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
Compilation of Historical Smoky River Breakup Observations to Inform Hydrological-Hydraulic Modelling
Hannah Tripp, Alyssa Sandeman, Steven Lund-Rachinski, Jennifer Nafziger, Yuntong She
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A comparative analysis of RPA-based LiDAR and photogrammetry techniques for ice jam data processing on the Dauphin River, Manitoba
Rouzbeh Hoghooghi Esfahani, Shawn Clark, Alexander Wall
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Solar radiation dynamics during freeze-up period in the Pembina River
Nicolas Castro, Rick Sapkota, Vincent McFarlane
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Tsunami run-up into ice covered rivers: several attempts for field survey and numerical modeling in Japan
Takaaki Abe, Yauhiro Yoshikawa, Nobuyuki Hotta
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Potential of the new satellite SWOT (Surface Water Ocean Topography) for monitoring lake and river ice
Mélanie Trudel, Gabriela Siles, Samuel Foucher, Sylvain Biancamaria, Toumia Ghribi, Anthony Mandeville
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Assessing the effect of ice cover on suspended solids and metal transport using River1D
Julia Blackburn, Yuntong She, Wenming Zhang, Sharafi Ferdaus
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Characterization of ice coverage in the St. Lawrence River using satellite imagery and an operational ice status index
Denise Sudom, Corwin MacMillan, Armina Soleymani, Yifan Qu, K. Andrea Scott
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Continuous monitoring of formation and release of ice accumulation on a water intake trash rack during the 2023-2024 winter
Sean Boyd, Tadros Ghobrial, Amandine Pierre, Mark Loewen
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Developing A River Ice-Jam Flood Risk Assessment and Mitigation Framework Using System Dynamics
Rasa Moeini, Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt
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Preliminary Quantification of Historical Ice Jam Volumes through Hydraulic Modelling
Gautam Basnet, Jennifer Nafziger, Vincent McFarlane, Nadia Kovachis
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