Biography and Expertise

Research in the Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Renewable Energy Lab focuses on measurement and prediction of environmental fluid mechanics, turbulent transport, and renewable energy.


Research Interests:

  • Environmental fluid mechanics
  • Atmospheric boundary layers
  • Renewable energy and wind engineering
  • Biosphere-atmosphere exchange
  • Physical Limnology
  • Hydrology
  • Water resources engineering
  • Earth systems dynamics and change

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Honors

Graduate Assistantship in Areas of National Need (GAANN) Fellowship
United States Department of Education (United States, Washington D.C.) - ED , 2003
Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship
National Science Foundation (United States, Alexandria) - NSF, 2008
Frank and Julie Tsai Award
University of Minnesota (United States, Minneapolis), 2011
Outstanding Student Paper Award, Hydrology Section
American Geophysical Union (United States, Washington D.C.) - AGU, 2010
Alvin G. Anderson Award, for academic achievement in hydraulic engineering and water resources
University of Minnesota (United States, Minneapolis), 2011
Outstanding Student Paper Award, Atmospheric Sciences Section
American Geophysical Union (United States, Washington D.C.) - AGU, 2011
Earth and Space Science Fellowship
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (United States, Washington) - NASA, 2011
Old Gold Summer Fellowship
University of Iowa (United States, Iowa City) - UI, 2015

Organizational Affiliations

Faculty Research Engineer, IIHR--Hydroscience and Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Iowa

Researcher, Center for Global & Regional Environmental Research, Vice President for Research, University of Iowa

Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Iowa

Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Iowa

Past Affiliations

Research Scientist/Engineer, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland, Lausanne) - EPFL

Education

Civil Engineering
2013, PhD, University of Minnesota
Civil Engineering
2005, MS, University of Minnesota
Civil Engineering
2003, BS, University of Evansville