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Sponsor: None -
this project would be done as a TA. The City of Austin and USGS
will collaborate, but cannot provide funding
Students: 1
Overview: The City of Austin is
restoring a highly-degraded section of Shoal Creek. The engineering
design is essentially finished, but work has not yet begun. There
is a fascinating opportunity for a student to get involved in urban
stream restoration by modeling the before and after conditions of
the system.
Student goals: Learn
how to model the hydrodynamics of an urban stream. Learn to work
with City and Federal Government engineers/scientists. Document
the changes in the stream behavior due to restoration efforts.
Classes for background:
CE 380S - Environmental Fluid Mechanics - Hodges
TTh 2-3
CE 394K - GIS in Water Resources
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