 Kathleen (Kate) Smitsksmits@smu.edu
Kate’s research group focuses on advancing the knowledge of shallow subsurface multiphase processes affected by heat and mass flux dynamics at the land/atmospheric interfaces at a wide range of physical scales. The basic aim of Kate’s research is to combine theoretical, numerical, and experimental approaches to address hydrological processes occurring near the earth’s surface as influenced by natural boundary conditions (e.g. humidity, temperature, radiation, wind, vegetation). The motivation of her research is to provide answers to questions of importance to many current and emerging water resources, hydrology, environmental and climate change-related problems. |
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 Younki Choyounki.cho@colostate.edu Postdoc, Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington
Younki’s research focuses on multiphase flow in porous media. The goal of his research is to elucidate the fundamental flow and transport behavior of subsurface fluids by theory, simulation, and experiments. |
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Linda Jaramillo |
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 Shanru Tianshanru.tian@mavs.uta.edu
Ph.D., Climatology, University of Delaware Shanru’s current research is to quantify methane emission from NG pipelines and understand the potential soil atmosphere processes affecting methane’s transport in the soil and exchange with the atmosphere by combining the experiments with coupled modeling techniques. He has multiple discipline education experience including maritime administration (technology) and atmosphere sciences, and two years’ entrepreneurial experience in developing weather routing systems in Beijing Zhongguancun Fengtai Science Park. His long-term research focus is on climate and energy. |
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 Navodi Jayarathnenavodij@mail.smu.edu
B.S., Civil Engineering, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka (2017) Navodi’s early research career was focused on masonry mortar and Sri Lankan peat. She got her path cleared to research soil physics-based gas migrations best suiting her interest in soils during her Peradeniya period. Her current research works are focused on gas diffusivity of different soils including urban soils, agricultural soils, arctic soils (permafrost layer), and manufactured aggregated porous media with implications on infrastructure safety, greenhouse gas emissions, and terrestrial & outer space crop cultivation under different collaborations. |
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Jui-Hsiang (Rayson) Lo
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Past and Present Undergraduate Students
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| If interested in participating as an undergraduate student, email ksmits@smu.edu for information on undergraduate funding. |
Past Team Members
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 Rosalie O’Brien |
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Melissa Schwartz |
Nate Steadman |