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About the Author| Dr. Terry W. Sturm received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois and a Ph.D. in Mechanics and Hydraulics from the University of Iowa at the Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research. He holds the rank of Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology where he teaches undergraduate courses in fluid mechanics and a graduate course sequence in open channel hydraulics and sediment transport. In addition, he has taught continuing education courses on river hydraulics, culvert design, erosion control, and bridge scour. His most recent experimental research centers around the sediment-water interface in natural watercourses and the hydrodynamic processes that occur there such as flow resistance, cohesive sediment resuspension, and local bridge scour. He is the author of numerous research publications on thermal hydraulics, open channel flow resistance, compound channel hydraulics, bridge foundation scour, and resuspension of cohesive sediments. His research has been supported by agencies such as the National Science Foundation, National Academy of Engineering, U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, and the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. Dr. Sturm was recently named the Georgia Engineer of the Year in Education, and he serves as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Hydraulic Engineering of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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