ALEXANDER PERLIN

Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL

Home address: 2850 NW Duchess Pl, Corvallis, OR 97330
Fax: +541-737-2064 ; Phone: +541-737-2990
E-mail: aperlin@coas.oregonstate.edu
Web: http://mixing.coas.oregonstate.edu/people/perlin
Born: May 15, 1969
Married + 2

EDUCATION

2000 Ph.D. in Coastal Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Faculty of Engineering, Dept. of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer.
Thesis title: Development of Some Aspects of a Global Sedimentological Transport Model at the Israeli Coast.
Research Supervisor: Prof. E. Kit

1993 M.Sc. (with distinction) in Ocean Engineering, Russian State Hydrometeorological University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Thesis title: A Zone-Averaged Model of Circulation and Thermohaline Structure of the Ocean Near the Antarctic Coast.
Research Supervisor: Prof. A. I. Danilov, Deputy Director of Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, Russia .

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Small-scale turbulence, boundary layers, upwelling circulation and coastal dynamics.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2003 - present: research associate at College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (COAS) at Oregon State University.
Research project: Small-scale processes in the coastal ocean.

2000 - 2003: research associate (postdoc) at College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences (COAS) at Oregon State University.
Research projects: Coastal Ocean and Shelf Transport (COAST) and Hawaii Ocean Mixing Experiment (HOME). Analysis of small-scale ocean turbulence and velocity data.

1998 - 2000: teaching assistant at Tel-Aviv University.
Taught courses: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Two-Phase Flow, Convection - Heat Transfer, Ocean Engineering, Engineering Testing and Measurements, Fluid and Heat Transfer Lab, Experimental & Numerical Laboratory in Thermal Design of Electronic Equipment.

1994 - 1998: research fellow at Tel-Aviv University.
Evaluated wave climate along the Israeli coast; developed turbulence closure model for wave-current bottom boundary layer and adapted it for apparent roughness computations; calculated apparent roughness maps for typical wave situations on the Israeli coast.

1995 - 1999: research scientist at Coastal and Marine Engineering Research Institute (CAMERI), Technion, Haifa.
Participated in beach protection projects founded by Israeli Ministry of Science and Port and Railway Authority; computed and diagnosed coastline evolution; created bathymetry data bank; calibrated and verified flow and sediment transport models; adapted 3-D CAMERI flow model for calculation of currents and sediment transport in the presence of waves.

FIELD EXPERIENCE

July - August 2006: R/V Oceanus. Shallow Water Experiment.
May 2006: R/V Point Sur. River Influences on Shelf Experiment.
March 2006: R/V Elakha. Non Linear Internal Waves – Technical cruise.
August 2005: R/V Point Sur. River Influences on Shelf Experiment.
July 2004: R/V Point Sur. River Influences on Shelf Experiment.
February 2004: R/V Point Sur. River Influences on Shelf Experiment.
April 2003: R/V Wecoma. Newport Hydroline Experiment.
January - February 2003: R/V Roger Revelle. Coastal Ocean Advances in Shelf Transport.
October - November 2002: R/V Wecoma. Hawaii Ocean Mixing Experiment.
August 2001: R/V Thomas G. Thompson. Coastal Ocean Advances in Shelf Transport.
May - June 2001: R/V Thomas G. Thompson. Coastal Ocean Advances in Shelf Transport.
March 2001: R/V Thomas G. Thompson. Coastal Ocean Advances in Shelf Transport.
November - December 2000: R/V Wecoma. Hawaii Ocean Mixing Experiment.
December 1990 - April 1991: R/V Professor Sergey Dorofeev. XVI Scientific Atlantic Expedition.
July 1990: R/V Professor Sergey Dorofeev. Student practice cruise.

AWARDS AND HONORS

1987, 1989-1993: Special State Scholarship for outstanding students (Russian State Hydrometeorological University).
1993: Summa Cum Laude Diploma (Russian State Hydrometeorological University).
1994: Four Years Research Scholarship of Gutwirth Foundation (Tel-Aviv University).
1996: Scholarship of Magbit Foundation (Tel-Aviv University).
2000: Schwarz Memorial Scholarship (Tel-Aviv University).