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About

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Prof. Lev Shemer

School of Mechanical Engineering

Tel Aviv University. 

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Welcome to my site! Few words about myself. I was born in Riga, Latvia and have earned M.Sc. degree in 1970 from the Moscow Physico-Technical Institute. In 1973 I immigrated to Israel and in got my Ph.D. from the Tel-Aviv University in 1981. After a post-doctoral stint at MIT, Massachussetts, I joined the Dept. of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer (currently School of Mechanical Engineering) at the Faculty of Engineering of the Tel-Aviv University (TAU) in 1984. Since then, I remained affiliated with TAU throughout my whole career; currently I am Professor Emeritus of Fluid Mechanics. While formally retired, I remain scientifically active.

Research

My present research interests include experimental and theoretical studies of wave phenomena in fluids such as nonlinear water waves, wind waves and internal waves. Over the years, I made an effort to support the experimental studies, whenever possible, by application and development of appropriate theoretical models. While on sabbatical at the Naval Postgraduate School on Monterey, CA, I got involved in research of radar remote sensing of ocean surface and continued to work in this field for many years. I also have a general interest in various aspects of experimental fluid mechanics not necessarily related to water waves. Significant part of my activity is in the area on two-phase flows where extensive use is made of non-intrusive, mainly optical, experimental techniques. In recent years, I closely cooperate with physicists working on quantum mechanics and nonlinear optics, looking for features that are common for quite different wave phenomena and taking advantage of extensive possibilities offered by relatively simple experiments that can be carried in our water waves’ facilities. Those experiments are designed to model phenomena predicted in different areas of modern physics that often cannot be directly observed, certainly not measured quantitatively.

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