Dr. Amit Tandon
Dr. Amit Tandon
Amit Tandon, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
- Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 1992
- M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 1990
- B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Tech, Kanpur, India, 1987
Contact Information:
- E-Mail: atandon@umassd.edu
- Phone: 508.999.8357
- Fax: 508.999.9115
- Office: Group II Building, Room 208A
Biography:
Dr. Tandon uses his knowledge of Fluid Mechanics and Physical Oceanography to address myriad of problems involving mixing processes in the upper ocean. He uses analytical and numerical modeling to address the importance of mixing and mixed layer processes for ocean circulation and climate. He has also supervised graduate students on basic experimental fluid mechanics projects. His research interests span from small- scale turbulence and oceanic mixed- layer processes, to sub-mesoscale frontal gradients and mesoscale eddies, and their role in setting up the large scale balances in the ocean.His research publications have involved processes in oceanic mixed layers, their role in water mass formation and parameterization of mesoscale processes for their direct impact on problems of Climate interest. His peer reviewed publications have appeared in Journal of Physical Oceanography, Ocean Modelling, Science (Online), Deep Sea Research, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Physica-D.
Dr. Tandon's research efforts have been funded by fellowships in Ocean Modeling and Climate System Modeling by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (1992-96), and also by the National Science Foundation as the Principal Investigator on competitive grants continuously since 1997. Most recently, at UMass Dartmouth he is a recipient of a grant by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Science Foundation for the Climate Process Team along with researchers with seven other institutions (MIT, Princeton, Columbia University, University of California at Los Angeles, Florida State University, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography and University Corporation of Atmospheric Research). This team has been funded about $1.5million over three years to address the interaction of mesoscale processes with mixed layers, and how to include them ocean circulation models used for climate studies.
Current research grants:
He is working on oceanic sub-mesoscales with Dr. Amala Mahadevan at Boston University, on an education project with MIT, and as part of a Team of researchers studying oceanic processes of interest to Climate Modeling. You can find more about the education project at this MIT website.
News:
Read a recent technical comment published in Science Online by Mahadevan, Thomas and Tandon.
Tandon's students include Danielle Tinkham, Sudip Majumder (M.S. candidates in Physics), and undergraduates Jason Olejarz and David Beesley. He is actively recruiting for PhD students who would enroll into the School of Marine Science, see SMS website, and click on Graduate Research Assistantship Opportunities !
Danielle Tinkham recently completed her thesis Defining the Transition Layer based on Ocean mooring data.
Physics undergraduates David Beesley and Jason Olejarz worked on prototyping wind driven circulation. This work was presented at the American Meteorological Society student conference. A manuscript based on this work has been accepted as a Hands-On oceanography article in of Oceanography (published by The Oceanography Society).
Recent Poster presentations include a Group Poster and student poster by David Beesley and Jason Olejarz at the American Meteorological Society 2008 conference.
Dr. Tandon and Physics undergraduate Jason Olejarz have been working on a spectral ecosystem model, in collaboration with Brian Rothschild at SMAST. This work will be presented in ICES meeting in Halifax in September 2008.
Areas Of Interest:
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Fluid Physics
- Mathematical Biology
- Physical Oceanography
- Upper Ocean Physics
Selected Publications:
Publications , including preprints and reprints are here.
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