Ronald Townsend, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

Hydraulics of stream barbs
NSERC · 2008 · Principal investigator
$95,000
Design criteria for applying the 'stream barb' (training) structure in migrating alluvial channel bends
NSERC · 2002 · Principal investigator
$103,950
1) Establishing design criteria for "Bendway" weir applications 2) Developing a hydraulically effective design of sewer weir
NSERC · 1998 · Principal investigator
$82,170

All 5 grants and awards

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Hydraulics of stream barbs

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Townsend, RonaldDavid

$95,000

Design criteria for applying the 'stream barb' (training) structure in migrating alluvial channel bends

Principal investigatorNSERC2002Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Townsend, Ronald

$103,950

1) Establishing design criteria for "Bendway" weir applications 2) Developing a hydraulically effective design of sewer weir

Principal investigatorNSERC1998Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Townsend, Ronald

$82,170

Modelling sediment transport in rivers

Principal investigatorNSERC1994Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Townsend, Ronald

$70,800

Mathematical modelling of unsteady flows in compound channels

Principal investigatorNSERC1991Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Townsend, Ronald

$64,500

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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