Dr Eugene Farrell Ph.D
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Biography:
| Eugene completed a BSc at University College Cork in Earth Science (1991-1995). He then completed a Masters of Science (MS) degree programme in Geography at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Following this he worked in GIS industry for four years in Los Angeles mapping natural and environmental hazards. He moved to Italy in 2003 to work at the Università degli Studi di Firenze on research projects focused along the Tuscany coastline. He completed a PhD in Geography at Texas A&M University, USA (2006-12). During this time period he was an National Science Foundation (NSF) fellow and visiting scholar at James Cook University, Queensland, Australia. In January 2012 he was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Institute of Marine and Coastal Science, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (USA). Eugene joined the Geography Department at NUIG in August 2012. |
Research Interests
| The research programmes I currently pursue focus on six major themes: 1) modeling wind blown sand transport, 2) wave transformation, 3) human impacts on coastal and river systems, 4) post-storm beach-dune recovery & climate change, 5) Land-To-Sea: linking catchment dynamics with coastal and marine environments, and 6) public outreach, education and civic engagement. My research background is in physical geography, with a focus on process geomorphology in coastal beach and dune environments. My research projects usually rely on the design and implementation of instrumented field experiments to measure the spatial and temporal variability of geomorphic processes e.g. sand transport by wind or waves; sediment exchange between beach-dune systems; impact of large perturbations (e.g. storm surge) on system equilibra. As we increasingly stress our coastlines and watersheds we continue to ask ourselves if Humans can co-exist with natural landforms? The answer has to be Yes, but in the knowledge that these ’natural systems’ wont be fully natural; they will be impacted by human action; and they will be hosting a myriad of interests that are often conflicting. A driving motivation of my research is the conviction that informed decision making must be based upon empirical data as we try to predict how these natural systems will respond to short- and long-term change. Field Project Experience
I have presented my research at the following scientific conferences and workshops: Workshops (3) 08/02/2014. Host: Irish Geomorphology Group (Trinity College Dublin Workshop #1). Title: Land to sea: benchmarking for our
future. Title: I Like Beaches: a public outreach and
educational initiative. Title: Coastal dynamics: a review of current
research.
Conference Oral Presentations
* denotes presenter ^ denotes
undergraduate student
CIG 2014 - 46th Conference
of Irish Geographers, Dublin, Ireland Using the Rouse
Concentration Model to Represent Vertical Flux Profiles of Wind Blown Sand Farrell, E.J.* and Sherman, D.J.
CIG 2014 - 46th Conference
of Irish Geographers, Dublin, Ireland I Like Beaches: a
student-led community knowledge research initiative Farrell, E.J., Lynch, K., Byrne, S.^, Corbett, J.^, Logan,
J.*^, Miller, A.^, and Murphy, M.^
EGU 2014 - European
Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria Using the Rouse
Concentration Model to Represent Vertical Flux Profiles of Wind Blown Sand Farrell, E.J.*
and Sherman, D.J.
ICS 2014 - 12th
International Coastal Symposium, Plymouth, England Estimates of the ß
parameter (a form of the Schmidt Number) in the Rouse Number for vertical flux
distributions of wind blown sand Farrell, E.J.
and Sherman, D.J.*
ICS 2014 - 12th
International Coastal Symposium, Plymouth, England Characterization of
aeolian streamers using time-average videography Sherman, D.J., Houser,
C.*, Ellis, J.T., Farrell, E.J., Li,
B., and Maia, L.P.
CIG 2013 - 45th
Conference for Irish Geographers, Galway, Ireland Estimates of the Schmidt Number for vertical flux distributions of
wind-blown sand Farrell, E.J.* and Sherman, D.J.
AAG 2012 - Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers,
New York, USA Mass flux profiles of
wind blown sand: a review of laboratory, field and numerical studies Farrell,
E.J.* and Sherman, D.J. Winner: Norb Psuty Student Paper Merit Award
AAG 2011 - Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers,
Seattle, USA Settling velocity of
sand sized particles in air: a review Farrell,
E.J.* and Sherman, D.J.
Recalibrating aeolian sand transport models Ellis, J. T.*, Sherman, D. J., Li,
B., Farrell, E. J.
EGU 2011 - European
Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria Field calibration of aeolian sand transport
models Ellis, J. T., Sherman, D. J.*,
Li, B., Farrell, E. J.
