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Edwin Todd Cowen is a Professor at Cornell University in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He has served as the Director of the DeFrees Hydraulics Laboratory and has contributed significantly to the fields of environmental fluid mechanics and renewable energy sustainability. Cowen earned his B.S. in Civil Engineering from Brown University in 1987 and furthered his studies at Stanford University, obtaining both an M.S. (1991) and Ph.D. (1997) in Civil Engineering. His research involves both laboratory-based studies and full-scale observational field campaigns to understand the physics of natural and anthropogenic flows in the environment. He has developed a research program focusing on environmental transport processes, wave-structure interactions, and energy harvesting techniques. Cowen's current research projects include innovative approaches to energy harvesting from environmental flows and the study of juvenile fish transport in aquatic ecosystems. He has received numerous awards for his teaching and mentoring and is recognized as an authority in experimental measurements of fluid flows and sustainable energy. Cowen actively collaborates with academic and industry partners to advance real-world impact in sustainability initiatives.
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