Moise Baraka

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Coastal Engineering whose research focuses on experimental studies of turbulent environmental flows and multiphase transport. My work combines laboratory experiments with high-speed imaging, particle image velocimetry (PIV), and computational modeling with OpenFOAM to investigate the dynamics of jets, plumes, bubble and droplet interactions, and other complex free-shear flows relevant to environmental and coastal processes.

I integrate physics-based analysis with statistical learning and reduced-order modeling to derive predictive models from experimental data. I constantly implement custom data acquisition, processing, and post-processing algorithms to not only identify governing flow behavior but also quantify turbulence statistics and obtain interpretable closed-form descriptions of three-dimensional turbulent flows.

My broader interests include

• Jets and plumes (free-shear) in both single and multiphase flow configurations,
• Particle Image Velocimetry, high-speed imaging, and CFD for environmental problems,
• Data-driven modeling, and applied multivariate statistical analysis to turbulent flows.

Currently working as a Graduate Research Assistant in the CVEN Lab conducting PIV studies on single-phase and multiphase colliding jets and high-speed imaging shadowgraphy study on droplets and bubble coalescence

PhD Student in Civil Engineering Specializing in Coastal Engineering