Rachel Walker
Former Ph.D. Student

Ph.D. Dissertation: Large-eddy simulation of the inner continental shelf under the cobined effect of surface heat fluxes, tidal currents and Langmuir circulation

 

Academic Experience

Position after USF: Post-doctoral Researcher
Integrated Mathematical Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL. 2015 - Present

Graduate Student Researcher
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, FL. 2010 - 2015

 


Education

Ph.D. Engineering Science
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, FL. 2010 - 2015

M.Sc. Theoretical & Applied Fluid Dynamics
University of Manchester, Manchester, England. 2010

B.Sc. Mathematics & Management 2009
University of Manchester, Manchester, England. 2009


Research at USF

Large-eddy simulation of turbulent mixing in coastal shelves


Publications

  1. Walker R., A.E. Tejada-Martinez and C.E. Grosch (2016) "Large-eddy simulation of a coastal ocean under the combined effects of surface heat fluxes and full-depth Langmuir circulation", Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46, 2411-2436.
  2. Walker, R., A.E. Tejada-Martinez, C.E. Grosch and G. Martinat (2014) "Large-eddy simulation of open channel flow with surface cooling", International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 50, 209-224.