SUMMER-ABROAD.UCDAVIS.EDU July 09, 2008 04:07 AM
This program will explore London through some of the spectacular engineering projects that helped shape it as one of the world’s most dynamic and modern capital cities. Through a program of seminars, discussions and field trips, we will study the hydraulic engineering aspects of the Thames Barrier at Greenwich, the river locks at Teddington, the ancient docks and wharfs of the Port of London, the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park, the wetlands at Barnes, the bridges at Hammersmith (the first suspension across the Thames), Chelsea and Blackfriars and the Pump House in Fulham (a pub). There will be a lot of walking, and opportunities to see where many of those who have shaped modern science (such as Newton, Maxwell, Darwin, Hooke and Fleming) have lived and worked. The program will include a field trip to the City of Bath to visit the curved river weirs, and to the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales. |
Instructor
Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Davis bayounis@ucdavis.edu Professor Younis's connections with London date back from his days as a schoolboy in Wimbledon, as a student at Imperial College in South Kensington, and then as an academic at City University in Islington where he held the Chair of Fluid Mechanics till his relocation to UC Davis in 2002. He earned MSc, DIC and PhD degrees from London University for research in Fluid Mechanics. He served on seven occasions as Visiting Scientist at NASA Langley Research Center working on problems related to the mathematical modeling of air flows. His research interests are in the development of computer simulation models for complex turbulent flows.
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