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Miki Hondzo
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Miki Hondzo

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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

O'Connor, B. L., and M. Hondzo (2008), Dissolved oxygen transfer to sediments by sweep and eject motions in aquatic environments, Limnology and Oceanography, 53(2), 566-578.

O'Connor, B. L., and M. Hondzo (2007). Enhancement and inhibition of denitrification by fluid-flow and dissolved oxygen flux to stream sediments, Environmental Science and Technology, 42(1), 119-125, doi:10.1021/es071173s.

Barnes E. A., M. E. Power, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, M. Hondzo, W. E. Dietrich (2007), Upscaling river biomass using dimensional analysis and hydrogeomorphic scaling, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L24S26, doi:10.1029/2007GL031931.

Hondzo, M., and A. Al-Homoud (2007). Model development and verification for mass transport to Escherichia coli cells in a turbulent flow, Water Resources Research, 43, W08413, doi:10.1029/2006WR005613.

Warnaars, T., M. Hondzo, and M. Power (2007). Abiotic controls on periphyton accrual and metabolism in streams: Scaling by dimensionless numbers, Water Resources Research, 43, W08425, doi:10.1029/2006WR005002.

Al-Homoud, A., and M. Hondzo (2007). Energy dissipation estimates in oscillating grid setup: LDV and PIV measurements, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 7, 143-158

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.

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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