Firat Y. Testik

Firat Y. Testik is a Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction Management department at the University of Texas at San Antonio's Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design. Contactable at firat.testik@utsa.edu, he leads the Flow Physics Lab and has published extensively on rainfall microphysics and coastal engineering challenges.

• Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Arizona State University

His research focuses on environmental fluid mechanics, particularly:

• Rainfall microphysics, including raindrop collision dynamics and shape-velocity distribution under wind shear
• Coastal bridge vulnerability to hurricane wave impacts
• Gravity current propagation through aquatic vegetation
• Atmospheric boundary layer turbulence interactions
• Instrument validation for precipitation measurement

Recent publications show a trend toward advanced measurement techniques (high-speed imaging, sUAS) and hazard modeling for hurricanes. He actively contributes to operational rainfall estimation algorithms and infrastructure resilience studies.