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Maria Koliou
Pursuing Ph.D. Structural and Earthquake Engineering
Here I have the opportunity to work with faculty famous in the field of Structural and Earthquake … more
Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Faculty
Joseph F. Atkinson, Ph.D.
Professor
Office: 207B Jarvis
Address: 207 Jarvis, Buffalo, NY 14260
Phone: 716-645-2220
Fax: (716) 645-3667
Email: atkinson@buffalo.edu
Professor, and Director of Great Lakes Program
Adjunct Research Professor Dept. Geography & Planning,
Buffalo State College
OFFICE HOURS
10am-11am MWF, 2pm-4pm T/Th
EDUCATION
1985, Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1979, M.E., Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
1973, B.S., Independent Program of Studies, Harvey Mudd College
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Great Lakes modeling (hydrodynamic, water quality), Environmental fluid mechanics, Ecosystem restoration, Sediment transport
COURSES TAUGHT LATELY
CIE 354 Fluid Mechanics
CIE 449 Environmental Engineering Design
CIE 546 Environmental Fluid Mechanics
AWARDS
Lady Davis Fellow, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa (2008-09, 1991-92)
Fulbright Senior Scholar, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (1999-2000)
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, State University of New York (1989)
CURRICULUM VITAE
Related Projects
Related Abstracts
- Wind-driven mixing in near-shore lake environments: Application to phosphorus dynamics
- Turbulence modulation by suspended sediment within a mixing box
- Multiple Particle Types for Modeling Particle - Associated Contaminant Transport: Towards a Particle Based Transport Model for Hydrophobic Organic Chemicals in Aquatic Systems
- Integrated Toolset for Water Quality Modeling in the Great Lakes
- Cladophora Modeling in the Great Lakes
- Modification of flow and boundary stresses by vegetation cover on bank-toe surfaces
- Computational study of the physical features in Lake Ontario nearshore waters
- Circulation and mixing in Lake Champlain
- Particle tracking sediment transport model for the Buffalo River
- A web-based modeling approach for tracking algal blooms in lower Great Lakes
- Resource shed delineation in Lake Erie
- Temperature predictions in Lake Ontario
- Remote sensing and hydrological modeling of burn scars
- Modeling polychlorinated biphenyls in the Niagara River for application to a total maximum daily load analysis of Lake Ontario
- Applications of particle tracking model for large lakes
- Alternative formulation of velocity profile in open channel flow
- Conceptual Framework for Coupled Hydrodynamic/Algae Population Dynamics Model for Large Lakes
- Development of a management tool for sediment remediation in the Buffalo River
- A semi-lagrangian study of circulation and transport in lake ontario
- Application of fractal concepts for analysis and modeling of particle aggregation
- Critical shear stress and erosion of cohesive soils
- Stratified open channel flow with rotation: Arrested salt wedge
- Sedimentation characteristics of a free surface discharge into a shallow basin