Mark Davidson 
Position
Associate Professor
Qualifications
BE (Civil) (Honours:1st), PhD (Canterbury)
Room
4th floor Civil Engineering building, room E446
Contact Details
Phone: +64 3 364 2410 (internal: 6410)
Fax: +64 3 364
2758
Email: mark.davidson@canterbury.ac.nz
Teaching
Wastewater Disposal, Environmental Hydraulics, Hydraulics and Fluid mechanics
Research and Publications
Please visit my research profile page for more extensive research information and a list of my recent publications.
Research brief
Environmental fluid mechanics; including the numerical and physical modeling of advection and dispersion phenomena, with particular reference to ocean outfall design. Other interests include unsteady friction effects in pipelines, inverse problems, non-intrusive measurement techniques (image processing) and the application of multimedia tools and information technology in engineering education.
Administrative Responsibilities
Department: Director of Undergraduate Studies
Professional Affiliations, Activities and Achievements (last 5 years):
- 2008 Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Award. Awarded by EWRI, a specialty organization within the ASCE.
- Member of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers
- Member of the International Association for Hydraulic Research
- Reviewer for
- Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE
- Atmospheric Environment
- Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Journal of Theoretical and Computational Fluid Mechanics