Stephen R. McLean
Professor
Department of Mechanical
Engineering
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Room 2335, Engineering II; ERC
Phone: (805) 893-4573
Fax: (805) 893-4927
E-mail: mclean@engineering.ucsb.edu
Ph.D., University
of Washington, 1976
Thermal/Fluid Sciences and
Environmental, Ocean Engineering: sediment transport, bedform stability,
boundary layer fluid mechanics, coastal processes.
Professor McLean joined the College
of Engineering faculty in
1980. He received his Ph.D. in 1976 in Oceanography from the University of Washington
in Seattle.
After completing a two-year postdoctoral appointment at U.W., he spent two
years as a research scientist at the Geological Institute, University of Kiel, Germany.
Since coming here he has worked extensively in the area of sediment transport
mechanics, employing fundamental fluid mechanical concepts to improve the ability
to make quantitative estimates of flow and sediment properties under actively
transporting conditions. His special areas of expertise are 1) the mechanics of
bedforms (ripples and dunes) and 2) the effects of sediment suspension on
turbulent flows and 3) sheet flow under waves. Because of the nature of his
interests he has worked extensively with turbulent boundary layer processes and
separation, as well as Ekman dynamics (rotational) and deep ocean cohesive
sediment transport. While early work focused on unidirectional flows, recently
he has become more involved with near shore processes, where waves,
wave-current interaction and wave breaking must also be included in the
analysis of flow in the near shore environment. His research involves theoretical
and computational modeling, as well as laboratory and field experiments.
Professor McLean is a member of the American Geophysical Union and the American
Society of Civil Engineers. He serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of
Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE and is a regular reviewer for a number of journals
and the National Science Foundation. Professor McLean's research is currently
funded by NSF and ONR.
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