David Richter

Frank M. Freimann Collegiate Professor of Environmental Fluid Dynamics, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

• Computational techniques such as direct numerical simulation and large eddy simulation
• Turbulence in the atmosphere and ocean
• Turbulent exchange of heat, moisture, and momentum at the air-sea interface 
• Accurate storm prediction
• Tools for simulating multiphase systems that can be applied to a wide variety of geophysical flows, including subsurface sediment transport and saltation
• Fluid mechanics
• Multiphase environmental flows
• Particle-laden turbulence
• Computational fluid dynamics