1. Environmental Fluid Mechanics & Hydrology Vision
Person
capable of
modeling
the
entire
system!
air-land fluxes
fluid/
structure interactions
air-water fluxes
Surface wave processes
surface water fluxes
ground water fluxes
fluid transport processes
benthic-water fluxes/
Sediment transport

2. Fundamental Gap in Mission Area, School, College, and University in Multi-Scale, Non-Linear Complex Environmental Systems Modeling Capabilities
With the increasing power of computers 3-D physical simulations of complex environmental systems is possible
This field is fundamental to the formation of interdisciplinary teams as the modeling of environmental flux paths is the critical non-linear linkage between environmental biogeochemical components

3. Fundamental Skills this Person Would Bring:
Expert in efficient computational solution of multi-scale (orders of magnitude differences in scales) non-linear physical systems

4. Fundamental Skills this Person Might Bring:
The use of real-time data assimilation to guide computational now-cast modeling
Solution of stiff linear systems
Solution of stochastic non-linear and linear environment systems (i.e., stochastic hydrologists, turbulent transport)

5. Funded Research Program
The foundation of interdisciplinary NSF type research proposals
Biocomplexity and the Environment (BE)
Information Technology Research (ITR)
Environmental Geochemistry and Biogeochemistry (EGB)

6. Core Teaching Competencies this Person Might Posses
ENGRD 241
CEE 331
Computational solution of linear and non-linear PDE’s
Computational solution of stochastic PDE’s
Data assimilation