Hector Bravo - Associate Professor
Contact Information
Office Address:
EMS E320
3200 North Cramer Street
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Phone: 414-229-6756
Fax: 414-229-6958
Email: hrbravo@uwm.edu
WWW: http://www.uwm.edu/~hrbravo/
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 784
Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, 1989
M.S., Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, 1982
Civil Engineer, National University of Cordoba, Argentina, 1975
Research Interests
Computational and experimental hydraulics, environmental dispersion processes, surface and groundwater hydrology.
Selected Publications
- Bravo, H.R, Gulliver, J.S. and Hondzo, M., Development of a commercial code-based two-fluid model for bubble plumes, Environmental Modelling and Software, Vol. 22, 2007.
- Namdar G. R., Bravo H. R., Identification of Groundwater Discharge and Recharge Sites through Temperature Time Series Analysis, Hydrological Science and Technology, Vol. 21, 2005.
- Rodriguez A, Brea D, Farias D, Bravo HR, Castello E, Hillman G, Weber J, Pagot M, and Spalletti P, Hydraulic analyses for a new bridge over the Parana River, Argentina, International Journal of Sediment Research, Vol. 18, 2003
- Bravo, H. R., F. Jiang and R. J. Hunt, "Using Groundwater Temperature Data to Constrain Parameter Estimation in a Groundwater Flow Model of a Wetland System," Water Resources Research, 2002, in press.
- Bravo, H. R., "A First Course in Fluid Mechanics for Civil Engineers by Donald D. Gray, Book Review," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 127, No. 1, 2001, pp. 88-89.
- Bravo, H. R., F. Jiang and R. J. Hunt, "Parameter Estimation for a Groundwater Flow and Heat Transport Model of a Wetland System: Selection of Time Scales Through Frequency Domain Analysis," Proceedings of the XXIX International Association for Hydraulic Engineering and Research Congress, Beijing, China, 2001.
- Bravo, H. R. and Y.-H. Zheng, "Turbulent Flow Over a Step with Rounded Edges: Experimental and Numerical Study," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 126, No. 1, 2000, pp. 82-85.
- Bravo, H. R, "Groundwater Flow and Heat Transport in Wetlands: Transient Simulations and Frequency-Domain Analysis," Final Report to the UW System Water Resources Institute for Award UW-WRI #99-WLA-1, 2000.