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Associate Professor of Teaching
Noboru Yonemitsu
Bio

Dr. Noboru (Nobo) Yonemitsu has worked in the Department of Civil Engineering in several different capacities since February 1992. He studied Engineering Physics at Hokkaido University, Japan, where he specialized in Turbulent Fluid Dynamics and Instrumentation of Non-destructive Testing (NDT) and received his M.A.Sc. from the same institute before coming to Canada in 1986. He earned a Ph.D. in Water Resources Engineering from the University of Alberta, based on his research in Environmental Fluid Mechanics. From 1990-2009, Nobo worked as a research scientist/project engineer/NDT consultant with various organizations including: Northwest Hydraulics Consultants (Edmonton, Vancouver), NASA (Johnson Space Center), UBC, UNBC, BCIT, Oki Electronics, Intel, various defence departments, nuclear power plants, and some of the world's major airline companies.

Research Area / Group
Hydrotechnical Engineering
Research Interests

IR-NDT technologies, Turbulent Fluid Mechanics, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Ecological Fluid Mechanics, Waste water treatment.

Courses
CIVL 215

Fluid Mechanics I

Fluid properties, hydrostatics, kinematics, and fluid dynamics: energy and momentum methods with applications. Dimensional analysis, modelling, introduction to flow in pipes and forces on immersed objects.

CIVL 315

Fluid Mechanics II

Two dimensional flow around immersed objects; velocity and pressure fields; lift and drag on cylinders and aerofoils; fluid loads on structures and structural response; pumps and turbines; analysis and design of pipeline systems; unsteady flow in pipes; frictionless waterhammer analysis.

CIVL 316

Hydrology and Open Channel Flow

Introduction to open channel hydraulics, engineering hydrology, and water resource systems; estimation of design discharge; flood statistics; nonuniform steady open channel flow; energy and momentum principles, backwater analysis; culvert and bridge hydraulics.

CIVL 416

Environmental Hydraulics

Application of hydraulic engineering principles to problems of environmental concern. Pollutant transport and dispersion. Mixing in rivers and lakes. Theory of jets and plumes. Design of outfall diffusers.

CIVL 598B

Sensors and Signal Processing

APSC 150

Engineering Case Studies

Application of scientific principles and technical knowledge to practical problems. Introduction to the engineering design process and to engineering graphics. 

IGEN 230

Introduction to Engineering Design

Introduction to engineering design methods, problem solving, working individually and in teams, and methods of communication of results. Engineering design projects will be assigned.

Latest Publications

In Press

B. Goffin, Banthia, N., and Yonemitsu, N., “Use of Infrared Thermal Imaging to Detect Corrosion of Epoxy Coated and Uncoated Rebar in Concrete”, Construction and Building Materials, In Press.
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2010

T. M. Hoover, Marczak, L. B., Richardson, J. S., and Yonemitsu, N., “Transport and settlement of organic matter in small streams”, Freshwater Biology, vol. 55, no. 2, 2010.
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2006

T. M. Hoover, Richardson, J. S., and Yonemitsu, N., “Flow-substrate interactions create and mediate leaf litter resource patches in streams”, Freshwater Biology, 2006.
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2005

D. S. Mavinic, Yonemitsu, N., Koch, F., and Britton, A., “Fluidized Bed Wastewater Treatment”, 2005.
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T. M. Hoover, Richardson, J. S., and Yonemitsu, N., “Do drifting stream insects need to see the streambed to find it? The relative importance of visual and flow-related settlement cues for mayfly larvae.”, Entomological Society of Canada Annual Meeting. Canmore, Alberta, 2005.
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2004

T. M. Hoover, Yonemitsu, N., and Richardson, J. S., “Dispersal strategies of drifting insects: are they velocity dependent? ”, North American Benthological Society Annual Meeting. Vancouver, BC, 2004.
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2003

T. M. Hoover, Yonemitsu, N., and Richardson, J. S., “The role of physical factors in stream insect drift”, Entomological Society of Canada Annual Meeting. Kelowna, BC, 2003.
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Contact
noboru@civil.ubc.ca
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604.822.9642
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Civil and Mechanical Engineering Building
The University of British Columbia
6250 Applied Science Lane
Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4
Canada
Department of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Applied Science
2002 - 6250 Applied Science Lane
Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4
Tel 604 822 2637
E-mail info@civil.ubc.ca
Website www.civil.ubc.ca
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