Coastal Engineering and Fluid Mechanics


Daniel G. MacDonald

Assistant Professor
Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences
School for Marine Science and Technology
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Research Intrests: Stratified hydrodynamics, turbulence and frontal dynamics, with specific emphasis on estuarine flows, river plumes, and industrial discharges; coastal and environmental engineering.

Phone: 508.910.6334
email: dmacdonald@umassd.edu

Fei Chen

Graduate Student (Ph.D.)
Ph.D. School for Marine Science and Technology
B.S. Oceanography from the Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Research Intrests: Measurements of turbulence of near field river plumes and related industrial discharge plumes, an assessment of the impact of that mixing on the structure and evolution of the near field plume and lateral spreading of the plume and overall water mass modification.

Phone: 508.910.6308
e-mail: g_fchen@umassd.edu

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