Analyzing Disaster: A nanoscale guy stumbles into a mega problem

22 Jun 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Steve Wereley

Steve Wereley discusses how his knowledge and use of a technique called particle image velocimetry (PIV) led to a game-changing calculation of a flow rate for the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

BP Oil Spill Physics Challenge

17 Feb 2011 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Steve Wereley

On May 13 Professor Wereley used optical feature tracking to estimate the volume flow of oil from the on-going BP Macondo oil field spill. Several other independent scientists also performed similar measurements at about the same time. These several measurements were all in the ballpark of …

Measuring Disaster: the magnitude of the BP oil spill

09 Nov 2010 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Steve Wereley

On May 13 Professor Wereley used optical feature tracking to estimate the volume flow of oil from the on-going BP Macondo oil field spill.

What is "Nanofluidics"? or The Nano-izing of Fluid Mechanics

28 Jun 2006 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Steve Wereley

Micro- and nanoscaled fluid mechanics are rapidly emerging as important supporting fields in biomedical technology, nanotechnology, etc., as well as being important fields of study in their own right. Despite the common use of these terms in the literature, the fluid behavior at these small length …