RESEARCH INTERESTS

Numerical methods in computational fluid dynamics.

Application of high order methods to geophysical fluid dynamics.

Parallel computations.

Pollutant and sediment transport.

EDUCATION

PhD May 91
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-3501.
Field: Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Major Subject: Hydraulics, Concentration in coastal engineering.
Minor Subject: Applied Mathematics.

Master of Science in Civil Engineering Aug 87
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-3501.

Bachelor of Civil Engineering Jun 84
American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Associate Research Professor Sep 00-Present
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami FL 33149-1098.

Assistant Research Professor Oct 91-Sep 00
Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0231.
Responsible for developing, implementing, coding and testing a spectral finite element solution of the primitive equations governing ocean circulation.
Associate member of the graduate program in Physical Oceanography.
Taught ``Dynamical Oceanography''.
Supervised the research of undergraduate and graduate students, and post-doctoral associates.

Visiting Scientist Jul 95
Instituto Per Lo Studio Delle Metodologie Geofisiche Ambiantali, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Via Emilia Est 770, 41100 Modena Italy.
Helped Italian colleagues set up the spectral element model for a Mediterranean application and an atmospheric study.

Lecturer and Post-doctoral Associate Jan 91-Aug 91
School of Civil Engineering, Cornell University.
Taught ``Coastal Engineering'' to graduate and undergraduate students. Prepared video animation of numerical simulation of various wave phenomena. Studied the influence of the lateral walls on the mass transport generated by a progressive wave in a rectangular wave tank.

Research Assistant Jun 87-Dec 90
School of Civil Engineering, Cornell University.
Conducted research on mass transport in water waves. Work involved the design and implementation of numerical algorithms to solve PDE's of the Navier-Stokes type.
Devised a spectral scheme with Fourier and Chebyshev functions to solve velocity-vorticity formulation of 3D Navier-Stokes equations. The IBM3090 supercomputer of the Cornell National Supercomputer Facility was used to run the code. Mar 90-Dec 90
Developed numerical solutions to streamfunction-vorticity formulation of mass transport equations. The scheme was based on a spectral method for a periodic mass transport, and on a finite element method otherwise. Also, wrote a code to generate a triangular finite element mesh using conformal mapping and the boundary element method. Jan 88-Mar 90
Studied hydrodynamic loading on multiple submerged structures with vertical sections. I implemented a boundary element scheme to solve the 3D Laplace equation using a 1D discretization of the geometry only. Jun 87-Jan 88
Applied the parabolic approximation to investigate the interaction between a steady current and a shoaling wave. Oct 86-Jun 87

Teaching Assistant Aug 86-May 87
School of Civil Engineering, Cornell University.
``Introduction to Fluid mechanics'' and ``Hydraulic Engineering''. Conducted weekly recitations, graded homework sets, lab reports, and provided individual tutoring during office hours. Also, supervised students in biweekly lab sessions.

TEACHING

Co-lecturer on Dynamical Oceanography (16:712:601), IMCS, Rutgers U.

Co-lecturer on Coastal Engineering, SCEE, Cornell U.

ADVISING

Byoung-Ju Choi, graduate student, IMCS, Rutgers U. Aug 99-Present

Julia Levin, post-doctoral associate, IMCS, Rutgers U. Nov 95-Present

Enrique Curchitser, doctoral student, IMCS, Rutgers U. Oct 93-Jul 99

Junshan Su, post-doctoral fellow, IMCS, Rutgers U. Dec 97-Dec 98

Anne Molcard, doctoral student, IMGA-CNR, Modena, Italy. Nov 94-May 98

Rowan Hughes, post-doctoral fellow, IMCS, Rutgers U. Jan 94-Jan 95

Gabriel Vecci, undergraduate, Rutgers U. Jun 93-Aug 93
recipient of outstanding undergraduate student award, IMCS.

EXTERNAL COLLABORATION

Craig C. Douglas, Kentucky University, Lexington, KY Jun 98-Present
High performance multiscale ocean modeling.

Omar Knio, The John-Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD Mar 98-Present
Efficient simulations of very low froude number flows.

Olivier Le Maître, Université d'Évry Val d'Essonne, Évry, France Mar 98-Present
Efficient simulations of very low froude number flows.

Chris A. Edwards, U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Dec 97-Present
Multi-scale global oceanic simulations in support of U.S. GLOBEC West-Coast.

Daniel Lynch, Dartmouth, Hanover, NH Jul 96-Present
Coupling of basin and coastal scales models in Georges Bank.

Beth Wingate, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM. Jul 96-Dec 96 Development of spectral filters and triangular elements for the spectral element ocean model.

Nadia Pinardi, IMGA-CNR, Modena, Italy. Nov 94-May 98
Reduced gravity simulation of the wind-driven circulation in the Mediterranean Sea.

Mark Taylor, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder CO. Oct 93-Oct 95 Adaption of a spectral element model for atmospheric application.

