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David
Fugate
Post Doctoral Researcher
Sediment transport and estuarine hydrodynamics |
Email:
Phone: 732-932-6555 x233
Fax: 732-932-1821
Education:
Ph.D. - Virginia
Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary
Research Lab: Coastal
Ocean Observation Lab
Research Interests:
My interest in sediment transport spans physical, geological
and ecological aspects. My recent research explores particle aggregation
dynamics and particle constituents in urban and relatively unindustrialized
estuaries. These processes involve the physical energy of the estuaries
as well as the benthic fauna. I am also studying the effects of dredging
in urban estuaries on sedimentation rates and evolution of tidal channels
through the sediment stratigraphy. My masters thesis explored the geomorphodynamics
of tidal creeks and its relation to tidal energy, topograpy, and biological
habitat as expressed by the sinuousity of the tidal creek patterns. I
am also involved in an interdisciplinary project that compares the importance
of physical mixing and flushing to biologically mediated nitrogen flux
rates in a shallow lagoon. The median residence time is measured by numerical
modeling with a 2D finite element hydrodynamic model coupled with a drogue
tracking module.
Photographs
from the field
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