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
Update on Breakup Forecasting and Ice Management with Lessons Learned from the February 2022 Churchville Ice Jam
Jeff Wong
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Towards a comprehensive assessment of hydrokinetic resource assessment in ice covered Canadian rivers using remote sensing
Saber Ansari, Jinxing Huang, Tabitha Takeda, Torsten Geldsetzer, Joost Van der Sanden
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Evaluating aerial drone based remote sensing technologies to document and measure fluvial ice covers
Jason Duguay, Mélanie Trudel, Antoine Pruneau, Lucie Goethals, Jay Lacey
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Use of NASA CERES satellite data to calculate the net heat flux of the Dauphin River during supercooling
Vincent McFarlane, Kyla Lim, Shawn Clark
1.15 MB
Progress in the development of an operational testbed using Delft-FEWS for river ice forecasting on the Chaudière River, Quebec
Rodolfo Alvarado Montero, Kh Rahat Usman, Tadros Ghobrial, Arnejan van Loenen
Student Paper
1.94 MB
Experimental investigation of border ice effect on bedform development
Mina Rouzegar, Shawn Clark
Student Paper
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Investigating the Effect of Incoming Ice Supply Rate on Hanging Dam Formation
Randula Senarathbandara, Shawn Clark, Karen Dow
Student Paper
1.07 MB
Frazil Ice Measurements Using the Four-Frequency AQUAscat Sonar
Leila Shoorangiz, Shawn Clark
Student Paper
871.04 KB
Comparison of seasonal and year-long calibration approaches for hydrological modelling of winter discharge on the Chaudière River, Quebec
Kh Rahat Usman, Tadros Ghobrial, François Anctil
Student Paper
1.10 MB
Comparison between reanalysis and local weather data for estimating pre-break-up heat fluxes into the ice cover
Sean Boyd, Tadros Ghobrial, Mark Loewen
Student Paper
1.14 MB