Rowan Hughes, Department of Earth Sciences, MIT, Cambridge MA. Jan 94-Jan 96
Global oceanic simulation using the spectral element ocean model.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

E. N. Curchitser, D. B. Haidvogel, and M. Iskandarani, ``On the transient adjustment of a mid-latitude abyssal ocean basin with realistic geometry and bathymetry'', Journal of Physical Oceanography, 31, No 3, (2001).

O. Le Maître, J. Levin, M. Iskandarani, and O. M. Knio, ``Multiple scales enhancement of a spectral element ocean model. I. Formulation and 1D tests'', Journal of Computational Physics, 166, No. 1, p. 115-161, (2001).

C.C. Douglas, J. Hu, M. Iskandarani, M. Kowarschik, U. Rüde, and C. Weiss, Maximizing cache memory usage for multigrid algorithms, Multiphase Flows and Transport in Porous Media: State of the Art, editors: Z. Chen, R.E. Ewing and Z.-C. Shi, Springer, Berlin, pp 124-137, 2000.

C. C. Douglas and J. Hu and M. Iskandarani", Preprocessing costs of cache based multigrid", Proceeding of ENUMATH99: Third European Conference on Numerical Methods for Advanced Applications, editors: P. Neittaanmaki et al, World Scientific, Singapore, 2000.

J. G. Levin, M. Iskandarani, and D. B. Haidvogel, ``A nonconforming spectral element ocean model'', International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 34, No 6, pp 495-525, (2000).

E. N. Curchitser, D. B. Haidvogel, and M. Iskandarani, ``On the transient adjustment of a mid-latitude abyssal ocean basin with realistic geometry: the constant depth limit'', Dynamics of Atmosphere and Oceans, 29, No 2-4, 147, (1999).

E. N. Curchitser, M. Iskandarani, and D. B. Haidvogel, ``A spectral element solution of the shallow water equations on multiprocessor computers'', Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanographic Technology , 15 No 2, 510-521, (1998).

C. Wunsch, D. B. Haidvogel, M. Iskandarani, and R. Hughes ``Dynamics of the long-period tides'', Prog. Oceanog., 40, 81-108 (1997).

J. Levin, M. Iskandarani, and D. B. Haidvogel, ``A spectral filtering procedure for eddy resolving simulations with a spectral element ocean model'', Journal of Computational Physics, 137 No 1, 130 (1997).

M. Taylor, J. Tribbia, and M. Iskandarani, ``The spectral element method for the shallow water equations on the sphere'', Journal of Computational Physics, 130 No. 1, 92 (1997).

D.B. Haidvogel, E.N. Curchitser, M. Iskandarani, R. Hughes, and M. Taylor, ``Global modeling of the ocean and atmosphere using the spectral element method'', Atmosphere-Ocean , 35 No 1, 505-531, (1997)

M. Iskandarani, D.B. Haidvogel and J.P. Boyd, ``A staggered spectral element model for the shallow water equations'', International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids , 20, No. 5, 393-414, (1995).

M. Iskandarani, and P. L-F. Liu, ``Mass transport in a wave tank'', Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, ASCE , 119, No. 1, 88-104, (1991).

M. Iskandarani and P. L-F. Liu, ``Mass transport in three dimensional water-waves'', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 231, 417-437, (1991).

M. Iskandarani, and P. L-F. Liu, ``Mass transport in two-dimensional water-waves'', Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 231, 395-415, (1991).

P. L-F. Liu, and M. Iskandarani, ``Scattering of short wave groups by a submerged horizontal plate'', Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, ASCE , 117, No. 3, 235-246, (1991).

P. L-F. Liu, and M. Iskandarani, ``Hydrodynamic wave forces on submerged horizontal plates'', Proceedings of the 23^rd Congress of the International Association for Hydraulic Research, Ottawa Canada, (1989).

Iskandarani, M. and P. L-F. Liu, ``Multiple scattering of surface water-waves and wave forces on cylinder arrays'', Applied Ocean Research, 10, No. 4, 170-180, (1988).

ARTICLES IN PRESS

C.C. Douglas, G. Haase and M. Iskandarani, High performance multi-layer ocean modeling", Proceedings of the First MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, ed. K. Bathe et al, Elsevier Sciences, Amsterdam,, 2001.

ARTICLES SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION

M. Iskandarani, D. B. Haidvogel, and J. Levin, ``A Three-Dimensional Spectral Element Model for the Solution of the Hydrostatic Primitive Equations'', submitted to Journal of Computational Physics.

C.C. Douglas, G. Haase, and M. Iskandarani, ``An additive schwarz preconditioner for the spectral element ocean model formulation of the shallow water equations'', submitted to ETNA.

REPORTS

M. Iskandarani, D. B. Haidvogel, E. N. Curchitser, ``Parallel Implementation of a Spectral Element Ocean Model'', CRAY report.

