Prof. Lev Shemer

Lev Shemer

Ph.D, Date and place of birth: 1947, Riga, Latvia, USSR.
Address: School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel.

ScopusID: 7005130202
ORCID: 0000-0003-0158-1823
ResercherID: B-1143-2008

EDUCATION
1964 – 1970 Moscow Physico-Technical Institute (University), Faculty of Molecular and Chemical Physics. M.Sc. Thesis: Investigation of two unsteady processes of combustion of solid propellants. Supervisor: Dr. Y. Ryazantsev. (Cum Laude). 1974 - 1981 Tel-Aviv University, Faculty of Engineering. Ph.D. Thesis: Investigation of the turbulent characteristics of a pulsating pipe flow. Supervisor: Prof. I. Wygnanski.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1970 – 1973 – Engineer and Senior Engineer, R/D Organizations in Riga, USSR,
1982 – 1984 – Bantrell Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, M.I.T., Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.,
1984 – present – Lecturer (1984), Senior Lecturer (1986), Associate Professor (1990), Professor (1996), Emeritus (2015), School of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tel-Aviv University,
1989 – 1990 – NRC Senior Research Associate, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA,
2000 – Visiting Professor, ETH Zurich, Switzerland,
2013, 2014 – Visiting Professor, 1’Universite du Sud Toulon-Var, France.

CURRENT MEMBERSHIP IN EDITORIAL BOARDS:
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Ocean and Coastal Engineering (IJOCE);
International Journal of Multiphase Flow (IJMF);
Journal of Oceanological Research (JOR);
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (JMSE).

REVIEWER TO
J. Fluid Mechanics, Phys. Fluids, J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), Phys. Rev. Lettrs., Phys. Rev. E, Phys. Rev. Fluids, Phys. Rev. Appl., Proc. Roy. Soc. A, European J. Mech.- B/Fluids, J. Phys. Oceanography, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sensing, Int. J. Remote Sensing, Nonlinear Proc. Geophys., J. Fluids Engng., Int. J. Multiphase Flow, Appl. Ocean Res., JoVE, Fluid Dynamics Res., Wave Motion, Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, AIChE J., Int. J. Thermal Sci., Exp. Thermal and Fluid Sci., Int. J. Heat and Fluid Flow, Computers and Fluids, Energy, Meccanica, Ocean Modelling, Ocean Engng., Ocean Dynamics, Env. Fluid Mech., Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, The Global Atmosphere - Ocean System, IEE Proc.- Radar, Sonar and Navigation, Flow Meas. and Instr., Sensors, IEEE Access, The ANZIAM Journal, Chem. Eng. Sci., Chem. Eng. Res. Design, J. Zhejiang Univ. Science A, J. Taiwan Inst. Chem. Engineers, U.S. - Israel Binational Science Foundation, Israel.

SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Science Foundation, Pazy Foundation, Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology, Italian Committee for Research Evaluation, Dutch Technology Foundation, US National Science Foundation.

SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS:
17 MSc (with thesis); 11 PhD; 7 PostDocs
RESEARCH GRANTS (as a Principal Investigator)
Multiple personal research grants from Israel Science Foundation, U.S.A. - ISRAEL Binational Science Foundation, Israel Ministry of Science and Technology, other government agencies as well as from industry.

MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES
1990 – 1994 – Chairman, Admission Committee of the Faculty of Engineering.
1994 – 1998 – Chairman, Department of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer,
1999 – 2003 – Chairman, Academic Committee, Tel-Aviv University Technical College,
2000 – 2004 – Chairman, Ph.D. Studies Committee, Faculty of Engineering,
2012 – 2018 – Special Dean for Absorption, Tel-Aviv University,
2002 – Chairman, University ad hoc Committee for examination of accreditation policy at the School of Architecture.
2006 – 2008 – Member, Tel-Aviv University Board of Governors,
2006 – 2011 – Head, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University,
2009 – 2013 – Member, University Committee for PhD "Honoris Causa" degrees,
2011 – 2015 – Head, Appointment and Promotion Committee, Faculty of Engineering,
2012 – 2018 – Member, Israel Council of Higher Education, Committee for Israel-Asia academic relations,
2013 – 2015 – Member Tel-Aviv University Coordination Committee.

