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Maurer, Benjamin

Graduate Student Researcher (now graduated)

Degrees:

• B.S., University of California, San Diego
• B.A., University of California, San Diego
• M.S., University of California, San Diego
• Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Research Interests:

• Buoyancy-driven flow
• Boundary, Interfacial, and Intrusive Gravity Currents
• Internal Waves

Honors and Awards:

• Gordon Engineering Leadership Fellow Medal and Walter Zable Award, Jacobs School of Engineering, UC, San Diego (2010)
• Gordon Engineering Leadership Scholar, Jacobs School of Engineering, UC, San Diego (2009-11)
• Visiting Scholar, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (2007)
• California Sea Grant Trainee (2004-5)

Maurer, B. D., Bolster, D. T., and Linden, P. F. “Intrusive gravity currents between two stably stratified fluids”. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 647 , 53 – 69

Conti, S. G., Maurer, B. D., Drawbridge, M. A., and Demer, D. A. “Measurements of total scattering spectra of bocaccio rockfish (Sebastes paucispinis)”. Fisheries Bulletin. U.S., 105(1):153-157.

Conti, S. G. ,Roux, P, Fauvel, C, Maurer, B. D., and Demer, D. A. (2005) “Acoustical monitoring of fish density, behavior, and growth rate in a tank”. Aquaculture, 626590.

Conti, S. G., Maurer, B. D., Roux, P., Fauvel, C., Demer, D.A., and Waters, K.R., “Acoustical monitoring of fish behavior in a tank”, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 116, 2489.