Current Research: Subgrid Scale Turbulence Modelling
Advisors: Robert L. Street & Francis L. Ludwig
My extensive exploration in the environmental engineering field, developed my great appreciation for turbulence research. My interest sprouted while collecting corn pollen transport data, and continued to grow as I investigated land-atmosphere interactions. Currently, I am implementing an algebraic model for the unresolved stress tensor in the Advanced Regional Prediction System (ARPS). Starting my scientific career as an experimentalist, I acknowledge the necessity to confirm my model's solutions with real world information. Subsequently, I intend on verifying the model results with Horizontal Array Turbulence Study (HATS) experimental data, which I learned about at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) as a graduate student fellow under Peter Sullivan.
Education
Ph.D. in Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology, Stanford University, expected 2011
M.S. in Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology, Stanford University, 2006
B.S. with honors in Environmental Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University, 2005
Photo Credit: Andy Lamperski
Contact Information
RicaE "at" stanford "dot" edu
Phone: (650) 721-2730
Fax: (650) 725-9720
Rica Mae C. Enriquez
Environmental Fluid Mechanics & Hydrology Program
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Stanford University
The Jerry Yang & Akiko Yamazaki Environment & Energy Building
MC 4020
473 Via Ortega, Room 390C
Stanford, CA 94305