FIELDS OF INTEREST
1968 - 1970 Combustion theory (in particular solid propellants), numerical solutions of heat transfer equation with moving boundary (Stefan's problem)
1974 - 1979 Laser-Doppler anemometry in liquids and gases and its application to measurements of turbulence.
1978 - 1982 Mass transfer in reacting systems, in particular, in immobilized enzyme reactors.
1978 - 1984 Experimental investigation of unsteady turbulent and laminar flows, based on multiwire thermo-anemometry and computer-based data acquisition and processing.
1983 – 1984 – Measurements of the turbulence bursting frequency in pipes.
1982 – 1984 – Laminar-turbulent transition in pulsating pipe flow.
1983 – present – Non-linear dynamics of water waves, including: i) experimental study of stability and long-time evolution of gravity-capillary waves based on modification of Zakharov integral equation; ii) long-time behavior of sloshing waves in a rectangular tank, based on numerical solutions of non-linear Schrodinger equation and comparison with the detailed experimental results; iii) theoretical and experimental investigation of parametrically excited cross-waves; iv) modeling and experimental study of evolution of nonlinear regular and random gravity-capillary waves; v) modeling of long-time evolution of nonlinear waves and wave groups in near shore region.
1986 – present – Experimental investigation of hydrodynamic and heat transfer in liquid-gas flows using a variety of experimental methods, including probes conductance and fiber optic probes, digital analysis of video and IR images, PIV, wire-mesh sensor.
1989 – 2006 – Remote sensing of the ocean wave and current systems, including ship wakes, using the Synthetic Aperture Radar in regular and along-track interferometric modes. Digital processing of the radar and optical images of surface water waves in laboratory wave tank and in ocean.
2005 – present – Wind-wave interaction and water wave generation by wind; fluid mechanics and experimental methods.

Major works over past 5 years:

  • Shenhe Fu, Yuval Tsur, Jianying Zhou, Lev Shemer, and Ady Arie. Propagation dynamics of Airy water wave pulses. Phys. Rev. Lettr., 2015, 115(3):034501.
  • Shenhe Fu, Yuval Tsur, Jianying Zhou, Lev Shemer, Ady Arie. Propagation dynamics of non-spreading Cosine-Gauss water-wave pulses. Phys. Rev. Lettr., 2015, 115(25), 254501.
  • Shemer L. Quantitative Analysis of Nonlinear Water-Waves: a Perspective of an Experimentalist, Chapter 8 in New Approaches to Nonlinear Waves, ed. E. Tobisch, Lecture Notes in Physics 908, 211–293, Switzerland: Springer, 2016.
  • Zavadsky A., Benetazzo A., & L. Shemer. Study of spatial variability of short gravity waves in a wind wave tank by optical methods. Phys. Fluids, 2017, 29, 016601.
  • Shenhe Fu, Jianying Zhou, Yongyao Li, Lev Shemer, & Ady Arie. Dispersion management of propagating waveguide modes on the water surface. Phys. Rev. Lettr., 2017, 118(14), 144501.
  • Zavadsky A. & L. Shemer. Water waves excited by impulsive wind forcing. J. Fluid Mech. 2017, 828, 459–495.
  • Zavadsky A. & L. Shemer. Investigation of statistical parameters of the evolving wind wave field using a Laser Slope Gauge. Phys. Fluids, 2017, 29, 056602.
  • Khait A.& L. Shemer. On the kinematic criterion for the inception of breaking in surface gravity waves: Fully-nonlinear numerical simulations and experimental verification. Phys. Fluids, 2018, 30, 057103.
  • Rozenman G. G., Zimmermann M., Efremov M., Schleich W.P., Shemer L. & A. Arie. Amplitude and phase of wave packets in a linear potential. Phys. Rev. Lettr., 2019, 122, 124302.
  • Khait A. & L. Shemer. Nonlinear wave generation by the wavemaker in deep to intermediate water depth. Ocean Engng., 2019, 182, 222–234.
  • Rozenman G. G., Shenhe Fu, Arie A. & L. Shemer. Quantum mechanical and optical analogies in surface gravity water waves. MDPI Fluids, 2019, 4, 26; doi: 10.3390/fluids4020026.
  • Shemer L. On evolution of young wind-waves in time and space. MDPI Atmosphere, 2019, 10, 562; doi: 10.3390/atmos10090562.