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Expert Details

Civil Engineering Hydraulics, Ice Mechanics & Freeze-Bonding, River Engineering, etc.

ID: 713598 Iowa, USA

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Expert has broad experience in diverse areas of civil engineering hydraulics, hydrology, and ice mechanics. His experience in hydraulics includes the design and generation of diverse hydraulic structures, river engineering, and sedimentation problems. His hydrologic work includes runoff flow estimation and flood flow estimation. He has studied sediment imbalances in rivers, hydraulic models of circulating water, ice and hydropower, and water intake.

Expert's ice mechanics work includes evaluation of ice problems for hydraulic structures, estimation of ice forces under diverse conditions, ice formation processes, effects of freezing on materials, and ice jams. Additionally, he is highly knowledgeable regarding icebreaking, ice conveyance, freeze-bonding, and ice growth. Types of ice with which he has worked include naled ice, sheet ice, brash ice, urea ice, foam ice, ice rubble, and frazil ice.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1980 Degree: PhD Subject: Civil Engineering Institution: The University of Auckland - New Zealand
Year: 1976 Degree: ME Subject: Civil Engineering Institution: The University of Auckland - New Zealand
Year: 1974 Degree: BE Subject: Civil Engineering Institution: The University of Auckland - New Zealand

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1991 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Professor of Civil & Evnironmental Engineering Department:
Responsibilities:
Available upon request.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1991 to 1994 Employer: Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research Title: Acting Director Department:
Responsibilities:
Available upon request.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1986 to 1991 Employer: Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research Title: Associate Director Department:
Responsibilities:
Available upon request.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1982 to 1986 Employer: The University of Iowa Title: Asst./Assoc. Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering Department:
Responsibilities:
Available upon request.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Expert is a member of IAHR, ASCE, SNAME, ATTC, ITTC, AGU, and PIANC.
Licenses / Certifications
He is a Registered Civil Engineer in the State of Iowa and serves on numerous national and international professional committees.
Awards / Recognition
In 1991, he received the U.S. Section Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses Professor Gustave Williams Award for his paper "Ice Formation in Navigation Channels".

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
Dutch

Fields of Expertise

hydraulics, hydrology, hydraulic engineering, ice, ice engineering, river ice hydraulics, frazil ice, cold-climate structure, multiphase flow measurement, water management, surface-water drainage, liquid flow through an orifice, hydraulic structure, turbulent flow, surface water, river stabilization, river navigation, river engineering, Newtonian flow, navigation depth improvement, navigation depth, liquid flow through a nozzle, hydraulic jet, fluid mechanics, flowmeter, flood control, coastal engineering, civil engineering, canal, bathymetry

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