Ocean Hydrodynamics Lab @ UNH
Ocean Hydrodynamics Lab @ UNH
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Tracy Mandel, PhD
Tracy Mandel, PhD
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Ocean Engineering
University of New Hampshire
Using a combination of laboratory experiments and field observations, our lab works to understand the natural physical processes that occur at ocean boundaries and coasts, and how we can better protect, restore, and consider these systems in engineering decisions. A large focus of our work is on ecohydraulics: the physics of how water interacts with coastal ecosystems. We are particularly in interested flow-vegetation interactions in local New Hampshire ecosystems such as seagrass, marshes, and dunes.
Prior to joining the faculty at UNH, I received my PhD from Stanford University in the Bob and Norma Street Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, and was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Merced.
Please get in touch if you are interested in research opportunities as an MS/PhD student, postdoc, or undergraduate at UNH!
Lab News
Lab News
Winter 2024 - Conferences
Members of the OHL traveled to Salt Lake City for the APS DFD meeting, and Washington, DC for the AGU Fall Meeting.
December 2024 - Eli defends his M.S. thesis!
Elijah successfully defended his M.S. thesis in Ocean Engineering on December 4. Congratulations, Eli!
Fall 2024 - Welcome, Sandip and Katie!
Two new lab members joined us this fall: Sandip Gautam is a new M.S. student in Mechanical Engineering, and Dr. Katie Adler is a new postdoc in Ocean Engineering. Welcome!
Aug 2024 - NSF CAREER Award
Tracy received an NSF CAREER Award for a new project titled "Flow-mediated mechanisms of marine disease transmission in benthic ecosystems.” We will be exploring patch-scale disease spread in seagrass and corals!
May 2024 - Zeeshan advances to candidacy!
Zeeshan passed his qualifying examinations, and is officially a PhD Candidate in Mechanical Engineering! He will also be heading to the Burgers Program Summer School on Turbulence in early June. Congrats, Zeeshan!
February 2024 - OSM 2024
Lab members gave presentations at the 2024 Ocean Sciences Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana (and visited the aquarium).
Nov/Dec 2023 - Conferences & Talks
Members of the Ocean Hydrodynamics Lab will be on the road this fall for talks. Zeeshan, Tracy, and lab collaborator (now UNH assistant professor!) Teri will be presenting at APS DFD. Tracy will be giving invited talks at Penn State and at Seacoast Sips of Science!
October 2023 - Ocean Discovery Day
The lab ran an exhibit on flow and transport in seagrass meadows for Ocean Discovery Day, which typically draws around 2,000 visitors over a two-day period to the UNH campus.
Fall 2023 - Welcome to John & Gabriel!
John Webb and Gabriel Pointer joined the OHL this summer as undergraduate research assistants. They will be working on instrumentation for the EFWT and new CEF, for vegetated flows experiments. Welcome!
June 2023 - Vivek's paper published!
Vivek's paper on schlieren-based free surface measurement techniques was published in Experiments in Fluids. Congratulations, Vivek!
June 2023 - Flume testing begins
The plumbing system on the new Marine Ecohydraulics Flume is connected and we are preparing for flow characterization and vegetated flow experiments. Thank you to John Ahern and all who have worked on this project!
May/June 2023 - Welcome to Hakeem, Anne, and Madya!
Hakeem Villegas Hernandez and Anne Berg joined the OHL this summer as undergraduate researchers. Madya Watson will also be collaborating with the group, supervised by Dr. Oehmke. Welcome!
Nov/December 2022 - Conferences
Members of the Ocean Hydrodynamics Lab will be traveling to the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics meeting in November and the AGU Fall Meeting in December.
Nov. 2022 - Vivek wins Outstanding Presentation Award
Ocean Engineering graduate student Vivek Bheeroo won the Outstanding Student Presentation award for his oral presentation at the Young Coastal Scientists and Engineers - Americas conference. Congratulations, Vivek!
Fall 2022 - Welcome to Elijah!
Eli Rousseau joined the lab as an M.S. student in Ocean Engineering. He will be studying sediment transport in Hampton-Seabrook salt marshes. Welcome, Eli!
June 2022 - Congrats to Matt, Jenna, Matthias, & Aidan!
Congratulations to Matt, who graduated with his MEng in Ocean Engineering, and Jenna, Matthias, and Aidan, who graduated with their BS in Ocean Engineering!
Jan. 2022 - Zeeshan's paper published!
Zeeshan's paper on buoyancy-modified entrainment in plumes was published in Physics of Fluids. Congratulations, Zeeshan!
Fall 2021 - Welcome, Dr. Oehmke!
Dr. Theresa Oehmke arrived at UNH in August 2021 as a Postdoctoral Scholar in Mechanical Engineering, with expertise in turbulent transport of particles. She will be working with Chris White and Tracy Mandel during her time here. Welcome!
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