Prof. Dr. Ioan Nistor

University of Ottawa

Assistant Vice-Provost, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies and Professor

My Profile

About

Dr. Ioan Nistor is a Professor of Hydraulic and Coastal Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Ottawa. Dr. Nistor is a coastal and hydraulic engineer researching hazards associated with extreme hydrodynamic loading on infrastructure (tsunami impact on infrastructure, extreme wave and flood forces on structures, dam failure phenomena, etc.), coastal erosion, and hydrodynamics and impact of coastal disasters. Dr. Nistor is the Chair of the Maritime and Coastal Division of International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Coastal Science and Engineering Association. He is also a voting member of the ASCE7 Tsunami Loads and Effects Subcommittee for the elaboration of New Design Guidelines for Tsunami-Resistant Buildings. Dr. Nistor is also an Associate Editor of the Journal of Waterways, Ports, Coastal and Ocean Engineering (ASCE-USA), of the Coastal Engineering Journal (JSCE – Japan), and of the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (CSCE-Canada). He is the winner of several research and teaching awards: the 2014 JWPCOE (ASCE) Outstanding Paper Award, the 2010 Award of the Tsunami International Society, the 2010 Excellence in Education Award of the University of Ottawa, the 2009 John V. Marsh Teaching Award of the Faculty of Engineering, and the 2005 Ontario Ministry for Infrastructure Renewal award. Prior to joining the University of Ottawa, Dr. Nistor spent several years as a design and consulting hydraulic engineer with AECOM-TECSULT Montreal, working on various international and Canadian water resources projects.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Coastal Engineering: Tsunamis and Tsunami Impacts on Infrastructure, Extreme Hydrodynamic Loading on Structures, Coastal Structures, Surf Zone Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport Hydraulic Engineering: Hydraulic Structures, Dam Engineering, Analysis of Dam Safety and Security, Numerical and Physical Modeling of Dam Breaching

Major Achievements:

Technical Committees

Committee Name
Committee on Coastal and Maritime Hydraulics
Committee on Hydraulic Structures
Committee on Flood Risk Management
Committee on Experimental Methods and Instrumentation
Committee on Climate Change Adaptation
Committee on Ice Research and Engineering
Committee on Education and Professional Development

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
Committee on Coastal and Maritime Hydraulics	Co-opted	2020-07-06	Now
IAHR Council	Member	2019-10-01	2021-07-31
Committee on Coastal and Maritime Hydraulics	Past Chair	2017-08-17	2020-07-06
Committee on Coastal and Maritime Hydraulics	Chair	2014-07-28	2017-08-17
Committee on Coastal and Maritime Hydraulics	Vice Chair	2010-01-01	2014-07-28

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
Bridge Pier Scour Due to Dynamic Debris Jams	2023
Distribution of Turbulent Schmidt Number in Inclined Negatively Buoyant Jets	2023
Effluent Discharge Modelling in Shallow Waters	2023
Practical Considerations of Conducting River Hydrokinetic Energy Resource Assessments	2023
Characterizing Live Vegetation Response to Wave Forcing	2022
Experimental Investigation of Beach Slope Effects on the Kinematic Behaviors of Dam Break Flow	2022
Investigation into the Influence of Flow Variation on Estimated Available Riverine Hydrokinetic Energy by Modelling a Reach of the Rouge River, Quebec, Canada	2022
Numerical Benchmark for Modelling Wave Impacts Against Vertical Walls Using Openfoam	2022
Numerical Model of Wave-Induced Scour Effects Around Coastal Structures	2022
Pier Debris Jam Dynamics and Associated Scour	2022
Towards Informed Tsunami Evacuation Management -- a Direct Comparison Between Agent-Based and GIS-Based Tsunami Evacuation Models	2022
Effect of building overtopping on induced loads during extreme hydrodynamic events	2020
A Novel Collar Design to Mitigate Bridge Pier Scour	2019
A Novel Experimental Technique for the Planar Breach Outflow of an Overtopped Sand Embankment Using 2DV-PTV	2019
Experimental Investigation of Debris Damming in Transient Flow Conditions	2019
Probabilistic Investigation of Debris Impact Forces During Extreme Hydraulic Events	2019
Swing gate generated dam-break waves	2019
Lift and Swing Gate Modelling for Dam-Break Generation with a Particle-Based Method	2018
Flood-Induced Debris Motion in a Built-in Environment	2017
Experimental and Numerical Study of Non-Buoyant Surface Jet	2016
Numerical Modeling of Vertical Buoyant Jets Discharged from Multiport Diffuser	2016
Well-Balanced Variable Density Shallow Water Equations for Outfall Discharge Problem	2016
A Transient Approach Flow Acting on a Square Cylinder-Flow Pattern and Horizontal Forces	2015
Extreme Wave Loads on a Submerged Water Intake in Shallow Water	2013
Influence of Boundary Seepage on the Erodibility of Overtopped Embankments: A Novel Measurement and Experimental Technique	2013
Post Tsunami Engineering Forensics: Tsunami Impact on Infrastructure – Lessons from Three Tsunami Surveys: 2004 Indian Ocean, 2010 Chile, 2011 Tohoku Japan	2013
Field Investigations and Experimental Modelling of the Tsunamiinduced Extreme Hydrodynamic Forces on Structures	2011
SPH Modeling of Extreme Hydrodynamic Forces on Slender Structures	2011
A Methodology to Estimate the Impact of Climate Change on Flood Frequency Distributions	2009
Influence of Compaction and Toe-Drains on the Formation of Breach Channels of Overtopped Earth Embankments: An Experimental Study	2009
Modelling of Tsunami-Induced Hydrodynamic Forces on Buildings	2009
The Effects of Initial Breach Geometry on Dam Breach Morphology	2009

My Videos

Title	Year

IAHR Awards

IAHR Awards	Date