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Amit Tandon, PhD
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Professor
SMAST / Estuarine & Ocean Sciences
Exploring the Upper Ocean: Tandon Laboratory at UMass Dartmouth
Contact
508-999-8357
508-999-9115
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School for Marine Science & Technology East, New Bedford 234
Contact
508-999-8357
508-999-9115
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School for Marine Science & Technology East, New Bedford 234
Education
| 1992 | Cornell University | PhD in Mechanical Engineering |
| 1990 | Cornell University | MS in Mechanical Engineering |
| 1987 | Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India | B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering |
Teaching
Programs
Programs
- Engineering and Applied Science PhD
- Intercampus Marine Science Programs MS, PhD
- Manufacturing
- Marine Science and Technology MS
- Marine Science and Technology PhD
- Mechanical Engineering BS, BS/MS
- Mechanical Engineering MS
- University of São Paulo Dual PhD PhD
Teaching
Courses
Investigations of a fundamental and/or applied nature representing an original contribution to the scholarly research literature of the field. PhD dissertations are often published in refereed journals or presented at major conferences. A written dissertation must be completed in accordance with the rules of the Graduate School and the College of Engineering. Admission to the course is based on successful completion of the PhD comprehensive examination and submission of a formal proposal endorsed by the student's graduate committee and submitted to the EAS Graduate Program Director.
Investigations of a fundamental and/or applied nature representing an original contribution to the scholarly research literature of the field. PhD dissertations are often published in refereed journals or presented at major conferences. A written dissertation must be completed in accordance with the rules of the Graduate School and the School for Marine Science and Technology. Admission to the course is based on successful completion of the PhD comprehensive examination and submission of a formal proposal endorsed by the student's graduate committee and submitted to the SMAST Graduate Program Director.
Thesis research on an experimental or theoretical project in mechanical engineering under a faculty advisor. A formal thesis must be submitted to fulfill the course requirements.
Thesis research on an experimental or theoretical project in mechanical engineering under a faculty advisor. A formal thesis must be submitted to fulfill the course requirements.
Research
Research activities
- 2018-2022: Collaborative research: Internal lee-wave dissipation in oceanic flows with mean shear, NSF, $173,686
- 2017-2021: Understanding the ocean-atmosphere coupling in the Northern Indian Ocean, ONR, $753,841
- 2016-2019: Competition between mixed-layer instabilities in shallow fronts at subtropical latitudes in the ocean, NSF, $223,297
Research
Research awards
- $76,551.00 Collaborative Research: Lee Waves and Sheared Mean Flow: Interactions and Impacts
Research
Research interests
- Fluid dynamics and heat transfer of the ocean, and the engineering tools needed to study them
- Oceanic sub-mesoscale frontal gradients and mesoscale eddies, and their role in setting up the circulation and the air-sea interaction
- Theory, simulations, and observational analysis of sub-mesoscale features in the ocean
Select publications
- SreeLekha, J., Buckley, J. M., Tandon, A., & Sengupta, D. (2018).
Subseasonal dispersal of freshwater in the northern Bay of Bengal in the 2013 summer monsoon season
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans - Karimpour, F., Tandon, A. and Mahadevan, A. (2018).
Sustenance of phytoplankton in the subpolar North Atlantic during winter
Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans - Sanjiv Ramachandran and Amit Tandon and nine others (2018).
Submesoscale Processes at Shallow Salinity Fronts in the Bay of Bengal: Observations during the Winter Monsoon
Journal of Physical Oceanography, 48, 479-509.
Dr. Tandon uses his knowledge of Fluid Mechanics and Physical Oceanography to address myriad of problems involving mixing processes in the upper ocean. He uses analytical and numerical modeling to address the importance of mixing and mixed layer processes for ocean circulation and climate. He has also supervised graduate students on basic experimental fluid mechanics projects. His research interests span from small- scale turbulence and oceanic mixed- layer processes, to sub-mesoscale frontal gradients and mesoscale eddies, and their role in setting up the large scale balances in the ocean.
His research publications have involved processes in oceanic mixed layers and submesoscale eddies, their role in water mass formation and parameterization of mesoscale processes for their direct impact on problems of climate interest. His peer reviewed publications have appeared in Journal of Physical Oceanography, Ocean Modelling, Science (Online), Deep Sea Research, Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Physica-D.