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Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Architecture and Marine Technology,
Yokohama National University, Japan, 1998 Dr. Nistor is a hydrotechnical engineer with both academic and
consulting experience. He has more than 18 years of experience, covering both
teaching and research, in several countries in Europe, Japan and North
America. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Hydraulic and
Coastal Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering and Associate
Vice-Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Engineering. He is also the Chair of
the Hydrotechnical Division of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
(CSCE) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Coastal Science
and Engineering Association. Dr. Nistor started his academic career in the Faculty of
Hydrotechnical Engineering of the Technical University of Iasi, Romania.
Following his doctoral studies in Yokohama National University, Japan, in the
field of surf-zone hydrodynamics and sediment transport in coastal areas, he
was awarded several postdoctoral fellowships (DAAD-Germany, NATO-Greece,
AUF-Canada) and participated in several academic research programs (TEMPUS
and SOCRATES) at universities in Europe (Italy, France, UK) and Canada in
hydraulic and coastal engineering. Dr. Nistor also spent several years as a design and consulting
engineer with TECSULT-AECOM Montreal, working on various international and
Canadian projects related to dam engineering, coastal engineering,
environmental engineering, as well as sanitation and water resources
development. 2004
present Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University
of Ottawa 2008
- 2011 Associate Vice-Dean
(Research), Faculty of Engineering, University of Ottawa 2001
- 2004 Consulting Engineer,
Earth Science Division, TECSULT-AECOM, Montrιal 1998 - 2001 Assistant Professor, Faculty of
Hydrotechnical Engineering, Technical University of Iasi, Romania 1995 - 1998 Ph.D. student (MONBUSHO Fellow),
Dept. of Civil Engineering, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan 1993
- 1995 Lecturer, Faculty of Hydrotechnical
Engineering, Technical University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania 1991 - 1993 Research Associate, Faculty of
Hydrotechnical Engineering, Technical University of Iasi, Romania ACADEMIC
HONOURS
Awards 2009 John V. Marsh Award for Excellence in
Teaching of the Faculty of
Engineering, University of Ottawa 2007 Leonardo Grand Prix de Gιnie - Conseil
Quιbιcois - Montrιal (Quebec Great Prize of
Consulting Engineering, Montreal) - Head of the hydraulic design team:
Restoration of Contaminated Sediments - Clark Island 2005 Award of Excellence of the Ontario
Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal, Canadian Civil Engineering Conference (CSCE).
Award presented for paper at First
Infrastructure Technologies, Management and Policy Speciality Conference,
Toronto, Canada 1997 Excellent Presentation Award, 52nd Annual Conf. of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Tokyo, Japan 1996 Excellent Presentation Award, 51st Annual Conf. of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Nagoya, Japan Scholarships/Fellowships 2000 - 2001 AUF (Agence
Universitaire Francophone) Postdoctoral Scholarship,
University of Moncton, Edmunston Campus, New Brunswick, Canada 2000 DAAD (German Academic
Exchange Foundation) Postdoctoral Scholarship,
Institute for Hydrotechnical Constructions and Water Engineering, Technical
University of Braunschweig, Germany 2000 NATO Postdoctoral
Scholarship, Dept. of Civil Engineering,
Aristotle University of Thessalonica, Greece 1999 SOCRATES Visiting Professor Scholarship,
Department of Organic Synthesis and Environmental Engineering, Universitι du
Littoral, France 1999 TEMPUS Visiting
Researcher, Dept. of Hydraulics and
Environmental Engineering, University of Pavia, Italy 1995 - 1998 MONBUSHO (Ministry of Education of Japan) Doctoral
Fellowship, Yokohama National University, Japan 1986 - 1991 Bursa de Merit (Meritus Scholarship),
Faculty of Hydrotechnical Engineering, Technical University of Iasi, Romania,
for best overall GPA in the Faculty - Rank 1 out of approximately 350 students
throughout all five years of the program Student Awards (supervised at the University
of Ottawa) Graduate Students 2009 - Adam Auckland
(M.A.Sc.): Thesis title: Flow and hydraulic efficiency of vertical drop
structures. The Canadian Society for
Civil Engineering (CSCE) Hydrotechnical Award for Best Masters Thesis in
Water Resources in Canada 2008 - Adam Auckland
(M.A.Sc.): Thesis title: Flow and hydraulic efficiency of vertical drop
