Cigdem Akan
Former Ph.D. Student

Ph.D. Dissertation: Surface mass transfer in large eddy simulation of Langmuir turbulence

Web site: http://akanc.bol.ucla.edu/
Academic Experience

Position after USF: Post-doctoral Researcher
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA. 2015 - Present

Position after USF: Post-doctoral Researcher
College of Earth, Oceanic and Atmospheric Science, Orengon State University, Corvallis, OR. 2012 - 2015.

Graduate Student Researcher
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, FL. 2007 - 2012

Graduate Student Researcher
Department of Ocean Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TURKEY. 2005 - 2007.
 
Education

Ph.D. Civil Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, FL. 2007 - 2012

M.Sc. Ocean Engineering
Department of Ocean Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TURKEY. 2005 - 2007.

B.Sc. Ocean Engineering
Department of Ocean Engineering, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, TURKEY. 2000 - 2005.
 
Research at USF

Mass transfer through the air-water interface induced by of Langmuir circulation in shallow water. Large-eddy simulations.
 
Publications
  1. N. Sinha, A.E. Tejada-Martinez, C. Akan and C.E. Grosch (2015) "A K-profile parameterization of Langmuir turbulence in shallow water", Journal of Physical Oceanography, 45, 2869-2895.
  2. C. Akan, A.E. Tejada-Martinez, C.E. Grosch and G. Martinat (2013) "Scalar transport in LES of Langmuir turbulence in shallow water", Continental Shelf Research, 55, 1-16.
  3. Tejada-Martinez, A.E., C. Akan, N. Sinha, C.E. Grosch and G. Martinat (2013) "Surface dynamics in LES of full-depth Langmuir circulation in shallow water", Physica Scripta, T155, 014008.
  4. Tejada-Martinez, A.E., C.E. Grosch, N. Sinha, C. Akan and G. Martinat (2012) "Disruption of bottom log-layer in LES of full-depth Langmuir circulation", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 699, 79-93.
  5. Tejada-Martinez, A.E., C. Akan and C.E. Grosch (2011) "Mass transfer at the surface in LES of wind-driven shallow water flow with Langmuir circulation", in Gas Transfer at Water Surfaces, edited by S. Komori, W. McGillis and R. Kurose, Kyoto University Press.