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
The 2019 Freeze-up Ice Jam on the Severn River and Flooding of Bearskin Lake First Nation
Lucas Wazney and Rick Carson
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Estimating frequency distribution of volumes-of-ice of mid-winter ice jams
Apurba Das and Karl-Erich Lindenschmidt
6.05 MB
Numerical and experimental study of an Arctic hypertidal estuary under winter conditions; cryo-hydrodynamics and hydrokinetic implications
Abdolvahid Mohammadian, Brian Morse and Jean-Loup Robert
3.38 MB
Minor 2020 ice jamming in lower Peace River despite extreme breakup flows: assessment of hydroclimatic controls
Spyros Beltaos and Tom Carter
1.78 MB
A Tale of Two Basins: The 2020 river ice breakup in northern Alberta, part II: The Peace River
Stefan Emmer, Nadia Kovachis, and Jenifer Nafziger
1.92 MB
A Tale of Two Basins: The 2020 river ice breakup in northern Alberta, part I: The Athabasca River
Jenifer Nafziger, Nadia Kovachis, and Stefan Emmer
1.83 MB
Exploratory Data Analysis of the Canadian River Ice Database Variables and their Correlations with Seasonal Temperature
Yonas Dibike, Josh Hartmann, Laurent de Rham, Spyros Beltaos, Daniel Peters and Barrie Bonsal
1.56 MB
The Impact of Climate Change on Breakup Ice Jams in Canada: State of knowledge and research approaches
Benoit Turcotte, Brian Burrell, and Spyros Beltaos
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