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Lin Zhao

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

New Jersey Institute of Technology
University Heights
Newark, NJ  07102  

newlinzhao@gmail.com

Project List:

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

Year 8-10 Research Grants (RFP-VI)Role: Post-Doc

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

Year 5-7 Consortia Grants (RFP-IV)Role: Post-Doc

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 11

2021

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.
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.

2018

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.

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.
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.
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.
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.

2016

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.
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.
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.

2015

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.

Conference Presentations - 19

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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.

2016

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.
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.
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.