Erol Karadogan, PhD Candidate

B.S., Civil Engineering, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey

M.S., Civil Engineering in Coastal and Harbor Engineering Division, Middle East Technical University

E-mail: ekarad1@lsu.edu        

Former Graduate Students

 

· Ming Yin, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering (co-advisor with Danny Reible) May 2005,

· Sherly Hartono, Ph.D., December 2005, current working for Montgomery Watson Harza, Sacramento,CA.

· Asheka Rahman, Ph.D., August 2005, currently at the University of Southern Mississippi

· Allen H. Reed, Ph.D., May 2004, LSU Dept. of Oceanography and Coastal Studies (co-supervisor). Currently Research Scientist, Seafloor Sciences Branch, Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis, MS

· Keegan Roberts, M.S., August 2004. 

· Stephan A. Capps, M.S., May 2003. Currently LtCol, U.S. Army

· Riyadh Al-Raoush, Ph.D., December 2002. Currently Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Southern University—Baton Rouge.

· Asheka Rahman, M.S., May 2001.

· Ajit Desphande, M.S., August 2000

Pradeep Bhattad, PhD Candidate Chemical Engineering (co-advise w/ Thompson)

Bachelor of Engineering (2001), Bangalore University, Bangalore, INDIA

 

E-mail: pradeep@lsu.edu

Clinton S. Willson, Ph.D., P.E.

Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

 

Characterization of irreducible phase saturation in porous media and influence of transport and pore structure

Numerical Modeling of Sediment Transport in Lower Mississippi Delta

Students

Current Full-Time Graduate Students (alphabetical order)

Jessica Mason, M.S. Student

B.S., 2007, Civil Engineering, The University of Mississippi

 

E-mail: jimason@olemiss.edu 

Combining coastal and riverine processes in floodplain modeling

Molly Friedman, current M.S. student

B.S., 2007, Civil and Environmental Engineering (minors in Structures and Geology), Louisiana State University

 

E-mail: mfried1@lsu.edu

Flow and Sediment Transport in San Elijo Estuary, CA

Former (but recent) Students

Flow and Distribution of Water in Fractional Wettability Unsaturated Porous Media

Zaydoun Abu-Salem, PhD (August 2007; now at Jerash University, Jordan)

B.S., 1988, Civil Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology

M.S., 1991, Civil Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology

E-mail: zabusa1@lsu.edu

Nathan Dill, M.S. (August 2007; now working with the Woods Hole Group in Massachusetts)

B.A., 2002, Physics, Bowdoin College

M.S., 2007, Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University

 

E-mail: ndill1@lsu.edu

Hydrodynamic Modeling of a Hypothetical River Diversion Near Empire, Louisiana

Ryan Waldron, (now working at URS in Metairie, LA)

B.S., 2006, Physics, Tulane University

M.S., 2008, Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University

E-mail: rwaldr4@lsu.edu

Physical Modeling of River Flow and Sediment in the Lower Mississippi  River

(Cheng-feng) Joseph Tsai, (working for Moffatt & Nichol in CA)

 

B.S., 2002, Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University

M.S. 2008, Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University

E-mail: chengfeng_tsai@yahoo.com

Hydrologic Modeling of  Mangrove Forests in the Shark River, Everglades

Jason Braud, M.S. Student (now 1st Lt, USMC)

B.S., 2007, Ocean Engineering, The U.S. Naval Academy

M.S., 2009, Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University

E-mail: ja_braud@yahoo.com

Watershed delineation techniques in low-slope regions and impact on hydrologic processes

Samantha Danchuk, PhD (now with CP&E, Boca Raton, FL)

B.S., 2004, Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering, Florida State University

M.S., 2005, Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley

Ph.D., 2009, Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University

E-mail: samatfsu17@aol.com

Fate & Transport of Light Petroleum Hydrocarbons in the Lower Mississippi River Delta

Keg Roberts, PhD (now with FTN & Associates, Jackson, MS)

B.S., 2001, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Louisiana State University

M.S., 2004, Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University

Ph.D., 2009, Civil Engineering Louisiana State University

E-mail: krober4@lsu.edu

Pore-scale Imaging of Abiotic and Biotic Mass Transfer