structures. Nominated for Best
Thesis Award by the Examination Committee and Department of Civil Engineering 2008
- Younes Nouri (M.A.Sc.):
Thesis title: The impact of hydraulic bores and debris on free standing
structures. Nominated for Best
Thesis Award by the Examination Committee and Department of Civil Engineering 2008 -
Scott Baker (M.A.Sc.): Thesis title: Physical and numerical
modeling of wave interaction with a three-dimensional submerged structure. 2nd Prize Research Poster
Competition in Civil
Engineering 2007 -
Xie Jinsong (M.A.Sc.): Thesis
title: Numerical modelling of tsunamis. 1st Prize Research Poster Competition in Civil Engineering 2007 - Soroush Sourourian
(M.A.Sc.): Thesis title: Numerical model for wave and current-induced
concentration of cohesive sediments. Nominated
for Best Thesis Award by the Examination Committee and Department of Civil
Engineering 2006 -
Martine Sequin (M.Eng.): Presentation: Numerical modelling of sand beach
deformation under irregular waves. Best
Presentation Award by
Stantec Consulting Ltd., Ottawa, Canada Undergraduate
Students 2008 - Ayman, Kudeih, Kovalciuk, and Nadege (4th year Capstone Design
Project): Best original idea and
project in the PEO Ottawa Chapter Student Competition;
Project title: Design of an Underwater
Restaurant 2008 - Reid, Bahtia, Ouimet, and Dunstan (4th year Capstone Design
Project): Project title: Design of Municipal Services for Mitch Owens
Subdivision. 2nd Prize
Ottawa Public Works Competition 2005 - Wroblewski, Rich, Salah, and Al-Khatib (4th year Capstone Design
Project): Project title: Design of Hydraulic Works for Kef-Eddir Dam,
Algeria. 1st Prize
Ottawa Public Works Competition SCHOLARLY AND
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Journal Editorship · (2005 present) Editorial Board Member Coastal Engineering Journal, JSCE, World Scientific · (2009 present) Editorial Board Member Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, NRC, Canada ·
(2009) Co-Editor
of the Special Issue on Tsunamis in the Indian Ocean, Marine Geodesy, Taylor-Francis ·
(2009) Co-Editor
of the Special Issue on Tsunami Forces on Structures, Natural Hazards, Springer-Verlag ·
(2009) Editor
of the Special Issue on Paleo-tsunamis, Natural
Hazards, Springer-Verlag Conference
Organization and Session Chairing ·
CSCE Co-Chair and Reviewer for Track D1 Advances in Understanding, Modelling
and Forecasting Waves, 33rd IAHR
Congress, Vancouver, Canada, August 2009 ·
Chair, Sponsorship Committee 19th
Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference, Vancouver, Canada, August 2009 ·
Member, Organizing Committee ASCE-ICE-CSCE
Triennial Conference Coastal Engineering Future Challenges and Risk,
St. Johns, Canada, July 2009 ·
Session Chair (four sessions) and Session Convener (five sessions), Canadian Coastal Zone Conference, CZC 2008,
UBC, Vancouver, Canada, May 2008 ·
Member, Organizing Committee and Session Chair 9th Canadian Conference on
Earthquake Engineering, (CAEE), Ottawa, Canada, June 2007 ·
Secretary and
Symposium Organizer - International
Workshop on Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Management, Ottawa, Canada, June 2006 ·
Session Chair Session No. II-4H Disaster Mitigation, and Student Competition
Jury Member, Annual Conference of
the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE, Calgary, Canada, May
2006 ·
Session Chair Session No. 6, Annual
Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE, Toronto,
Canada, September 2005 National Committees (executive
positions only) · (2008 present) Chair, Hydrotechnical Division, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) · (2007 present) Member of the Board of Directors, Canadian Coastal Science and Engineering Association (CC-SEA) · (2006 2008) Secretary of the Executive Council, Hydrotechnical Division, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) Committees
and Administrative Activities at University of Ottawa
Professional Association
Membership ·
Member of the Ordre des ingιnieurs du Quιbec (No. 126905) · Member of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) · Member of the Canadian Coastal Science and Engineering Association (CC-SEA) · Member of the Canadian Dam Association (CDA) · Member of the International Tsunami Society, Hawaii, USA RESEARCH INTERESTS AND FUNDING
Research Interests ·
Main Field:
Hydraulic Engineering, Coastal Engineering, Hydraulic Structures · Coastal Engineering: Surf Zone Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport, Extreme Hydrodynamic Forces on Structures, Coastal Structures, Tsunamis · Hydraulic Structures: Dam Engineering, Analysis of Dam Safety and Security, Numerical and Physical Modelling of Dam Breaching · Minor fields: Applied Geodetic Methods for Structural Displacements External Funding ·
