Education:
    Ph D. Civil Engineering/Fluid Dynamics,  1969
        The City College of the City University of New York

M.S.E. Civil Engineering/Fluid Dynamics, 1964
        The City College of the City University of New York

B.C.E. Civil Engineering/Fluid Dynamics, 1960
        The City College of the City University of New York

 

Academic Experience:
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
    Full Professor
        1982-Present

    Associate Professor
        1979-1982

    Assistant Professor
        1975-1979

Polytechnic Institute of New York
    Adjunct Professor

 

Related Experience:

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art:

• Principal researcher on a two year $100,000 contract to determine the water quality of the Jamaica Bay-Fresh Creek Basin. This combined sewage overflow project consisted of field surveys and physical and mathematical modeling. Principal researcher on a three year $200,000 contract for a water quality-thermal pollution modeling project on the Great Lakes and Hudson River. Directed an experimental project on green roofs. Acted as mentor for graduate students. Developed a Master’s degree program in water resources and environmental engineering.

Private Consultant:

• Modeling of a 250 piping system for the design of a million gallon water supply tank for the U.S. army, West Port NY. Hydrology and hydraulic modeling of streams in the semi arid southwest. Hydraulic and Hydrologic studies of reservoir-dam and stream flooding sites using HEC-1 and HEC-2. Hydraulic, hydrologic and water quality studies of a pump storage project. Expert witness on hydraulic, hydrologic water quality and ground water pollution projects. Hydraulic studies of the NYC Croton Water Shed using HEC-5. Environmental and ground water analysis and modeling of septic systems, flyash ponds and leachate movement from landfill. Analysis of hazardous waste landfill. Preparation of environmental impact statements. The analysis and design of an advanced process plant to treat leachete from a landfill. Mathematical modeling of the impact of thermal plumes and the design of submerged multiport diffusers for four different rivers. Water quality studies on the Great Lakes and Hudson River.

 

 

Professional Engineers License:

• New York State and State of New Jersey

 

Recent Publications:

•  “Prediction of Transmission Losses in Ephemeral Streams, Western U.S.A.”, The Open Hydrology Journal, 2010.
• “Entertainment Velocity in an Axisymmetric Turbulent Jet”, Journal of Fluids Engineering, ASME, 2003.
• “Interactions  of Surface Waves and a Jet”, International Journal of Fluids Mechanics Research, 1999.
• “Flow Visualization and Radial Velocity Measurements of Entrainment in an Axisymmetric Turbulent Jet”, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Nov.. 1998.
• “Share Resource Modules for Environment Engineering Education”, NSF, EEC-9727413, Aug. 1998.
• “Virtual Classroom with the use of a Learning Module”, Proceedings of the 1998 Frontiers in Education Conference, 1998.
• “A Drainage Module for Environmental Engineering”, Proceedings of the ASEE 1990 conference, 1998.
• “An Investigation of Petroleum Contamination”, Proceedings of the International Symposium Water Resources Engineering Division, ASCE, 361-366, 1995.

 

Scientific and Professional societies of which a member:

• American Society of Civil Engineers
• American Society of Engineering Education

Awards:

• NSF Grant - $100,000, 1993-1995
• ASC Grant - $5,000 ,1986
• NYS Sea Grant - $65,000, 1983-1984
• NSF Grant - $43,000, 1980-1981
• Acknowledgement in the World Book Encyclopedia, “Science Year of the World Book Science Annual”  pp348, 341; 1971.

 

Institutional and Professional Service:

• Modeling Thermodynamic behavior of a green roof. Study of the hydrological and hydrodynamic behavior of greenstreets. Research in the behavior of a jet discharge into water. Wave/jet interaction and the study of entrainment properties of the jet. Measurements taken with laser instrumentation. Development of a series of learning modules for undergraduate and graduate water resource engineering courses. These modules make use of Army Corps of Engineering programs HEC-1, HEC-HMS, and HEC-RAS. The modules and programs have been implemented in required undergraduate and graduate engineering courses in Civil Engineering. The development of a series of Fluid Mechanics modules to be used in a revised course in Fluid Mechanics. This course is taken by Civil, Chemical and Mechanical Engineering students. Fluid Mechanics is being revised to include laboratory projects and demonstrations, design projects, video and computer demonstrations.

Professional Development Activities:

• Developed a series of demonstrations for fluid flow and open channel hydraulics. The demonstrations show the students different fluid dynamic phenomena, such as, hydrostatics, series pipes flow, and dynamics of constricted open channel flow. Real site networks are being used in graduate and undergraduate courses to develop flood plains by the use of the HEC-RAS program. The development of the Geographic Information System (GIS) software into the hydrologic and hydraulic engineering program at The Cooper Union. GIS is expanding with topographic and hydrologic soil data on the internet. This information can be used with GIS to solve hydrologic and hydraulic problems. The Arc view software was used in a masters degree thesis with HEC-1, HEC-HMS, and HEC-RAS program in a complex water resource project.

Courses taught:

• ESC 140          Fluids Mechanics and Flow Systems
• CE 142            Water Resources Engineering
• CE 346            Hydraulic Engineering
• CE 361            Civil Engineering Experimental Projects
• CE 363            Civil Engineering Design I
• CE 364            Civil Engineering Design II
• CE 442            Open Channel Hydraulics
• CE 443            Groundwater Hydrology
• CE 444            Hydrology
• CE 445            Coastal Engineering
• CE 447            Stream & Estuary Pollution