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
Anecdotal and analytical review of 1875 Ice Jam on the Athabasca River, AB
Soheil Ghareh Aghaji Zare, Joe Groeneveld, David Andres, and Abdullah Mamoon
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Numerical Simulation of the Ice Processes in the Lower Churchill River, NL, Canada
Soheil Ghareh Aghaji Zare, Joe Groeneveld, Clyde McLean, and Evan Porter
1.18 MB
Numerical Simulation of Ice Dynamics on the St. Lawrence River at Montreal
T. Browne, I. Vouk, A. Cornett, D. Watson, E. Murphy, and M. Sayed
1.96 MB
Stress-resistance Approach to Assess the Ice-jam Flood Risk
Simon Nolin, Pierre Pelletier, and François Groux
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Ice Management of the Beauharnois Canal with Redesigned Ice Booms
Elie Abdelnour, Razek Abdelnour, and Luc Pelletier
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Field Measurements of Supercooling in the North Saskatchewan River
Hayden Kalke, Vincent McFarlane, Tadros R. Ghobrial, and Mark R. Loewen
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Anchor-Ice-Related Flooding along Flat Creek, Jackson, Wyoming: Insights from a Stream in Mountainous Terrain
Edward Kempema, Kengo Osada, Brian Remlinger, and Robert Ettema
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In-situ measurements of anchor-ice formation and release
Tadros Ghobrial, Vincent McFarlane, and Mark Loewen
1.29 MB