Restoration Fundamentals and Practice in Aquatic Systems

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: MATH 115. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) The topics to be covered in the lectures are Sediment transport, Fluid mechanics/bluff body flows—Hydraulics, Geomorphology, Dimensional analysis, Field measurement techniques—Particle Image Velocimetry, Acoustic Doppler Velocimetry, flow and wave gauges. Biological overview: fishes, macrobenthos, plants. Current restoration techniques in a variety of environments.