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Michel Boufadel

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

New Jersey Institute of Technology
University Heights
Newark, NJ  07102  

michel.boufadel@njit.edu

Project List:

Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbons in the Environment III (CARTHE-III)

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Dispersion Research on Oil: Physics and Plankton Studies III (DROPPS III)

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead

Turbulent Vertical Mixing and the Formation of Oil Particle Aggregates: LES, Measurements and Modeling

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbon in the Environment II (CARTHE II)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Lead

Dispersion Research on Oil: Physics and Plankton Studies II (DROPPS II)

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Lead

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 25

2021

Boufadel, M., Bracco, A., Chassignet, E., Chen, S., D'Asaro, E., Dewar, W., et al. (2021). Physical Transport Processes that Affect the Distribution of Oil in the Gulf of Mexico: Observations and Modeling. Oceanog, 34(1), 58–75. doi
Daskiran, C., Cui, F., Boufadel, M. C., Socolofsky, S. A., Katz, J., Zhao, L., et al. (2021). Transport of oil droplets from a jet in crossflow: Dispersion coefficients and Vortex trapping. Ocean Modelling, 158, 101736. doi
Ji, W., Boufadel, M., Zhao, L., Robinson, B., King, T., & Lee, K. (2021). Formation of oil-particle aggregates: Particle penetration and impact of particle properties and particle-to-oil concentration ratios. Science of The Total Environment, 760, 144047. doi
Perez, A. J., Cui, F., Penaloza-Gutierrez, J., Zeidi, S., Sinha, N., Boufadel, M., et al. (2021). Simulation of vertical dispersion of oil droplets by Langmuir supercells through a Reynolds-averaged Eulerian formulation combined with Lagrangian particle tracking. Ocean Engineering, 235(September). doi

2020

Barker, C. H., Kourafalou, V. H., Beegle-Krause, C., Boufadel, M., Bourassa, M. A., Buschang, S. G., et al. (2020). Progress in Operational Modeling in Support of Oil Spill Response. Jmse, 8(9), 668. doi
Boufadel, M., Liu, R., Zhao, L., Lu, Y., Ozgokmen, T., Nedwed, T., et al. (2020). Transport of Oil Droplets in the Upper Ocean: Impact of the Eddy Diffusivity. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 125(2), e2019JC015727. doi
Boufadel, M. C., Socolofsky, S., Katz, J., Yang, D., Daskiran, C., & Dewar, W. (2020). A Review on Multiphase Underwater Jets and Plumes: Droplets, Hydrodynamics, and Chemistry. Rev. Geophys., 58(3), e2020RG000703. doi
Novelli, G., Guigand, C. M., Boufadel, M. C., &?zg?kmen, T. M. (2020). On the transport and landfall of marine oil spills, laboratory and field observations. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 150, 110805. doi
White, A. R., Jalali, M., Boufadel, M. C., & Sheng, J. (2020). Bacteria forming drag-increasing streamers on a drop implicates complementary fates of rising deep-sea oil droplets. Sci Rep, 10(1). doi

2018

Boufadel, M. C., Gao, F., Zhao, L., Ã?zgökmen, T., Miller, R., King, T., et al. (2018). Was the Deepwater Horizon Well Discharge Churn Flow? Implications on the Estimation of the Oil Discharge and Droplet Size Distribution. Geophys. Res. Lett., 45(5), 2396–2403. doi
Golshan, R., Boufadel, M., Rodriguez, V., Geng, X., Gao, F., King, T., et al. (2018). Oil Droplet Transport under Non-Breaking Waves: An Eulerian RANS Approach Combined with a Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model. Jmse, 6(1), 7. doi
Ozgokmen, T. M., Boufadel, M., Carlson, D. F., Cousin, C., Guigand, C., Haus, B. K., et al. (2018). Technological Advances for Ocean Surface Measurements by the Consortium for Advanced Research on Transport of Hydrocarbons in the Environment (CARTHE). mar technol soc j, 52(6), 71–76. doi
Zhao, L., Boufadel, M. C., King, T., Robinson, B., Conmy, R., & Lee, K. (2018). Impact of particle concentration and out-of-range sizes on the measurements of the LISST. Meas. Sci. Technol., 29(5), 055302. doi

2017

Gros, J., Socolofsky, S. A., Dissanayake, A. L., Jun, I., Zhao, L., Boufadel, M. C., et al. (2017). Petroleum dynamics in the sea and influence of subsea dispersant injection during Deepwater Horizon. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 114(38), 10065–10070. doi
Zhao, L., Boufadel, M. C., Katz, J., Haspel, G., Lee, K., King, T., et al. (2017). A new mechanism of sediment attachment to oil in turbulent flows: Projectile particles. Environ. Sci. Technol., 51(19), 11020–11028. doi
Zhao, L., Boufadel, M. C., King, T., Robinson, B., Gao, F., Socolofsky, S. A., et al. (2017). Droplet and bubble formation of combined oil and gas releases in subsea blowouts. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 120(1-2), 203–216. doi
Zhao, L., Gao, F., Boufadel, M. C., King, T., Robinson, B., Lee, K., et al. (2017). Oil jet with dispersant: Macro-scale hydrodynamics and tip streaming. AIChE J., 63(11), 5222–5234. doi

2016

Geng, X., Boufadel, M. C., & Jackson, N. L. (2016). Evidence of salt accumulation in beach intertidal zone due to evaporation. Sci. Rep., 6, 31486. doi
Geng, X., Boufadel, M. C.;O., T., King, T., Lee, K., Lu, Y., & Zhao, L. (2016). Oil droplets transport due to irregular waves: Development of large-scale spreading coefficients. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 104(1-2), 279–289. doi
Geng, X., Pan, Z., Boufadel, M. C., Ozgokmen, T., Lee, K., & Zhao, L. (2016). Simulation of oil bioremediation in a tidally influenced beach: Spatiotemporal evolution of nutrient and dissolved oxygen. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121(4), 2385–2404. doi
Zhao, L., Boufadel, M. C., Geng, X., Lee, K., King, T., Robinson, B., et al. (2016). A-DROP: A predictive model for the formation of oil particle aggregates (OPAs). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 106(1-2), 245–259. doi
Zhao, L., Boufadel, M. C., Lee, K., King, T., Loney, N., & Geng, X. (2016). Evolution of bubble size distribution from gas blowout in shallow water. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 121(3), 1573–1599. doi
Zhao, L., Shaffer, F., Robinson, B., King, T., D'Ambrose, C., Pan, Z., et al. (2016). Underwater oil jet: Hydrodynamics and droplet size distribution. Chemical Engineering Journal, 299, 292–303. doi

2015

Geng, X., Boufadel, M. C., Lee, K., Abrams, S., & Suidan, M. (2015). Biodegradation of subsurface oil in a tidally influenced sand beach: Impact of hydraulics and interaction with pore water chemistry. Water Resour. Res., 51(5), 3193–3218. doi
Zhao, L., Boufadel, M. C., Adams, E., Socolofsky, S. A., King, T., Lee, K., et al. (2015). Simulation of scenarios of oil droplet formation from the Deepwater Horizon blowout. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 101(1), 304–319. doi

Conference Presentations - 30

2020

Boufadel, M., Ji, W., Zhao, L., & Lee, K. (2020). Impacts of Particle Properties and Mixing Intensity on Oil-Particle Aggregates by Silica and Modified Kaolinite. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20. openurl
Daskiran, C., Cui, F., Boufadel, M., Zhao, L., King, T., & Lee, K. (2020). Numerical Study of Oil Droplets Dispersion Under Breaking Waves by Coupling Computational Fluid Dynamics With a Population Balance Model. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20. openurl
Daskiran, C., Cui, F., Socolofsky, S. A., Katz, J., Lee, K., & Boufadel, M. C. (2020). Investigation of Turbulent Mixing and Primary Breakup for Turbulent Oil Jets. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20. openurl
Novelli, G., Guigand, C., Laxague, N., Lund, B., Haus, B., Boufadel, M., et al. (2020). Transport and landfall of marine oil spills: laboratory and field observations. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20. openurl
Tejada-Martinez, A., Cui, F., Zeidi, J., Perez, A., & Boufadel, M. (2020). Vertical Dispersion of Oil Droplets Induced by Langmuir Supercells in the Coastal Ocean. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. Tampa, FL : 02/03/20-02/06/20: Poster. openurl
Tejada-Martinez, A., Perez, A., Zeidi, J., Akan, C., Penaloza-Gutierrez, J., & Boufadel, M. (2020). A Reynolds-averaged Methodology Resolving Langmuir Cells in the Coastal Ocean. In Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20: Poster. openurl
Tejada-Martinez, A., Perez, A., Zeidi, J., Penaloza-Gutierrez, J., Boufadel, M., & Valle-Levinson, A. (2020). Reynolds-averaged Simulations of Langmuir Circulation in Shallow Water. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2020. San Diego, CA : 02/16/20-02/21/20. openurl

2019

Cui, F., Boufadel, M., Gao, F., Zhao, L., & Bahzad, H. (2019). Oil Droplet Transport in Rivers: An Eulerian RANS Approach Combined with a Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Model. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster. openurl
Cui, F., Boufadel, M., Geng, X., Gao, F., Zhao, L., King, T., et al. (2019). Oil Droplet Transport under a Deep-water Plunging Breaker. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster. openurl
Gao, F., Daskiran, C., Ji, W., Zhao, L., Cui, F., Ozgokmen, T., et al. (2019). Experimental and Numerical Characterization of Multiphase Flow from Underwater Blowout: A Combined Particle Imaging Velocimetry and Computational Fluid Dynamics Approach. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19. openurl
Perez, A., Tejada-Martinez, A. E., Zeidi, S., Daskiran, C., Cui, F., & Boufadel, M. (2019). Reynolds-averaged Simulation of Langmuir Supercells in the Coastal Ocean. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster. openurl
Tejada-Martinez, A. E., Zeidi, S., Cui, F., Perez, A., Daskiran, C., Murphy, D., et al. (2019). Mixing of Sediment Particles and Oil Droplets by Langmuir Supercells. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19. openurl
Zhao, L., Boufadel, M., Cui, F., Ozgokmen, T. M., King, T., Robinson, B., et al. (2019). Formation of oil droplets from underwater blowouts: Role of gas to oil ratio. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19. openurl
Zhao, L., Boufadel, M., King, T., Robinson, B., & Lee, K. (2019). Oil Behavior in Turbulent Flows under the effects of dispersants. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2019. New Orleans, LA : 02/04/19-02/07/19: Poster. openurl

2018

Boufadel, M., Gao, F., Zhao, L., King, T., Robinson, B., Lee, K., et al. (2018). Integrating the dynamics of jets and plumes for the prediction of the oil droplet size distribution. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18. openurl
Cui, F., Boufadel, M., Gao, F., Zhao, F., Ozgokmen, T. M., King, T., et al. (2018). Modeling of oil droplets transport subject to breaking waves: coupling Eulerian RANS with Lagrangian particle tracking. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18. openurl
Gao, F., Boufadel, M., Zhao, L., Ozgokmen, T., Miller, R., King, T., et al. (2018). Numerical simulation of the hydrodynamics of the Deepwater Horizon Blowout: Impact of the GOR, dissolution, and temperature. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18. openurl
Zhao, L., Boufadel, M. C., Katz, J., Haspel, G., King, T., Robinson, B., et al. (2018). Mechanisms of Sediment Attachment to Oil in Turbulent Flows. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18. openurl
Zhao, L., Boufadel, M. C., King, T., Robinson, B., & Lee, K. (2018). Experimental Investigation of Oil Behavior in Turbulent Flows: Effects of Dispersants and Gas Bubbles on Oil Droplet Formation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18. openurl
Zhao, L., Gao, F., Boufadel, M. C., King, T., Robinson, B., Lee, K., et al. (2018). Macro-scale Hydrodynamics and Tip Streaming in the Presence of Dispersants during Subsea Blowouts. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2018. New Orleans, LA : 02/05/18-02/08/18. openurl

2017

Boufadel, M., Gao, F., Zhao, L., King, T., Robinson, B., & Lee, K. (2017). Investigating the Impact of the Release on the Oil Droplet Size Distribution from a Blowout: A review and a Numerical Investigation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17. openurl
Boufadel, M., & Geng, X. (2017). Biodegradation of Deepwater Horizon oil in the Gulf of Mexico beaches. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17. openurl
Gao, F., Zhao, L., Boufadel, M., King, T., & Robinson, B. (2017). Hydrodynamics of Subsurface Oil Release without and with Dispersant: An Experimental and Numerical Study. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster. openurl
Zhao, L., Boufadel, M. C., Katz, J., King, T., Robinson, B., Rodrick, D., et al. (2017). Oil particle interactions: Theory, experiments, and numerical modeling. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17: Poster. openurl
Zhao, L., Boufadel, M. C., Socolofsky, S. A., Gao, F., King, T., Robinson, B., et al. (2017). Evolution of gas bubbles and oil droplets in subsea oil and gas blowouts. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2017. New Orleans, LA : 02/06/17-02/09/17. openurl

2016

Boufadel, M. C. (2016). The Droplet Size Distribution from Blowouts: Bracketing the Possible Ranges. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16. openurl
Gao, F., Boufadel, M. C., Zhao, L., King, T., & Robinson, B. (2016). Numerical Simulation of Oil Jet Underwater-CFD simulation and Trace of Individual Droplets by Lagrangian Method. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16. openurl
Golshan, R., & Boufadel, M. C. (2016). The Role of Oil Viscosity and the Oil-water Interfacial Tension in the Formation of Oil Dispersion under Breaking Waves: Experiments and Simulations. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16. openurl
Zhao, L., Boufadel, M. C., King, T., Robinson, B., & Lee, K. (2016). Formation of Oil Particle Aggregates (OPA): Experimental Studies and Development of the OPM model. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16. openurl
Zhao, L., Boufadel, M. C., King, T., Robinson, T., Comny, R., & Lee, K. (2016). Interaction of Oil Droplets and Gas Bubbles in Blowouts: New Development of VDROP Model. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2016. Tampa, FL : 02/01/16-02/04/16. openurl
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