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| | Dr. Alan F. Blumberg | | George Meade Bond Professor & Director of Center for Maritime Systems | | Location: | Room 200 Davidson Laboratory | | Phone: | 201.216.5289 | | Fax: | 201.216.8214 | | Email: | ablumber@stevens.edu |
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OE 501:Oceanography
Geophysical description of the earth; the extent, shape. and structure of ocean basins; relief of the sea floor; chemistry of sea water; geochemical balances; physical properties of water and sea water; solar and terrestrial radiation; evaporation and precipitation over the oceans; dissolved gases in sea water; distribution of variables; and general oceanic circulation. |
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E 102:Engineering Experiences II
This is a two-semester course that consists of a set of engineering experiences such as lectures, small group sessions, on-line modules and visits. Students are required to complete a specified number of experiences each semester and are given credit at the end of the semester. The goal is to introduce students to the engineering profession, engineering disciplines, college success strategies, Stevens research and other engaging activities and to Technogenesis. |
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OE 637:Estuarine Oceanography
Classification of estuaries; salt balance equation, forms of the salt balance equation for major types of estuaries, equations of motion, estuarine circulation, diffusion and dispersion in estuaries. |
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OE 648:Numerical Hydrodynamics
Potential flows around bodies: panel singularities methods and conformal mapping methods. Finite-difference and spectral methods for Poisson equations: numerical inversion of matrices, and potential flows in or around irregular domains. Consistency, stability, and convergence of numerical methods: linear stability analysis. Numerical methods for diffusion equations and methods for ordinary differential equations. One-dimensional Burger's equation and nonlinear problems, Newton iteration, error analysis. Numerical methods for stream function vorticity equations: flows in or around irregular domains. Discussions of current research in computational fluid dynamics. Four exercise projects and one examination project will be assigned to each student. Prerequisite: Computer Programming. |
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OE 688:Coastal Ocean Dynamics I
Mechanics of rotating flow; inviscid shallow-water theory: topographic Rossby Waves; effects of friction: the Ekman theory; and wind-driven ocean circulation: coastal ocean modeling, supercomputing applications, dispersion, and mixing in coastal waters. |
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| | School: Schaefer School of Engineering & Science | | Department: Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering | Program: Ocean Engineering
| Research Center: Center for Maritime Systems
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| | | Research | | The main focus of Alan Blumberg's work is directed towards understanding and predicting the flow processes operating in rivers, lakes, estuaries and the oceans. His research makes use of numerical models, laboratory experiments and field measurements. These efforts have contributed to understanding the physical dynamics of estuarine and coastal ocean circulation and to the creation of ocean observing and forecasting systems which are used for environmental studies, surface vessel operations, and as a basis for maritime security. Quite general numerical models have been developed -the Princeton Ocean Model (POM) and its shallow water derivative, the Estuarine and Coastal Ocean Model (ECOM) - which are now adapted by over 3,000 research groups throughout the world. |
| | | Education | - Post-Doctoral, 1977; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
- Ph.D., 1976; The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
- M.A., 1973; The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
- B.S., 1970; Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ
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| | | General Information | - Media Appearances : InFocus, Charles B. Schaffer, School of Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Olympic Sailing in 2012. Spring 2005
- The New York Times, Metro Section, Public Lives profile by John Holl, "Watching the Water and Reading the Ripples", p. B4, December 22, 2004
- WCBS 880 News Radio, Our Town Series, Interview with Sean Adams, “Keeping our Waters Clean”, October 27, 2004
| | Appointments | - Associate Editor, J. of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 1996 to 2006.
- Associate Editor, Estuaries, 2002 to 2006.
- Member, IOOS Modeling and Analysis Steering Team (MAST), 2006 to present.
- Member, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board, 2006 to 2007.
- Member, Ocean Modeling Review Panel, NOAA Science Advisory Board, 2003 -2005.
- Member, American Meteorological Society Committee, Coastal Environment, 2004 to 2006.
- Member, Technical Advisory Committee for USEPA – Region 2 “Lower Passaic River Restoration Project”, 2006 to present.