SEMINARS AND PRESENTATIONS

``Spectral Elements in Ocean Modeling'', Finite Element Modeling Workshop, Chantilly, VA Dec 01.

``Advection Schemes for HYCOM'', 2^nd HYCOM meeting, Stennis Space Center, Nov 01.

``Overview of Ocean Modeling Using Spectral Elements'' Tenth Copper Mountain Conference on Multigrid Methods, Copper Mountain CO, Apr 01.

``High Performance Multiscale Ocean Modeling'', Center for Computational Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY, Oct 00.

``A layered spectral element ocean model'', Layered Ocean Model Users' Workshop, RSMAS University of Miami, Miami FL, Feb 00.

``Multi-Scale Pressure Formulation for the Shallow Water Equations'', Environmental Fluid Mechanics Seminar, The Johns-Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, Dec 99.

``Coupled-Modeling of the North Atlantic/Gulf of Maine System'', U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Scientific Investigators' Meeting, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Canada, March 98.

``Global simulation with the spectral element ocean model'', Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Yokosuka, Japan, Feb 98.

``Coupled-Modeling of the North Atlantic/Gulf of Maine System'', U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Scientific Investigators' Meeting, Woods Hole, Jul 97.

``A diagnostic simulation in the north Atlantic basin using the spectral element ocean model'', Fourth DAMEE-NAB Information Exchange Meeting, Stennis Space Center, MS, March 97.

``Parallel performance of a spectral element ocean model'', First International Workshop on Software Engineering and Code Design in Parallel Meteorological and Oceanographic Applications, Semi-Ah-Mooh, WA, Nov 96.

``Recent Developments in Spectral Element Ocean Modeling'' 1996 Annual Meeting of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Kansas City, MO, July 96.

``Ocean Circulation Modelling on Unstructured Finite Element Grids: Case Studies from the North-Atlantic and Pacific Oceans''. XXI General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, The Hague, The Netherlands, May 96.

``Towards An Eddy Resolving North Atlantic Ocean Model'' Third DAMEE-NAB Information Exchange Meeting, Miami, FL, March 96.

``Two-dimensional simulations of atmospheric and oceanic flows with the spectral element ocean model''. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Johns-Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, Dec 95.

``Development and applications of a spectral element model to basin-scale ocean circulation'', Department of Mathematics, American University of Beirut, Beirut-Lebanon, August 95.

``The spectral element ocean model with application''. GLOBEC International Numerical Modelling Working Group, Nantes, France, Jul 95.

``The spectral element ocean model with application''. Istituto Per Lo Studio Delle Metodologie Geofisiche Ambientali, Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche, Modena-Italy, Jul 95.

``Basin-scale ocean simulations using the spectral element method'', (poster), The High Latitude Ocean Atmosphere Ice Interactions Models and Measurements a Workshop, University of Alaska, Fairbanks AL, Jul 94.

``Abyssal circulation in the eastern Mediterranean sea, effects of mass sources and basin geometry'', (poster), XIX General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society, Grenoble France, Apr 94.

``An inverted shallow water model of the abyssal circulation in the Eastern Mediterranean'', Ocean Science Meeting, San Diego CA, Feb 94.

``Spectral element model for Basin-scale ocean circulation'', Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers U., New Brunswick NJ, Jan 94.

``A staggered spectral element model for the shallow water equations'', Center for Ocean and Atmosphere Modeling, Stennis Space Center MS, Oct. 1993.

``Ocean circulation modeling with the spectral element model'', National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder CO, Jul 93.

CURRENT SUPPORT

Unified Treatment of Multi-Scale Ocean Modeling Using Finite Element Methods.
Office Of Naval Research.
$ 193,888. Oct 99-Sep 01

High-Performance Multi-Scale Ocean Modeling.
National Science Foundation.
$ 229,753. Jun 98-May 01

USGLOBEC: remote physical forcing on Georges Bank. National Science Foundation.
$ 178,410. Jul 96-Aug 00

Numerical and Theoretical Analysis of Shallow Water Flow with Application to the Global Oceanic Circulation. National Science Foundation.
$ 133,931. Mar 98-Feb 01

Development of a basin-scale modeling capability for the North Atlantic Ocean. Office of Naval Research, grant 4-2 8416.
Amount received up to Oct 94: $ 223,225. Oct 92-Dec 98

T3D ocean modeling using the spectral element method. Cray Research Inc.
$ 84,682. Jan 94-Dec 95

Development of a Three-Dimensional spectral element ocean model. Cornell Theory Center, Smart Node Block Grant.
100 units of computing units at the Cornell Theory Center. Dec 95-Dec 96

Application of a spectral element ocean model to the oceanic circulation in the North Atlantic basin. MetaCenter Allocations Program, National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
5,000 hours of computing units at a National Supercomputing Center. May 96-May 97