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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Evan A. Variano

University of California Berkeley

Civil and Environmental Engineering

760 Davis Hall
Berkeley , CA  94720  

variano@ce.berkeley.edu

Project List:

Gulf of Mexico Integrated Spill Response Consortium (GISR)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead, Task Co-Lead, Task Co-Lead

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 2

2016

Lambert, R. A., & Variano, E. A. (2016). Collision of oil droplets with marine aggregates: Effect of droplet size. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 121(5), 3250-3260.

2015

Drozd, G. T., Worton, D. R., Aeppli, C., Reddy, C. M., Zhang, H., Variano, E., & Goldstein, A. H. (2015). Modeling comprehensive chemical composition of weathered oil following a marine spill to predict ozone and potential secondary aerosol formation and constrain transport pathways. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120(11), 7300-7315.

Conference Presentations - 14

2016

Drozd, G. W., D.R.; Aeppli, C. R., C.M.; Zhang, H. V., & E.; Goldstein, A. (2016). How Far and How Much? Modeling Oil Weathering Using Comprehensive Composition to Constrain Transport and Pollutant Formation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016

2015

Bordoloi, A. V., & E (2015). Laboratory measurement of non-spherical particle rotation in turbulence: analysis in lab and local reference frames. In 68th American Physical Society/Division of Fluid Mechanics meeting
Drozd, G. W., D.R.; Variano, E. G., & A.H (2015). Modeling of Crude Oil Evaporation Using a Bottom-Up Approach: Mass Transfer Considerations and Predicting Potential Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015
Variano, E. L., & R (2015). Collision Rates Between Oil Droplets and Particulate Matter: Mechanisms and Effect of Droplet Size Distribution. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2015

2014

Byron, M. T., Y.; Houghton, I. V., & E (2014). Spin, slip, and settle: effects of shape on motion for Taylor-scale particles in homogeneous isotropic turbulence. In American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics meeting
Drozd, G. W., D.R.; Variano, E. G., & A.H (2014). Using Detailed Chemical Composition of Surfaced Oil to Model Evaporative Weathering and Predict Secondary Aerosol Formation Potential. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Foster, M. V., & E (2014). Wetland Surface Water Motion Due To Waving Vegetation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Variano, E. A., H.; Zhao, L. B., & M (2014). Tumbling in Turbulence: How much does particle shape effect particle motion. In American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Variano, E. M., & L.; Tse, I. (2014). Turbulent Diffusion of Droplets - Effect of Buoyancy. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Variano, E. Z., L.; Byron, M. B., G.; Tao, Y. A., & H (2014). Rotational response of suspended particles to turbulent flow; laboratory and numerical synthesis. In American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics meeting

2013

Lambert, R. A. V., & E. A (2013). Oil droplet collisions w ith marine snow : effect of manipulating droplet size. In AGU Fall meeting
Variano, E. (2013). Single-Camera 3D Droplet Tracking in Color. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013
Variano, E. A. ;. B., M. ; Meyer, C. R. ;. S., J. ; Tao, Y. B., & G (2013). Suspended Flocs and Grains in Turbulent Aquatic Environments: Settling and Rotation Rates. In AGU Fall meeting
Variano, E. M., L; Byron, M. A., R.; Tao, Y. ;. T., & I (2013). Natural Particles in Turbulent Aquatic Environments: When do they differ from fluid parcels?. In American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting