Eric Adams

Phone: 617 253-6595

MIT Sea Grant Associate Director for Research
Senior Lecturer, Senior Research Engineer
Director of Master of Engineering Program, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

MIT Sea Grant

Current MIT Sea Grant Project
Innovative uses of a power plant’s thermal discharge: destratifying the Charles River Basin

Research Interests
Dr. Adams areas of interest are environmental fluid mechanics, physical and mathematical modeling of pollutant transport and mixing, and the design and environmental evaluation of effluent disposal systems. His recent work has focused on multi-phase plumes with applications to ocean carbon sequestration, the fate of deep sea oil spills, reservoir destratification, and dredged material disposal.

Education
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975
S.M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1972
B.S. Harvey Mudd College, 1970

Professional Societies
American Society of Civil Engineers
Boston Society of Civil Engineers
International Assoc. for Hydraulic Research

Eric Adams

MIT Sea Grant Associate Director for ResearchSenior Lecturer, Senior Research EngineerDirector of Master of Engineering Program, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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MIT Sea Grant Associate Director for Research
Senior Lecturer, Senior Research Engineer
Director of Master of Engineering Program, Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering