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
Measured Dynamic Response of Ice Roads to Moving Trucks
G. Van Der Vinne, M. Lanteigne, J. Snyder
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Two-way fluid-structure interaction model of waves propagating in a channel with an ice cover
N. Liu, J. Kells, K-E. Lindenschmidt
Student Paper
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Laboratory measurements of frazil ice properties in saline water
C. Schneck, V. McFarlane, M. Loewen
Student Paper
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An Emerging Picture of Peace River Break-up Types that Influence Ice Jam Flooding of the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Part 2: Insights from the comparison of the 2014 and 2018 Break-ups
Martin Jasek
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An Emerging Picture of Peace River Break-up Types that Influence Ice Jam Flooding of the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Part 1: The 2018 Peace River Break-up
Martin Jasek
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Freeze-up on the lower Peace River 2015-2017: Processes, anomalies, and implications for breakup
Stefan Emmer, Jennifer Nafziger, Nadia Kovachis Watson, and Bernard Trevor
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Regulation effects on spring breakup flows of Lower Peace River
Spyros Beltaos and Daniel Peters
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Simulation of the Heilongjiang River ice thickness using system dynamics model
Ruofei Xing, Slobodan P. Simonovic, and Zhenchun Hao
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