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Biography
One of my main contributions to the research field of ecohydraulics, geomorphology and water resources restoration is the design of in-channel structures of the pool-riffle type to naturalize low-gradient urban streams. Pools and riffles are fundamental elements of natural river systems responsible for providing the geomorphological-ecological variability necessary for a healthy habitat, and are typically absent in channelized urban floodways. As part of my PhD, I carried out a comprehensive three-dimensional analysis of the hydraulics of pool-riffle structures in order to maximize their ecological functionality.
During the last four years at the University of Newcastle I have developed a strong research group (two PhD students and one postdoc) in ecohydraulics and restoration of estuarine and riverine environments. This research has produced 12 conference publications and a number of journal papers that are currently in preparation. I am either team leader or first named CI in two grants from ARC (LP in estuarine wetland ecohydraulics and LP in riparian restoration). I am also a CI in the eWater CRC, working in urban ecohydraulics. Being an Early Career Researcher (PhD Sept. 2003) and starting a new research group has resulted in a relatively low productivity in terms of journal papers, which are in the process of preparation or submission.
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Illinois, 15/10/2003
- Ingeniero Civil (Equivalant UG Dip), University of Rosario - Argentina, 22/12/1992
- Master of Science, University of Illinois, 17/05/1998
Research
Research keywords
- Ecogeomorphology
- Ecohydraulics
- Fluvial Hydraulics
- Sediment Transport
Research expertise
Application of the fundamental techniques of physics to the solution of environmental problems in aquatic environments, using a combination of analytical, experimental and numerical tools.
a)Ecohydraulics and aquatic habitat restoration:
Habitat hydraulics, physical-biological coupling in aquatic environments, ecohydraulic design and restoration.
b)Sediment transport, fluvial hydraulics and geomorphology:
Sediment entrainment, bed and bank erosion, channel evolution, vegetation effects.
c)Hydraulics: Unsteady open-channel flows, turbulent boundary layers over rough bed, flow over complex geometries, urban streams.
Languages
- Spanish
Fields of Research
| Code | Description | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| 090799 | Environmental Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | 40 |
| 090599 | Civil Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | 30 |
| 040699 | Physical Geography And Environmental Geoscience Not Elsewhere Classified | 30 |
Memberships
Committee/Associations (relevant to research).
- Member - Fluvial Hydraulics Committee of the International Association for Hydraulic Engineering and Research
Appointments
| Visiting Assistant Professor University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (United States) | 01/07/2006 - 01/12/2006 |
Awards
Research Award.
| 2000 | Stout Water Resources Research Award University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (United States) Stout Water Resources Research Award for Academic Excellence, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. |
|---|---|
| 1993 | Research Fellowship National Council of Scientific and Technological Research (Argentina) Higly Competitive Research Fellowship awarded by the National Council of Scientific and Technological Research, Argentina, 1993, 1995. |
Invitations
| 31st IAHR Congress International Association for Hydraulic Engineering and Research, Korea, Republic Of (Session Chair ) | 2005 |
Teaching
Teaching keywords
- Environmental Design
- Fluid Mechanics
- Hydrobiological Modelling
- Open Chanel Hydraulics
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- Indicates that the researcher may be seeking students for this project.35th IAHR World Congress, Chengdu, China, 8-13 September 2013$1,500
Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco USA, 3 - 7 December 2012$1,500
Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, USA, 5 - 9 December 2011$1,500
Simulation of short and long term sedimentological and morphological changes in estuarine wetlands and its ecological implications
$22,000
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 14-18 December 2009$1,500
E-Water Core projects for July 2008 to June 2012$1,911,646
Riverflow 2008, International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics International Association for Hydraulic Engineering and Research, Cesme, Turkey, 3/9/2008 - 5/9/2008$1,700
Soil carbon dynamics in estuarine wetlands$12,454
Soil carbon dynamics in estuarine wetlands$5,546
IAHR 2007, 32nd Congress of the international Association for Hydraulic Engineering and Research, Venice, Italy, 1/7/2007 - 6/7/2007$1,700
Innovative WSUD intervention strategies to counter deteriorating infrastructure and environments, and evolving urban form$562,756
