The Gerard Medal was established by the Committee in 1991 to recognize and remember the contributions made to the field of river ice engineering by the late Dr. R. (Larry) Gerard. The medal is awarded to the author or authors of the paper deemed to be the best amongst those presented at each Workshop on the Hydraulics of Ice Covered Rivers.
Dr. Gerard was a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Alberta and was recognized world-wide for his contributions in river ice engineering. The International Association for Hydraulic Research (IAHR) published a tribute detailing the career and accomplishments of Dr. Gerard as a part of the 11th International Symposium on Ice in Banff, Alberta in 1992.
Past Recipients of the Gerard Medal
Development of a physical hydraulic model of the Sartigan dam ice control structure on the Chaudière River in Quebec
Amandine Pierre, Jude Benin Wendkudni, Tadros Ghobrial, Wael Taha
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Preliminary evaluation of GNSS-IR signals and radar altimetry for characterization of winter hydrometry of Québec rivers
Gabriela Siles, Gabriel Duquet, Scott Bedart, Dave Purnell, Pascal Matte, Mélanie Trudel
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Forecasting river ice breakup timing using hydrometeorological and morphological parameters: a case study of the Chaudière River
Ehab Zidan, Tadros Ghobrial, Yuntong She
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Predicting ice jam formation at a confluence using hydraulic modelling and empirical relations: A case study on the Sainte-Anne River, Québec
Laurence Charbonneau, Tadros Ghobrial, Jennifer Nafziger
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A Comparison between machine learning approaches for forecasting Ice Jam Flood occurrence: A case study on the Chaudière River
Amirhossein Salimi, Tadros Ghobrial, Hossein Bonakdari
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Forecasting ice-jam flooding during river freezing
Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt, Robert Briggs, Apurba Das, Sergio Gomez, Amir Ali Khan, Michael Lynch, Johnse Ostman, Thomas Puestow, David Streubel, Kyle Van Peursem
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Identification and statistical analysis of freeze-up ice consolidations on the Peace River, AB
Martin Jasek, Jonathan Lamontagne
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Can we reconnect floodplains in a channelized river with frazil ice? A case study of the Lower Lemhi River Subreach 1 Rehabilitation Project
Jeffrey Fealko
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Morphodynamics of hanging ice dams: interaction between flow, sediment, frazil ice and a solid ice cover
Gary Parker, Yuntong She
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