Environmental Fluid Mechanics Lab Current Research Interests: Dr. Webster’s interests are in experimental fluid mechanics, focusing on environmental flows and on the influence of fluid mechanics on biological systems. Research objectives have been pursued in two basic ways: 1) studying the fluid mechanics and turbulence characteristics of environmental and biological flows; and 2) developing advanced experimental techniques and facilities necessary to conduct the research. Ongoing projects include: Chemical Plume Tracking Bed Roughness and Blue Crab Tracking Novel Apparatus to Simulate Oceanic Turbulence Animations Zooplankton Response to Turbulence Turbulence Mixing Copepod Interaction with Thin Layer Structure Cue Hierarchy as a Search Strategy Survey of Species Flow Fields around Free Swimming Zooplankton