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
Preventive Ice Cover Weakening in a Hanging Dam at St. Raymond, QC
Thomas Simard-Robitaille, Brian Morse and Benoit Turcotte
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The 2014 Montmorency River spring breakup
Félix Pigeon, Michel Leclerc, Brian Morse and Benoit Turcotte
Student Paper
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Designing an Intelligent Infrastructure for River Ice Floods
Brian Morse and Benoit Turcotte
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Flow structure at an ice-covered river confluence
Nancy Martel, Thomas Buffin-Bélanger, and Pascale Biron
Student Paper
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Ice Processes in Stormwater Retention Ponds
Jeff Kemp, Mark Loewen and Evan Davies
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Integrating reservoir ice dynamics in a lumped and conceptual hydrological model
Catherine Guay and Jonathan Roy
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Quantification of under ice cover roughness
Thomas Buffin-Bélanger, Sylvio Demers, and Taylor Olsen
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Sediment Transport Caused by Ice Processes: A Quantitative Approach
Daniel-Alexandre Bleau, R.W. Jay Lacey, Robert Leconte, and Normand E. Bergeron
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Evolution of hanging dams in the Mitis River, Quebec (Canada)
Johan Bérubé, Thomas Buffin-Bélanger, and Étienne Boucher
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