Steve Wereley

Steve Wereley[1] is a professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University.[2] His areas of research include Micro- and Nanofluidics, Particle Image Velocimetry, Opto-microfluidics and bio-MEMS. He is the co-inventor of micro-PIV.[3]

Wereley being interviewed about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

Education

In 1990, Wereley completed his undergraduate degrees in mechanical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, and physics at Lawrence University. Wereley earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Northwestern University in 1992 and 1997, respectively. He spent two years working with Carl Meinhart at the University of California Santa Barbara, specializing in microfluidic diagnostic techniques.

Career

In 1999, Wereley became an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University. In 2005, Wereley was promoted to associate professor and in 2010 to professor.

Deepwater Horizon

Wereley played an important role in assessing the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the summer of 2010. On May 13, 2010, he was among the first scientists to report that the actual flow rate of oil out of the well was considerably higher than the official estimate at the time.[4][5][6] After the disaster the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling found that the "...Wereley estimates (and at least some of BP‘s internal estimates) proved to be significantly more accurate than the initial official estimates."[7] Wereley was invited to brief the House Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment about his findings.[8] He was also asked to join the Flow Rate Technical Group (FRTG), a group of scientists assembled by the Department of the Interior to address the flow rate issue.[9] The FRTG issued a final peer-reviewed report on July 21, 2010,[10] and contributed to the official US government oil flow rate estimate announced on August 2, 2010.[11] In October 2010 Wereley was awarded the United States Geological Survey Director's Award for his work on the FRTG team.[12]

Publications

Books
  • N.T. Nguyen and S.T. Wereley, Fundamentals and Applications of Microfluidics, Artech House, Boston, (First edition, 2002; second edition, 2006). (ISBN 978-1-58053-972-2)
  • M. Raffel, C. Willert, S.T. Wereley, J. Kompenhans, Particle Image Velocimetry: A Practical Guide, Springer, New York (2007). (ISBN 978-3-540-72307-3)

Journal articles

References
  1. "Professor Steve Wereley". Purdue University. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  2. "Purdue University School of Mechanical Engineering web page".
  3. "Micron resolution particle image velocimeter". United States Patent Office. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  4. Scientist: BP's Oil Spill Estimates Improbable, NPR, May 20, 2010
  5. BP’s estimate of spill rate is way low, engineer suggests , Science News, May 19, 2012
  6. Harris, Richard. "Oil Flow May Be much Worse Than Original Estimate". National Public Radio.
  7. "THE AMOUNT AND FATE OF THE OIL" (PDF). National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 October 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  8. "Committee on Energy and Commerce web site".
  9. "Department of the Interior Flow Rate Technical Group member bios" (PDF).
  10. "Flow Rate Technical Group Plume Team Final Report". Archived from the original on 2011-10-18.
  11. "Press release". Archived from the original on 2012-01-12.
  12. "Purdue University Press Release".
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