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Email:
Phone: (412) 624-4399
Fax: (412) 624-0135
Office: 943 Benedum |
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Education
- Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2008
- M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, Dec 2002
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, National University of Engineering,
PERU, Jul 1997
Research Interests
Dr. Abad's research interests are combined by fundamental and applied
topics. Fundamental topics include: mechanics of sediment transport,
high-resolution description of hydrodynamic and morphodynamics in
subaerial and submarine meandering channels, long-term prediction
of river morphodynamics, development of Computational Fluid Dynamics
(CFD) models for environmental flows, environmental hydrodynamics,
and transport and mixing processes. Applied topics include: river
restoration, bank protection using instream-structures, development
of GIS-tools for river management, development of CFD models for
hydraulic structures (dropshafts and fish-passage canoe-chutes).
Dr. Abad’s group seeks understanding of geophysical processes
in laboratory-scale (theoretical, physical experiments and numerical
approaches) and field-scale (theoretical, numerical and field work).
For more information, visit Dr. Abad’s home
page.
Selected Publications
- Abad, J. D., and M. H. Garcia (2009), “Experiments in
a high-amplitude Kinoshita meandering channel: 1. Implications
of bend orientation on mean and turbulent flow structure”,
Water Resources Research, 45, W02401, doi:10.1029/2008WR007016.
- Abad, J. D., and M. H. Garcia (2009), “Experiments in
a high-amplitude Kinoshita meandering channel: 2. Implications
of bend orientation on bed morphodynamics”, Water Resources.
Research, 45, W02402, doi:10.1029/2008WR007017.
- Abad, J. D., Sequeiros, O. E., Spinewine, B., Garcia, M. H.
and Parker, G. (2009). “Secondary flow in meandering channels
on submarine fans: implications for channel morphodynamics and
architecture”. Annual Convention & Exhibition, American
Association of Petroleum Geologists, June, 7-10, Denver, Colorado,
USA.
- Abad, J. D., Waratuke, A., Barnas, C. and Garcia, M. H. (2009).
“Hydraulic Model Study of Canoe Chute and Fish Passage for
the Chicago River North Branch Dam”. World Environmental
& Water Resources Congress, ASCE, Kansas City, May 17-21,
2009.
- Catano, Y., Abad, J. D. and Garcia, M. H. (2009). “Characterization
of bedform morphology using wavelet analysis”. In press,
Ocean Engineering.
- Odgaard, A. J., Abad, J. D. (2008). “Chapter 8: River
meandering and channel stability”. In ASCE Manual of Practice
110: Sedimentation Engineering,” M.H. Garcia (ed), Reston,
VA, pp. 439-459.
- Abad, J. D., Rhoads, B. L., Guneralp, I., García, M.
H. (2008) "Flow structure at different stages in a meander-bend
with bendway weirs". Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 138
(8): 1052-1053.
- Abad, J. D., Buscaglia, G. and Garcia, M. H. (2008) "2D
Stream Hydrodynamic, sediment transport and bed morphology model
for engineering applications". Hydrological Processes, 22:
1443-1459.
- Muller, D., Abad, J. D., Garcia, C., Gatner, J. W. and Garcia,
M. H. (2007) "Errors in Acoustic Doppler Velocity measurements
caused by flow disturbance". Journal of Hydraulic Engineering,
133 (12): 1411-1420.
- Abad J. D. and García, M. H. "RVR Meander: A toolbox
for re-meandering of channelized streams". Computers &
Geosciences, 32: 92-101, 2006.
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