Hydrodynamic characteristics of seagrasses Zostera capricornia and Posidonia australis$7,035
Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 5-9 December 2005$1,645
Riparian rehabilitation and ecohydraulics: Interactions between flow, sediment, vegetation and bank erosion in longstem tubestock rehabilitation works$100,668
Estuarine wetland rehabilitation and ecohydraulics: the link between hydraulics, sediment, benthic invertebrates, vegetation and migratory wading bird habitat.$69,099
Estuarine wetland rehabilitation and ecohydraulics: the link between hydraulics, sediment, benthic invertebrates, vegetation and migratory wading bird habitat.$30,000
Riparian rehabilitation and ecohydraulics: Interactions between flow, sediment, vegetation and bank erosion in longstem tubestock rehabilitation works$15,000
Benchmarking of experimental facilities for research in ecohydraulics$13,000
Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 13-17 December 2004, USA$2,400
Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union$1,885
Grants and Funding
Summary
| Number of grants | 20 |
|---|---|
| Total funding | $2,764,534 |
For project grants received where the lead institution is other than the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics.
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
2013 (1 grants)
35th IAHR World Congress, Chengdu, China, 8-13 September 2013$1,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Jose Rodriguez | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,500 | 2013 | 2013 |
| GNo:G1300973 | ||
2012 (1 grants)
Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco USA, 3 - 7 December 2012$1,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Jose Rodriguez | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,500 | 2012 | 2013 |
| GNo:G1201128 | ||
2011 (1 grants)
Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, USA, 5 - 9 December 2011$1,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Jose Rodriguez | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,500 | 2011 | 2012 |
| GNo:G1101051 | ||
2010 (1 grants)
Simulation of short and long term sedimentological and morphological changes in estuarine wetlands and its ecological implications
$22,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Jose Rodriguez, Doctor Patricia Saco | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Pilot Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $22,000 | 2010 | 2010 |
| GNo:G0900012 | ||
2009 (1 grants)
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 14-18 December 2009$1,500
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Jose Rodriguez | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,500 | 2009 | 2010 |
| GNo:G0900129 | ||
2008 (2 grants)
E-Water Core projects for July 2008 to June 2012$1,911,646
Funding Body: CRC for eWater
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Professor George Kuczera, Doctor Mark Thyer, Doctor Jose Rodriguez, Doctor Dmitri Kavetski | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,911,646 | 2008 | 2012 |
| GNo:G0189275 | ||
Riverflow 2008, International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics International Association for Hydraulic Engineering and Research, Cesme, Turkey, 3/9/2008 - 5/9/2008$1,700
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Jose Rodriguez | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,700 | 2008 | 2008 |
| GNo:G0189508 | ||
2007 (3 grants)
Soil carbon dynamics in estuarine wetlands$12,454
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Jose Rodriguez, Doctor Patricia Saco | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Pilot Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $12,454 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0187881 | ||
Soil carbon dynamics in estuarine wetlands$5,546
Funding Body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Jose Rodriguez, Doctor Patricia Saco | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Pilot Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $5,546 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0188322 | ||
IAHR 2007, 32nd Congress of the international Association for Hydraulic Engineering and Research, Venice, Italy, 1/7/2007 - 6/7/2007$1,700
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Jose Rodriguez | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,700 | 2007 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0187941 | ||
2006 (1 grants)
Innovative WSUD intervention strategies to counter deteriorating infrastructure and environments, and evolving urban form$562,756
Funding Body: CRC for eWater
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Conjoint Associate Professor Peter Coombes, Doctor Mark Thyer, Professor George Kuczera, Doctor Jose Rodriguez | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $562,756 | 2006 | 2007 |
| GNo:G0186203 | ||
2005 (2 grants)
Hydrodynamic characteristics of seagrasses Zostera capricornia and Posidonia australis$7,035
