Dr. Vincent S. Neary

Position: Associate Professor

Office: Prescott Hall, Room 339
Phone: (931) 372-3604
E-mail: vneary@tntech.edu
Personal Webpage: http://gemini.tntech.edu/~vneary/

Educational Background:

Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, 1995

M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa, 1992

B.S., Agricultural Engineering, Rutgers University, 1987

Areas of Specialty:

Environmental hydraulics and hydrology, modeling of vegetative resistance in flood plains and wetland using RANS and LES modeling techniques, field investigations of storm water quality and wash-off response, rational methods in river and wetland restoration, parameterization methods for continuous hydrologic modeling.

Recent Publications:

Cui, J. and V.S. Neary (2007) “LES Investigation of Effects of Submerged Vegetation on Turbulent Flows.” IIAHR, J. of Hydraulic Research. (Accepted for Publication October 8, 2007).

Hill, A.J. and V.S. Neary (2007) “Estimating Evapotranspiration and Seepage for a Sinkhole Wetland from Diurnal Surface-Water Cycles” J. American Water Resources Association, (43)6, pp. 1373-1382.

Neary, V.S. and S.G. Constantinescu, “Analysis of Coherent Structures Generated by Plant Stems using LES.” Submitted for review and approved for Proceedings of the XXXII IAHR Congress, Venice, Italy , July 1-6, 2007.

Hill, A.J., V.S. Neary and K. Morgan (2006) "A hydrologic functional assessment model for depressional wetlands." Wetlands. 26:1, 161-180.

Hill, A.J. and V.S. Neary (2005) “Factors affecting estimates of average watershed slope." ASCEJournal of Hydrologic Engineering. 10(2), 133-140.

Simon, A., S.J. Bennett, and V.S. Neary (2004) "Riparian vegetation and fluvial geomorphology: Problems and opportunities." In: Riparian Vegetation and Fluvial Geomorphology, edited by S.J. Bennett and A. Simon, Water Science and Application Series Volume 8, p. 1-10, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.

Stoesser, T., V.S. Neary, and C.A.M.E. Wilson (2004) "Modeling Vegetated Channel Flows: Challenges and Opportunities."  IASME/WSEAS International Conference on FLUID MECHANICS (FLUIDS 2004), Special Session Eco-hydraulics: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions, Corfu Island, Greece, August 17-19, 2004

Neary, V.S., Neel, T.C., G.K. Stearman, and D.B. George (2004) "Detention basin retrofit for stormwater treatment." Proceedings Novatech’ 2004, 5 th Intnl. Conf. on Sustainable Techniques and Strategies in Urban Water Management. Lyon, France, June 6-10, 2004.

Neary, V.S., E. Habib, M. Fleming (2004) "Hydrologic modeling with NEXRAD precipitation in Middle Tennessee." Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 9(5), 1-11.

Fleming, M., and V.S. Neary (2004) "Continuous hydrologic modeling study with HEC-HMS." Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 9(3), 175-183.

Neary, V.S. (2003) "Numerical solution of fully-developed flow with vegetative resistance." Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 129(5), 558-563.