Brett Eaton, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest funding

Linking sediment transport in gravel bed rivers to channel migration and bed stability
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$306,000
River restoration revolution: evaluation of new, low impact channel designs using physical models
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Threshold behaviour in steep alluvial streams: key variables and geohazards
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$110,000

All 10 grants and awards

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Linking sediment transport in gravel bed rivers to channel migration and bed stability

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Eaton, Brett

Keywords: sediment transport; gravel bed rivers; channel migration; channel stability; physical modelling; channel pattern

$306,000

River restoration revolution: evaluation of new, low impact channel designs using physical models

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Eaton, Brett

$25,000

Threshold behaviour in steep alluvial streams: key variables and geohazards

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Eaton, Brett

$110,000

Developing a user-friendly modelling tool to automate production of bioenergetic-based Habitat Suitability Curves for instream flow assessments

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Eaton, Brett

$67,550

Improvement of a quantitative framework for predicting catastrophic stream channel change on steep alluvial fans

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Engage Plus Grants Program

Principal investigators: Eaton, Brett

$12,500

Development of a quantitative framework for predicting catastrophic stream channel change on steep alluvial fans

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Eaton, Brett

$25,000

Reach-scale morphodynamics of gravel bed streams

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Eaton, Brett

$85,000

Modeling of fish-habitat interactions in the context of hydropower

Co-investigatorNSERC2009Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Boisclair, Daniel

$1,311,935

NSERC's HydroNet: A national research network to promote sustainable hydropower and healthy aquatic ecosystems.

Co-investigatorNSERC2008Research Networks

Principal investigators: Boisclair, Daniel

$5,498,145

Reach-scale stability of alluvial gravel bed streams

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Eaton, Brett

$132,400

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 Dear Professor Eaton, 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 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 "Linking sediment transport in gravel bed rivers to channel migration and bed stability" (2020), 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]