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Professor of Engineering
benoit.cushman.roisin@dartmouth.edu
Education
- BS, Engineering Physics, University of Liège (Belgium) 1978
- PhD, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics, Florida State University 1980
Research Interests
Environmental transport processes; environmental fluid mechanics; industrial ecology; sustainable design; energy efficiency
Current Research Projects
Teaching
- ENGS 37: Introduction to Environmental Engineering
- ENGS 41: Sustainability and Natural Resource Management
- ENGS 44: Sustainable Design
- ENGS 151: Environmental Fluid Mechanics
- ENGS 171: Industrial Ecology
Books
Physical Oceanography of the Adriatic Sea: Past, Present, and Future
Editors: Benoit Cushman-Roisin, Miroslav Gacic, Pierre-Marie Poulain, Antonio Artegiani
Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001
Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics: Physical and Numerical Aspects
Benoit Cushman-Roisin, Jean-Marie Beckers
Academic Press, 2011
Selected Publications
- Cushman-Roisin, B., 2008: "Beyond eddy diffusivity: An alternative model for turbulent dispersion," Env. Fluid Mech., 8, 543-549.
- Cushman-Roisin, B., and A. D. Jenkins, 2006: "On a non-local parameterization for shear turbulence and the uniqueness of its solutions," Boundary-Layer Meterorol., 118, 69-82.
- Cushman-Roisin, B., M. Gacie, P.-M. Poulain, and A. Artegiani, 2001:
- Cushman-Roisin, B., N.J. Rice, and M.A. Moldaver, 2000: "A simulation tool for Industrial Ecology," J. Industrial Ecology 3, 131-144.
- Esenkov, O. E., and B. Cushman-Roisin, 1999: "Modeling of two-layer eddies and coastal flows with a particle method," J. Geophys. Res, 104, 10959-10980.
Selected Patents
- Geometry of heat exchanger with high efficiency (9,134,072)
- Turbo-compressor-condenser-expander (8,578,733)
Professional Activities
- Editor-in-Chief (and Founding Editor), Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2000-present.
- Adjunct Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
- Co-organizer and co-convener of "Modelling of Oceanic Vortices" colloquium, Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam
News
Students advance in NASA competition
The Dartmouth
March 28, 2019Four Materials Illustrate Hazards Of Electronics Manufacturing
WisContext
August 15, 20172015’s Greenest Cities in America
WalletHub
October 14, 2015Dartmouth Engineering Professors Discuss Promising Technologies for the Environment
April 15, 2013Rev 7: The World’s First Removable, Biodegradable Gum?
The Huffington Post
October 15, 2011How Green Is My Wintergreen?
Slate
April 19, 2011Exhibit champions green design
The Dartmouth
January 26, 2010Green Houses
VOX of Dartmouth
April 3, 2006
In Dartmouth Engineer Magazine
150 Thayer Gifts to the World: Part 1
Web Extra, December 2017Just One Question: If you had a favorite professor, what made that teacher memorable?
Web Extra, December 2017Curriculum: Danish Foreign Exchange Program
Winter 2016Mastering Engineering Management
Fall 2014A Conversation with Professor Benoit Cushman-Roisin
Web Extra, May 2014Classroom: ENGS 37: Introduction to Environmental Engineering
Spring 2014The Business Case for Sustainability
Fall 2013Publications: Faculty Books
Winter 2012Classroom: Sustainable Communities
Summer 2008Investiture: Class of 2008
Summer 2008Classroom: Industrial Ecology
Spring/Summer 2007