Invited Talks

• "Internal Wave Breaking on Submerged Topographic Features", The Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, June 5, 2007.

• " South San Francisco Bay in 2050: Speculating Hydrodynamically" South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Charette, Bodega Bay, California,   Feb 27, 2005.

• "Mass and Momentum Transfer in Coral Reef Systems", Fluid Mechanics Colloquium, Stanford University, April 19, 2005.

• "Physical and Ecological Processes in the Gulf of Aqaba", Cornell University, September 29, 2004.

• "Coral Reefs: Complex, Challenging and... Cool!", Bio-X Seminar Series, Stanford University, April 5, 2004.

• "Physical and Ecological Processes in the Gulf of Aqaba", Red-Sea Marine Peace Park Symposium, Aqaba, Jordan, December 4, 2003.
  
• " Beyond the Reynolds Number: Bridging the Spatial and Temporal Gap between Physical and Biological Processes using Time-Scales and Dimensionless Numbers", Estuarine Research Federation, Seattle, Washington, September 16, 2003.
  
• "Following Your Nose the Fluid Mechanical Way: Chemical Sensing in a Marine Environment,"Center for Water Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, July 24, 2003.

• "Following Your Nose the Fluid Mechanical Way: Chemical Sensing in a Marine Environment,"United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, May 8, 2003.

• "Turbulent Times in our Coral Reef Systems," Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA, March 10, 2003.

• "Following Your Nose the Fluid Mechanical Way: Chemical Sensing in a Marine Environment," Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, University of California, San Diego, CA, April 15, 2002.

• "Turbulent Times in a Coral Reef System," Distinguished Seminar Series, Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, March 14, 2002.

• "Following Your Nose the Fluid Mechanical Way: Chemical Sensing in a Marine Environment," H. Steinitz Marine Biology Laboratory, Eilat, Israel, January 7, 2002.

• "Turbulent Times in a Coral Reef System," Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, September 14, 2001.

• "Following Your Nose the Fluid Mechanical Way: Chemical Sensing in a Marine Environment," 50 th Anniversary Fluid Mechanics Colloquium, Stanford University, October 17, 2000.

• "Some Turbulence Modeling Implications from Simulations of Stratified Turbulence," 5 th International Symposium on Stratified Flows, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, July 12, 2000. (Plenary Talk)

• "Influence of Turbulence Structure on the Recruitment Process in Benthic Boundary Layers," University of Southern California, April 22, 1998.

• "To Bloom or not to Bloom: Numerical Modeling of Phytoplankton Dynamics in Shallow, Turbid Estuaries," University of California, Davis, April 28, 1997.

• "To Bloom or not to Bloom: Numerical Modeling of Phytoplankton Dynamics," California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, May 7, 1996.

• "Turbulence in Stratified Shear Flows: Some Observations on Interpreting Shear-Induced Mixing in the Ocean," Chemical Engineering Colloquium, Stanford University, Stanford, April 17, 1996.

• "Turbulence in Stratified Shear Flows: Some Observations on Interpreting Shear-Induced Mixing in the Ocean," Ocean Engineering Colloquium, University of California, Berkeley, January 31, 1996.

• "Clams, Algae, and San Francisco Bay," NASA-ASEE Stanford Seminar Series, Stanford, July 27, 1995.

• "To Bloom or not to Bloom: Numerical Modeling of Phytoplankton Dynamics," Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, May 8, 1995.

• "Benthic Boundary Layers and Clams," University of Southern California, Los Angeles, April 12, 1995.

• "Some Observations on the Effects of Near-Bed Hydrodynamics on Benthic Bivalve Filtration Rates," University of California, Berkeley, October 28, 1994.

• "An Overview of Research on San Francisco Bay at Stanford's Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory," ASCE Hydraulics Technical Group Meeting, San Francisco, June 24, 1993.

• "San Francisco Bay, Turbulent Boundary Layers and Clams," Xerox PARC Colloquium, May 6, 1993.

• "Numerical Models of Phytoplankton Dynamics in Shallow Estuaries," San Francisco Bay and Estuarine Association Meeting, April 21, 1993.

• "Direct Simulation of Stably-Stratified Sheared Turbulence," AMES Seminar Series, University of California, San Diego, May 1991.

• "Direct Simulation of Stably-Stratified Sheared Turbulence," Environmental Dynamics Seminar, Centre for Water Research, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia, September 4, 1991.

• "Hydrodynamics of Benthic-Bivalve Feeding," State of the Estuary Conference, Oakland, CA, May 30, 1991.

• "Delta Outflows and Phytoplankton Bloom Dynamics in South Bay," Environmental Studies Seminar Series, University of California, Davis, April 1990.

• "Image Processing: The Key to Adaptive Computational Experimental Methodologies," ASME Winter Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 11-15, 1989.

• "The Use of Optical Techniques in Complex Recirculating Flows," Symposium on Adaptive Computational and Experimental Methodologies, Lake Arrowhead, CA, Mar 3-5, 1989.

• "Research Directions in Physical Processes - Water," Conference on Fundamental Research Directions in Environmental Engineering, Washington, D.C., Nov. 13-15, 1988.

• "The Use of Personal Computers in Civil Engineering Education," IBM ACIS Regional Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, Oct. 4-6, 1987.

• "Lid-Driven Cavity Flow: An Overview of Flow Visualization Investigations," Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory Colloquium, April 10, 1986.

• "Lid-Driven Cavity Flow: An Overview of Experimental and Numerical Investigations," Thermosciences Division, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Feb. 20, 1986.