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Sean Moran

Sean Moran

Hometown: Cheyenne, Wy

Undergraduate: Gonzaga University

Program: MS (Graduated May 2012)

Current Position: Engineer - TD Williamson

Research Interests: Environmental Fluid Dynamics (experimental and computational) with a focus on momentum transport, particle (PM10 and PM2.5) transport and deposition, atmospheric turbulence, turbulent mixing and deposition of scalars with variable atmospheric stability, wind tunnel and field testing of turbulence within vegetative canopies (porous medium), grid-generated isotropic turbulence, sonic anemometry, and hot-wire anemometry. Additional research interests include Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), and Large-Eddy Simulation (LES).

Publications:
S.M. Moran, E.R. Pardyjak, J.M. Veranth, "The Role of Turbulence in Enhancing Deposition", (2012) Phys. Fluids, (publication under review)
S.M. Moran, E.R. Pardyjak, J.M. Veranth "Developing strategies for fugitive dust mitigation and transport flux using native vegetative windbreaks for dust control,” Paper #16, Air and Waste Management 104th Annual Conference and Exhibition, Orlando, FL, June 21, 2011.

Contact: sean.moran@utah.edu

ME 7710 - Environmental Fluid Dynamics

Spring 2013

Class Information

Instructor: Eric Pardyjak
Lecture Time/Location: T,Th 10:45 pm - 12:05 pm WEB L114
Office hours: 1:00pm - 2:00pm T Th - Room 404B CME
Phone: 585-6414
email: pardyjak@eng.utah.edu
Text: Micrometeorology, T. Foken, 2008, Springer or An Introduction to Boundary Layer Meteorology, R.B. Stull, 1988, Kluwer Academic Publishers

Class Syllabus

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Week Class Date Day Topic Reading Due Handout Homework Due
1 1 1/08 T IntroductionNone Introduction None
1 2 1/10 Th Introduction to Surface Energy BalancesCh. 1 Stull, Ch. 1 Foken, Ch. 1 Arya
2 3 1/15 T Surface Energy Balances - Radiation Ch.1 Sorbjan , Ch. 2/3 Araya
2 4 1/17 Th Simple Radiation Modeling Lecture Slides
3 5 1/22 T Gound Heat Flux and Storage Urban Heat Storage PaperSoil Heat Transfer Slides HW 1
3 6 1/24 Th Atmospheric Thermodynamics Review LUMPS Paper, Section 2.5 Sorbjan, Stull App. D Pot. Temp handout
4 7 1/29 T Moist Unsaturated Atmosphere/Static Stability Stull 5.5, Foken 2
4 8 1/31 Th Cons. of Mass/Momentum Rotating Coord sys Momentum Deriv. handout HW 2
5 9 2/5 T Scale Analysis Momentum Conservation of Energy handout HW 3-5 (MP)
5 10 2/7 Th Geostrophic Flow
6 11 2/12 T The Eckman Layer Stull 6.4.6 HW 3-5
6 12 2/14 Th Taylor-Proudman Theorem Kundu Ch. 14
7 13 2/19 T Mech. Energy
7 14 2/21 Th Thermal Energy Conservation of Energy handout
8 15 2/26 T Introduction to Turbulence Ch.2 Stull; Ch.2 Foken
8 16 2/28 Th Introduction to Turbulence Ch.2 Stull; Ch.2 Foken
9 17 3/5 T Turbulent Equations of Motion Ch. 3 Stull; Ch.2 Foken
9 18 3/7 Th Turbulent Kinetic Energy Ch. 4 Stull,Monin-Obhukov 1954 paper HW 6a HW 6b
10 19 3/12 T Spring Break
10 22 3/14 Th Spring Break
11 19 3/19 T Similarity - smooth and rough wall boundary layers
11 20 3/21 Th Similarity - Thermally Stratified Surface Layer
12 23 3/26 T
12 24 3/28 Th In Class Midterm - take Midterm home
13 25 4/2 T Return Midterm - Introduction to Spectral Analysis
13 26 4/5 Th Spectra in the Atmospheric Surface Layer
14 27 4/9 T Advanced Time Series Analysis MOST 1954 paper
14 28 4/11 Th Introduction to Atmospheric Dispersion
15 29 4/16 T Deposition
16 -- 4/18 Th Final Oral Presentations Oral Presentations
16 -- 4/24 T Final Written Project Due Final Project

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