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WANTED: M.Sc. student for a study of airflow over porous materials. Research to be done in collaboration with the Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence (EWMCE). If interested, please contact me for further details. Further research opportunities for graduate students (starting Sept. 2010): 1. LOW ENERGY BUILDING VENTILATION: Strategies for ventilating modern buildings without expensive, energy-intensive equipment are being rapidly developed, but many of the fundamental theoretical issues underlying this technology remain unresolved. In particular, it is unclear how to best optimize system performance given that real buildings have a complicated internal geometry and are forced by a combination of internal (e.g. space heaters/AC units) and external (e.g. solar radiation, wind shear) factors. Expanding on work done during my Ph.D. at Univ. of California -- San Diego, I plan to examine these issues using a combination of theory and lab- or full-scale experiment. (More info). 2. ENVIRONMENTAL/INDUSTRIAL FLUID MECHANICS: Gravity currents, horizontal flows driven by small density differences, are ubiquitous in the natural and man-made environment. (Sea breeze fronts and saline wedges in estuaries offer two common examples). An important goal of my research is to characterize the properties of gravity currents (e.g. their speed, shape) based on the corresponding initial conditions using numerical, experimental and/or theoretical modeling. I am also interested in the dynamics of internal gravity waves (waves that travel inside a continuously stratified fluid); convection from a point source (e.g. a smokestack); and particle settling, which has important applications to Alberta's oilsands industries. (More info). SCHOLARHIP OPPORTUNITIES: Univ. of Alberta Killam Trusts (Canadian citizens and permanent residents OR international applicants) Government of Alberta - Alberta Ingenuity (Canadian citizens and permanent residents OR international applicants) Vanier Scholarships (Canadian citizens and permanent residents OR international applicants) Government of Canada - NSERC (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) Special information for international applicants Information on graduate student housing STUDENTS SUPERVISED: |
