Associate Professor Director, Kilo Nalu Observatory
Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST)
2540 Dole St., Holmes Hall 404 Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
Phone: 808-956-8100 pawlak AT hawaii DOT edu |
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Research focuses include engineering and oceanographic problems involving fluid flow over complex boundaries. Current focuses involve generation and interaction of vortical structure in oscillatory flow across rough boundaries including through tidal and wave forcing. Additional areas of research include nearshore water quality and its relation to physical forcing, coastal mixing processes at a variety of scales, sediment transport and basic fluid dynamics.
Courses:
ORE 601: Ocean and Resources Engineering Laboratory
ORE 603: Oceanography for Ocean Engineers
Projects (see Research for more info)
Kilo Nalu Nearshore Reef Observatory
Benthic Boundary Layer Physics and Geochemistry
Wave Driven Porewater-Seawater Exchange in Sandy Coastal Sediments
Wave Boundary Layer Observations, Oahu, Hawaii
Three Tree Point Observations, Puget Sound Washington
Environmental Fluid Dynamics Education Laboratory
For more information contact pawlak AT hawaii DOT edu