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GIBSON, CARL

Professor of Engineering Physics/Oceanography

Degrees:

• B.S., University of Wisconsin
• M.S., University of Wisconsin
• Ph.D., Stanford University

Research Interests:

• Development of fossil turbulence theory.
• Analysis of towed microstructure data.
• Fluid dynamics of hot/cold/fresh water discharges into the coastal ocean.
• Studies of mixed layer development and oceanic diffusive phenomena by towed small-scale sensors.
• Theory of turbulent mixing.
• Measurement of fluxes of heat, momentum, and moisture over the open ocean from FLIP and aircraft.
• Theory and laboratory measurements of turbulent properties.
• Laboratory studies of stratified turbulence.
• Theoretical and experimental study of beamed zombie turbulence maser action mixing chimney mechanism of vertical transport of information and hydrophysical fields in the ocean and in astrophysical systems.
• Big bang turbulence theory. Hydrogravitational dynamics. New cosmology.

Courses Recently Taught:

• SIO 87: Freshman Seminar
• SIO87: Freshman Seminar

Honors and Awards:

• Gold Medal of the International Eurasian Academy of Sciences (IEAS) for Prominent Scientific Achievements, 2007
• Elected Life Fellow of Bangladesh Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2002
• Academician, US Vice President: International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, 1998-date
• Elected US Vice President IEAS, 1998
• Diploma of Academician of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, 1995
• Elected Fellow, APS, 1975
• John Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 1973-1974
• AEC Fellow, 1958

Mentoring:

• Kashyap, Dhritiman (Masters; 2007-)
• Lashinsky, Matt (Masters; 2007-)
• Garcia, Darwin (Graduate; 2002-2008)
• Murfin, David (Masters; 2002-2002)
• Sluder, Robin (Graduate; 2002-2008)
• Leung, Pak Tao (Masters; 2000-2002)
• Tian, Baijun (Graduate; 1996-2002)
• Wilcox, Eric (Graduate; 1996-2002)

Gibson, C. H., "Dark matter formation at Schwarz scales: primordial fog particles and WIMP superhalos", The Identification of Dark Matter, N. J. C. Spooner, Ed., World Scientific, NJ, (1997) 114-119 (6 pages).

Thomas, W. H., C. T. Tynan, and C. H. Gibson, "Turbulence-phytoplankton Interrelationships," Chapter 5, Progress in Phycological Research, Vol. 12, F. E. Round, D. J. Chapman, Eds., pp. 283-324 (1997). [Book Chapter]

Gibson, C. H., "Dark Matter at Viscous-Gravitational Schwarz scales: Theory and Observations", Dark Matter in Astro- and Particle Physics, H. V. Klapdor-Kleingrothaus and Y. Ramachers, Eds., World Scientific, pp. 409-416 (1997). astro-ph/9904284 [Book Chapter]

Gibson, C. H., "A Fluid Mechanical Explanation of Dark Matter", Sources and Detection of Dark Matter in the Universe, D. Cline, Ed., Elsevier, North Holland, pp. 409-411 (1998). astro-ph/9904317 [Book Chapter]

Gibson, C. H., “Intermittency of Internal Wave Shear and Turbulence Dissipation”, Physical Processes in Lakes & Oceans, Coastal & Estuarine Studies, Vol. 54, J. Imberger, Ed., AGU, Washington, DC, pp. 363-376 (1998). astro-ph/9904330 [Conference Proceeding]

Gibson, C. H., "Fossil Turbulence Revisited", Journal of Marine Systems, Vol. 21, Nos. 1-4, pp. 147-167 (1999). astro-ph/9904237 [Journal Article]

Gibson, C. H., "Laboratory and Ocean Studies of Phytoplankton Response to Fossil Turbulence", Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 31, pp. 295-306 (2000). [Journal Article]

Gibson, C. H., "Turbulent Mixing, Diffusion and Gravity in the Formation of Cosmological Structures: The Fluid Mechanics of Dark Matter", Proceedings of the 3rd ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference, FED-Vol. 248, Turbulent Mixing and Diffusion, S-293-01 Geophysical Flows, FEDS99-7751 (1999). astro-ph/9904230 [Conference Proceeding]

Gibson, C. H., "A New Theory of Gravitational Structure Formation in Cosmology", The Discovery of a New Universe, Gakken Mook, pp. 129-144 (1999). [Book Chapter]

