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The Johns Hopkins University
Department of Civil Engineering
Latrobe Hall 210
Baltimore, MD 21218-2682

Phone:  410-516-8680
Fax:  410-516-7473
Email:  civil@jhu.edu

Radiance in the Upper Ocean

Water waves and downwelling irradiance field showing the “swimming pool” light pattern in water.   Professor Shen’s group performs Navier-Stokes equation simulation for water motions and Monte Carlo simulation for photons to study forward and inverse modeling of radiative transfer in ocean. 

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Blair Johnson BS ‘08

Blair Johnson BS ‘08
Westgate Scholar

“Studying coastal engineering has allowed me to travel to some of the most amazing places all over the world.”

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