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
Integrating ice-scar elevations on riparian trees into stochastic modeling of ice-jam floods
Victoria Litalien, Sergio Croquer Perez, Maxime Maltais, Thomas Buffin-Bélanger, Élisabeth Lapierre, Zoé Martineu, Jason Duguay, Cheick Doumbia, Jay Lacey, Mélanie Trudel
2.40 MB
A proposed methodology to map ice-jam flood hazards in Quebec
Jason Duguay, Mélanie Trudel, Jay Lacey, Victoria Litalien, Mathieu Fouquet, Pascale Biron, Thomas Buffin-Bélanger, Sophie Latreille
7.07 MB
Predicting River Ice Breakup Using SAR Satellite Data
Maria Yulmetova, Pradeep Bobby, Michael Lynch
1.28 MB
Can Hydraulic Structures Deal with River and Reservoir Ice?
Robert Ettema, Edward Kempema
1.28 MB
Re-designing the Erindale Ice Control Structure
David Kynaston, Rob Amos, Tim Koen
2.28 MB
Engineering challenges during the installation of a boom in deep water present at Kettle Generating Station on the Nelson River, Manitoba, Canada
Razek Abdelnour, Elie Abdelnour, Matthew Kilmer, Oluchi Eze, George Comfort
1.70 MB
Evaluating Climate Change Impacts on Ontario River Ice Using Principal Component Analysis
Pouya Farokhzad, Fuad Curi
714.27 KB
Ice Jam Risk Analysis for a Bridge Replacement Case Study
Fuad Curi, Storer Boone, Alan Keizur
381.83 KB
Differential Head Monitoring at NYPA Intakes for Ice Management
Shiqiang Ye, Gregory Pedrick, Michael McNiven
3.30 MB
In situ measurements of ice growth and melt on two lakes and one reservoir in eastern Canada
Thomas Brady, Antoine Thiboult, Tadros Ghobrial, Daniel F. Nadeau
721.50 KB