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Harindra Joseph Fernando
Professor

Principal Areas of Interest

Environmental Fluid Dynamics:Turbulence in homogeneous, Stratified and rotating flows, Double-diffusive phenomena, Multiphase flows, Complex terrain flows in the atmosphere; 

Approach: Laboratory experiments, Theoretical modeling using rapid distortion theory and turbulent modeling approaches, Field experiments, Large-scale numerical simulations using community models.

 

Education

California Institute of Technology
(1983-1984)

Post Doctoral (fluid mechanics)

The Johns Hopkins University
(1980-1983)
 

Post Doctoral 1983
 
Ph.D. (fluid mechanics) 1983 
 
MA (fluid mechanics) 1982

The University of Sri Lanka
(1974-1979)

B.Sc. (Eng.) Hons., 1979
1st Class honors in Mechanical Engineering.

St. Sebastian’s College
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka (1960-1973)

G.C.E. (Advanced Level), 1973.

Research Projects

A Multi-Scale Atmospheric Analysis of Particulate Concentration and Flow in the Douglas-Agua Prieta Airshed (Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy/EPA)

Urban Fluid Mechanics: Thermal Circulation in Complex Terrain (NSF)

Effects of Roughness and Thermal Inhomogeneities on Urban Flows (US Army)

Studies of Mine Burial in Coastal Environments (ONR)

Interpretation of SHEBA Data Using Numerical Models (NSF)

Laboratory Benchmarks for the Development of Numerical Models (ONR)

Small-Scale and Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Influenced by Topography (ONR)

US-France Cooperative Research (NSF)

Tempe Town Lake Evaporation and Climate Modification (Office of the President, ASU; Neighborhood Seed Grant Program)

Vertical Transports and Mixing in Complex Terrain Airsheds (DOE)

A Field Study of Particulate Emissions from Major Roadways in the Phoenix Airshed (Arizona DOT)

Meso-scale Meteorological Modeling of El Paso Del Norte Airshed (Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy/EPA)

The Dynamics of Cobbles in and Near the Surf (ONR)

 

Recent Publications

Colomer, J., Boubnov, B. and Fernando, H.J.S. “Turbulent Convection from an Isolated Sources,” Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 30, 125-148, 2000.

Ellis, A.W., Hilderbrandt, M.L. and Fernando, H.J.S., “Evidence of Lower Atmospheric Ozone “Sloshing” in an Urban Valley,” Physical Geography, 20(6), 520-536, 2000.

Casamitjana, X., Colomer, J. and Fernando, H.J.S., “Fluidization of Sediments in a Conical Basin by Subterranean Springs; Relevance to Lake Banyoles,” Journal of Aquatic Sciences, 62, 79-90, 2000.

Ellis, A.W., Hilderbrandt, M.L., Thomas, W. and Fernando, H.J.S., “A case study of the Climatic Mechanisms Contributing to the Transport of Lower Atmospheric Ozone Across Metropolitan Phoenix Area,” Journal of Climate Research , 15, 13-31, 2000.

Mahalov, A., Pacheco, J.R., Voropayev, S.I. Fernando, H.J.S. and Hunt, J.C.R., "Effects of Rotation on Fronts of Density Currents," Physics Letters A, 270, 149-156, 2000.

Casamitjana, X., Colomer, J. and Fernando, H.J.S., “Development of a Turbid Layer in Conical Basins and its Applications to lake Banyoles,” Physical Limnology (Verh., Internat. Verein Limnol.), 27, 233-237, 2000.

Strang, E.J. and Fernando, H.J.S. "Turbulence and Mixing in Stratified Shear Flows," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 428, 349-386, 2001.

Voropayev, S.I., Cense, A.W., McEachern, G.B., Boyer, D.L. and Fernando, H.J.S., "Dynamics of Cobbles in the Shoaling Region of a Surf Zone," Ocean Engineering, 28(7), 763-788, 2001.

Strang, E.J. and Fernando, H.J.S. “Vertical Mixing and Transports through a Stratified Shear Layer,” Journal of Physical Oceanography, 31 (8, part 1), 2026-2048, 2001.

Mahrt, L., Vickers, D., Sun, J., Jensen, O., Jorgensen, H., Pardyjak, E. and Fernando, H.J.S. “Determination of the Surface Drag Coefficient,” Boundary Layer Meteorology, 99, 249-276, 2001.

Fernando, H.J.S. and D.C. Smith IV, “Vortex Structures in Geophysical Convection,” European Journal of Mechanics B/Fluids, 20 (4), 437-471, 2001.

Krstic, R. and Fernando, H.J.S. “The Nature of Rough Wall Oscillating Boundary Layers,” Journal of Hydraulics Research, 39(6), 655-666, 2001.