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Jose Rodriguez, Doctor Brian Williams | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Project Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $7,035 | 2005 | 2005 |
| GNo:G0184667 | ||
Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 5-9 December 2005$1,645
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Jose Rodriguez | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,645 | 2005 | 2005 |
| GNo:G0185983 | ||
2004 (6 grants)
Riparian rehabilitation and ecohydraulics: Interactions between flow, sediment, vegetation and bank erosion in longstem tubestock rehabilitation works$100,668
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Jose Rodriguez, Emeritus Professor Jetse Kalma | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $100,668 | 2004 | 2006 |
| GNo:G0184239 | ||
Estuarine wetland rehabilitation and ecohydraulics: the link between hydraulics, sediment, benthic invertebrates, vegetation and migratory wading bird habitat.$69,099
Funding Body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Jose Rodriguez, Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Conjoint Professor Brian Timms | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $69,099 | 2004 | 2006 |
| GNo:G0183865 | ||
Estuarine wetland rehabilitation and ecohydraulics: the link between hydraulics, sediment, benthic invertebrates, vegetation and migratory wading bird habitat.$30,000
Funding Body: Hunter Catchment Management Trust
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Jose Rodriguez, Doctor Geoffrey MacFarlane, Conjoint Professor Brian Timms | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects Partner funding | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $30,000 | 2004 | 2006 |
| GNo:G0183866 | ||
Riparian rehabilitation and ecohydraulics: Interactions between flow, sediment, vegetation and bank erosion in longstem tubestock rehabilitation works$15,000
Funding Body: NSW Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Jose Rodriguez, Emeritus Professor Jetse Kalma | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Linkage Projects Partner funding | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $15,000 | 2004 | 2006 |
| GNo:G0185477 | ||
Benchmarking of experimental facilities for research in ecohydraulics$13,000
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Jose Rodriguez | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| New Staff Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $13,000 | 2004 | 2004 |
| GNo:G0184002 | ||
Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, 13-17 December 2004, USA$2,400
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Jose Rodriguez | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $2,400 | 2004 | 2004 |
| GNo:G0184887 | ||
2003 (1 grants)
Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union$1,885
Funding Body: University of Newcastle
| Project Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Doctor Jose Rodriguez | ||
| Scheme | Role | |
| Travel Grant | Chief Investigator | |
| Total Amount | Funding Start | Funding Finish |
| $1,885 | 2003 | 2003 |
| GNo:G0183663 | ||
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Research Supervision
| Number of current supervisions | 3 |
|---|---|
| Total current UoN PhD EFTSL | 1.6 |
For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.
Current Supervision
| Commenced | Proposed Completion | Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2017 | PhD (Environmental Eng) | Principal Supervisor | Experimental Investigation of Flow and Sediment Dynamics in Pool-Riffle Sequences |
| 2013 | 2017 | PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) | Co-Supervisor | Physically-Based Modelling of Estuarine Wetlands for Climate Change |
| 2013 | 2017 | PhD (Environmental Eng) | Principal Supervisor | Ecohydraulic and Ecohydrological Interactions Among Flow, Sediment, Vegetation and Habitat in Rivers Under Climate Change |
Past Supervision
| Year | Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | PhD (Environmental Eng) | Principal Supervisor | Flow and Sediment Dynamics in Sand Bed Streams with Riparian Vegetation |
| 2008 | M Eng (Environmental Eng) [R] | Co-Supervisor | Management of an Estuary Processes Study |
| 2008 | PhD (Environmental Eng) | Principal Supervisor | Hydrodynamics, Geomorphology and Vegetation of Estuarine Wetlands in the Hunter, Australia: Implications for Migratory Shorebird High Tide Roost Availability |
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Dr Jose Rodriguez
| Work Phone | (02) 4921 7376 |
|---|---|
| Fax | (02) 4921 6991 |
| Jose.Rodriguez@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Position | Senior Lecturer School of Engineering Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment |
| Focus Area | Environmental Engineering |
| Office | EA126, Engineering A, Callaghan University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia |
| URL: | www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/jose-rodriguez |
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