Assistant Professor at the Environmental Engineering Department.

My PhD research focused on developing and validating a 3D non-hydrostatic 2-phase flow model for flood simulations in STAR-CCM+, a commercial state of the art 3D CFD code. One major aspect of my research was about the assessment of accuracy of standard 2D depth-averaged flood models based results obtained with the 3D model. The model has also been applied to study the effects of flood protection studies, such as coffer dams and floodwalls on the flood extent and flood propagation. In addition, the model was used to estimate potential for sediment erosion associated with the passage of a floodwave including possible pressure scour effects due to the submergence of bridge decks within the domain of interest.Finally, the developed 3D code was used to simulate realistic dam break scenarios for the most important dams located in the state of Iowa for domains of lengths of 10's of kms. I also participated in different additional projects such as:- Study of river confluence dynamics using a Detached- Eddy Simulation (DES) code- Study of mixing layer dynamics under the influence of curvature- Study of the interaction of wind and stratification profile in idealized shallow narrow lakes using a Large-Eddy Simulation (LES)