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| | | Professional Service | - Director, 2007 to present, Center for Maritime Systems, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
- Director, 2005 to 2006, Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
- Deputy Director, 2003 to 2006, Center for Maritime Systems, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
- George Meade Bond Professor of Ocean Engineering, 2002 to present, Department of Civil, Environmental and Ocean Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
- Principal Consultant, 2002 to 2005; HydroQual, Inc., Mahwah, NJ
- Principal Scientist, 1985 to 2002; HydroQual, Inc., Mahwah, NJ
- Executive Vice President, 1999 to 2002; HydroQual, Inc., Mahwah, NJ
- Senior Scientist/Vice President, 1979 to 1985; Dynalysis of Princeton, Inc., Princeton, NJ
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| | | Professional Societies | - American Meteorological Society
- American Geophysical Union
- American Society of Civil Engineering
- Estuarine Research Federation
- Oceanography Society
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| | | Honors & Awards | - Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2006.
- Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001
- Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Naval Oceanographic Office, 1996-1997
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| | Journals
D. G. Heimbuch, D. J. Dunning, Quentin E. Ross, and A. F. Blumberg. (2005). "Effect of Entrainment and Impingement on Fish Stocks of the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary and Long Island Sound", Estuaries, 131 259-272.
Vinogradova, N., S.Vinogradov, D.Nechaev, V.Kamenkovich, A.F.Blumberg, Q.Ahsan, and H.Li. (2005). "Evaluation of the Northern Gulf of Mexico Littoral Initiative Model based on the observed temperature and salinity in the Mississippi Bight", Marine Technology Society Journal, 39 (2), 25- 38. Download (1.15 MB PDF).
G. L. Mellor and A. F. Blumberg. (2004). "Wave Breaking and Ocean Surface Layer Thermal Response", Journal of Physical Oceanography, 34 693-698.
A. F. Blumberg, S. O’Neil and B.N. Kim. (2003). "Environmental Impacts of a Desalination Facility Proposed for Tampa, Florida", Journal of Marine Environmental Engineering, 7 25-45.
A.K.M.Q. Ahsan and A.F. Blumberg. (1999). "A Three-Dimensional Hydrothermal Model of Onondaga Lake, New York", Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 125 912-923. Download (214 KB PDF).
A.F. Blumberg, L.A. Khan and J. P. St. John. (1999). "Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Simulations of the New York Harbor, Long Island Sound and the New York Bight", Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 125 799-816. Download (546 KB PDF).
J.P. Connolly, A.F. Blumberg and J.D. Quadrini. (1999). "Modeling the Fate of Pathogenic Organisms in the Coastal Waters of Oahu, Hawaii", Journal of Environmental Engineering, 125 398-406. Download (0.99 MB PDF).
I. Shulman, J.K. Lewis, A.F. Blumberg and B. N. Kim. (1998). "Optimized Boundary Conditions and Data Assimilation with Application to the M2 Tide in the Yellow Sea", Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 15 1066-1071. Download (466 KB PDF).
A.F. Blumberg and D.W. Pritchard.. (1997). "Estimates of the Transport through the East River, New York", Journal of Geophysical Research, 5685-5703. Download (1.33 MB PDF).
A.F. Blumberg, Z.G. Ji and C.K. Ziegler. (1996). "Modeling Outfall Plume Behavior Using a Far Field Circulation Model", Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 610-616. Download (672 KB PDF).
Slordal, L.H., E.A. Martinsen and A.F. Blumberg. (1994). "Modeling the Response of an Idealized Coastal Ocean to a Travelling Storm and to Flow Over Bottom Topography", Journal of Physical Oceanography, 1689-1705. Download (1.19 MB PDF).
A.F. Blumberg, R.P. Signell and H.L. Jenter. (1993). "Modeling Transport Processes in the Coastal Ocean", Journal of Marine Environmental Engineering, 1 (31-52), 1689-1705. Download (2.14 MB PDF).
A.F. Blumberg, B. Galperin and D.J. O'Connor. (1992). "Modeling the Vertical Structure of Open Channel Flows", Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 118 1119-1134. Download (952 KB PDF).
L.H. Kantha, A.F. Blumberg and G.L. Mellor. (1990). "Computing Phase Speeds at Open Boundaries", Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 116 592-597. Download (308 K PDF).
A.F. Blumberg and L.H. Kantha. (1985). "Open Boundary Condition for Circulation Models", Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 111 237-255. Download (0.98 MB PDF).
A.F. Blumberg and G.L. Mellor. (1985). "A Simulation of the Circulation in the Gulf of Mexico", Israel Journal of Earth Sciences, 34 122-144. Download (1.62 MB PDF).
A.F. Blumberg and G.L. Mellor. (1983). "Diagnostic and Prognostic Numerical Circulation Studies of the South Atlantic Bight", Journal of Geophysical Research, 88 4579-4592. Download (1.05 MB PDF).
