Group Members
We are looking for new students to join the team (see openings) !
Principal Investigator
Geoffrey W. Cowles
Associate Professor
email: gcowles@umassd.edu
- -BS, Mechanical & Aeronautical Eng., Cornell University 1994
- -MA, Mechanical & Aerospace Eng., Princeton University 1996
- -PhD, Mechanical & Aerospace Eng., Princeton University 2001 with Gigi Martinelli
- -Postdoc, Mathematics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland 2002-2003 with A. Quarteroni
- -Postdoc, Marine Science, UMass Dartmouth 2004-2006 with Changsheng Chen
Students and Visiting Scientists
Sean Boisvert
Fluid Analysis of a Modified Scallop Dredge
P.S.M. candidate, starting Summer 2022
email: sboisvert1@umassd.edu
Connor Kenyon
Hardware Acceleration of a Coastal Ocean Model
EAS Ph.D. Candidate
email: ckenyon@umassd.edu
Alumni
Logan Cabral (undergraduate)
Physics B.S. ,graduated Spring, 2022
Topic: Planform Design for Optimal Tethered Recharge of a Micro AUV
Current Position: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Physics M.S. candidate
Jack Hanson
MNE M.S. ,graduated Summer, 2021
Topic: Planform Design for Optimal Tethered Recharge of a Micro AUV
Current Position: Naval Undersea Warfare Center
Angela Murray
MNE B.S./M.S., graduated Winter 2020
Topic: Numerical investigation of the hydrodynamics of leptocephalus bonefish larvae Albula vulpes
Current Position: FlexCon Industries
Flynn Casey
IMS M.S., graduated Winter 2020
Topic: Dispersal of lobster larvae in southeastern MA using biophysical coupled modeling (NOAA)
Current Position: Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Chang Liu
IMS Ph.D., graduated Spring, 2019
Topic: Geolocation of Demersal Fish using state space methods (NOAA)
Current Position: Research Associate at the University of Connecticut
Marc Carriera
MNE B.S./M.S., graduated Fall, 2018
Topic: Hydrofoil Design using Multi-Objective Shape Optimization
Current Position: BAE Systems Newport
Mukit Hasan
MNE M.S. student, graduated Fall, 2017
Topic: Optimization of Tidal Energy Arrays using a Global Method
Current Position: Controls System Engineer-ADAS, General Motors
Dr. Mohamed Ali Bek Abdelrhman (visiting faculty)
Visiting faculty from Tanta University, Egypt, AY17-18
Topic: Circulation modeling of Lake Bardawil, Egypt
Current Position: Associate Professor of Engineering, Horus University, Egypt
Aradea Hakim
IMS M.S. student graduated Spring, 2015
Topic: The Impact of Tidal Stream Turbines on Circulation and Sediment Transport in Muskeget Channel, MA
Current Position: Ph.D. Candidate, Great Lakes Research Center
Prithvi Raj Parunandi (undergraduate)
Visiting scholar from IIT Bhubaneswar, Summer, 2013
Topic: Estimating Residence times of Gulf of Maine Surface Waters using Synoptic Lagrangian Maps
Vamishi Krishna (undergraduate)
Visiting scholar from IIT Bhubaneswar, Summer, 2012
Topic: Comparison of observed and model-computed circulation of Lake Sunapee, NH
Juan Pablo Santa Maria
Visiting scholar from Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Santiago, Chile, Summer 2012
Topic: Development of a Tidal Energy Resource Model for Canal de Chacao, Chile
Current Position: CEO of Livn, Santiago, Chile
Eric Holmes
Technician, 2010
Topic: Wave-Modeling of Sandy Tidal Flats
Current Position: Coastal Scientist, Woods Hole Group, Falmouth, MA