2009 - 2011 Government of Gujarat Province, India,
Study of tsunami wave impact and
tsunami inundation modelling for Kalpasar Dam Project ·
2007 - 2008 Canadian Fund for Innovations, CFI
LOF, Protection of critical
infrastructure against blast hazards ·
2006
- 2011 NSERC Discovery Grant, Physical and numerical modelling of sediment transport in the surf zone, National Science and Engineering
Research Council, Canada ·
2005
- 2008 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Tsunami, storm surges and other
costal disasters in the Indian Ocean (Asia-Africa Science Platform Program),
Yokohama National
University, Japan (Prof. Tomoya Shibayama) ·
2005
Natural Resources Canada, Modelling
of dam breaching using explosives, Canadian Explosives Research
Laboratory (CERL) Internal Funding (University of Ottawa) ·
2008 2011 Research Fund, Experimental and numerical investigation of hydrodynamic forces on
structures ·
2009-2010
Teaching Fund, Preparation
of the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Manual and Interactive DVD. ·
2006
2008 Research
Fund, Interfaculty Collaborative Research Initiatives, Integration of numerical coastal
deformation models and geomantic for the estimation of coastal erosion
induced by tsunamis and storms ·
2005
Research Initiation Grant (RIG), Modelling of sediment transport and associated beach deformation under
the combined action of waves and currents ·
2004
Research
Fund, Integrated
model for beach deformation under waves and currents, Faculty of Engineering ·
2004
Start-up Research Grant, Faculty of Engineering (past seven years) Books B1
Nirupama Refereed Chapters in Books BC1 Nistor, I., Palermo, D., Nouri, Y., Murty, T., Saatcioglu,
M., (2009). Tsunami forces on structures, Chapter 11 in Handbook of Coastal and Ocean Engineering,
Editors: Dr. Kim Young (UCLA), World Scientific, Singapore (in print),
31 p. BC2 Nistor, I., and Murty, T., (2009). Tsunamis in the Indian Ocean,
chapter in The Future of the Earth
Encyclopedia, Editors: Prof. N. Eldreadge (The American Museum of Natural
History, New York) and T. Pievani (University of Milan, Bicocca, Italy), UTET,
Torino, Italy, (in print), 15 p. BC3-14 Nistor, I., (2006) Author
of 1 chapter (No. 17) and co-author of 11 chapters (No. 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14,
16, 20, 23, 26, 38) of the book entitled The Indian Ocean Tsunami. Editors: Murty, T., Aswathanarayana A.,
and Nirupama, N., Taylor and Francis Group, London, UK, (ISBN-13
978-0-415-40380-1), 491 p. BC15 Murty, T., Nirupama, N., Nistor, I.,
Rao, A.D.,(2006).The role of oscillations of the first and
second class in tsunami around Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Geomatics in Tsunami, Chapter 2,
11-16. Papers in
Refereed Journals (Names of supervised students are underlined) J1 Palermo, D., Nistor, I., Nouri, Y., Cornett, A. (2009). Tsunami loading of nearshore structures: a premier, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering,
NRC (accepted, in press for 2009, No. 08310), 28 p. J2 Nistor, I., Murty, T., Jinsong, X., (2009). Numerical modelling of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, Special Issue of the Int. Journal of Ecology and Development, IJED, Thomson Gale, USA, (accepted, in press), 37 p. J3 Gharbi, S., Valkov, G., Hamdi, S., Nistor, I., (2009). Numerical and field studies of ship wakes along the St. Lawrence River Waterway, Natural Hazards, Springer Verlag (accepted with minor changes, No. NHAZ-S-08-00157), 19 p. J4 Auckland, A., Nistor, I., Townsend, R., (2009).
Intake shape and boundary-related considerations in the operation and design
of storm-sewer drop structures, Canadian
Journal of Civil Engineering, NRC (accepted, in press for 2009, No.
08408), 28 p. J5 Nouri, Y., Nistor, I.,
Palermo, D., Cornett, A., (2009).
Experimental investigation of the tsunami impact on free standing structures,
Coastal Engineering Journal, World
Scientific, (accepted, in press for 2009, CEJ 0808-21), 26 p. J6 Sasal, M., Kashyap S., Rennie, C., Nistor, I., (2009). Artificial neural network for bedload estimation in alluvial rivers, J. of Hydraulic Research (JHR), IAHR, 47(2), 223-232. J7 Palermo, D., and Nistor, I.,
(2008). Understanding tsunami risk
to structures: a Canadian perspective, Science
of Tsunami Hazards, International Tsunami Society, Hawaii, USA, 27(4),
1-11. J8 Zhang, Z., Bao, X., Rennie C., Nistor I., Cornett A., (2008). Water wave frequency detection by optical fiber sensor, Optics Communications, Elsevier, 281, 6011-6015. J9 Nistor J10
Nistor, I., Murty, T., Shukla,
T., (2007).
Model for prediction of beach morphology evolution under irregular waves, J.
