Achievements | My primary research expertise is in the field of environmental fluid mechanics, geophysical fluid dynamics and hydraulics with a particular emphasis on using numerical simulations of fluid flows. My students and I conduct fundamental cutting-edge research in environmental fluid mechanics (e.g., flow turbulence and modeling) related to broader applications in engineering, oceanography, and atmospheric science. Academic Qualifications: Postdocs in Estuarine and Coastal Hydrodynamics, University of California, Berkeley (Los Angeles, Santa Cruz), California, USA, 2018-2021 PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering (with a focus on Environment Fluid Mechanics), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, 2017 MSc in Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 2013 BSc in Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, 2010
Selected Publications: Zhou, J. & Venayagamoorthy, S. K. (2020) Impact of ambient stable stratification on gravity currents propagating over a submerged canopy. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 898, A15. Zhou, J. & Stacey, M. T. (2020) Residual sediment transport in tidally energetic estuarine channels with lateral bathymetric variation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125(10), e2020JC016140. Zhou, J., Stacey, M. T., Holleman, R. C., Nuss, E. & Senn, D. B. (2020) Numerical investigation of baroclinic channel-shoal interaction in partially stratified estuaries. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125(4), e2020JC016135. Zhou, J. & Venayagamoorthy, S. K. (2019) Near-field mean flow dynamics of a cylindrical canopy patch suspended in deep water. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 858, 634-655. Zhou, J., Cenedese C., Williams, T., Ball, M., Venayagamoorthy, S. K & Nokes, I. R. (2017) On the propagation of gravity currents over and through a submerged array of circular cylinders. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 831, 394-417. Zhou, J. & Venayagamoorthy, S. K. (2020) How does three dimensional canopy geometry affect the front propagation of a gravity current? Physics of Fluids, 32, 096605. Zhou, J. & Venayagamoorthy, S. K (2017) Numerical simulations of intrusive gravity currents interacting with a bottom-mounted obstacle in a continuously stratified ambient. Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 17, 191-209.
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