People | A. D. Kirwan

• A.B., University, Princeton, 1956.
• Ph.D., University, Texas Am & M, 1964.

Most of my career has been spent studying the dynamics of mixing and stirring processes and the transport of matter, energy, and entropy in natural environments. I recently started a new line of research on theoretical ecology based on irreversible thermodynamic processes.

• Bruce L. Lipphardt, Jr., Associate Research Scientist (Ph.D., Old Dominion University) - Merging of disparate oceanographic data to better understand coastal ocean dynamics.
• Helga Huntley, Research Associate IV, (Ph.D., Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University) - Mathematical modeling sea ice dynamics.
• Philip Muscarella, Graduate Student, (B.S., John Carroll University) - Lagrangian analysis of coastal currents.

  (2007 - 2009)

• MAST 806 - Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
• MAST 602 - Physical Oceanography
• MAST 693 - Waves in the Marine Environment
• MAST 267  - E³; Energy, Entropy, and the Environment **(This course is new for Fall 2008)  Report on Sustainability at UD

Books

Kirwan, A. D., Jr., "Mother Nature's Two Laws: Ringmasters for Circus Earth. Lessons on Entropy, Energy, the Practice of Science, and Critical Thinking," World Scientific, October 2000.

Rapid Environment Assessment, SACLANTCEN Conference Proceedings Series CP-44, E. Pouliquen, A. D. Kirwan, Jr., and R. T. Pearson, eds., NATO SACLANT.

Griffa, Annalisa, Kirwan, A. D., Jr., et al. (Eds), Lagrangian Analysis and prediction of Coastal and Ocean Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Publications

Kirwan, A. D., Jr., 2008. "Quantum and Ecosystem Entropies," entropy, 10, 58-70, doi: 10.3390/entropy-e10020058.

Lipphardt, B. L., Jr., A. C. Poje, A. D. Kirwan, Jr., L. Kantha and M. Zweng, 2008. "Death of three Loop Current rings," J. Mar. Res., 66, 25-60.

Kirwan, A.D., Jr., 2006. "Dynamics of "critical" trajectories," Prog. Oceanogr., 70, 448-465, doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2005.07.002.

Lipphardt, B. L., Jr. D. Small. A. D. Kirwan, Jr., S. Wiggins, K. Ide, C.E. Grosch and J.D. Paduan, 2006. "Synoptic Lagrangian maps: Application to surface transport in Monterey Bay," J. Mar. Res., 64, 221-247.

Kuznetsov, L., C. K. R. T. Jones, M. Toner, A. D. Kirwan, Jr., 2004.  "Assessing coherent feature kinematics in ocean models," Physica D, 191, 81-105, doi: 10.1016/j.physd.2003.10.015.

Kirwan, A. D., Jr., 2003.  "Intrinsic photon entropy?  The darkside of light," Int. J. Engin. Sci., 42, 725-734, doi: 10.1016/j.ijengsci.2003.09.005.

Kirwan, A. D., Jr., M. Toner, and L. Kantha, 2003. "Predictability, uncertainty, and hyperbolicity in the ocean," Int. J. Engin. Sci., 41, 249-258.

Toner, M., A. D. Kirwan, Jr., A. C. Poje, L. H. Kantha, F. E. Muller-Karger, and C. K. R. T. Jones, 2003. "Chlorophyll dispersal by eddy-eddy interactions in the Gulf of Mexico," J. Geophy. Res., 108, C4, 3105, doi:10.1029/2002JC001499.

Kruznetsov, L., M. Toner, A. D. Kirwan, Jr., C. K. R. T. Jones, L. H. Kantha, and J. Choi, 2002. "The Loop Current and adjacent rings delineated by Lagrangian analysis of the near-surface flow," J. Mar. Res., 60, 405-429.

Toner, M. S., A. C. Poje, A. D. Kirwan, Jr., C. K. R. T. Jones, B. L. Lipphardt, Jr., and C. E. Grosch, 2001. "Reconstructing basin-scale Eulerian velocity fields from simulated drifter data," J. Phys. Oceanogr., 31, 5, 1361-1376.

Toner, M. S., A. D. Kirwan, Jr., L. Kantha, and J. Choi, 2001. "Can general circulation models be assessed and enhanced with drifter data?" J. Geophys. Res., 106, 19,563-19,579.

Ivanov, L. M., A. D. Kirwan, Jr., and T. M. Margolina, 2001. "Filtering noise from oceanographic data with some application for the Kara and Black Seas," J. Mar. Sys., 28, 1-2, 113-139.

Lipphardt, Jr., B. L., A. D. Kirwan, Jr., C. E. Grosch, J. K. Lewis, and J. D. Paduan, 2000. "Blending HF radar and model velocities in Monterey Bay through normal mode analysis," J. Geophy. Res., Vol. 105(C2), 3,425-3,450.

Kirwan, Jr., A. D. and Bruce L. Lipphardt, Jr. 1998. "Integrable unsteady motion with an application to ocean eddies."  Nonlinear Proc. Geophys., 5:145-151.

Kirwan, Jr., A. D., C. E. Grosch, and J. J. Holdzkom II, 1997. "Particle-in-cell simulations of a lens on an f-plane."  Nonlinear Proc. Geophys., 4:71-91.

Hooker, S. B., J. W. Brown, R. P. Mied, A. D. Kirwan, Jr. 1997. "Remote sensing of dipole rings."   IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 35(6):1394-1399.

Kirwan, Jr., A. D., R. P. Mied, and B. L. Lipphardt, Jr. 1997. "Rotating modons over isolated topography in a two-layer ocean."   Z. Angew. Math Phys., 48:535-570.

• Michael Weed, M.S., University of Delaware; B.S. Goucher College.
• Elias J. Hunter, M.S., University of Delaware; B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
• John J. Holdzkom II, Ph.D., Old Dominion University.
• William J. Schulz, Ph.D., Old Dominion University.
• Caitlin, Mullen, Ph.D., Old Dominion University.

Chester E. Grosch, Professor of Oceanography and Computer Science, Old Dominion University (Ph.D., Stevens Institute of Technology) - Merging of disparate oceanographic data to better understand coastal ocean dynamics.

Lakshmi H. Kantha, Professor, Colorado Center for Astrodynamic Research, University of Colorado (Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology).

Jeffrey D. Paduan, Associate Professor, Naval Postgraduate School (Ph.D., Oregon State University).

Andrew C. Poje, Associate Professor, College of Staten Island, City University of New York, New York (Ph.D., Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University).

Stephen Wiggins, Professor, Bristol University, United Kingdom (Ph.D., Cornell University).

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  Mechanics of Multi-component Materials