Marine and Atmospheric Research, IJED, 3(2), 32-40. J11 Nistor J12 Nirupama, N., Nistor, I., Ponnambalam, K., Murty, T., (2006). Tsunami travel times atlas for the Atlantic Ocean, Marine Geodesy, Taylor & Francis, London, UK, 29(3), 179-199. J13 Nirupama, N., Murty, T., Nistor, I., Rao, A.D., (2006). The energetics of the Tsunami of 26 December 2004 in the Indian Ocean: A Brief Review, Marine Geodesy, Taylor & Francis, London, UK, 29 (1), 39-47. J14 Ghobarah, A., Saatcioglu, M., Nistor, I., (2006). The impact of 26 December 2004 earthquake and tsunami on structures and infrastructure, Engineering Structures, Elsevier, 28, 312-326. J15 Nirupama, N., Murty, T., Nistor, I., Rao, A.D., (2006). Persistent high water levels around Andaman and Nicobar Islands following the 26 December 2004 tsunami, Science of Tsunami Hazards, International Tsunami Society, Hawaii, USA, 24(3), 183-193. J16 Murty, T., Rao, A.D., Nirupama, N., Nistor, I., (2006). Numerical modelling concepts for tsunami warning systems, Current Science, 90(8), 1073-1081. J17 Nirupama, N., Murty T., Nistor, I., Rao, A.D., (2006). Tsunami warning system: Numerical models for the Indian Ocean countries, Indian Ocean Survey, 1(2), 1-11. J18 Murty, T., Rao, A.D., Nirupama, N., Nistor, I., (2006). Tsunami warning systems for the hyperbolic (Pacific), parabolic (Atlantic) and elliptic (Indian) oceans, J. Ind. Geophysical Union, 10(2), 69-78. J19 Saatcioglu, M.,
Ghobarah, A., Nistor, I., (2006). Performance of structures in
Indonesia during the 2004 Sumatra earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake
Spectra, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, ASCE, 22(S3),
295-320. J20 Saatcioglu, M.,
Ghobarah, A., Nistor, I., (2006). Performance of structures in
Thailand during the 2004 Sumatra earthquake and tsunami, Earthquake
Spectra, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, ASCE, Vol. 22(S3),
355-376. J21 Saatcioglu M., Ghobarah, A., Nistor, I., (2006). Effects of the December 26, 2004 Sumatra earthquake and tsunami on physical infrastructure, Ind. J. of Earthquake Technology, 42(4), 79-94. J22 Nistor J23 Jinsong, X., Nistor, I., Murty, T., Shukla, T., (2007). Numerical modelling of the Indian Ocean tsunami A Review, Int. Journal of Ecology and Development, IJED, Thomson Gale, USA, 3(S05), 71-88. J24 Nistor, I., Murty T., Nirupama, N., Hamdi, S., (2005). Far-field dispersion characteristics of the tsunami of 26th December 2004, I. Journal of Earthquake Technology, 42(4), 213-217. J25 Murty, T., Nirupama, N., Nistor, I., Hamdi, S., (2005). Why the Atlantic cannot generally generate trans-oceanic tsunamis. I. Journal of Earthquake Technology, 42(4), 227-236. J26 Murty, T., Nirupama, N., Nistor, I. Rao, A.D., (2005). Conceptual differences between the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic tsunamis warning systems for Canada, Science of Tsunami Hazards, International Tsunami Society, Hawaii, USA, 23(3), 39-51. J27 Murty, T., Nirupama, N., Nistor, I., Rao, A.D., (2005). Leakage of the Indian Ocean tsunami energy into the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, J. Canadian Association of Exploration Geophysicists, CSEG Recorder, 33-36. J28 Nistor, Gh., and Nistor, I., (2004). Analysis of vertical dam deformations using geodetic measurements, New Developments in Dam Engineering (ISBN 04-1536-240-7), Taylor and Francis Group, London, UK, 667-672. J29 Nistor, Gh., Andricioaiei, Gh., Nistor, I., (2003). Contributions to the improvement of the determining accuracy of triangulation point elevations using high precision trigonometric leveling, Bull. Inst. Politeh., XLIX(LIII), Fasc. 1-4, Section Hydrotechnical Engineering, 37-43. Papers In
Refereed Conference Proceedings (Names of supervised students are underlined) C1 Nistor, I. C2 Lloyd, A.,
Saatcioglu, M., Nistor, I.,
Palermo, D., (2009). New shock tube testing facilities for simulated blast
loading of structural and non-structural elements, PROTECT 2002, 2nd
Int. Workshop Performance, Protection and Strengthening of Structures under
Extreme Loading, Hayama, Japan, CD-ROM, 10 p. C3 Murty,
T and Nistor, I., (2009).
Natural ocean hazards and coastal inundation A review, Invited Lecture, ASCE-ICE-CSCE Triennial Conference: Coastal Engineering Futures
Challenges and Risks, St.
