Contact
Professor, Faculty of Science - Physics
- bsuther@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-0573
- Address
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3-269 Centennial Ctr For Interdisciplinary SCS II
11335 Saskatchewan Drive NWEdmonton ABT6G 2H5
Overview
About
Biography
- BMath (1983-1987), Applied and Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo
- MSc Physics (1987-1988), Dept Physics, University of Toronto
- PhD Physics (1988-1994), Dept Physics, University of Toronto
- Research Associate (1995-1997), Dept Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics, U. Cambridge
- Asst/Assoc/Full Professor (1997-2007), Dept Mathematical & Statistical Sciences, U. Alberta
- Professor (2007-), Dept of Physics and of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, U. Alberta
Other Positions
- Director (2012-2018), Institute for Geophysical Research, U. Alberta
- Associate Editor (2014-2016), Physics of Fluids
- Editorial Committee Member (2015-2020), Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics
- Associate Editor (2016-), Physical Review Fluids
Awards
- McCalla Research Professorship (2006-2007)
- Killam Annual Professor (2010-2011)
- Gledden Visiting Senior Fellowship (2012)
- Churchill Overseas Fellowship (2012)
- Fellow of the American Physical Society (elected 2016)
Research
Interests
- atmospheric, oceanic and environmental fluid dynamics
- stratified flows, internal waves, plumes and gravity currents
- particle-bearing and particle-laden flows
Skills
- laboratory experiments, numerical simulations and mathematical theory
Climatological, Environmental and Industrial Applications
- particle transport in rivers and the ocean (clays and microplastics)
- collective particle settling and turbulent resuspension with impact upon off-shore oil and marine biology
- clay - plastic interactions including flocculation and diffusion-limited aggregation
- transport and mixing by oceanic internal waves
Lab - Environmental and Industrial Fluids Laboratory
3-257 CCIS
This interdisciplinary experimental laboratory brings together researchers in Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics, Physics, Engineering and Mathematics. Wide-ranging problems are studied from the Earth's circulation, to waves in the atmosphere and ocean, plumes, gravity currents, particle transport, percolation flows, viscous flows, etc.
Collaborator: Morris Flynn
Scholarly Activities
Research - Internal Gravity Waves, Stratified Flows
Research - Microplastic Transport, Dispersion, Sedimentation and Resuspension
Research - Plumes, Gravity Currents and Sediment Transport
Publications
The Evolution of Superharmonics Excited by Internal Tides in Non-uniform Stratification
Author(s): L.E. Baker and B.R. Sutherland
Publication Date:
5/20/2020
Publication: J. Fluid Mech.
Volume: 891
Page Numbers: R1:1-13
External Link: https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2020.188
Triad Resonant Instability of Horizontally Periodic Internal Modes
Author(s): B.R. Sutherland and Riley Jefferson
Publication Date:
3/19/2020
Publication: Phys. Rev. Fluids
Volume: 5
Page Numbers: 034801:1-20
External Link: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.034801
Particle Transport and Resuspension by Shoaling Internal Solitary Waves
Author(s): D. Deepwell, R. Sapede, L. Buchart, G.E. Swaters and B.R. Sutherland,
Publication Date:
2/9/2020
Publication: Phys. Rev. Fluids
Volume: 5
Page Numbers: 054303:1-21
External Link: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.064805
Damping of Surface Waves by Floating Particles
Author(s): B. R. Sutherland and N. J. Balmforth
Publication: Physical Review Fluids
Volume: 4
Particle-Bearing Currents in Uniform Density and Two-Layer Fluids
Author(s): B. R. Sutherland, M. K. Gingras, C. Knudson, L. Steverango and C. Surma
Publication: Physical Review Fluids
Volume: 3
Page Numbers: 023801:1-15
Lagrangian Transport by Vertically Confined Internal Gravity Wavepackets
Author(s): T. S. van den Bremer, H. Yassin and B. R. Sutherland
Publication: Journal of Fluid Mechanics