Hydrology & Fluid Dynamics
Duke environmental engineering faculty in the Hydrology and Fluid Dynamics research group pursue some of the most pressing open problems in environmental fluid dynamics, hydrology and water resources. We take a multidisciplinary and multifaceted approach to these complex problems, ranging from advanced theoretical computational analyses to unique laboratory and local and global field experiments.

Research Areas
- Hydrometeorology: Rainfall dynamics, land-atmosphere interaction, remote sensing
- Eco-hydrology: Impact of hydroclimatic variability on ecosystems and feedbacks on the hydrologic cycle and local climate
- Contaminant transport hydrology: Surface-subsurface interactions
- Water cycle dynamics and human health, and stochastic hydrology

Related Study Opportunities
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- Both offer a study track in Hydrology and Fluid Dynamics
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- Environmental Engineering and Public Policy
- Environmental Process Engineering
- Ecohydrology and Environmental Fluid Dynamics
Associated Faculty

Andy Bragg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Nathaniel Chaney
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Massimo Germano
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Prof Andrew D Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Zbigniew Kabala, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Miguel A. Medina
Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering

David E. Schaad
Professor of the Practice of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Mark Wiesner, Ph.D.
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Marta Zaniolo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Other Research Specialties
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