Johns, Canada, 14 p. C4 Ramsay, A., Seidou, O., Nistor, I., (2009). A methodology to estimate the impact of climate change on flood frequency analysis, 33rd IAHR Congress and 19th Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference, Vancouver, Canada, CD-ROM, 8 p. C5 Al-Riffai, M., Orendorff, B., Nistor, I., Rennie, C.D., St-Germain, P., (2009), Influence of compaction and toe-drains on the formation of breach channels of overtopped earth embankments - An experimental study, 33rd IAHR Congress and 19th Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference, Vancouver, Canada, CD-ROM, 8 p. C6 Nistor, I., Palermo, D., Al-Faesly T.Q., Cornett, A., (2009), Modelling of tsunami induced forces on structures, 33rd IAHR Congress and 19th Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference, Vancouver, Canada, CD-ROM, 8 p. C7 Palermo, D., and Nistor, I., (2009). Quantifying tsunami loads for design and assessment of infrastructure, Proc. WCCE-ECCE-TCCE Earthquake and Tsunami Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, CD-ROM, 12 p. C8 Nistor, I., and Murty, T., (2009). Tsunami risk for the Canadian coastlines, Proc. WCCE-ECCE-TCCE Earthquake and Tsunami Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, CD-ROM, 12 p. C9 Palermo, D., and Nistor, I., (2008). Understanding tsunami risk to structures: A Canadian perspective, Proc. 14th World Conf. on Earthquake Eng., WCEE, Beijing, China, CD-ROM, 8 p. C10 Nistor, I., Onu, C., Padure D., (2008). Contributions to the determination of the radii of circular sections of structures necessary for the execution and maintenance, 16th Int. Conf. on In-Situ Infrastructure Behavior, Bucharest, Romania, CD-ROM, 181-187. C11 Hamdi, S., Valkov, G., Gharbi, S., Nistor, I., (2008). Field measurements of ship waves along the St. Lawrence river waterway, Canada, Oceans 2008, Quebec City, Canada, CD-ROM, 10p. C12 Baker,
S., Z., Nistor, I., Cornett, A., (2008). Physical and numerical modelling of wave
transformation over a submerged rubble-mound structure, Int. Conf. of Coastal Eng.,
ICCE 2008, ASCE, Hamburg, Germany, poster-presentation paper, 12 p. C13 Nistor, I., Nouri, Y., Z., Palermo, D., Cornett, A., (2008). Experimental investigation of the impact of a tsunami-induced boreon structures, Int. Conf. of Coastal Eng., ICCE 2008, ASCE, Hamburg, Germany,3324-3336. C14 Sorourian, S., Z., Nistor, I., Townsend, R., (2008).
Model for wave and current-induced sediment
concentration for cohesive sediments, Int. Conf. of Coastal Eng.,
ICCE 2008, ASCE, Hamburg, Germany, 2862-2874. C15 Auckland, A., Nistor,
I., Townsend, R. (2008).
Flow field and hydraulic efficiency of drop structure inlet geometries: An
Experimental study, Proc. of the 2008
Annual Conf. of the Canadian Society for Civil Eng., CSCE, Toronto, Canada, CD-ROM, 8 p. C16 Palermo, D., and Nistor, I., (2008). Structural failure mechanisms and forces associated with
tsunami loading, Proc. 2008 Annual Conf.
of the Canadian Society for Civil Eng., CSCE, Quebec City, Canada, (CD-ROM), 8 p. C17 Baker, S., Nistor,
I., Cornett, A. (2008).
Analysis of the wave transformation over a deeply submerged structure, Coastal Zone Canada Conference, UBC,
Vancouver, CD-ROM, 5 p. C18 Sasal, M., Nistor, I., Rennie, C., (2008). Soft technique approach to the determination of the diffusion coefficient over rippled beds in the coastal environment, Coastal Zone Canada Conference, UBC, Vancouver, CD-ROM, 5 p. C19 Atladottir, A., Nistor, I., Cornett, A., (2008). Experimental investigation of wave-induced morphological changes of gravel beaches, Coastal Zone Canada Conference, UBC, Vancouver, CD-ROM, 5 p. C20 Al-Riffai, M. C21 Nistor, I. C22 Palermo,
D., Nistor, I., Cornett, A., Nouri, Y., (2007). Tsunami-induced impact and hydrodynamic
loading of near-shoreline structures, PROTECT 2007, 1ST
Int. Workshop Performance, Protection and Strengthening of Structures under
