Prof. Dr. Marian Muste

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Prof. Dr. Marian Muste

IIHR - Hydroscience & Engineering, The University of Iowa

Research Scientist

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About

Dr. Muste is Research Engineer and Adjunct Professor at The University of Iowa. His research area spans experimental river hydraulics and development of watershed data/information management systems, sensors and sensor networks, and their implementation in research and education on sustainable use of water and land resources. Focal interests include acoustic and image-based instrumentation, uncertainty analysis, and investigation of sediment-transport in rivers using laboratory and in-situ measurements. Dr Muste is author or co-author of more than 200 technical papers and 75 reports. He is technical expert for UNESCO and World Meteorological Organization in the area of hydrometry. He was awarded with the IAHR Fellow member recognition in 2023.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Broad research areas of expertise: Hydraulics and Surface Water Transport, Cyberinfrastructure for Integrated River Basin Management. Focus research areas: Cyberinfrastructure-based information systems for research and education, Integrated Adaptive Watershed Management (using cyberinfrastructure framework), Decision Support Systems for Watershed-scale Science and Engineering, Turbulent Flows, Sediment-Flow Interaction, River Mechanics, Hydraulic Modeling, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Non-Intrusive Measurement Techniques in Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics, Experimental Methods and Instrumentation, Data Acquisition Systems for Management and Risk Assessment, Uncertainty Analysis, Remote Experimentation and Control, Relational Databases.

Major Achievements:

Technical Committees

Committee Name
Committee on Experimental Methods and Instrumentation
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics
Committee on Flood Risk Management
Committee on Education and Professional Development
IAHR/IWA Joint Committee on Hydroinformatics

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
Committee on Flood Risk Management	Co-opted	2022-06-19	Now
Committee on Flood Risk Management	Past Chair	2019-11-23	2022-06-19
Committee on Flood Risk Management	Chair	2017-10-30	2019-11-03
JAWER Editorial Board	Editorial Board member	2017-01-01	Now
JRBM Editorial Board	Associate Editors	2017-01-01	2021-03-28
IAHR Innovation and Professional Development	Past Chair	2015-09-01	Now
IAHR Iowa Young Professionals Network	Student Advisor	2012-01-01	2017-09-20
IAHR Innovation and Professional Development	Chair	2012-01-01	2015-09-01
Committee on Experimental Methods and Instrumentation	Co-opted	2012-01-01	2015-08-06
IAHR Council	Vice President	2011-01-20	2015-08-01
IAHR/WMO Hydrometry Training Course Working Group	Member	2011-01-01	Now

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
Monitoring the Manning's N Coefficient Variation over the Yearly Cycle	2023
The role of hydraulic engineering in support of flood mitigation and resilience	2023
Monitoring Streamflow Pulses	2022
Revisiting hysteresis of flow variables in monitoring unsteady streamflows	2020
Evaluation of the Slope-Area Method for Continuous Streamflow Monitoring	2019
Estimation of Critical Uncertainty Sources in Discharge Measurements Using Controlled Experimental Conditions	2018
JRBM special issue on flood risk management and resilience	2018
Serious gaming for participatory planning of multi-hazard mitigation	2018
The Iowa Watersheds Project: Iowa's prototype for engaging communities and professionals in watershed hazard mitigation	2018
Decision-Support System for Underpinning Collaborative Planning for Multi-Hazard Mitigation	2017
Floodss: Call for Community Action	2017
Acoustic Mapping Velocimetry Proof-of-Concept Experiment	2015
Assessment of ice plugging of a cooling water intake by a numerical model	2014
Cyberwater: Prototype Cyber-Infrastructure System for Supporting Decision-Making in Water Resources Management	2013
Hydroacoustics: Emerging Measurement Technology for in-Situ Characterization of River Hydro-Morphodynamics	2013
Quantification of Hysteretic Behavior in Streamflow Rating Curves	2013
Sediment self-cleaning multi-box culverts	2013
A 3D Numerical Model to Evaluate the Effect of Shutting Down a Once-Through Cooling System on the Ice Transport to Existing Intakes	2011
Streamflow Rating Curves During Floods	2011
An Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Near–Transducer Errors in ADCP Measurements	2009
Arc River: A Multidimensional Spatio-Temporal Representation of Riverine Morphologic and Hydrodynamic Features Using a GIS-Based Data Model	2009
ARPTM: A GIS-Based Tool for Pollutant Transport Modeling in River Network	2009
Experimental Evaluation of Q-Liner Measurement Performance	2009
International Perspectives in Water Science & Management: Evaluation of a Short-Term International Engineering Course	2009
Lessons Learned from Use of Large-Scale Particle Image Velocimetry in Shallow-, Low-Velocity Flows and Floods	2009
Effect of Two-Phase and Mixed-Flow Perspectives in the Estimation of the Turbulence Intensity for Water in Open Channel Flows with Suspended Sediment	2007
Estimation of the Bathymetry of a Channel Using Large-Scale PIV	2007
Image Velocimetry for Discharge Measurements in Streams	2007
Software for Assessment of Longitudinal Dispersion Coefficients Using Acoustic-Doppler Current Profiler Measurements	2007
Toward the Integration of Watershed Science and Management	2007
Uncertainty Analysis for LSPIV in-Situ Velocity Measurements	2007
Outflow calibration for vertically distorted models of thermally stratified reservoirs	2006
A Continuously Operable Hydraulic Model of Selective Withdrawal from a Stratified Reservoir	2005
Development of New aDcp Post-Processing and Visulization Capabilities	2005
Double-Averaged Velocity Profile over Large-Scale Roughness	2005
Large Eddy Simulations of Flow over Two Dimensional Dunes	2005
Real-Time Stream Monitoring Using Mobile Largescale Particle Image Velocimetry	2005
Toward Cyber-Management of Water Resources and Watersheds	2005
Experimental Obervations on Sediment Particle Kinematics Using Two-Phase Flow Measurements	2003
Integration of Experimental Uncertainty Analysis into Undergraduate Fluids Curriculum	2003
Coupled physical-numerical analysis of flows in natural waterways	2001
Two-Phase Flow Approach for the Experimental Investigation of Suspended Sediment Transport	2001
Capabilities and Limits for ADV Measurements in Bubbly Flows	1999
Flume Notes on Sediment Transport and Boil Formation in Ice-Covered Channels	1999
Large-scale particle image velocimetry for flow analysis in hydraulic engineering applications	1998
Laboratory Study of Suspended-Sediment Transport Inice-Cover Flow	1997
Particle-Image Velocimetry for Ice-Field Velocities	1997

My Videos

Title	Year
Marian Muste - New instruments are in house! Can we envision new ways of using them?	2021
Marian Muste - How do we monitor flood waves in natural streams: Challenges and Opportunities	2021
Marian Muste - Happy 85th Anniversary, IAHR	2020

IAHR Awards

IAHR Awards	Date
Harold Jan Schoemaker Award	2001