
Thanos Papanicolaou, center, with members of his research team.
~Vince Lombardi
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Athanasios N. PapanicolaouProfessor, Goodrich Chair of Excellence in Waste Management & Environmental Engineering412 John D. Tickle Building 851 Neyland Drive Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering The University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-2313 Phone: (865)974-7836, Fax: (865)974-2669 Email: tpapanic@utk.edu |
Alumni
Graduate Students
Hilafu Tesfe, MScTopics: Upland erosion and Water use Efficiency |
Benjamin Abban, PhDTopics: Watershed Erosion Processes |
Violet Freudenburg, MScTopics: Upland erosion and Water use Efficiency |
Adam Merook, MScTopics: Instream processes |
Brandi Hawkins, MScTopics: Instream processes |
John Boys, MScTopics: Upland Erosion |
Kenneth Wacha, PhDTopic: Watershed Processes and Carbon (PhD), |
Achilleas Tsakiris, MSc, PhDTopics: Flow and sediment interactions |
Will Ettema, MScTopic: Alternative Tile Intakes, |
Tommy Sutarto, PhDTopic: Bank Erosion and Instream Processes |
Dimitrios C. Dermisis, MSc, PhDTopics: Pollution of Spawning Gravels (MSc), |
Riley Post, MScTopic: Stable Isotopes and Suspended Measurements |
Sean MurphyTopic: Sedimentation Engineering Studies |
Kevin Denn, MScTopic: Stable Isotopes and Suspended Measurements |
Fabienne Bertrand, MScTopic: Bank Erosion |
Yi-Jia (Derek) Chang, MScTopic: Infiltration and Runoff |
Matt Zager, METopic: Suspended Sediment Measurements |
Phil Ellis, MScTopic: Upland and In-stream Modeling |
Tim Lauth, MScTopic: Bedload Transport and RFID Tracers |
Ozan Abaci, PhDTopic: Integrated Watershed and River Corridor Modeling |
Ben Clark, MScTopic: Infiltration Patterns in an Agriculture Watershed |
John Thomas, MscTopic: Headcut Erosion in Deep Channels and Gullies |
R. Theregowda, MScTopic: Stable Isotopes/ Soil Quality/Enrichment Ratios |
Achilleas Tsakiris, MScTopic: Definition of Cluster Microforms |
Brian Wardman, MScTopic: Flow around Dikes |
Brandon Billings, PhDTopic: Fluidization |
Kyle Strom, MSc, PhDTopic: Microforms in Gravel Bed Rivers (MSc), |
JT Sanford, MScTopic: Rill Formation |
James Fox, MSc, PhDTopic: Flow Characteristics around a Spur Dike (MSc), |
Brandon Hobbs, MScTopic: Numerical Modeling of the Spokane River, WA |
Casey Kramer, MScTopic: Experimental Studies in the Hypereic Zone of Spawning Gravels |
Scott Becker, MScTopic: Sediment Sampling in the Palouse |
Adam Maxwell, MSc, PhDTopic: Geomorphologic Characteristics of High Gradient Gravel Bed Streams (MSc), |
Ahmed Bdour, PhDTopic: Integrated Watershed and River Corridor Modeling |
Lisa Kjos, MScTopic: Sediment Scour Measurements around a Spur Dike |
Doug Knapp, MScTopic: Prediction of the Virtual Velocity of Gravel Particles |
Lucy Petersmidth, PhDTopic: Restoration Approaches Using the FESWMS Model |
King Hong, MScTopic: A Numerical Model for Self-Weight Consolidation of Soil |
Robert Hilldale, MScTopic: Fluvial Erosion of Cohesive Banks Considering Turbulence and |
Edward Wicklein, MScTopic: A Numerical Model for the Study of Sediment Transport in Steep Mountain Streams |
Adam Schuyler, MScTopic: The Evolution of Cluster BedForms in Gravel-Bed Streams |
Former Postdoctoral Associates and Engineers
Dr. Ben AbbanHost: University of Tennessee Knoxville |
Dr. Mohammad GhaneeizhadHost: University of Tennessee Knoxville |
Dr. Achilleas TsakirisHost: University of Tennessee Knoxville |
Dr. Keshav BasnetHost: University of Tennessee Knoxville |
Dr. Filippo BressanHost: IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering |
Dr. Mohamed ElhakeemHost: IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering |
Trevis HuffEngineer I |
Former Undergraduate Research Associates
Ryan Asman, UIowaFluidization and Gamma Detector |
Ian Barclay, UIowaClusters |
Ricky Teed, UIowaTClear Creek Measurements |
Tom Smith, UIowaIsotopes |
Avery Bang, UIowaFluidization Project |
Marc Wendell, UIowaHungry Canyon Alliance Project |
Spencer Schoonover, UIowaClear Creek Watershed |
Matt Boddicker, UIowaSensor Development |
Ken Wacha, UIowaClear Creek Watershed |
Lorraine Buckman, UIowaSize Distribution Analysis |
Bradley Reuter, UIowaAlternative Tiles |
Megan Osayande, UIowaBulk Density Measurements |
Bryan Trent, WSUABT Inc. Hydraulic Grate Testing |
William Vanderwaal, WSUIDFG Fish for the Irrigation Div. Model |
Adam Maxwell, WSUIDFG Fish for the Irrigation Div. Model |
Kyle Strom, WSUClusters Study—Calculation of Sediment Transport Rates In Gravel Bed Rivers |
Rob Schurman, WSUAvista—Pressure Transducer Calibration |
Lisa Scarr, WSUABT Inc. Hydraulic Grate Testing |
Rob Hilldale, WSUWSDOT—Design of Step Pool Morphology |
J. P. Slagle, WSUClusters Study—Calculation of Sediment Transport Rates in Gravel Bed Rivers |
Z. Davidson, WSUClusters Study—Calculation of Sediment Transport Rates in Gravel Bed |
S. Crane, WSUClusters Study—Calculation of Sediment Transport Rates in Gravel Bed Rivers |
J. Filipy, WSUUSGS—Erosion of Cohesive Sediment Beds |
Doug Knapp, WSUWTC—Development of a New Instrument for Bedload Transport |
Tim Sullivan, WSUWSDOT/Clusters Experiments |
Stephen Lincoln, WSUONR—Cleanup of Contaminated Sites |
JT Sanford, WSUNSF-Clusters |
Kip Kemak, WSUNOAA Isotope |
Sandra White, WSUClusters |