Dr. Portia Felix is a lecturer in the faculty of Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Her research interests include: fluid mechanics, computational fluid dynamics and coastal and oil spill numerical modelling. She has experience in using coastal software models such CORMIX Mixing Zone Model and AQUASEA, MIKE 12, MATLAB and FLO2D. She is also trained in mathematical modelling, which involves the use of numerical methods to solve fluid flow equations. She has applied this technique in developing models that simulate various flow behaviours under varying conditions, the most important of which is the model she developed for her doctoral thesis.