Extreme Loading, UBC, Whistler, Canada, CD-ROM, 10 p. C23 Sorourian, S. C24 Jinsong, X. CP25 Nouri, Y., Nistor, I., Palermo, D., Cornett, A., (2007). Structural Analysis for Tsunami-Induced Force and Debris Impact, Coastal Structures 2007, COPRI-ASCE, Venice, Italy, 701-712. C26 Nistor, I., Wilson, M.C., Ciubotariu, R., Vasquez, M., (2007). Multi-layer Sediment Capping Structure A Canadian Experience, Coastal Structures 2007, COPRI-ASCE, Venice, Italy, 2011-2022. C27 Nouri, Y., Nistor, I., Palermo, D., Saatcioglu, M., (2007). Tsunami-induced hydrodynamic and debris flow forces on structural elements, 9th Canadian Conf. of Earthquake Engineering, CAEE, Ottawa, Canada, CD-ROM, 11 p. C28 Nistor, Gh., and Nistor, I., (2007). Direct algorithm for the calculation of vertical displacements and deformations of constructions using high-precision geometric leveling, GEOCAD Int. Symposium, Alba-Iulia, Romania, CD-ROM, 9 p. C29 Nistor, I. C30 Murty, T., and Nistor I., (2006). Tsunamis: Can we trust tide gages? 3rd Tsunami International Symposium, Tsunami Society, Hilo, USA, CD-ROM, 12 p. C31 Nistor I., Murty, T., Nirupama, N., Jinsong, X., (2006). Some physical oceanographic processes in the behavior of the 26th December 2004 tsunami, 15th Congress of the Asia Pacific Division of IAHR and Int. Symposium on Maritime Hydraulics, Chennai, India, Invited Lecture, 81-90. C32 Nistor, I., and Saatcioglu, M., (2006). Tsunami-induced coastal flooding and hydrodynamic impacts on physical infrastructure in Thailand and Indonesia, Int. Conf. Prevention and Fight Agaisnt Hydrologic Disasters, IAHR, Timisoara, Romania, CD-ROM, 15 p. C33 Murty, T., Nistor, I., Nirupama, N., (2006). Tsunami numerical modelling for the hyperbolic (Pacific), parabolic (Atlantic) and elliptic (Indian) Oceans, Int. Conf. of Coastal Eng., ICCE, ASCE, San-Diego, USA, 2, 1689-1701. C34 Nistor I., Jinsong, X., Bissinger, A., (2006). Tsunami Risk for Canada: Past experiences and numerical modeling of the Cascadia Tsunami, 2nd Int. Symposium - Tsunami, Storm Surges and Coastal Disasters, Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka, 40-57. C35 Murty, T., Nirupama, N., Nistor, I., Rao, A.D., (2006). Role of trapped and leaky modes around Andaman and Nicobar Island: Tsunami of 26 December 2004, 2nd Int. Tsunami Symposium, The Tsunami Society, Honolulu, USA, 123-134. C36 Nistor, I., Saatcioglu M., Ghobarah, A., (2006). Tsunami hydrodynamic impact forces on physical infrastructures in Thailand and Indonesia, Annual Conf. of the Canadian Society for Civil Eng., CSCE, Calgary, Canada, CD-ROM, 10 p. C37 Murty, T., Nirupama, N., Nistor, I., Rao, A.D., (2005). Numerical models for the Indian Ocean tsunami warning system, Int. Conf. on Advances in Structural Dynamics and Its Applications, GITAM, Visakhapatnam, India, 332-343. C38 Nistor, I., (2005). The 26 December 2004 earthquake and tsunami - Wave forces on physical infrastructure in Thailand and Indonesia, 2005 Tsunami and Storm Surge Seminar, Phuket, Thailand, 4.1-4.15. C39 Murty, T., Nistor, I., Hamdi, S., Nirupama, N., (2005). Numerical modelling for the tsunami warning system for Atlantic Canada, 2005 Canadian Coastal Eng. Conf., Halifax, Canada, CD-ROM, 17 p. C40 Nistor, I., Saatcioglu, M., Ghobarah, A., (2005). The 26 December 2004 Earthquake and Tsunami - Hydrodynamic forces on physical infrastructure in Thailand and Indonesia, 2005 Canadian Coastal Eng. Conf., Halifax, Canada, CD-ROM, 15 p. C41 Murty, T., Nirupama, N., Nistor, I., Rao, A.D., (2005). Role of trapped and leaky modes around Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Tsunami of 26 December 2004, Int. Workshop on Tsunami effects and Mitigation Measures, IIT Madras, Chennai, India, 3-21. C42 Hamdi, S., Gotlieb, J.J., Ouellet, Y., Nistor, I., (2005). Numerical modelling of solitary waves and undular bores using the Method of Lines, Canadian Coastal Eng. Conf., Halifax, Canada, CD-ROM, 20 p. C43 Nistor, I., Hamdi, S., Schiesser, W.E., (2005). Maple package for the simulation of ship-induced sediment suspension in waterways, Maple International Conference, Waterloo, Canada, CD-ROM, 12 p. C44 Nistor, I., and Rennie, C., (2005). Modelling and risk evaluation of dam structural safety, Proc. of the Annual Conf. of the Canadian Society for Civil Eng., CSCE, Toronto, Canada, CD-ROM, 8 p. C45 