M. Laura Beninati

M. Laura Beninati is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell University. She holds dual B.S. degrees in Architectural and Civil Engineering from Drexel University (1994), M.S. in Civil and Mechanical Engineering from Drexel (1997), and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Iowa (2004). Her research focuses on environmental fluid mechanics, sediment transport, turbulence dynamics, and experimental fluid mechanics instrumentation. She teaches courses in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and engineering experimentation.

• Awards: Lindback Grant (2007), Swanson Research Fellow (2005-2007), Amelia Earhart Scholarship (2002-2003)

Her experimental studies emphasize vortex dynamics and turbulence interactions in fluid flows, with applications to environmental and aerospace engineering. Research methodologies include advanced fluid dynamics instrumentation and computational modeling.