Dr. True studies diverse problems in environmental and ecological fluid mechanics. He is particularly interested in how environmental flows transport and disperse scalars entities (odor, heat, aerosols, microorganisms) and in how biological organisms sense and exploit mechanical and chemical cues associated with these plumes. He leverages complimentary experimental and computational approaches in fluid dynamics research to study both fundamental mixing processes and broader bio-chemo-physical interactions between living organisms, fluid flows, and environmental plumes. These approaches include advanced laser-based flow diagnostic tools like particle image velocimetry (PIV) and laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) deployed in low-speed wind tunnels and open channel flumes. They also include high-speed imaging and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling of multi-physics phenomena. His research interests include aqueous and gaseous flows spanning laminar to turbulent flow regimes, and pertain to diverse engineered, environmental, and biological contexts.
