Camera capturing planar laser induced fluorescence images of a bubble plume in a laboratory tank. Laboratory setup by graduate student D.-G. Seol.

Curriculum Vitae

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Education

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil & Environ. Eng. 2001
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil & Envirn. Eng.1997
B.S., University of Colorado at Boulder, Civil, Environ. & Arch. Eng. 1994
Junior Year Abroad, University of Stuttgart, Germany, Civil & Environ. Eng. 1992

Appointments

Assistant Professor, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2003-present
Division Director, Environmental Fluid Mechanics Group, Institute for Hydromechanics, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, 2002
Research Associate, Institute for Hydromechanics, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, 2001
Research Assistant, Parsons Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995-2001
Research Fellow, Parsons Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994-1995
Engineer, Wright Water Engineers, Inc., Denver, Colorado, 1994
Engineering Technician, Wright Water Engineers, Inc., Denver, Colorado, 1989-1994

Honors and Awards

Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), Select Young Faculty Award, Fall 2005
Ketchum Award, Outstanding graduating senior, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Spring 1994

Professional Societies

Member: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) | ASCE Engineering Mechanics Division (EMD) Fluids Committee | ASCE EMD Turbulence Committee | International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR) | American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Research Projects

Visit my Research pages for details.

Publications

Visit my Publications pages for a comprehensive listing.

Scholarly Activities and Contributions

Shallow Water Enhanced Stability Calculator in Matlab (SWESC-M). State-of-the-art Matlab computer program for solving the linear stability problem for shallow water shear flows. The program includes a complete graphical user interface (GUI) and is distributed under the GNU general public license. To obtain a copy, please email socolofs@tamu.edu.
Integral Model for Multiphase Plumes. State-of-the-art Matlab computer program for solving the top-hat integral plume equations for multiphase flow. Includes equations of state for air, oxygen, nitrogen, and liquid carbon dioxide. The program includes a complete graphical user interface (GUI). To obtain a copy, please email socolofs@tamu.edu.
Visiting Scientist, MIT. Collaborator on the International Ocean CO2 Sequestration Experiment, 2001-2003.
Ph.D. Thesis. Laboratory Experiments of Multiphase Plumes in Stratification and Crossflow. Supervisor, Dr. E. Eric Adams, 2001.
M.S. Thesis. Hydrologic and Bacteria Modeling of the Upper Charles River Watershed using HSPF. Supervisor, Dr. E. Eric Adams, 1997.

Professional Consulting

I have served as a peer-review consultant for the Supreme Council for the Environment and Natural Reserves in Doha, Qatar, Chevron Petroleum Technology Company, and ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company.

Invited Seminars and Lectures

In addition to conference presentations (see the Publications pages), I have also given a number of invited seminars and lectures for the following programs

Seminar, Environmental Fluid Mechanics Group, Institute for Hydromechanics, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, June 20, 2007.
Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Dundee, Scotland, June 18, 2007.
Lectures, International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR), European Graduate School, Environment Water, Short Course on Environmental Fluid Mechanics, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, June 20-22, 2006.
Seminar, Supreme Council for the Environment and Natural Reserves, Doha, Qatar, August 29, 2005.
Seminar, Coastal Inlets Research Program, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering Research and Design Center (ERDC), Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 9, 2005.
Seminar, Fluid Mechanics Seminar Series, Stanford University, April 12, 2005.
Seminar, College of Fisheries and Ocean Science, Yeosu National University, Korea, December 22, 2004.
Keynote address, FOID 2004, Pukyong National University, Korea, December 20, 2004.
Seminar, Department of Civil Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong, China, December 13, 2004.
Seminar, Environmental Hydraulics Seminar Series, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, November 4, 2004.
Seminar, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG), Kastanienbaum, Switzerland, June 23, 2004.
Lectures, International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR), European Graduate School, Environment Water, Short Course on Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, June 14-15, 2004.
Lectures, Short Course on Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Institute for Port and coastal Engineering, University of Granada, Spain, April 8-12, 2002.
Seminar, Lausanne Polytechnic Institute, Switzerland, November 8, 2001.
Seminar, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Switzerland, November 9, 2001.
Seminar, Karlsruhe Seminar Series: Research and Practice in Hydraulic Engineering, Planning, and Management, Institute for Hydromechanics, University of Karlsruhe, Germany, January 11, 2001.

Teaching and Courses

Visit my Teaching pages for a description of my teaching activities.

Students Supervised

The Research Group page summarizes my supervising activities.

Peer-Review Activities

Conference and Short-Course Organization

Organizing Committee Member, 2nd International Symposium on Shallow Flows, Hong Kong, China, December, 2008.
Session Co-Organizer, 15th U.S. National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Boulder, Colorado, June, 2006.
Organizing Committee Member, International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR), European Graduate School, Environment Water, Short Course on Environmental Fluid Mechanics