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 |