Research Interests

  • River Ice Processes (freeze-up, breakup, ice jams and ice jam flooding)
  • Wintertime Sediment Transport
  • Wintertime Fish Habitat
  • Large Woody Material Hydraulics, Transport, and Jamming
  • Stream Dynamics and Riparian Systems

Sponsored Projects

  1. “MRI: Acquisition of a Tomographic Particle Image Velocimetry System”, NSF, 2019-2022, Co-PI, (B. Erath, PI)
  2. “Ice Flood Modeling of the Moose River, Ontario, Canada”, HATCH, Ltd., 2019-2020, PI
  3. “Flood Resiliency, Risk Assessment, and Mitigation”, New York Office of General Services, Subcontractor to O’Brien and Gere Engineering, Inc., PI
  4. “MACROSEA: A Knowledge Platform for Industrial Macroalgae Cultivation”, SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture, 2017-2021, Co-PI, (S. Rogers, PI)
  5. “Modeling Maximum Flood Levels for St. John River East Bank Level Increase – Part 2”, New Brunswick Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, 2017-2018, PI
  6. “Modeling Maximum Flood Levels for St. John River East Bank Level Increase”, New Brunswick Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, 2017, PI
  7. “Assessment of Sediment Properties in the Impoundment of an Aged Dam in the Hudson River Watershed – Part 2”, New York State Water Resources Institute (WRI) at Cornell University and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Hudson River Estuary Program, 2016, Co-PI, (W. Wu, PI)
  8. “Ice Modeling of Albany River Delta”, HATCH Ltd., 2015-2016, PI
  9. “CRISSP Anchor Ice Improvements”, BC Hydro, 2014-2017, Co-PI, (H.T. Shen, PI)
  10. “Assessment of Ice Jam Potential for Mactaquac Project Option 3 – Dam Removal”, New Brunswick Power, 2015, PI
  11. “Assessment of Sediment Properties in the Impoundment of an Aged Dam in the Hudson River Watershed”, New York State Water Resources Institute (WRI) at Cornell University and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), Hudson River Estuary Program , 2015, Co-PI, (W. Wu, PI)
  12. “Ice Flow Model of the Grass Island Pool in the Niagara River – Phase III”, New York Power Authority, 2015-2016, Co-PI, (H.T. Shen, PI)
  13. “Modeling Ice Transport at BC Hydro Site C Clean Energy Project Diversion Tunnels”, BC Hydro, 2014-2016, Co-PI, (H.T. Shen, PI)
  14. “Laboratory Experiments on Erosion of Mixed Cohesive/Non-Cohesive Sediments”, US Army Corps of Engineers, 2014-2017, Co-PI, (W. Wu, PI)
  15. “Ice Flow Model of the Grass Island Pool in the Niagara River – Phase II”, New York Power Authority, 2014, $38,322, Co-PI, (H.T. Shen, PI)
  16. “St. John River Ice Jam Modeling Study”, New Brunswick Department of Environment and Local Government, 2013-2014, Co-PI, (H.T. Shen, PI)
  17. “Breakup Ice Jam Dynamics in the Saint John River”, New Brunswick Power, 2012-2013, Co-PI, (H.T. Shen, PI)
  18. “Ice Flow Model of the Grass Island Pool in the Niagara River”, New York Power Authority, 2013, Co-PI, (H.T. Shen, PI)