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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

EFD Lab in the News

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

March 3, 2015 - Large Eddy Simulation of Urban Areas for Microclimate

August 20, 2014 - Urban Heat Island in Salt Lake City interview

June 3, 2013 - Spring MATERHORN-X Field Campaign Press Release

December 10, 2012 - BLLAST Experiment Documentary

This is a documentary of the BLLAST experiment conducted in the Pyrénées of France during the summer of 2011. The experiment was a multi-national effort led by CNRS. The EFD Team participated in the project by deploying instruments for turbulent flux measurements as well as tethered balloon meteorological measurement.

June 26, 2012 - NVIDIA CUDA Spotlight

Computer Science researchers at the University of Minnesota, Duluth and EFD Lab the University of Utah Collaborate to create state of the art Green Infrastructure simulations on Graphics Processing Units (GPUs).

June 23, 2009 - Virtual Treadmill story on KSL news.

The full scale virtual Treadport Active Wind-Tunnel (TPAWT) becomes a reality.

June 22, 2009 - Virtual Treadmill story in the Desert News

June 30, 2008 - Urban Heat Island story on KSL news

This story discusses the urban heat island (UHI) in Salt Lake City. This is an important area of research for our research group over the last five years.

July 6, 2006 - SCERP snow fence research

This story describes a project to fight fugitive dust in arid environments. It is part of a binational (US/Mexico) research project funded by the Southwest Consortium for Environmental Research and Policy (SCERP)