summer 2000
Completion: Summer 2004
Thesis: “The Small-Scale Structure of Passive Scalar Mixing in Turbulent Boundary Layers”
Shikha Rahman (co-advisor Phil Roberts)
Starting Term: Fall 1998
Completion: Spring 2002
Thesis: “Effect of Bed Roughness on Scalar Mixing in a Turbulent Boundary Layer”
In Progress
Seyed Ali Mojtabaei Soleimani
Starting Term: Fall 2024
Research: Flow interaction around soft robots
ABD
Anna Skipper
Starting Term: Spring 2016
Research: Hydromechanical sensing in zooplankton
M.S. Thesis Students
Graduated
Anna Skipper
Starting Term: Fall 2014
Completion: Fall 2016
Thesis: “Behavior response of an alpine lake copepod to thin layer structure”
Seongyu (John) Jung
Starting Term: Summer 2014
Completion: Fall 2015
Thesis: “Implementation of internal wave apparatus for copepod behavior assays”
2016 CEE Outstanding MS Thesis Award
David L. Young
Starting Term: Fall 2011
Completion: Summer 2014
Thesis: “Turbulence-Copepod Interaction: Acartia tonsa Behavioral Response to Burgers’ Vortex”
2014 CEE Outstanding MS Thesis Award, 2015 Sigma Xi Best Master’s Thesis Award
Joseph Chrzan
Starting Term: Fall 2010
Completion: Summer 2012
Thesis: “Laser Induced Fluorescence Measurements of Dual Plumes and Comparison of Laser Induced Fluorescence and Conductivity Probe Measurements”
Aaron C. True
Starting Term: Spring 2008
Completion: Fall 2011
Thesis: “A Mechanism of Patchiness: Zooplankton Behavior in Finescale Vertical Shear Layers”
W. Alex Berry
Starting Term: Fall 2007
Completion: Fall 2009
Thesis: “A Hydrodynamic Characterization of Tidal Ecosystems with Respect to Predation”
Ronald J. Miller
Starting Term: Fall 2004
Completion: Fall 2005
Thesis: “A Study of Passive Scalar Mixing in Turbulent Boundary Layers using Multipoint Correlators”
Katie Rasberry
Starting Term: Summer 2004
Completion: Summer 2005
Thesis: “The Behavioral Effect of Laboratory Turbulence on Copepods”
Frank Schuerg
Starting Term: Fall 2002
Completion: Fall 2003
Thesis: “Fractal Geometry of Iso-surfaces of a Passive Scalar in a Turbulent Boundary Layer”
Aisha Brathwaite
Starting Term: Fall 2001
Completion: Spring 2003
Thesis: “A Novel Laboratory Apparatus for Simulating Isotropic Oceanic Turbulence at Low Reynolds Number”
CEE Outstanding MS Thesis Award 2003
Cayman Percy
Starting Term: Spring 2000
Completion: Spring 2001
Thesis: “The Influence of Fluid Mechanics on the Orientation Behavior of Blue Crabs”
D. Scott Felton
Starting Term: Fall 1999
Completion: Fall 2000
Thesis: “Theoretical Dissolution Coefficient for Rock Fractures”
Lakshmi Prasad Dasi
Starting Term: Summer 1999
Completion: Summer 2000
Thesis: “Statistical Characteristics of Turbulent Chemical Plumes”
Ying Liu
Starting Term: Fall 1998
Completion: Spring 2000
Thesis: “Measurements of Jet Velocity in Unstratified and Stratified Fluids”
Layla Ra`ad
Starting Term: Fall 1997
Completion: Summer 1999
Thesis: “Simultaneous Measurements of Velocity and Concentration for a Turbulent Jet”
M.S. Special Topics
Shantanu Soumya
Term: Spring 2018, Summer 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019
Topic: Copepod trajectories in a Burgers’ vortex
Yoonsoo Nam
Term: Fall 2017
Topic: Phytoplankton trajectories in a Burgers’ vortex
Undergraduate Research Students
Prathyusha Paresh: Double diffusive instability experiments, Summer 2024
Gracen Dutton: Double diffusive instability experiments, Spring 2024
Blaire Doss: Double diffusive instability experiments, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024
Ewan Pritchard: Double diffusive instability experiments, Fall 2023, Fall 2024
Maria Cardelino: Kinematics analysis of phytoplankton trajectories in Burgers vortex, Summer 2022
Gianna Perretta: Kinematics analysis of phytoplankton trajectories in Burgers vortex, Summer 2022 (NSF REU program)
Ashley Jhun: Digital video analysis of zooplankton motion, Summer 2021
Anikait Dhond: Non-linear internal waves, Spring 2021; Digital video analysis of zooplankton motion, Summer 2021 and Spring 2022
Ngoc Thuy An (Kiera) Tran: Digital video analysis of zooplankton motion, Spring 2021
Juliette Goff: Digital video analysis of zooplankton motion, Spring 2021
Zachary D’Aquino: Soft material robotic swimmer, Spring 2021, Spring 2022
Emma Slater: Digital video analysis of zooplankton motion, Summer 2020
Uma Patel: Plankton trajectories in a Burgers’ vortex, Summer 2019
Tara Boyd: Plankton trajectories in a Burgers’ vortex, Summer 2019 (NSF REU program)
Agam Singh: Plankton trajectories in a Burgers’ vortex, Spring 2019; Kinematics and flow mechanics of krill and mysids, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Summer 2020, Fall 2020
