A. Jacob Odgaard

Joined the College of Engineering: 1977 

Education: Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 1970
M.S., Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 1966

Special Fields of Knowledge: Environmental fluid mechanics; hydraulic engineering; hydraulic structures; hydraulic modeling; river engineering; river mechanics.

Present Research Interests: River meandering and channel stability; sediment management in rivers using Iowa Vanes and other structures; fish diversion structures; Hydroinformatics. 

Selected Publications: 

• Odgaard, A.J. (2009). River Training and Sediment Management with Submerged Vanes, ASCE Press, Washington D.C. (171 p).
• Odgaard, A.J., and Abad, J.D. (2008). "River Meandering and Channel Stability," Chapter 8 in Sedimentation Engineering, Ed. Marcelo H. Garcia, ASCE manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice No. 110, 439-459.
• Politano, M., Odgaard, A.J., and Klecan, W. (2007). "Case Study: Numerical Evaluation of Hydraulic Transients in a Combined Sewer Overflow Tunnel System," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 133 (10), 1103-1110.
• Ettema, R., Muste, M., Odgaard, A.J., and Abaci, O. (2006). "Outflow Calibration for Vertically Distorted Models of Thermally Stratified Reservoirs," Journal of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, 44(4), 535-546.
• Ouyang, H., Weber, L.J., and Odgaard, A.J. (2006). "Design Optimization of a Two-Dimensional Hydrofoil by Applying a Genetic Algorithm," Engineering Optimization, Taylor & Farncis, 38 (5), 529-540.
  

Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships: American Society of Engineering Education; International Association for Hydraulic Research; Sigma Xi; Chi Epsilon; Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers.