Kenneth Pratt
Ph.D.

Kenny performed numerical simulations of chaotic fluid flows to investigate the role of unstable manifolds and Lagrangian Coherent Structures (LCS) on the coalescence of initially distant scalars.  He also performed laboratory experiments of clustering of buoyant particles on the free surface of a turbulent flow.  Dissertation Title: Coral Fertilization as a Model System for Reactive Stirring and Mixing in Free-surface Turbulent Flows