Dominique Howard: Plankton trajectories in a Burgers’ vortex, Summer 2018 (NSF REU program)
Samantha Bennett: Plankton trajectories in a Burgers’ vortex, Summer 2017
Savannah Howard: Phytoplankton trajectories in a Burgers’ vortex, Spring 2017, Spring 2018
Ahron Cervania: Phytoplankton trajectories in a Burgers’ vortex, Summer 2016 (NSF REU program)
Chengyao (Raven) Yan: Kinematics analysis of phytoplankton trajectories in Burgers’ vortex, Summer 2015
Nick Henderson: Kinematics analysis of copepod swimming trajectories, Fall 2014
Rockne Burns: Kinematics analysis of copepod swimming trajectories, Fall 2014
Ethan Brown: Kinematics analysis of copepod swimming trajectories, Fall 2014
Yichao Qian: Development of the Burgers’ vortex apparatus, Summer 2014
Nerida H De Jesus Villanueva: Kinematics analysis of T. longicornis swimming trajectories in Burgers’ vortex, Summer 2014 (NSF REU program)
Julia Wang: Kinematics analysis of copepod swimming trajectories, Spring & Summer 2014
Jennifer Young: Kinematics analysis of copepod swimming trajectories in a Burgers’ vortex, Spring 2014, Summer 2014, Fall 2014
Briana Corcoran: Kinematics analysis of copepod swimming trajectories in a Burgers’ vortex, Spring 2014
Jordan Shields: Design and evaluation of Krillbot, Fall 2013
Seongyu (John) Jung: Developing an internal wavemaker to simulate sensory cues in the plankton, Fall 2013, Spring 2014
Malin Dartnell: Design and construction of Krillbot, Summer 2013 (NSF REU program)
Anna Skipper: Zooplankton interactions with fluid mechanics, Summer 2013, Fall 2013, PURA Spring 2014
Alexandra Wright: Kinematics analysis of copepod swimming trajectories in thin layers, Summer 2012
Andrew Griesmer: Kinematics analysis of copepod swimming trajectories in thin layers, Spring 2012
Clara Choi: Kinematics analysis of copepod swimming trajectories in thin layers, Spring 2012
Alex Nguyen: Kinematics analysis of copepod swimming trajectories in thin layers, Spring 2012
Edward Lo: Copepod response to turbulent motions, Summer 2011 (NSF REU program)
Allison Bergin: Copepod response to thin layers of harmful algal bloom, Summer 2010 (NSF REU program)
Thanh Nguyen: Stereo video analysis of 3D krill positions in schools, Summer 2010, Fall 2010; Design and construction of Krillbot, Summer 2011, PURA Fall 2011
Nadir Kabir: High speed video analysis of krill pleopod kinematics and stereo video analysis of 3D krill positions in schools, Fall 2009, PURA Spring 2010
A. Morgan Stephenson: High speed video analysis of krill pleopod kinematics, Spring 2009
Hunter Causey: Zooplankton behavior trails in laboratory mimics of thin layers, Spring 2009
Matthew Lynch: Copepod response to thin layers of harmful algal bloom, Summer 2008 (NSF REU program), Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 2010
Robert Ussery: Sensor-driven autonomous behavior algorithms for chemical plume tracking, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, and Spring 2009
Aaron Johnson: Copepod response to thin velocity layers of different orientation, Summer & Fall 2007. NSF REU program during Summer 2007
W. Alex Berry: Simultaneous velocity and concentration measurements in a meandering plume, Spring 2007
James Bullock: Analysis of blue crab tracking in 3D concentration fields, Spring 2007
Genevra Pittman: Chemical cues in thin layers, Summer 2006. NSF REU program, co-advised with J. Yen (BIOL)
Paul Hobson: Copepod response to thin layer structure in the ocean, Fall 2005
Brendan McArdle: Copepod response to thin layer structure in the ocean, Spring 2005
Max Coursey: Velocity measurements in turbulent boundary layers over rough beds, Spring 2004
Katie Rasberry: Zooplankton behavior response to turbulent motions, Fall 2003 & Spring 2004
Matthew Shingler: Design of turbulent actuators, Fall 2002
Molly Palmer: Dynamics of vortex breakdown, Spring 2001
Sharon Palmer: Blue crab chemical plume tracking trials, Spring 2001
Justin Redmond: Pump stand assembly and data acquisition development, Spring 2001
Richard Kim: Blue crab chemical plume tracking trials, Summer & Fall 2000
J. Ryan Smith: Blue crab chemical tracking trials, Spring 2000
Anny Huang: Chaotic mixing in vortex breakdown, Summer & Fall 1999
E. Ross Brockwell: Blue crab chemical tracking trials, Fall 1999
Tonia Hanson: Turbulent collapse in density stratified fluid, Summer 1999
Marissa Muschott: Chemical plume tracking abilities of blue crabs, Summer 1999
Dustin Hodges: Validation of flow characteristics in new salt-water flume, Spring 1999
Todd Taylor: Dynamics of vortex breakdown, Winter & Spring 1999