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Miki Hondzo
Associate Professor

Miki Hondzo

Contact Information

  • Office: CivE 157 SAFL 202
  • Phone: (612)625-0053
  • Fax: (612)624-4398
  • E-mail: mhondzo@umn.edu

Research Interests

  • Ecological fluid mechanics
    (fluid flow-biological interactions)
  • Water quality and transport processes in lakes, rivers, and watersheds

Dr. Hondzo conducts research through the National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics.

Selected Publications

Al-Homoud, A., M. Hondzo, and T. LaPara (2007). Fluid dynamics impact on bacterial physiology: Biochemical oxygen demand, Journal of Environmental Engineering, 133(2), 226-236.

Warnaars, T. and M. Hondzo (2006).  Small-scale fluid motion mediates growth and nutrient uptake rate of Selenastrum capricornutum, Freshwater Biology, 51(6), 999-1015.

Warnaars, T., M. Hondzo, and M.A. Carper (2006).  A desktop apparatus for studying interactions between microorganisms and small-scale fluid motion, Hydrobiologia, 563(1), 431-443.

O’Connor, B., M. Hondzo, D. Dobraca, T. LaPara, J. Finlay, and P.L. Brezonik(2006). Quantity-activity relationship of denitrifying bacteria and environmental scaling in streams of forested watershed, Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 111(G04014), 1-13.

Weiss, J., M. Hondzo, and M. Semmens (2006).  Stormwater detention pods: Modeling heavy metal removal by plant species and sediments, Journal of Environmental Engineering, 132(9), 1034-1042.

Hondzo, M., T. Feyaerts, R. Donovan, and B. O’Connor (2005). Universal scaling of dissolved oxygen distribution at the sediment-water interface: A power law, Limnology and Oceanography, 50(5), 1667-1676.

Hondzo, M. and Z. Haider (2004). Boundary mixing in a small stratified lake, Water Resources Research, 40, 1-12.

Potter, M., D. Wiggert, M. Hondzo, and  T. Shih (2002). Mechanics of Fluids, Third  Ed.,  Brooks/Cole, 800 p, ISBN 0534379966.

Education

  • 1983 B.Sc., Civil Engineering, University of Sarajevo
  • 1988 M.Sc., Surface Water Hydrology, Free University of Brussels
  • 1992 Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota

Experience

  • Assistant Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1995-1999.
 
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