Robert Ettema
Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Departmental Executive Officer
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Faculty Research Engineer
IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering
Researcher
Center for Global & Regional Environmental Research
4105A Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242-1527
Telephone: (319) 384-0596
Complete Curriculum Vitae (PDF File)
Joined the College of Engineering: 1980
Education: Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 1980.
Special Fields of Knowledge: Civil engineering; water resources engineering; hydraulics; sedimentation; ice engineering; coastal engineering.
Present Research Interests: Fundamentals and applications of hydraulic engineering, and cold regions engineering.
Selected Publications:
- Ettema, R. (2006) "Hunter Rouse- His Work in Retrospect," ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 132 (12): 1248-1258.
- Ettema, R. and Mutel, C. (2006) "Hans Albert Einstein in South Carolina, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol 132(8): 754-758.
- Michel, F., Ettema, R., and Muste, M., (2006), "Case-Study: Sediment control at water intake for a large thermal-power station on a small alluvial river," ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol 132(5): 440-449.
- Daly, S. and Ettema, R., (2006), "Frazil-ice blockage of intakes in the U.S. Great Lakes," ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 132(8): 814-824.
- Ettema, R., Muste, M. Abacci, O., Odgaard, J. (2006), "Outflow calibration of vertically distorted hydraulic models of thermally stratified reservoirs," IAHR Journal of Hydraulic Research, Vol. 44 (4):450-460.
Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships: American Society of Civil Engineers; International Association of Hydraulic Research; Geophysical Union; American Chi Epsilon.