Hector Bravo
Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics

Phone: (414) 229-6756
Fax: (414) 229-6958
E-Mail:
Web Site: http://www.uwm.edu/CEAS/faculty/HBravo.html

P.O. Box 784
Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Research Interests
  • Computational and experimental hydraulics
  • Environmental dispersion processes
  • Hydraulic structures
  • Surface hydrology
Education
  • Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, 1989
  • M.S., Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, 1982
  • Civil Engineer, National University of Cordoba, Argentina, 1975
Publications
  • Bravo, H. R., F. Jiang and R. J. Hunt, "Using Groundwater Temperature Data to Constrain Parameter Estimation in a Groundwater Flow Model of a Wetland System," Water Resources Research, 2002, in press.
  • Bravo, H. R., "A First Course in Fluid Mechanics for Civil Engineers by Donald D. Gray, Book Review," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 127, No. 1, 2001, pp. 88-89.
  • Bravo, H. R., F. Jiang and R. J. Hunt, "Parameter Estimation for a Groundwater Flow and Heat Transport Model of a Wetland System: Selection of Time Scales Through Frequency Domain Analysis," Proceedings of the XXIX International Association for Hydraulic Engineering and Research Congress, Beijing, China, 2001.
  • Bravo, H. R. and Y.-H. Zheng, "Turbulent Flow Over a Step with Rounded Edges: Experimental and Numerical Study," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 126, No. 1, 2000, pp. 82-85.
  • Bravo, H. R, "Groundwater Flow and Heat Transport in Wetlands: Transient Simulations and Frequency-Domain Analysis," Final Report to the UW System Water Resources Institute for Award UW-WRI #99-WLA-1, 2000.