Dr. Vasconcelos is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Civil Engineering in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University since January 2010. Dr. Vasconcelos taught previously for 3.5 years at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Brasilia, and had 7 years of consulting and working experience in waterworks and infra-structure companies. He obtained his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the Department Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan in 2005.

Dr. Vasconcelos publication record includes twelve peer-reviewed journal articles, thirteen book chapters in monographs and over 30 conference papers in the area of water resources engineering, water distribution systems, stormwater hydraulics and numerical methods. Currently he serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Co-Editor for the monograph series published by Computational Hydraulics International, and as reviewer with various journals, including Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (ASCE), Journal of Hydraulic Research (IAHR), Journal of Engineering Mechanics (ASCE), Journal of Fluid Engineering (ASME) Revista Brasileira de Recursos Hidricos (ABRH) and Advances in Engineering Software Journal (Elsevier).

- Carmen Chosie, M.S. student (mfm0007 at auburn.edu)

- Tom Hatcher, Ph.D. student (tmh0019 at auburn.edu)

The focus Tom's research is on the description of inviscid Boussinesq gravity currents. A 30 ft long, 8 ft wide scale model of Mobile Bay was constructed to investigate exchange flows in estuaries with and without dispersed oil. In addition, the rectangular channel in this scale model is utilized to perform lock-exchange experiments. These results are compared with various numerical modeling approaches, including in-house models based on one and two layer shallow water equations (SWE) implemented with the finite volume method and various linear and nonlinear schemes. Future studies will focus on extending these SWE models and implementing high resolution CFD models.

- Mitchell Moore, Ph.D. student (mfm0007 at auburn.edu)

- Kyle Moynihan, M.S. student (kpm0001 at auburn.edu)

Kyle’s research is directed toward hydrological studies involving free surface and groundwater flows, including the interaction between these two compartments. The field investigation he's involved aims to propose alternatives to water resources development in a site owned by the Alabama Chapters of the Associated General Contractors of America in Pittsview, AL. Field measurements include precipitation, infiltration, pressure, stream flows, temperature and wind speed/direction which in turn will help to determine the existing water budget for the study site.  Numerical tools such as NRCS WinPond will help in the design of a series of ponds proposed to the site.

- Bernardo C. Trindade, M.S., engineer at Bechtel - Houston, TX

- Gabriel M. Leite, M.S.

- Davi T. B. Marwell, M.Sc., engineer at National Integration Ministry, Federal Government, Brazil

- Francisca D. G. Lima, M.Sc., Lecturer at Catholic University of Brasilia, Brazil