E. John List, Ph.D., P.E.
Principal Consultant
Dr. List is Principal Consultant of Flow Science and Emeritus Professor of Environmental Engineering Science at the California Institute of Technology. He has over 40 years of experience as a consulting engineer, including 20 years of litigation support experience.
Li Ding, Ph.D., P.E. (VA)
President and Principal Engineer
Dr. Li Ding is a Principal Engineer at Flow Science and is the technical lead for the Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and and Surface Water Quality & Hydrodynamics groups. He has expertise in CFD software to perform detailed flow analyses within water/wastewater storage and treatment facilities, to design baffles, alternative inlet/outlet configurations, and mixing systems for improving water quality. He is also experienced in the use of the Stanford University Large Eddy Simulation (LES) model. Dr. Ding has conducted numerous hydrodynamic and water quality studies of lakes, reservoirs, and estuaries using the one and three-dimensional DYRESM and ELCOM/CAEDYM models. He is the author or co-author of several publications in refereed journals.
Ben Martin, P.E. (VA)
Principal Engineer
Mr. Martin is currently a Principal Engineer at Flow Science and has been working with the company since 2005. He performs both CFD and hydraulic transient modeling. His CFD modeling includes water storage reservoirs and one-dimensional water quality modeling of lakes and reservoirs using DYRESM. Mr. Martin also has experience using U.S. EPA PLUMES and the three-dimensional ELCOM/CAEDYM models to evaluate mixing and dilution. His hydraulic modeling includes analysis of gravity flow and pressurized pipeline systems subject to pressure surges and waterhammer caused by pump power failure, pump startup/shutdown, control valve operation, and pipeline ruptures, plus sizing of appropriate surge control appurtenances.