McGuiness, D.A., Boyer, D.L. and Fernando, H.J.S. "A Laboratory Study of Mean Flow Generation in Rotating Fluids by Reynolds-Stress Gradients" Journal of Geophysical Research, 106(6), 11,691-11,707, 2001.

Pardyjak, E.R., Monti, P. and Fernando, H.J.S. “Flux Richardson Number Measurements in Stable Atmospheric Shear Flows,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 449, 307-316, 2002.

Lozovatsky, I. and Fernando, H.J.S., "Mixing on a Shallow Shelf of the Black Sea," Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32, 945-956, 2002.

Levy, M. and Fernando, H.J.S., “Turbulent Convection in Rotating Stratified Fluids,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 467, 19-40, 2002.

Monti, P., Fernando, H.J.S., Chan, W.C., Princevac, M., Kowalewski, T.A. and Pardyjak, E., “Observations of Flow and Turbulence in the Nocturnal Boundary Layer Over a Slope,” Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 59 (17), 2513-2534, 2002.

Fernando, H.J.S., “Laboratory Models of Thermal Convection,” Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences (Eds. J. Holton, J. Curry and J. Pyle), (Accepted for Publication).

Smith, D., Lavelle, J.W. and Fernando, H.J.S., “Arctic Ocean Mixed-Layer Eddy generation Under Leads in Sea Ice,” Journal of Geophysical Research, (Accepted for Publication).

Alexandrova, O., Boyer, D.L., Anderson, J. and Fernando, H.J.S. “The Influence of Thermally Driven Circulation on PM10 Concentration in the Salt lake Valley,” Atmospheric Environment, (Accepted for Publication).

Kelly, D., Fernando, H.J.S., Gargett, A., Tanny, J. and Ozoy, E. “The Diffusive Regime of Double-Diffusive Convection: Laboratory and Observational Aspects,” Progress in Oceanography, (Accepted for Publication).

Voropayev, S.A., Testik, F.Y., Fernando, H.J.S. and Boyer, D.L. “Burial and Scour Around A Short Cylinder Under Progressive Shoaling Waves,” Ocean Engineering, (Accepted for Publication).

Hunt, J.C.R., Vreiling, A.J., Nieuwstadt, F.T.M. and Fernando, H.J.S. “The Influence of the Thermal Conductivity of the Lower Boundary on Eddy Motion in Convection,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Accepted for Publication).

Biographical Sketch

Appointments

1992- Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State University

(Also 1994 - to date, Director, Environmental Fluid Dynamics Program)

1988-1992 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State University

1984-1988 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Arizona State University

1983-84 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Division of Eng. and Applied Sciences, California Institute of Technology

1983 Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University

1980-83 Research Assistant, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University


Visiting Fellowships and Awards

H.J.S. Fernando has held visiting professorships at the University of Cambridge (UK), ETH (Zurich) and University of Girona (Spain) and has been a AWU fellow at the Solar Energy Research Institute (1987-89) and a visiting scientist at the British Meteorological Office (1991-1996). He is a recipient of the Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1986 (Whitehouse/NSF), ASU Alumni Distinguished Research Award in 1997 and Riger Distinguish Scholar Award in Environmental Sciences from Riger Foundation for 2001. He is a fellow of the ASME. He has delivered more than seventy invited presentations at various universities and national and international laboratories.

Research Interests

Research interests of Prof. Fernando span geophysical turbulence (turbulence in rotating and stratified fluids), turbulent dispersion, multi-phase flows, double diffusive phenomena, internal waves and turbulent jets and plumes. More recently his research focus has shifted to urban environmental issues, especially urban air pollution. He has authored or co-authored more than one hundred and twenty five papers in international journals (in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Physics of Fluids, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Journal of Hydraulic Research, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, Journal of Geophysical Research, Journal of Physical Oceanography, Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, Journal of Marine Systems, Journal of Fluids Engineering, Institution of Civil Engineers (UK), ASME Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Experiments in Fluids, Journal of Applied Meteorology, Journal of Climate, Physical Geography, Journal of Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics and Journal of Environmental Fluid Dynamics) and has published more than seventy papers in national and international conference proceedings. Further, he has presented more than one hundred papers at various conferences and co-edited a monograph on double-diffusive convection.

Other Affiliations

He has served on numerous national and international committees, some recent assignments being the NSF Graduate Fellowship Panel (1996-1999), NSF Career Panel (1999), Scientific Committee for Ocean Research (SCOR) Working Group on Double Diffusion (Co-Chair, 1999), AMS Committee on Air Pollution (2000-2003) and DOE Panel for Chemical and Biological National Security. He serves on the editorial boards of Applied Mechanics Reviews (Associate and Technical Editor, 1989-), Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics (Editor, 1997-), Advances in Fluid Mechanics (Associate Editor, 2000-) and Environmental Fluid Dynamics (Editor, 2000- ).

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