Mark Loewen, PhD, MSc, BSc, PEng

Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept

Pronouns: he/him

Contact

Professor, Faculty of Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering Dept
Email
mrloewen@ualberta.ca
Phone
(780) 492-3447
Address
7-289 Donadeo Innovation Centre For Engineering
9211 116 St
Edmonton AB
T6G 2H5

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Water Resources Engineering


About

Education

  • Ph.D. in Oceanographic Engineering, The Joint Program with Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 1986-1992
  • M.Sc. in Civil Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, 1983-1984
  • B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, 1979-1983

Professional Experience

  • 07/02 - present, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta
  • 09/99-06/02, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta
  • 07/98-07/99, Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography, University of Washington
  • 06/92-06/97, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
  • 01/92-05/92, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 09/86-12/91, Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 03/85-08/86, Construction Engineer, Chevron Canada Resources Ltd., Calgary, Alberta

Professional Affiliations

  • Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta
  • American Society for Engineering Education
  • American Geophysical Union
  • International Association of Hydraulic Research



Research

Research Interests

My general research interests include: River ice engineering, urban drainage and hydraulic engineering. My specific interests are in: freeze-up processes, frazil ice generation and evolution, water quality monitoring and modelling, and stormwater pond design and operation.

Research currently in progress

  • Field measurements of frazil ice properties
  • Field monitoring of anchor ice growth and release
  • Modelling of river ice processes
  • Field investigations of supercooling in rivers
  • Stormwater pond monitoring and modelling

Teaching

CIV E 330 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics

CIV E 439 Water Resources Engineering Design

CIV E 631 Engineering Fluid Mechanics

Courses

CIV E 330 - Introduction to Fluid Mechanics

Fluid properties; dimensional analysis; hydrostatics; fundamental equations of fluid motion; laminar, turbulent and inviscid flows; boundary layers and flow around immersed bodies; elementary building aerodynamics. Prerequisite: MATH 209. Corequisite: MATH 201.


CIV E 631 - Engineering Fluid Mechanics

Navier-Stokes equations and viscous flow. Turbulence and Reynolds equations. Potential flow. Boundary layers. Flow around bodies. Jets and wakes. Related Lab experiments.


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