In the EFRE lab, students explore fundamental problems in environmental fluid mechanics and renewable energy.

They collect and analyze high frequency environmental data and work with models individually or in groups to solve real-world problems.

They have the opportunity to work as part of a research team that is focused on making detailed measurements in conjunction with simulating environmental flows in an effort to develop improved modeling capabilities to solve some of the most challenging problems facing society. 

By studying environmental processes and dynamics, students investigate how engineered systems feedback on the environment and develop fundamental understanding of complex Earth System dynamics. These processes can be distilled down to key functional variables and incorporated into models useful to engineers, planners and policy makers.