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
Icing and blisters: Exploring the mid-winter complexity of subarctic streams
Benoit Turcotte, Stephanie Saal, Tyler de Jong, Ashley Dubnick, Médéric Girard
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Experimental Assessment of Hydrodynamic Behavior of Booms in High-Velocity Flows
Faezeh Fooladimahani, Shawn Clark
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Modeling nature-like ice control structures designed to protect river restoration projects
Mark Jordan, Peter Koons
607.86 KB
Combining numerical modeling with morphological approaches to identify ice jams prone areas
Arthur Labrecque, Simon Lavoie-Lavallée, Jay Lacey, Mélanie Trudel
636.34 KB
The Influence of the Winter Season on Springtime Total Organic Carbon in the North Saskatchewan River
Sharafi Ferdaus, Monireh Faramarzi, Yuntong She, Wenming Zhang
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Correction of the degree-day approach to take solar radiation into account in breakup forecast models
Benoit Turcotte, Pelchat Gabriel, Tadros Ghobrial
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Ice Breakup Dynamics on the Kuskokwim River: Climatic Trends And Outlook Development
Sergio Alejandro Gomez Munoz, Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt, Johnse Ostman, Crane Johnson
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Examining Remotely Sensed Products Used in Operational Decision Support Services and how they have improved operations during the Alaska breakup Season
William Straka III, Crane Johnson, Celine Van Breukelen, Robert Busey, Michael Ottenweller, Qingyuan Zhang, Sanmei Li
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2024 Freeze-up Conditions along the Lower Churchill River in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Madison Stafford, Kevin Lees, Joe Groeneveld
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