LCDR Jeremy Bruch's Webpage
Department of Oceanography
United States Naval Academy
121 Blake RD
Annapolis, MD 21402
410-293-6566
Instruction
I currently lecture two different courses throughout the academic year.
SO 335 - Quantitative Methods in Meteorology and Oceanography
This course applies many of the concept the students have learned in their Calculus and Differential equation courses to applications in oceanography and meteorology. The course exposes students to products and datasets that are available in oceanography and meteorology and techniques for manipulating the data to arrive at a better quantitative understanding of the oceans and atmosphere.
SO 414 - Oceanic and Atmospheric processes
This course teaches the student the fundamental equations of motion governing the dynamics of quasi-horizontal, inviscid and viscous fluid flow on the rotating earth. Scale analysis of the basic hydrodynamic equations are used to identify forces responsible for motions of interest. Basic numerical modeling techniques for both oceanic and atmospheric processes are introduced.
Research
I am currently investigating various principles of dynamical systems and ultimately how they apply in quantifying the effects of mixing and transport in the ocean and atmosphere. Attached is a video showing the evolution of an unstable manifold in a cellular double gyre flow. The next step is to see if lobes exist in this system due to any nearby stable manifolds.
But of course, the main goal is to try to work these techniques with real data
My favorite links:
The website of a great friend and bright professor at the University of Glasgow. He is currently working on modeling nanowire growth, studying of mushy layers during alloy solidification and the modeling of fluid driven crack propagation.
2. Goddard Scientific Colloquium:
This is a wonderful program that NASA Goddard hosts. As a midshipman, I attended many of these lectures and saw many great scientists. Many of these talks are now online for our viewing pleasure.
3. Clay institute Millennium Problems:
If any of my students solve any of these problems, please just give me a mention at the awards ceremony.
4. National Committee for Fluid Mechanics Films
Although a bit dated, these videos are a fantastic collection of laboratory demonstrations of various fluid dynamics phenomena
More links to come ....