Areas of Expertise/Interests Environmental fluid dynamics, Coastal and Offshore Engineering Hydraulics, Ecohydraulics, Physical Limnology, Surface Water Quality Modeling, Sediment Transport Specific research interests span the following areas: 1) Coupled physical and biogeochemical processes in inland and coastal waters 2) Pollutant dispersal and mixing: buoyant jets, plumes and gravity currents 3) Contaminated sediment management methods 4) Hydraulic Engineering through building with nature  5) Coastal hydrodynamics and sediment transport 6) Hydrodynamic impact loading on coastal and offshore strucutres

Email:   mijanur.chowdhury@utoronto.ca Google Scholar citation

Education and Research
Postdoctoral research in Environmental Fluid Dynamics, 2012-2015
Environmental Fluid Dynamics Group, University of Toronto, Canada

Ph. D. in Civil Engineering, Coastal and Environmental Hydraulics Focus, 2011
Flow Physics Group, Clemson University, SC, USA

M.S. in Mechatronics, Computer Graphics & Modeling Focus, 2007
Gwangju Institute of Science & Technology (GIST), South Korea

B.Sc. Engineering, Fluid Mechanics and Marine Hydrodynamics Focus, 2005
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka

Professional Appointments
Specialty Consultant (Hydrodynamic-Water Quality Modeler), 2016 - Present
Minnow Environmental Inc., Georgetown, ON, Canada

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Toronto, ON, Canada, 2012 - 2015
Research and Teaching Assistant,  Clemson University, SC, USA,  2008 - 2011
Research Assistant, GIST, South Korea, 2005 - 2007


Research Projects

Variability and environmental implications of diapycnal mixing in Lake Simcoe	Boundary layer turbulence and its role in differential food supply to benthic organisms in Lake Ontario
Gravity currents formed by outfall discharges in inland and coastal waters	Subaquous cohesive-sediment laden underflows in coastal dredging and disposal
Dynamics of mass (sediment) gravity flows	Applicability of oceanographic diapycnal mixing measurement methods in the Great Lakes

Publications  
Peer-reviewed articles    Presentations in scientific meetings/conferences/workshops