Dr. Gregory A. Lawrence

Professor Greg Lawrence
Dr. Gregory A. Lawrence,
Professor

Professor and,
Canada Research Chair in Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Location: CEME - Room 2030
Telephone: 604.822.5371
Facsimilie: 604.822.6901
Email: lawrence@civil.ubc.ca

Biography:

B.E., (W. Aust.), M.S., Ph.D. (Berkeley), P.Eng.

Research Interests:

Environmental fluid mechanics, hydraulics, hydrodynamic stability and mixing, physical limnology, water quality management

Courses:

  • CIVL 215 Fluid Mechanics I
  • CIVL 315 Fluid Mechanics II
  • CIVL 417 Coastal Engineering
  • CIVL 541 Environmental Fluid Mechanics
  • CIVL 542 Physical Limnology

For more information regarding research: click on Environmental Fluid Mechanics research page.

Publications:

Click here for a complete list of publications.

Journals

  • Atwater, J.F. and G.A. Lawrence. 2011. Regulatory, design and methodological impacts in determining tidal-in-stream power resource potential. Energy Policy, 39(3), 1694-1698. (March 2011)
  • Weinfurtner S., E.W. Tedford, M.C.J. Penrice, W.G. Unruh and G.A. Lawrence. 2011. Measurement of stimulated Hawking emission in an analogue system. Physical Review Letters. (Jan 2011)
  • Carpenter, J.R., N.J. Balmforth and G.A. Lawrence. 2010. Identifying unstable modes in stratified shear layers. Physics of Fluids, 22, 054104, 1-13. (May 2010)
  • Carpenter, J.R., E.W. Tedford, M. Rahmani, and G.A. Lawrence. 2010. Holmboe wave fields in simulation and experiment. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 648: 205- 223. (April 2010)
  • Atwater, J.F. and G.A. Lawrence. 2010. Power potential of a split tidal channel. Renewable Energy, 35(2): 329-332. (Feb. 2010)
  • Tedford, E.W., J.R. Carpenter, R. Pawlowicz, R. Pieters and G.A. Lawrence. 2009. Observation and analysis of shear instability in the Fraser River estuary. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, November 2009, 114 (C11006): 14 pp.
  • Tedford, E.W., R. Pieters and G.A. Lawrence. 2009. Symmetric Holmboe instabilities in a laboratory exchange flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 636: 137-153.
  • Li, S.S. and G.A. Lawrence. 2009. Unsteady two-layer hydraulic exchange flows with friction. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 633: 99-114.
  • Pieters, R. and G.A. Lawrence. 2009. Effect of salt exclusion from lake ice on seasonal circulation. Limnology and Oceanography, 54(2): 401-412.
  • Matzinger, A., R. Pieters, K.I. Ashley, G.A. Lawrence and A. Wuest. 2007. Effects of impoundment on nutrient pathways and lake productivity. Limnology and Oceanography, 52(6): 2629-2640.

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