Disertation Title: Secondary Flows and Dispersion in Channel Junctions
Advisor: Prof. Oliver Fringer

My focus is on numerical methods for high resolution computational fluid dynamic simulations as applied to eddy-resolving coastal ocean modeling with applications to San Francisco Bay Delta hydrodynamics. Understanding mixing at channel junctions informs how fish and water quality parameters are affected by anthropogenic influences. My work is a mixture of civil and environmental engineering, fluid mechanics, applied mathematics, and computational science. I also have the pleasure of collaborating with excellent individuals such as Prof. Stephen Monismith, Drs. Nancy Monsen, Derek Fong, and Ed Gross in addition to other members of the SUNTANS modeling team.


Education

Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
M.S. in Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 2009
B.S., summa cum laude, in Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2008

Contact Information

pwolfram "at" stanford "dot" edu
Phone: (720) 234-5831

Phillip J Wolfram Jr.
Environmental Fluid Mechanics & Hydrology Program
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Stanford University
The Jerry Yang & Akiko Yamazaki Environment & Energy Building
473 Via Ortega, Office M-17
Stanford, CA 94305

Last updated: 01/8/2013