Publications, Awards & Professional memberships
- Articles in refereed journals
- Stretch, D. D., Rottman, J. W., Venayagamoorthy, S. K., Nomura, K. K. and Rehmann, C. R. 2010. "Mixing
efficiency in decaying stably stratified turbulence", Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 49(2010), pp 25-36
[pdf].
- Venayagamoorthy, S. K., and Stretch, D. D. 2009. "On the turbulent Prandtl number in homogeneous stably stratified turbulence",
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, in press.
- Stretch, D. D., and Venayagamoorthy, S. K., 2009. "Diapycnal diffusivities in homogeneous stratified turbulence",
submitted.
- Venayagamoorthy, S. K., Fringer, O. B., Koseff, J. R., Chiu, A. and Naylor, R. L. 2009. "Numerical
modeling of aquaculture dissolved waste transport in a coastal embayment", submitted.
- Venayagamoorthy, S. K., and Fringer, O. B. 2007. "On the formation and propagation of nonlinear internal
boluses across a shelf break", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 577, pp 137-159
[pdf].
- Venayagamoorthy, S. K., and Fringer, O. B. 2007. "Internal wave energetics on a shelf break",
International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, 17(1), pp 22-29
- Venayagamoorthy, S. K., and Stretch, D. D. 2006. "Lagrangian mixing in decaying
stably stratified turbulence", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 564, pp 197-226
[pdf].
- Venayagamoorthy, S. K., and Fringer, O. B. 2006. "Numerical Simulations of the interaction of internal gravity waves with a shelf break",
Physics of Fluids, 18(7), 076603/9, DOI:10.1063/1.2221863 [pdf].
- Venayagamoorthy, S. K. and Fringer, O. B. 2005. "Nonhydrostatic
and nonlinear contributions to the energy flux budget in nonlinear
internal waves", Geophys. Res. Lett., 32,
L15603, DOI:10.1029/2005GL023432 [pdf].
- Venayagamoorthy, S. K., Koseff, J. R., Ferziger, J. H. and Shih, L. H. 2003.
"Testing of RANS turbulence models for stratified flows based on DNS data",
Annual Research Briefs, Center for Turbulence Research, NASA-AMES, pp 127-138
[pdf].
- Conference Proceedings
- Venayagamoorthy, S. K. and Stretch, D. D. 2009. "On the turbulent Prandtl number in homogeneous stably
stratified turbulence", 62nd Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, 22-24 November 2009, Minneapolis, MN, USA, (oral presentation).
- Stretch, D. D. and Venayagamoorthy, S. K. 2009. "On the diapycnal di®usivity in homogeneous stably
stratiŻed turbulence", 62nd Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, 22-24 November 2009, Minneapolis, MN, USA, (oral presentation).
- *Venayagamoorthy, S. K., Fringer, O. B., Koseff, J. R. and Naylor, R. L. 2009. "Simulations of aquaculture
dissolved waste transport and mixing in near-coastal waters", proceedings of
World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009, ASCE, pp 2916-2923
- Venayagamoorthy, S. K. and Stretch, D. D. 2008. "Modeling small scale mixing in stably stratified turbulence",
Euromech Colloquium 501, "Mixing of coastal, estuarine and riverine shallow flows, 8-11 June 2008, Ancona, Italy, (invited presentation).
- Venayagamoorthy, S. K., Fringer, O. B., Koseff, J. R. and Naylor, R. L. 2008. "Simulations of mixing
and transport of dissolved waste discharged from near-coastal aquaculture pens",
Ocean Sciences Meeting, ASLO, TOS and AGU, 2-7 March 2008, Orlando, Florida, USA, (oral presentation - session #:045).
- *Venayagamoorthy, S. K., Fringer, O. B., Koseff, J. R. and Naylor, R. L. 2007. "Simulations of mixing
and transport of dissolved waste discharged from an aquaculture pen", 5th International Symposium
on Environmental Hydraulics, 4-7 December, 2007, Phoenix, USA
- Venayagamoorthy, S. K., Fringer, O. B., Koseff, J. R. and Naylor, R. L. 2007. "Simulations of mixing
and transport of dissolved waste discharged from a submerged aquaculture pen",
AGU Joint Assembly meeting, 22-25 May 2007, Acapulco, Mexico, USA, OS23G-02 (oral presentation).
- *Venayagamoorthy, S. K. and Fringer, O. B. 2006. "Dynamics of breaking internal gravity waves over a shelf break",
Sixth International Symposium on Stratified Flows , 11-14 December 2006, Perth, Australia, (paper accepted for oral presentation).
- Venayagamoorthy, S. K. and Fringer, O. B. 2006. "Dynamics of internal boluses on a shelf break",
59th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, 19-21 November 2006, Tampa, USA, (oral presentation).
- Venayagamoorthy, S. K. and Stretch, D. D. 2006. "Modeling small scale mixing in stably stratified turbulence",
59th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, 19-21 November 2006, Tampa, USA, (oral presentation).
- *Venayagamoorthy, S. K. and Fringer, O. B. 2006. "Internal wave energetics on a shelf break",
Accepted for presentation at ISOPE-2006 San Francisco Conference, May 28 to June 2 2006.
- Venayagamoorthy, S. K. and Fringer, O. B. 2006. "Dynamics of the interaction of breaking internal gravity waves with a shelf break",
Ocean Sciences Meeting, ASLO, TOS and AGU, 20-24 February 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, OS12J-05 (oral presentation).