Nistor, I., Hamdi, S., Schiesser, W.E., (2005). Simulations of ship-generated sediment resuspension based on exact and numerical solutions of the convection-diffusion equation, Fields-Carleton Workshop on Numerical and Analytic Methods in Fluid Dynamics, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, CD-ROM, 17 p. C46 Nistor, I., (2004). The Romanian Black Sea coastline and the Danube Delta: Evolution under natural factors and anthropogenic influences, Proc. 2nd Yokohama Int. Symposium on Coastal Processes in Developing Countries, Yokohama, Japan, 76-87. C47 Nistor, I., (2004). Ιtude d'onde de submersion rιsultant d'une rupture de barrage, Int. Conf. on Disaster and Pollution Monitoring, Iasi, Romania, 25-47. C48 Nistor, I., (2003). Numerical modeling of the sediment flux in the surf zone, 2003 Canadian Coastal Eng. Conf. , Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, CD-ROM, 11 p. C49 Nistor, I., and Nistor, Gh., (2002). Analysis of horizontal dam deformation based on geodetic measurements, Proc. 3rd International Conf. on Dam Eng., Singapore, 213-218. Poster Papers (Names of supervised students are underlined) PP1 Orendorff, B., Al-Riffai, M., St-Germain, P., Rennie, C.D., Nistor, I., (2009), The effects of initial breach geometry on dam breach morphology, 33rd IAHR Congress and 19th Canadian Hydrotechnical Conference, Vancouver, Canada, CD-ROM, 8p. PP2 Al-Faesly, T. Q., Palermo, D., Nistor, I., (2009). Experimental and numerical modelling of tsunami forces on infrastructure, Research Poster Paper Competition Faculty of Engineering Research Day, University of Ottawa. PP3 Al-Riffai,
M., Orendorff, B., Nistor,
I., Rennie, C., (2009). Physical
modelling of dam breaching, Research Poster Paper
Competition Faculty of Engineering Research Day PP4 Baker,
S., Nistor, I., Cornett, A., (2008). Physical and numerical
modelling of a submerged structure, 2nd Prize Civil
Engineering Section, Research Poster Paper Competition
Faculty of Engineering Research Day, University of Ottawa. PP5 Auckland,
A., Nistor, I., Townsend,
R., (2008). Experimental
investigation of the hydraulic efficiency of drop structures, Research
Poster Paper Competition Faculty of Engineering Research Day,
University of Ottawa. PP6 Kashyap, S., Sasal, M., Rennie, C., Nistor PP7 Jinsong, X. PP8 Nouri, Y., Nistor, I., Palermo, D., Saatcioglu, M., (2007). Tsunami-induced hydrodynamic force and debris flow on structures, Research Poster Paper Competition Faculty of Engineering Research Day, University of Ottawa. Research
Reports and Professional Magazine Articles T1 Palermo, D. and Nistor, I., (2008).
Tsunami-induced loading on structures Beyond Hollywoods scenarios, Structures, NCSEA/CASE/SEI, March
2008, 10-13. T2 Saatcioglu, M., Ghobarah, A., Nistor, I., (2005). The 26 December 2004 Sumatra earthquake and tsunami, Final report - Canadian Association of Earthquake Engineering, Ottawa, Canada, 27 p (http://www.caee.uottawa.ca/CAEE%20Sumatra%20Report.pdf). T3 Nistor, I. and Rennie, C., (2005). Earth fill dam breach failure due to explosions, Final Research Report prepared for Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 83 p. T4 Nistor, I., (2004), Analysis and numerical modeling of a sediment capping structure under wave attack, TECSULT Inc., Montreal, Canada, 210 p. T5 Nistor, I., (2003), Dam breaching induced by piping or overtopping, TECSULT Inc., Montreal, Canada, 125 p. Design and Consulting Engineering Reports (April 2001
June 2004) Author of 16 preliminary design reports and 12 final design reports, as a consulting engineer for the Earth Science Division of TECSULT Inc., Montreal, Canada. INVITED SEMINARS AND
PRESENTATIONS
· (2009) Invited to teach the International graduate course on coastal engineering, Intensive course, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Yokohama National University, Japan, December 124 · (2009) Invited Lecture Effects And quantification Of tsunami loading On infrastructure - An Experimental numerical and analytical study, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan ·
(2009) Invited
Lecture Natural ocean hazards and coastal
inundation A Review, Murty, T.