L.H. Kantha, G.L. Mellor and A.F. Blumberg. (1982). "A Diagnostic Calculation of the General Circulation in the South Atlantic Bight", Journal of Physical Oceanography, 12 805-819. Download (1.08 MB PDF).
C.L. Kerr and A.F. Blumberg. (1979). "An Analysis of a Local Second-Moment Conserving Quasi-Lagrangian Scheme for Solving the Advection Equation", Journal of Computational Physics, 32 1-9. Download (342 KB PDF).
A. F. Blumberg. (1978). "Closure to Numerical Tidal Model of Chesapeake Bay", Journal of the Hydraulics Division, ASCE, 104 1103-1103.
A. F. Blumberg. (1977). "Numerical Model of Estuarine Circulation", Journal of the Hydraulics Division, ASCE, 103 295-310. Download (343 KB PDF).
A. F. Blumberg. (1977). "Numerical Tidal Model of Chesapeake Bay", Journal of the Hydraulics Division, ASCE, 103 1-10. Download (487 KB PDF).
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A.F.Blumberg, D. J. Dunning, H. Li, R.C. Geyer and D. Heimbuch. (2004). "A Particle-Tracking Model for Predicting Entrainment at Power Plants on the Hudson River", Estuaries, 27 515-526.
A. F. Blumberg. (2002). "Donald W. Pritchard Award", Estuarine Research Federation Newsletter, 28 (1), 1 & 14. Download (631 KB PDF).
R. P. Signell, H. L. Jenter and A. F. Blumberg. (2000). "Predicting the Physical Effects of Relocating Boston’s Sewage Outfall", Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 50 59-72. Download (405 KB PDF).
A.F. Blumberg and B. N. Kim. (2000). "Flow Balances in St. Andrew Bay Revealed through Hydrodynamic Simulations", Estuaries, 23 21-33. Download (1.28 MB PDF).
J. K. Lewis, I. Shulman and A.F. Blumberg. (1998). "Assimilation of Doppler Radar Current Data into Numerical Ocean Models", Continental Shelf Research, 18 541-559. Download (745 KB PDF).
D.M. Goodrich and A.F. Blumberg. (1991). "The Fortnightly Mean Circulation of Chesapeake Bay", Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 32 1-12. Download (711 KB PDF).
A.F. Blumberg and D.M. Di Toro. (1990). "Effects of Climate Warming on Dissolved Oxygen Concentrations in Lake Erie", Transactions of American Fisheries Society, 119 210-223. Download (951 KB PDF).
A.F. Blumberg and D.M. Goodrich. (1990). "Modelling Wind-Induced Destratification in Chesapeake Bay", Estuaries, 13 236-249. Download (1.06 MB PDF).
Wang, J.D., A.F. Blumberg, H.L. Butler and P. Hamilton. (1990). "Transport Prediction in Partially Stratified Tidal Waters", Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 116 380-396. Download (1.20 MB PDF).
A.F. Blumberg and G.L. Mellor. (1987). "A Description of a Three-Dimensional Coastal Ocean Circulation Model", In: Three-Dimensional Coastal Ocean Models, N. Heaps, Ed., 1-16, American Geophys. Union, Download (1.88 MB PDF).
A.F. Blumberg and L.Y. Oey. (1985). "Models of Circulation and Mixing in Estuaries and Coastal Oceans", Advances in Geophysics, 28A 525-547. Download (1.12 MB PDF).
Mellor, G.L. and A.F. Blumberg. (1985). "Modeling Vertical and Horizontal Viscosity and the Sigma Coordinate System", Monthly Weather Review, 113 1379-1383. Download (370 KB PDF).
L.H. Kantha, G.L. Mellor and A.F. Blumberg. (1981). "Diagnostic Calculations of the Circulation in the Middle and South Atlantic Bights", Ocean Modeling, 37 5-8. Download (823 KB PDF).
A.F. Blumberg and G.L. Mellor. (1980). "A Coastal Ocean Numerical Model", Mathematical Modeling of Estuarine Physics, Proceedings of an International Symposium, Hamburg, August 24 to 26, 1978, J. Sundermann and K.P. Holz, Eds., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 203-219. Download (527 KB PDF).
A. F. Blumberg. (1978). "The Influence of Density Variations on Estuarine Tides and Circulations", Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science, 6 209-215. Download (343 KB PDF).
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