Fluid-Structure Interaction

            Sediment Transport

            Sediment-Structure Interaction

            Free Surface Dynamics

            Coastal Engineering

 

Education:

            Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH  - 2007

            M.S. Civil Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH  - 2004

            B.S. Civil Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH  - 2001

 

Educational Experience:

            Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University, 01/2008 – present

            Instructor, Louisiana State University, 08/2007 – 01/2008

            Graduate Research Associate, Ohio State University, 08/2005 – 08/2007

            Research Intern, Technical University of Denmark, 03/2005 – 08/2005

            Graduate Research Associate, Ohio State University, 06/2001 – 03/2005

 

Courses Taught:

            CE 3200 - Hydraulics

 

Recent Publications:

Hatton, K. A., Foster, D. L., Traykovski, P., and Smith, H. D. (2007). Numerical

simulations of the flow and sediment transport regimes surrounding a short cylinder. IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., 32(1). R. H. Wilkens and M. D. Richardson, editors.

Smith, H. D. and Foster, D. L. (2007a). Three-dimensional flow around a bottom-

mounted short cylinder. J. Hydraul. Eng., ASCE, 133(5):534-544.

Smith, H. D. and Foster, D. L. (2006). The role of turbulent fluctuations on the scour of a

short cylinder. In Proc. 30th Int. Conf. on Coastal Eng, pages 2,367-2,377. San Diego, CA.

Smith, H. D. and Foster, D. L. (2005). Modeling of  flow around a cylinder over a

scoured bed. J. Waterw., Port, Coastal, Ocean Eng., ASCE, 131(1):14-24.

Smith, H. D. and Foster, D. L. (2002). Modelling of flow and scour around a pipeline.

In Proc. 28th Int. Conf. on Coastal Eng., pages 1,722-1,732. Cardiff, Wales.

 

Professional Associations:

            American Society of Civil Engineers

            American Geophysical Union