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Follow us on YOUTUBEFlow Physics Laboratory is established at the University of Texas at San Antonio by Dr. Firat Y. Testik. Our group, led by Dr. Testik, consists of both graduate and undergraduate students. We study a wide range of natural and man-made flow problems in all of the coastal/oceanic, atmospheric, and overland environments. For a given problem in hand, we use one or a combination of the laboratory experimentation, field measurements, numerical modeling, and theoretical analysis approaches. Some of our research topics have been related to:
- Precipitation microphysics
- In-situ and remote sensing of rainfall
- Coastal sediment transport
- Gravity/Turbidity current dynamics
- Water wave mechanics
- Wave-structure interactions
- Coastal morphodynamics
- Natural Hazards (hurricanes, tsunamis)
- Precipitation
 Field deployment of the High-Speed Optical Disdrometer (HOD) that we developed for precipitation measurements. |
 High-speed video camera and sensor unit placement is shown for the High-speed optical disdrometer (HOD). |
 Image of an equilibrium raindrop. |
 Field deployment of HOD for a snowfall experiment. |
- Dynamics of Gravity Currents
An example movie from our experiments with fluid-mud gravity currents.
- Beach Morphodynamics
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| Photographs from one of our field campaigns to assess the impact of Hurricane Harvey on various beaches in Port Aransas/Corpus Christi/Rockport TX area. | |