Head of the Laboratory
Dr. Yaron Toledo
Senior Lecturer
Tel: +972-(0)3-640-6361, E-mail: toledo@tau.ac.il
Present research topic:
Field measurements of water waves and currents
Measurement techniques:
HF Radars, X-band radars, Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Wave-gauges, Sonic Wave Sensors
Laboratory Research Engineers
Dr. Andrey Zavadsky
Tel.: 972-3-640-7574, Cell phone: 972-546795987
E-mail: andrei.zavadsky@gmail.com
2017 – 2020 Research topic:
Field measurements of water waves and currents
Measurement techniques:
HF Radars, X-band radars, Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), Wave-gauges, Sonic Wave Sensors
Dr. Sara Nauri
Tel.: 972-3-640-7574, Cell phone: 972-549729192
E-mail: saricka@gmail.com, saranauri@tauex.tau.ac.il
2017 – 2019 Research topic:
Field measurements of water waves and currents
Measurement techniques:
HF Radars, X-band radars, Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Gali Hendin
Tel.: 972-3-640-7326, Cell phone: 972-544308489
E-mail: galihendin@post.tau.ac.il
2016 – 2018 Research topic:
Theoretical study of boundary layer flow and lateral instabilities, air flow above ocean waves, waves and currents flow above ocean bottom.
Dr. Brenda Quinn
2014 – 2016 Research topic:
Wave interaction with shearing currents
Students
Teodor Vrećica
Ph.D. student (sole adviser)
E-mail: vrecica@gmail.com
He moved from Serbia to Tel Aviv Israel to do PhD in nonlinear wave physics. He studied water engineering at the University of Belgrade, where he obtained both Bachelor and Master Degrees. As he was always interested in theoretical aspects of fluid mechanics moving on to a PhD was a natural step. The focus of his work is on nonlinear triad interactions. It also involves study of infragravity waves, data analysis, general nonlinear wave theory and wave-current interaction processes.
2013 – 2019 Ph.D. subject:
Nonlinear source terms for wave action equation models
Rotem Soffer
Ph.D. student (co-supervisor: Prof. Eliezer Kit)
Tel.: 972-3-640-7326
E-mail: rotemsof@mail.tau.ac.il
Education:
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, 2015.
M.Sc. thesis: Liquefaction due to severe storms and pipeline floatation in the Israeli coast
BSc Civil Engineering, majTechnion, 2007. Concentration in structural engineering.
Research interests:
Advanced data processing of field measurements taken by ADCP, wave rider buoys, and pressure gauges.
Infra-gravity wave propagation and evolution.
2016 - PhD subject:
Wave and currents measurement methodology advancements and their implementation in the East Med. Sea
Yuval Yevnin
Ph.D. student (sole adviser)
email: yuval.yevnin@gmail.com
Education:
BSc Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, 2012
Grants:
The Naomi Foundation and The TAU Global Research & Training Fellowship for international collaboration
Research interests:
Numerical wave forecasting models
Water wave interactions with each other and their surroundings
2015 – 2017 MSc subject:
A reflection source term for wave action equation models
2017 – 2019 PhD subject:
Bottom Reflection Source Term for the Wave Action Equation
Pavel Chernyshov
Ph.D. student (sole adviser)
email: pavelc@mail.tau.ac.il, pavel.v.chernyshov@gmail.com
Research interests:
Field measurements of water waves and currents with the X-band radar
Measurement techniques:
X-band radars, Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), pressure cells, wave-gauge
2015 - PhD subject:
X-band radar measurements of waves and currents in the nearshore environment
Dr. David M. Kouskoulas
Ph.D student (sole adviser)
Email: dkouskoulas@gmail.com
He received his B.S. and Masters of Mechanical Engineering from Boston University. Upon completion of his master’s degree he was employed as an Acoustics engineer at AECOM in Ontario, Canada.
He immigrated to Israel in 2013 and joined the MEP laboratory at Tel Aviv University in 2015. His research is focused primarily on advancing the mathematical modeling of wave-current fields. In particular, the effects of multi-valued and anisotropic wave-current dispersion on nonlinear wave-current interactions.
The practical applications of the research include climate modeling, radar imaging, sediment transport, and the analysis of structural loads on coastal and offshore structures.
His scientific interests outside of Marine engineering include physical acoustics, architectural acoustics and mechanical vibrations.
2014 – 2020 Ph.D. subject:
On the mathematical theory of water waves and current
Oshrat Klein
Ph.D. Student (sole adviser)
E-mail: Oshratklein@mail.tau.ac.il
Education:
BSc. at Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, 2016.
2016-2019 M.Sc subject:
Surface gravity waves on a viscous fluid and vertically shearing flows
2019- Ph.D. subject:
Surface gravity waves on a viscous fluid and vertically shearing flows: measurements and modelling
Nir Haim
Ph.D. Student (sole adviser)
E-mail: nirhaim2@gmail.com
2018 – Ph.D. subject:
Wave and current modeling and measurements in the East Med. Sea
Eyal Ginzburg
M.Sc. Student (co-supervisor: Prof. Lev Shemer)
E-mail: eyalg86@gmail.com
2015-2018 M.Sc. subject:
Laboratory measurements of wave-current interactions
Shir Chorev
M.Sc. Student (sole adviser)
E-mail:
2019 – M.Sc. subject:
Forecasting the significant wave height of sea waves with machine learning models
Giora Hason
M.Sc. Student (sole adviser)
2020 - M.Sc. subject:
Wave and current measurements and forecasting using HF-radars