Education
- Ph.D., Hydraulic Engineering, University of Windsor, Canada (1970)
- M.Sc., Fluid Mechanics, University of Glasgow, UK (1964)
- B.E.Sc., Civil Engineering, University of Western Ontario, Canada (1962)
About
Dr. McCorquodale earned his Ph.D. degree in Hydraulic Engineering from the University of Windsor in Canada. He has more than 50 years of professional and academic experience in the areas of physical and numerical hydrodynamic modeling. McCorquodale鈥檚 research interests include physical and numerical modeling of environment processes involving flood control, hydraulics of water and wastewater treatment systems, transient analyses of force mains and water distributions systems and shore protection. His recent work involves the hydrodynamic modeling of the Lower Mississippi River as well as the Pontchartrain and Barataria Estuaries. Dr. McCorquodale is a registered Professional Engineer (P.E.).
Research Interests
- Physical and numerical modeling in environmental hydraulics
- Settling tank hydrodynamics
- Lake and river hydrodynamics
- Transport of contaminated sediments
- Fluvial morphodynamics
- River Engineering
- Coastal Engineering