Theses and Graduated Lab Members

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List of Theses from Graduates

Name	Thesis	Type	Key Point(s)	Year	Supervisor
Baglaenko, Anton	Simulating lake dynamics: the effects of bathymetry and bottom drag	Masters	drag in shallow water models	2011	Marek Stastna
Baglaenko, Anton	The Effects of Confinement on Kelvin-Helmholtz Billows	PhD	Q-R diagnostics for instabilities	2016	Marek Stastna
Bembenek, Eric	Realizing Surface Driven Flows in the Primitive Equations	Masters		2014	Francis Poulin and Michael Waite
Coutino, Aaron	Halocline mixing due to heavy rainfall in the cenotes of the Yucatan Peninsula	Masters	Experiments on rain caused mixing	2016	Marek Stastna
Deepwell, David	High resolution simulations of mode-2 internal waves: transport, shaoling, and the influence of rotation	PhD	mode-2 wave simulation, SPINS diagnostics	2018	Marek Stastna
Dunphy, Michael	The Influence of Mesoscale Eddies on the Internal Tide	Masters		2009	Kevin Lamb
Dunphy, Michael	Focusing and Vertical Mode Scattering of the First Mode Internal Tide via Mesoscale Eddy Interactions	PhD		2014	Kevin Lamb
Harnanan, Sandhya	Internal Wave Interaction with Broad Topography in the Presence of a Near-Bottom Stratification	Masters	Bottom boundary layer instabilities, lambda-2 criterion	2016	Marek Stastna
Irwin, Robert	The Instability of Mesoscale Jets in Idealized Two-Layer Models	Masters		2014	Francis Poulin
Khani, Sina	Large eddy simulations and subgrid scale motions in stratified turbulence	PhD		2015	Michael Waite
Liu, Wentao	Poincaré Waves and Kelvin Waves in a Circular Lake	Masters		2009	Kevin Lamb
Olsthoorn, Jason	The Impact of Internal Solitary Waves on the Nutrient Circulation System	Masters	non-newtonian, shear thinning fluids	2013	Marek Stastna
Penney, Jared	Direct Numerical Simulation of Salt Fingering Gravity Currents and Double-Diffusive Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities	PhD	double diffusive effects	2016	Marek Stastna
Rees, Timothy	Internal Wave Generation and Near-Resonant Interactions: Theory and Applications	PhD		2011	Francis Poulin and Kevin Lamb
Rowe, Kristopher	Simulation of Vortex Interactions with a Solid Wall using Adaptive Mesh Refinement	PhD		2016	Kevin Lamb
Shaw, Justin	A Model for Shear Response in Swimming Plankton	Masters	run and tumble models	2016	Marek Stastna
Steinmoeller, Derek	Flow Separation on the beta-plane	Masters		2009	Serge d'Alessio
Steinmoeller, Derek	High-Order Numerical Methods in Lake Modelling	PhD	modes with rotation, discontinuous Galerkin for shallow water, curved triangles	2013	Marek Stastna and Kevin Lamb
Subich, Christopher	Simulation of the Navier-Stokes Equations in Three Dimensions with a Spectral Collocation Method	PhD	SPINS builder’s guide	2011	Marek Stastna and Kevin Lamb
Wickramarachchi, Subasha	The hydrodynamics of two-dimensional iscillating flows over ripples: the effect of asymmetries in ripple shape and currents	PhD		2017	Kevin Lamb
Xu, Chengzhu (William)	Numerical Simulations of Shoaling Internal Solitary Waves of Elevation	Masters	shoaling waves and core formation	2015	Marek Stastna
Yawney, John	Stability of Coastal Jets: Linear Stability Calculations and Nonlinear Simulations	PhD		2016	Francis Poulin
Soontiens, Nancy	Stratified Flow Over Topography: Steady Nonlinear Waves, Boundary Layer Instabilities, and Crater Topography	PhD	flow over a crater, DJL derivations	2013	Kevin Lamb
Storer, Benjamin	Development and Application of Models and Diagnostics for Geophysical Fluid Flows	PhD		2019	Francis Poulin