Dr. Jose G. Vasconcelos

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Education
  • Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A., 2005
  • M.S. in Environmental Technology and Water Resources, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil, 2000
  • B.S. in Civil Engineering, University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil, 1995

Our group research interests includes the study of unsteady, multiphase flow phenomena. In terms of urban water systems that includes air-water interactions in closed pipes, urban geysering, air pockets in pipelines and stormwater tunnels, among other intriguing problems. Environmental flows, including gravity current, stratified flows in estuaries and groundwater-surface water interactions are in our scope of interest as well. Our investigations include numerical modeling (implementation and development), laboratorial and field investigations.

Practical outcomes of our research include the development of a state of the art numerical model that simulates extreme flows in stormwater tunnels that is now being applied in cities such as Washington, D.C., and London, U.K.

- Physical Model Investigation on the Mixing of Oil-Dispersed Substances in Mobile Bay Navigation Canal (Year One Block Grant - The Alabama Marine Environmental Science Consortium, Role: Principal Investigator, Project Data Point of Contact)

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