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BOURNS HALL
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521

Princevac, Marko

Associate Professor

Bourns College of Engineering

Mechanical Engineering


Biography

Marko Princevac received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at Arizona State in 2003 and his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture at the University of Belgrade, Serbia. At Arizona State University, he won recognition for his work with students, and received an Air & Waste Management Association scholarship. He has worked as an industrial laboratory and field supervisor in Mexico, and for the roller-bearing industry in Serbia. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the Air & Waste Management Association. Dr. Princevac is interested in fundamental and applied fluid mechanics research -- in particular, the application of fundamental turbulence concepts to studies in environmental flows. During his graduate studies and a short post-doctoral period afterward, he gained a strong background in laboratory and field experimental work. This helped him identify some physical phenomena and build simple physical (laboratory) models that can successfully explain complex field observations or a part thereof. He also has experience in developing idealized theoretical models to explain fluid dynamic processes. His approach has been to cross-fertilize field measurements with carefully designed laboratory experiments and simple theoretical analysis. His early research was focused on “engineering flows”, specifically ship’s propulsion and resistance. This research resulted in several polynomial models for the estimation of the power and resistance for the specific type of semi-displacement hull forms. In graduate school he focused his research on thermally driven environmental flows, motivated by tremendous air quality problems that are occurring in cities located in the areas of complex terrain. Currently, he is focusing on field experimental research on urban flows, specifically on urban dispersion (pollutants or toxic releases, industrial disasters or terrorist attacks) and parameterizations of turbulence within urban canyons. He plans to extend this to encompass numerical work, especially in the area of urban dispersion.

Former Institution

Arizona State University

Degrees

BSc Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture 1997

University of Belgrade, Serbia.

PhD Mechanical Engineering 2003

Arizona State

Awards

2009 Kipp and Zonen, Boundary Layer Meteorology Research Award
Air & Waste Management Association fellowship


Research Area

Fluid Mechanics

Publications

Princevac, M., J.C.R. Hunt, and H.J.S. Fernando, Quasi-Steady Katabatic Winds on Long Slopes and In Wide Valleys: Hydraulic Theory and Observations, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 65, 627-643, 2008.

Venkatram, A. and M. Princevac, Using measurements in urban areas to estimate turbulent velocities for modeling dispersion, Atmos. Environ., 42(16), 3833-3841, 2008.

Princevac, M. and H.J.S. Fernando, A Criterion for the Generation of Anabatic Flow, Physics of Fluids, 19(10), 105102, 2007.

Princevac, M. and A. Venkatram, Estimating Micrometeorological Inputs for Modeling Dispersion in Urban Areas during Stable Conditions, Atmospheric Environment, 41(26), 5345-5356, 2007.

Calhoun R, Heap R, Princevac M, Newsom R, Fernando H, and Ligon D: Virtual towers using coherent Doppler lidar during the Joint Urban 2003 dispersion experiment, Journal Of Applied Meteorology And Climatology 45(8): 1116-1126, 2006.

Lee, S.M., W. Giori, M. Princevac, and H.J.S. Fernando, “A Turbulence Parameterization For a Nocturnal PBL Over Complex Terrain”, Boundary Layer Meteo., 119(1): 109-134. APR 2006.

Princevac, M., H.J.S. Fernando, and C.D. Whiteman, Turbulent entrainment into natural gravity-driven flows, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 533, 259-268, 2005.

Princevac, M., H.J.S. Fernando, and C.D. Whiteman, “Turbulent entrainment into natural gravity-driven flows”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 533, 259-268, 2005.

Hunt, J.C.R., H.J.S. Fernando, and M. Princevac, Unsteady Thermally Driven Flows on Gentle Slopes, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 60, 2169-2182, 2003.

For additional information, please see Professor Princevac's faculty webpage.

http://www.engr.ucr.edu/~marko