Gibson, C. H., "Turbulent Mixing, Diffusion and Gravity in the Formation of Cosmological Structures: The Fluid Mechanics of Dark Matter", Journal of Fluids Engineering, 122, pp. 830-835 (2000). astro-ph/0003352/published [Journal Article]

Gibson, C. H., "Fossils of Turbulence and Non-turbulence in the Primordial Universe: The Fluid Mechanics of Dark Matter", 8th European Turbulence Conference, Barcelona, Spain (June 26-29, 2000). astro-ph/0002381/published [Conference Proceeding]

Gibson, C. H., "Turbulence and Diffusion: Fossil Turbulence", Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, MS 138, John Steele, Steve Thorpe, and Karl Terekian, Eds., Academic Press, pp. 1096-1103 (2001). astro-ph/0003147/published [Book Chapter]

Gibson, C. H., "Turbulence and Mixing in the Early Universe", Keynote paper, 4th. International conference on Mechanical Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp.1-9 (Dec. 26-28, 2001). astro-ph/0110122/published [Conference Proceeding]

Gibson, C. H., "Turbulence, Turbulent Mixing, and Gravitational Structure Formation in the Early Universe", Keynote paper, BSME-ASME Conference on Thermal Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh, pp.1-12 (Dec. 31, 2001-Jan. 2, 2002). astro-ph/0110248/published [Conference Proceeding]

Gibson, C. H., P. A. Libby, and S. Sarkar, "Charles William Van Atta", Physics Today Obituary, (May 2002). [Journal Article]

Leung, P-T. and C. H. Gibson, “Turbulence and Fossil Turbulence in Oceans and Lakes”, Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 22, pp.1–23 (January 2004). astro-ph/0110248/published [FROM C.23, Journal Article]

Gibson, C. H., “The First Turbulence and First Fossil Turbulence”, Flow: Turbulence and Combustion 72, pp.161–179 (2004). astro-ph/0101061/published [FROM C.17, Journal Article]

Gibson, C. H., “Planck-Kerr Turbulence”, Gravitation, Cosmology and Relativistic Astrophysics - A Collection of Papers from Conference June 23-27, 2003, Aleksandrov, V. Yu, P. I. Fomin, et al. (9) Editors, Kharkhov National University (2004). astro-ph/ 0304441/published [Conference Proceeding]

Wolk, F., H. Prandke, and C. H. Gibson, “Turbulence Instruments Measure Anthropogenic Effects in Coastal Ocean Waters”, Sea Technology 45(8), p. 47 (2004). [Journal Article]

Gibson, C. H., “The First Turbulent Combustion”, Combustion Science and Technology, 177: pp.1049–1071 (2005). astro-ph/0501416/published [Journal Article]

Keeler, R. N., V. G. Bondur, and C. H. Gibson, “Optical Satellite Imagery Detection of Internal Wave Effects from a Submerged Turbulent Outfall in the Stratified Ocean”, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, L12610 (2005). [Journal Article]

Gibson, C. H., “Turbulence”, update of article in Encyclopedia of Physics, R. G. Lerner and G. L. Trigg, Eds., Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Inc., pp.1310-1314 (2006). [Encyclopedia Article]

Gibson, C. H., Bondur, V. G., Keeler, R. N. and Leung, P. T., Remote sensing of submerged oceanic turbulence and fossil turbulence, International Journal of Dynamics of Fluids, Vol. 2, No. 2, 171-212 (2006). [PREVIOUS C.22]

Gibson, C. H., Cold dark matter cosmology conflicts with fluid mechanics and observations, J. Applied Fluid Mech., Vol. 1, No. 2, 1-8, (2008), arXiv: astro-ph/0606073.

Gibson, C. H., Bondur, V. G., Keeler, R. N. and Leung, P. T., Energetics of the beamed zombie turbulence maser action mechanism for remote detection of submerged oceanic turbulence, J. Applied Fluid Mech., Vol. 1, No. 1, 11-42 (2008).

Gibson, C. H. and Schild, R. E., Hydro-Gravitational-Dynamics of Planets and Dark Energy, J. Applied Fluid Mech., [IN PRESS, on line 2008, Vol. 2(1), 2009]

Gibson, C. H., Hydro-Gravitational-Dynamics Interpretation of the Tadpole VV29 Merging Galaxy System: Young Star Clusters Reveal the Galaxy Dark Matter, Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, (2008). [ACCEPTED]