Current Grad Student Opportunities

Project: Erodibility, peak discharge, and consequences of failure of small embankment dams

Position: 1 Master of Science and 1 Doctor of Philosophy Student in Civil Engineering (Cross-Disciplinary: Geotechnical and Water Resources Engineering)

Start Date: September 2025 or January 2026

I am currently looking to welcome new graduate students to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering programs at the University of Alberta. The students will work on a cross-disciplinary research project under the supervision of myself and Dr. Fangzhou (Albert) Liu.

We will be conducting laboratory erosion testing and 3D computer modelling to evaluate the relationship between erosion and flow rate and to develop estimates of the dam breach hydrograph for small dams. These results will be used to conduct flood routing and develop recommendations for estimating the consequences of failure of small dams.

Please see the document below for more detail and apply using this form.

Project: Laboratory and field investigation of flow evolution under varying frazil pan concentration (PhD)

Position: Doctor of Philosophy Student in Water Resources Engineering

Start Date: September 2025

I am currently looking to welcome a new graduate student to the Doctor of Philosophy in Water Resources Engineering program at the University of Alberta. The student will join a collaborative research group focused on studying river ice processes, and will study under the supervision of myself and my colleague Dr. William Zhang.

We will be conducting a series of laboratory experiments to study the transition from open-water to ice-covered hydraulic conditions during freeze-up, specifically investigating the relationship between velocity and discharge under different concentrations of frazil pans at the water surface. Laboratory results will be validated by conducting detailed field measurements throughout the freeze-up process on the North Saskatchewan River in Edmonton.

Please see the document below for more detail and apply using this form.

Project: Pollutant mixing under ice-affected conditions for cold-regions rivers under climate change (PhD)

Position: Doctor of Philosophy Student in Water Resources Engineering

Start Date: September 2025

I am currently looking to welcome a new graduate student to the Doctor of Philosophy in Water Resources Engineering program at the University of Alberta. The student will join a collaborative research group focused on studying river ice processes, and will study under the supervision of myself and my colleague Dr. William Zhang.

We will be conducting laboratory experiments, field studies, and numerical simulations to study the impacts of different ice processes on pollutant mixing in cold-region rivers. Ice conditions observed in the field will be analysed and simulated in physical and numerical experiments to better understand the pollutant mixing processes that may affect water quality in the winter months. AI and machine learning techniques will also be used in analysis.

Please see the document below for more detail and apply using this form.