Alexander R. Horner-Devine
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Assistant Professor, Environmental Fluid Mechanics
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Alex Horner-Devine started his career in fluid mechanics as a whitewater kayaking instructor. He then studied fluid mechanics in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. Seeking to return closer to his roots, he entered graduate studies in Environmental Fluid Mechanics at Stanford University, where he completed his MS and PhD degrees. Alex joined the Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty at the University of Washington in Fall 2004.
EDUCATION
PhD Stanford University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2003
MS Stanford University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1998
BSE Princeton University, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1995
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Environmental fluid mechanics
Coastal oceanography and geophysical fluid dynamics
River plumes
Laboratory experiments and field observations
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
Horner-Devine, A.R., D.A. Fong, S.G. Monismith and T. Maxworthy, 2006. Laboratory experiments simulating a coastal river discharge, Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 555, 203-232
Horner-Devine, A.R. 2006. Velocity, density, and transport measurements in rotating, stratified flows, Experiments in Fluids online, 1-13, DOI 10.1007/s00348-006-0181-2
Horner-Devine, A.R, D. A. Jay, P. M. Orton and E.Y. Spahn 2007 A conceptual model of the strongly tidal Columbia River plume, in press Journal of Marine Systems
Horner-Devine, A.R., 2009. The bulge circulation in the Columbia River plume, Cont. Shelf Res. 29, 234–251, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2007.12.012
Jay, D.A., J. Pan, P.M. Orton, and A.R. Horner-Devine. Asymmetry of tidal plume fronts in an eastern boundary current regime. in press to Journal of Marine Systems
MacDonald, D. G., and A. R. Horner-Devine (2008), Temporal and spatial variability of vertical salt flux in a highly stratified estuary, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, C09022, doi:10.1029/2007JC004620.
Horner-Devine, Alexander R., Derek A. Fong, and Stephen G. Monismith. 2008. Evidence for the inherent unsteadiness of a river plume: Satellite observations of the Niagara River discharge. Limnol. Oceanogr. 53: 2731-2737.
Morrison, R.R., R.H. Hotchkiss, M. Stone, D. Thurman and A. R. Horner-Devine. Turbulence Characteristics of Flow in a Spiral Corrugated Culvert Fitted with Sloped- and Slotted-Weir Baffles. accepted for publication in Ecological Engineering (Oct 2008)
Curtiss, G.M., P.D. Osborne and A. R. Horner-Devine. Seasonal patterns of coarse sediment transport on a mixed sand and gravel beach due to vessel wakes, wind waves, and tidal currents. accepted for publication in Marine Geology (Jan 2009)
J.V. Steinbuck, P. Roberts, C.D. Troy, A.R. Horner-Devine, F. Simonet, Uhlman, J.S. Jaffe, S.G. Monismith, and P.J.S. Franks, An Autonomous Open-Ocean Particle Imaging Profiler. In Situ Stereoscopic Particle Image Velocimetry. Submitted to J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech.
Chickadel, C.C., A.R. Horner-Devine, S.A. Talke and A.T. Jessup. Vertical boil propagation from a submerged estuarine sill. Submitted to Geophysical Research Letters (Jan 2009)
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