- Venayagamoorthy, S. K. and Fringer, O. B. 2005. "Energetics of internal boluses on a shelf break",
58th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, 20-22 November 2005, Chicago, USA, (oral presentation).
- Venayagamoorthy, S. K. and Fringer, O. B. 2005. "Numerical simulations of internal gravity waves", Gallery of Fluid Motion Poster (#49),
58th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society, 20-22 November 2005, Chicago, USA, (poster presentation).
- *Venayagamoorthy, S. K. and Fringer, O. B. 2004. "Energy partitioning in breaking internal waves on slopes",
4th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics and 14th Congress of the Asia & Pacific Division of the International
Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research, 15-18 December 2004, Hong Kong, pp 1051- 1057, (oral presentation).
- Venayagamoorthy, S. K. and Fringer, O. B. 2004. "Generation and Evolution of Solibores on Slopes",
American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, 13-17 December 2004, San Francisco, OS11A-0498 (poster presentation).
- *Venayagamoorthy, S. K. Stretch, D. D., Rottman, J. W., and Nomura, K. K. 2002.
"Mixing efficiency of turbulence in environmental flows",
1st International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics (HEFAT),
8-10 April 2002, Kruger Park, South Africa, (oral presentation).
- *Stretch, D. D., Rottman, J. W., Venayagamoorthy, S. K., and Nomura, K. K. 2001.
"Transient mixing events in stably stratified turbulence",
14th Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference, 10-14 December 2001, Adelaide, Australia.
*peer-reviewed papers
- Talks/Seminars presented
- Civil Engineering Department, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, September 2004 (invited)
- Environmental Fluid Mechanics Lab, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Stanford University, 6th December 2004 (PhD qualifying exam talk)
- Department of Ocean Engineering., Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 4th January 2005 (invited)
- Symposium on Current Research in Engineering and Applied Mathematics (SCREAM 2005), SIAM, Stanford Student Chapter, 26 February 2005 -
Awarded prize for best speaker.
- Environmental Fluid Mechanics Lab, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Stanford University, 9th June 2006 (University PhD Defense exam talk)
- Civil Engineering Department, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 3 July 2006 (invited)
- Physical Oceanography Dissertation Symposium (PODS IV), Honolulu, Hawaii, 9-12 October 2006 (invited by selection) -
Awarded the best speaker prize.
- Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Ohio State University, 15 March 2007 (invited)
- Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Colorado State University, 5 April 2007 (invited)
- Civil Engineering Department, Auburn University, 12 April 2007 (invited)
- Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, San Jose State University, 16 April 2007 (invited)
- Environmental Fluid Mechanics Lab, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Stanford University, 26 November 2007 (invited)
- Coastal and Ocean Engineering Division, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 20 March 2008 (invited)
- Euromech Colloquium Nr. 501,Mixing of Coastal, Estaurine and Riverine Shallow Flows ,Ancona, Italy, June 9-12, 2008 (invited)
- Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Toronto, May 28, 2009.
- Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Queens University, June 1, 2009.
- Awards and Honors
- Lorenz G. Straub Award for the most meritorious PhD dissertation in hydraulic engineering, ecohydraulics, or related fields., St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, 2009.
- ASCE ExCEEd Teaching Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009.
- Best Speaker award at the Physical Oceanography Dissertation Symposium (PODS IV), Honolulu, Hawaii, 9-12 October 2006
(invitation to attend by selection).
- Nominated for best paper award at the 16th international conference of the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE)
held in San Francisco, May 28 to June 2 2006.
- Awarded the Offshore Mechanics Scholarship for outstanding achievement at Stanford University by the International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE), 2006.
- Best Speaker award at the Symposium on Current Research in Engineering and Applied Mathematics (SCREAM 2005),
SIAM, Stanford Student Chapter, 26 February 2005.
- Harvey Fellow, Mustard Seed Foundation, 2005.
- Awarded the S2A3 medal from the South African Association for the Advancement of Science for the most outstanding
Masters candidate in Science & Engineering for the year 2002
at the University of Natal, South Africa.
- Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) merit medal for the top graduating engineering student
(summa cum laude) in the Faculty of Engineering
at the University of Natal (2000).
- Received the University of Natal prestige scholarship for being among the top two undergraduate students in the
University for the 1998 and 1999 academic years.
- Received the Water Institute of Southern Africa prize for the best student in fluid mechanics at University of Natal, 2000.
- Walter Morgan Thomas Prize for the best final year student in civil engineering, 2000.
- HA Smith Prize for the highest academic merit in transport, 2000.
- JR Daymond Prize for the highest academic merit in fluid mechanics, 2000.
- K Knight Prize for the highest academic merit in foundation engineering, 2000.
- Dissertation Prize for the best final year research dissertation, 2000.
- Concrete Society Prize for a meritorious design project involving concrete, 2000.
- South Institution of Civil Engineering and the Joint Institution of Structural Engineering (UK) Prize
for best student in structural engineering, 2000.
- Received the Dr. Townley William scholarship for the best final year student
(excluding the faculty of Medicine) registered in the University for the year 2000.
- Received the M K Rosenbach Scholarship for outstanding academic merit, 2000.
- Received the LTA prize for the most outstanding student in the third year class of 1999
in the civil engineering program of University of Natal.
- Memberships of Professional Societies
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
- American Geophysical Union (AGU).
- American Physical Society (APS).
- South African Institution of Civil Engineering.
- International Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers (ISOPE).
- EIT (California).
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