ICAR 7 - The 7th
International Conference for Aeolian Research, Santa Rosa, Argentina (2010) Horizontal variability of aeolian sand transport
Ellis, J. T.*, Sherman, D. J., Farrell, E. J., and Li, B.
ICAR 7 - The 7th International Conference for Aeolian Research, Santa
Rosa, Argentina (2010) Variability of
apparent von Kármán parameter during aeolian saltation Li, B.*, Sherman, D.
J., Farrell, E. J., and Ellis, J. T.
AAG 2010 - Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers,
Washington DC, USA Horizontal variability
of aeolian sand transport Ellis, J.T.*, Farrell, E.J. and Sherman, D.J.
ICS 2009 -
10th International Coastal Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal Wave transformation across a rock platform,
Belinho, Portugal Farrell, E.J.*, Granja, H., Cappietti, L., Ellis, J.T., Li, B., and
Sherman, D.J.
ICS 2009 - 10th International Coastal Symposium, Lisbon, Portugal Aeolian saltation at Esposende
beach Li, B.*, Granja, H., Farrell, E.J., Ellis, J.T., and
Sherman, D.J.
AAG 2009 - Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers,
Las Vegas, USA Aeolian saltation profiles:
an evaluation of alternative methodologies and analyses Ellis, J. T.*, Li, B., Farrell, E. J., Cox, W. D., and
Sherman, D. J.
AAG 2009 - Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers,
Las Vegas, USA Field evaluation of
grain-scale aeolian saltation sensors Li, B.*, Ellis, J. T.,
Farrell, E. J., Cox, W. D., and
Sherman, D. J.
GSA 2008 - Geological
Society of America Annual Meeting, Houston, USA Protocols for
characterizing aeolian mass flux profiles Ellis, J.T.*,
Sherman, D.J., Farrell, E.J., and
Li, B.
AAG 2008 - Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers,
Boston, USA Characterizing the
Vertical Distribution of Aeolian Saltation Li, B.*, Ellis, J. T.,
Farrell, E. J. and Sherman, D. J.
AGU 2007
- American Geosciences Union General Assembly, San Francisco, USA Process-scaling issues of saltation dynamics in
wind tunnel and field environments Farrell,
E.J.* and Sherman, D.J.
AAG 2007 - Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers,
San Francisco, USA Vertical mass-flux
gradients in aeolian saltation Sherman, D.J.*,
Granja, H., Ellis J.T., Farrell,
E.J., and Li, B.
AAG 2007 - Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers,
San Francisco, USA Wind tunnel simulations of saltation: is close
enough, good enough? Farrell, E.J.*
and Sherman, D.J.
AAG 2007 - Annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers,
San Francisco, USA Vertical mass-flux gradients in aeolian
saltation Sherman, D.J.*, Granja, H., Ellis, J.T., Farrell, E.J., and Li, B.
SWAAG 2006
- Annual meeting of the Southwest
Division of the Association of American Geographers, Norman (OK), USA Using scaled models in aeolian geomorphology Farrell,
E.J.* and Sherman, D.J.
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Peer Reviewed Journals
| Farrell, E.J. and Sherman, D.J. (2013) 'Estimates of the Schmidt Number for vertical flux distributions of wind-blown sand'. Journal Of Coastal Research, (Special Issue No. 65). [Details] |
| Sherman, D.J.; Houser, C.; Ellis, J.T.; Farrell, E.J.; Li, B.; Maia, L.P. (2013) 'Characterization of aeolian streamers using time-average videography'. Journal Of Coastal Research, (Special Issue No. 65). [Details] |
| Farrell, E.J., D.J. Sherman, Ellis, J., and B.Li. (2012) 'Vertical distribution of grain size for wind blown sand'. Aeolian Research, 7 :51-61. [DOI] [Details] |
| Sherman, D.J., B. Li, Ellis, J.E., Farrell, E.J., Maia, L.P., Granja, H (2012) 'Recalibrating aeolian sand transport models'. Earth Surface Processes And Landforms, . [DOI] [Details] |
| Ellis, J.T., Sherman, D.J., Farrell, E.J., and Li, B. (2012) 'Temporal and spatial variability of aeolian sand transport: implications for field measurements'. Aeolian Research, (3):379-387. [DOI] [Details] |
| Sherman, D.J., S. Quiring, B. Li, and E.J. Farrell (2010) 'Benchmarking the war against global warming'. Annals Of The Association Of American Geographers, 100 (4):1013-1024. [DOI] [Details] |
| Li, B., D.J. Sherman, D.J., Farrell, E.J., and J.T. Ellis (2010) 'Variability of the apparent von Kármán parameter during aeolian saltation'. Geophysical Research Letters, 37 (L15404). [DOI] [Details] |
