Vincent McFarlane, University of Alberta

Research

river ice river hydraulics ice-affected infrastructure energy budget supercooling hydrology remote sensing freeze-up

Latest funding

Development of improved methods to determine the breach discharge and estimate the consequences of failure of a small dam
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$49,467
System for Direct Field Measurement of River Discharge
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$149,102
Improving engineering design practices for infrastructure in ice-affected rivers
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 4 grants and awards

Development of improved methods to determine the breach discharge and estimate the consequences of failure of a small dam

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: McFarlane, Vincent VJ

Keywords: dam breach; dam safety; erosion; flooding; flood routing; geotechnical; hydrotechnical

$49,467

System for Direct Field Measurement of River Discharge

Co-investigatorNSERC2024Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Nafziger, Jennifer

Keywords: discharge measuremnet; flooding; hydrology; hydrometry; ice breakup; ice freeze-up; ice jam; river; river ice engineering; water quality

$149,102

Improving engineering design practices for infrastructure in ice-affected rivers

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: McFarlane, Vincent

Keywords: river ice; river hydraulics; ice-affected infrastructure; energy budget; supercooling; hydrology; remote sensing; freeze-up; cryosphere; climate change impacts

$12,500

Improving engineering design practices for infrastructure in ice-affected rivers

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: McFarlane, Vincent

Keywords: river ice; river hydraulics; ice-affected infrastructure; energy budget; supercooling; hydrology; remote sensing; freeze-up; cryosphere; climate change impacts

$34,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: river ice Dear Professor McFarlane, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on river ice connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Development of improved methods to determine the breach discharge and estimate the consequences of failure of a small dam" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]