Professtional preparation Appointments Journal publications present-2005 2005-2000 2000-1995 Sponsored research Courses taught Professional service and affiliations  professional preparation University of Illinois, Urbana / Champaign, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, B.S., 1993. University of California, Berkeley, Civil and Environmental Engineering, M.S., 1994. University of California, Berkeley, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ph.D., 1997. Purdue University (Post-doctoral Research), Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1998. University of Illinois, Urbana / Champaign (Post-doctoral Research), Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 1998.  appointments Associate Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2004-present. Assistant Professor, The Pennsylvania State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1999-2004. Visiting Professor, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana / Champaign, Summer 2000. Lecturer, University of California at Berkeley, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Fall 1997. Lecturer, San Francisco State University, Spring 1996 & 1997. Visiting Researcher, Delft Hydraulics, The Netherlands, Summer 1995.  journal publications 2009 de Vries, S., Hill, D.F., de Schipper, M., Stive, M.J.F., 2009, "Remote sensing of coastal waves using stereo imaging," Coastal Engineering, to be submitted. Chenoweth, E., Gabriele, C., Hill, D., 2009, "Micro-scale tidal influences on humpback whale habitat selection," Marine Ecology Progress Series, submitted. Koehler, N., Gabriele, C., Straley, J., Hill, D., Norcross, B., 2009, "Humpback whale habitat use patterns related to tide at Point Adolphus, southeastern Alaska," Marine Mammal Science, submitted. Hawkes, A., Horton, B., Nelson, A., Hill, D., 2009, "The modern distribution of foraminifera of Oregon intertidal zones," Quaternary International, in press, corrected proof available [pdf]. Hill, D.F., Younkin, B.D., 2009, "A simple estimation of the growth rate and equilibrium size of bedforms created by a turbulent wall jet," Journal of Hydraulic Research, v.47(5), pp.619-625 [pdf]. Sharp, K.V., Hill, D.F., Troolin, D., Walters, G., Lai, W., 2009, "Volumetric 3-component velocimetry (V3V) measurements of the turbulent flow in stirred tank reactors," Experiments in Fluids, doi 10.1007/s00348-009-0711-9 [pdf]. Hill, D.F., Ciavola, S., Etherington, L., Klaar, M., 2009, "Estimation of freshwater runoff into Glacier Bay, Alaska and incorporation into a tidal circulation model," Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, v.82, pp.95-107 [pdf]. Younkin, B., Hill, D., 2009, "Rapid bathymetric surveys of an evolving scour hole using planar laser sheet illumination," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, v.135(10), pp.852-856 [pdf]. 2008 Hill, D.F., Vergara, A., Parra, E., 2008, "Destratification by mechanical mixers: mixing efficiency and flow scaling," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, v.134(12), pp.1772-1777 [pdf]. 2007 Etherington, L., Hooge, P., Hooge, E., Hill, D., 2007, "Oceanography of Glacier Bay, Alaska: implications for biological patterns and productivity in a glacial fjord estuary," Estuaries and Coasts, v.30(6), pp.927-944 [pdf]. Connell, R.J., Kulasiri, D., Lennon, J., Hill, D.F., 2007, "Computational modeling of turbulent velocity structure for open channel flow using Karhunen-Loeve expansion,"International Journal of Computational Methods, v.4(3), pp.493-519 [pdf]. 2006 Hill, D.F., Younkin, B.D., 2006, “Measurements of turbulent flow in and around scour holes,” Experiments in Fluids, v.41, pp.295-307 [pdf]. Lennon, J.M., Hill, D.F., 2006, “Particle image velocimetry measurements of hydraulic and undular jumps,” ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, v.132(12), pp.1283-1294 [pdf]. 2005 Hill, D.F., Frandsen, J., 2005, “Transient evolution of weakly-nonlinear sloshing waves: an analytical and numerical comparison,” Journal of Engineering Mathematics, v.53(2), pp.187-198 [pdf]. Yoon, H.S., Hill, D.F., Balachandar, S., Adrian, R., 2005, “Flow scaling in a Rushton turbine stirred tank, part 1 – mean flow, jet, and tip vortex components,” Chemical Engineering Science, v.60(12), pp.3169-3183 [pdf]. Raju, R., Balachandar, S., Hill, D.F., Adrian, R., 2005, “Flow scaling in a Rushton turbine stirred tank, part 2 – eigen-decomposition of fluctuation,” Chemical Engineering Science, v.60(12), pp.3185-3198 [pdf]. 2004 Hill, D.F., 2004, “Weakly-nonlinear cubic interactions between surface waves and interfacial waves: an analytic soluion,” Physics of Fluids, v.16(3), pp.839-842 [pdf]. 2003 Hill, D.F., 2003, “Transient and steady-state amplitudes of forced waves in closed basins,” Physics of Fluids, v.15(6), pp.1576-1587 [pdf]. Beachler, M.M., Hill, D.F., 2003, “Stirring up trouble? Resuspension of bottom sediments by recreational watercraft,” Lake and Reservoir Management, v.19(1), pp.15-25. 2002 Hill, D.F., 2002, “General density gradients in general domains: the two-tank method revisited,” Experiments in Fluids, v.32(4), pp.434-440 [pdf]. Hill, D.F., 2002, “The Faraday resonance of interfacial waves in weakly-viscous fluids,” Physics of Fluids, v.14(1), pp.158-169 [pdf]. 2001 Yoon, H.S., Sharp, K.V., Hill, D.F., Adrian, R.J., Balachandar, S., Ha, M.Y., Kar, K., 2001, “Integrated experimental and computational approach to simulation of flow in a stirred tank,” Chemical Engineering Science, v.56, pp.6635-6649 [pdf]. 2000 Hill, D.F., Sharp, K.V., Adrian, R.J., 2000, “Stereoscopic particle image velocimetry measurements of the flow around a Rushton turbine,” Experiments in Fluids, v.29(5), pp.478-485 [pdf]. 1999 Hill, D.F., Foda, M.A., 1999, “The effects of viscosity and elasticity on the non-linear resonance of internal waves,” Journal of Geophysical Research, v.104(C5), pp.10,951-10,958 [pdf]. 1998 Foda, M.A., Hill, D.F., 1998, “Nonlinear energy transfer from semi-diurnal barotropic motion to near-inertial baroclinic motion,” Journal of Physical Oceanography, 28, pp.1865-1872 [pdf]. Hill, D.F., Foda, M.A., 1998, “Subharmonic resonance of oblique interfacial waves by a progressive surface wave,” Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 454, pp.1-16 [pdf]. 1997 Foda, M.A., Hill, D.F., Huang, C.-M., DeNeale, P., 1997, “Fluidization response of sediment bed to rapidly falling water surface,” Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, 123(5), pp.261-265 [pdf]. 1996 Hill, D.F., Foda, M.A., 1996, “Subharmonic resonance of short internal standing waves by progressive surface waves,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 321, pp.217-224.