and Nistor, I., ASCE-ICE-CSCE
Triennial Conference: Coastal
Engineering Futures Challenges and Risks, St. Johns, NF, Canada ·
(2009) Invited Lecture Dam
failure modelling and risk assessment,
International Conference on Water Resources, Ministry of Water Resources
of Iraq, Sulaimanyah, Iraq ·
(2007) Invited Lecture Impact of Hydrodynamic Forces on
Structures, University of Alaska at Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA ·
(2006) Invited Lecture Some physical oceanographic processes in
the behavior of the 26th December 2004 tsunami, 15th Congress of the
Asia-Pacific Division of IAHR and Int. Symposium on Maritime Hydraulics ·
(2006) Invited Lecture Engineering lessons learned during
reconnaissance in Thailand and Indonesia December 2004 Indian Ocean
Tsunamis, International Workshop on Hazard Mitigation and Disaster
Management, Ottawa ·
(2005) Invited Lecture The Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 26,
2004 Effects and Consequences, Professional Engineers of Ontario
(PEO), Quinte Chapter ·
(2005) Invited Lecture The December 26 Indian Ocean tsunami
Engineering Significance and Lessons Learned, Professional Engineers of
Ontario (PEO), Ottawa Chapter · (2005) 3 Invited Lectures on Dam Engineering - Design and Safety within the postgraduate course of Natural Hazards and Hydrotechnical Infrastructure, Technical University of Iasi, Romania · (2004) Keynote Speaker International Symposium of Coastal Engineering, National University of Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan TEACHING AND GRADUATE
SUPERVISION
Back Graduate Courses (past seven years only) CVG 5111 Hydraulic
Structures (Fall 2005, Fall 2007, Fall 2009) CVG 5124 Coastal
Engineering (Fall 2006, Fall 2008) Undergraduate Courses Graduate
Student Supervisor Graduate Theses (finalized) at the University of Ottawa, Canada
(2004-2009) 1. Soroush Sorourian, M.A.Sc., (2005-2007): Numerical model for wave and current-induced concentration of cohesive sediments. The Examination Committee recommended the thesis for an FGPS award 2. Xie Jinsong, M.A.Sc., (2005-2007): Numerical modelling of tsunamis 3. Gavin
Post, M.A.Sc. (2005-2007): Measurement
of the distribution of Reynolds Stresses in a river bend model using multiple
Acoustic Doppler Velocimeters (ADVs) 4.
Scott Baker, M.A.Sc., (2005-2007): Physical and numerical modeling of wave interaction
with a three-dimensional submerged structure 5.
Younes Nouri, M.A.Sc., (2006-2008): The
impact of hydraulic bores and debris on free standing structures, The Examination Committee and the Department
of Civil Engineering recommended the thesis for an FGPS award. 6. Audur Atladottir, M.A.Sc., (2005-2008): Experimental investigation of wave-induced morphological changes of gravel beaches 7. Adam Auckland, M.A.Sc., (2006-2008): Flow and hydraulic efficiency of vertical drop structures. The thesis received the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) Award for Best Masters Thesis in Water Resources in Canada. 8. Bryan Orendorff, M.A.Sc., (2007-2009): An experimental study of embankment dam breaching Post-doctoral students at the
University of Ottawa, Canada (2004-2009) 1.
Samir
Hamdi (2005-2007, part-time): Numerical
modeling of solitary waves 2.
Mustafa
Sasal (2007-2008): Application of
ANN techniques in river and coastal sediment transport Graduate theses (in progress) at
the University of Ottawa Ph.D. 1. Mahmoud Al-Riffai, Ph.D., (2007): Numerical and physical modelling of dam breaching 2. Taofiq Qassim M. Al-Faesly, Ph.D., (2008): Numerical and physical modelling of hydraulic impact on structures (joint supervision with Dr. Palermo) 3. Osama Desouky, Ph.D., (2007): Hydraulic and structural analysis and modeling of floating bridges M.A.Sc. 1. Andrea Ramsay, M.A.Sc., (2008-present): Impact of climate change on hydraulic structures 2. Mohamed Kudeih, M.A.Sc., (2009-present): Physical and numerical modeling of wave impact on piles 3. Julien Cousineau, M.A.Sc., (2009-present): Numerical modeling of extreme hydrodynamic forces 4. Seth Logan, M.A.Sc., (2009-present):Modelling of wave run-up on steep slopes 5. Mitchell Connor, M.A.Sc., (2009-present): Experimental modelling of blast on reservoirs M.Eng (with Engineering Report) 1. Kenza Salah, M.Eng., (2005- present): Analysis and risk of flood due to dam failure (part-time) 2. Martine Seguin, M.Eng., (2006 presently in maternity leave): Beach nourishment restoration project 3. Shawn Bahtia, M.Eng., (2008 - present): project topic to be decided 4.
Eric Jobin, M.Eng., (2008-present): Analysis of change of local rainfall climate
on infrastructure 5. Eric Ouimet, M.Eng., (2008-present): Development of a new wave energy generator Undergraduate Research Supervision
at the University of Ottawa 1. Philippe St-Germain NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Student Award, 2008 and 2009 (joint supervision with Dr. Rennie; Project: Experimental modeling of dam breaching) 2. Supervised eight (8) undergraduate students from the University of Limoges, France, during their Research Summer Internship (May-August, 2007, 2008, and 2009) 3. Supervised 8 teams for the 4th year undergraduate Design Project (CVG4001/4002), 2005-2009 4. Supervised one 4th year Research Thesis: Claire Molereau (exchange student from University of Lille, France), Project: Experimental Analysis of wave forces on piles, 2009 5. Engineer-in-Training Research Thesis: Johan Delepeleire (University of Toulouse, France), Project: Numerical modeling of tsunamis in the Atlantic Ocean, 2009 6. Engineer-in-Training Research Thesis: Allyson Baskin (University of Toulouse, France), Project: Numerical modeling of tsunamis in the Atlantic Ocean, 2009
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