| Ellis, J.T., B. Li, E.J. Farrell, and D.J. Sherman (2010) 'Protocols for characterizing aeolian mass- flux profiles'. Aeolian Research, 1 :19-26. [Details] |
| Li, B., H. Granja, E.J Farrell, J.T. Ellis, and D.J. Sherman (2009) 'Aeolian saltation at Esposende beach'. Journal Of Coastal Research, (Special Issue 56):327-331. [Details] |
| Farrell, E.J., H. Granja, L. Cappietti, J.T. Ellis, B. Li, and D.J. Sherman (2009) 'Wave transformation across a rock platform, Belinho, Portugal'. Journal Of Coastal Research, (Special Issue 56):44-48. [Details] |
| Sherman, D.J., and Farrell, E.J. (2008) 'Aerodynamic roughness lengths over moveable beds: comparison of wind tunnel and field data'. Journal Of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 111 (F02S08). [DOI] [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Farrell, E.J. and Sherman, D.J (2003) Process-scaling issues for aeolian transport modeling in field and wind tunnel experiments: roughness length and mass flux distributions MedCoast ’03: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment. Ankara, MEDCOAST , pp.1457-1468 [Details] |
| Cappietti, L., Cammelli, C., Farrell, E.J., Ferri, S., Aminti, P., and Pranzini, E. (2003) A case of updrift erosion induced by a harbour breakwater MedCoast ’03: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment. Ankara, MEDCOAST , pp.1707-1718 [Details] |
| Pranzini, E., Farrell., E.J., and Steinhardt, S (2003) Use of a reflective groin in a pocket beach MedCoast ’03: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment. Ankara, MEDCOAST , pp.1741-1752 [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2011. Title: East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes (EAPSI) Program Award |
| Year: 2011. Title: U.S. Senator Phil Gramm Doctoral Fellowship |
| Year: 2014. Title: Dobbin Scholarship |
| Year: 2012. Title: Norb Psuty Student Paper Merit Award |
| Year: 2013. Title: Research Incentivisation Scheme Award |
Teaching Interests
| Undergraduate Teaching: TI151 Principals of Physical Geography
/co-taught TI152 Geography in Practice /co-taught TI224 Residential Field Class (Environment, Risk and Resilience in The
Algarve, Portugal ) TI225 Earth surface processes and landforms TI251 Evidence in Geography: The production of
geographical knowledge /co-taught TI313 Specialism I: physical geography (Dune dynamics and processes of aeolian sediment transport) TI335 Research project design and development TI356 Research seminar in physical geography
TI368 Fundamentals of aeolian geomorphology Postgraduate Teaching: TI6104: Coastal Processes and Landforms (MSc in Coastal and Marine Environments: Physical Processes, Policy, and Practice) TI706: Field-Based Learning (MA in Environment, Society and Development) |
External Collaborators
| Academic Collaborations: Dr. Andreas Baas (Kings College London, UK) Prof. Jean Ellis (University of South Carolina, USA) Dr. Lorenzo Cappietti (Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Italy) Prof. Peter Coxon (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) Prof. Robin Davidson-Arnott (Guelph University, Canada) Dr. Helena Granja (Universidade do Minho, Portugal) Dr. Frances Fahy (National University Ireland Galway, Ireland) Prof. Jack Gillies (Desert Research Institute, USA) Prof. Chris Houser (Texas A&M University, USA) Prof. Nancy Jackson (New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA) Dr. Bailiang Li (Trent University, Canada) Dr. Kevin Lynch (National University Ireland Galway, Ireland) Dr. Terry Morley (National University Ireland Galway, Ireland) Dr. Luis Parente Maia (Universidade Federal do Ceará, Brazil) Prof. Jon Pelletier (University of Arizona, USA) Prof. Karl Nordstrom (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA) Dr. Kevin Parnell (James Cook University, Australia) Dr. Enzo Pranzini (Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Italy) Prof. Stephen Quiring (Texas A&M University, USA) Dr. Kathy Reilly (National University Ireland Galway, Ireland) Prof. Douglas Sherman (University of Alabama, USA) Prof. Ian Walker (University of Victoria, Canada) |