Dr. Meital Geva

Dr. Meital Geva earned her direct track Ph.D. at the Mechanical Engineering Department at Ben-Gurion University. She obtained 20 distinguished awards in the course of her academic studies. Upon graduation, she gained industrial experience at a government research center as a thermo-hydraulic researcher. Afterward, she was a postdoctoral research associate at the Water Wave Laboratory at the School of Mechanical Engineering at Tel-Aviv University.

Wind-wave interactions, Shear flow instability, Turbulent boundary layers over rough wavy water surfaces, Internal waves, Shock wave reflections, Reactive compressible flow.

Her research aims to better understand the physics of various processes through theoretical and numerical analysis supported by experimental data.

Geva M., Ram O., Sadot O. (2013) Non-stationary hysteresis shock wave reflection phenomenon, J. Fluid Mech. (Rapids), 732,  423.

Ram O¹., Geva M. ¹, Sadot O. (2015) High spatial and temporal resolutions study of shock wave reflection over a coupled convex-concave cylindrical surface, J. Fluid Mech., 768, 219-239. ¹equally contributed authors

Geva M., Ram O., Sadot O. (2018). The regular reflection→ Mach reflection transition in unsteady flow over convex surfaces, J. Fluid Mech., 837, 48-79.

Koronio E., Ben-Dor G., Sadot O., & Geva, M. (2020) Similarity in Mach stem evolution and termination in unsteady shock-wave reflection. J. Fluid Mech., 902

Geva M., Bukai M., Zemach E., Gabay S., Krakovich A., & Shemer L. (2021). On the spontaneous appearance of internal waves in an open-pool-type research reactor. Phys. Fluids, 33(2), 022102

Geva M & Shemer L. (2022) The wall similarity in turbulent boundary layers over wind-waves. J. Fluid Mech., 935, A42

Geva M & Shemer L. On excitation of initial waves by wind: a theoretical model and experimental verification. Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 124501 (Editor’s suggestion)

October 2022- Senior lecturer and head of Wave Dynamics Laboratory at the School of Mechanical Engineering