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
Laboratory and Numerical Study of Turbulent Flow in Open Channels with Partial Ice Cover
Ebenezer E. Essel, Baafour Nyantekyi-Kwakye, Karen Dow, Mark F. Tachie, and Shawn P. Clark
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The Investigation of Ice Damming at Sundance Rapids
Brittany Peters, Randula Senarathbandara, Masoud Asadzadeh, Karen Dow, and Jarrod Malenchak
1.25 MB
Investigation of Ice Thickness and Ice Jam Occurrence on the Lower Red River
Morgann Becket, Karen Dow, Shawn Clark, and Chris Propp
2.43 MB
In-situ ice jam characterization by unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
Marc-Antoine Persent, Karem Chokmani, and Rachid Lhissou
1.24 MB
Ice processes on the Chaudière River, Quebec, Canada (2018; 2019)
Jean-Robert Ladouceur, Gabriel Pelchat, and Brian Morse
8.50 MB
A stochastic framework for ensemble ice-jam flood modelling
Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt, Prabin Rokaya, Apurba Das
1.41 MB
Mapping of river channels prone to ice jam formation
Rachid Lhissou, Karem Chokmani, Dominic Theriault, Sébastien Raymond, Yves Gauthier, and Serge Légaré
1.40 MB
Proposal for a National Ice Jam Database Model
Philippe Muise, Simon Tolszczuk-Leclerc, and Yves Gauthier
5.80 MB
A River Ice Database from Water Survey of Canada Hydrometric Archives
Laurent de Rham, Yonas Dibike, Terry Prowse, and Spyros Beltaos
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