About

Brian Crookston PhD, PE is an Assistant Professor at Utah State University and conducts research at the Utah Water Research Laboratory. Brian's research and consulting activities are focused on water sustainability and resiliency in the areas of hydraulic structures, fluvial hydraulics, and modeling and technology. Brian has particular interest in spillways, river and canal systems, scour and erosion, public safety at hydraulic structures, physical modeling, computational fluid dynamics, machine learning algorithms, flow acoustics, unmanned aerial vehicles, embankment erosion and failures, flooding, and surface hydrology.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Hydraulic Structures, Fluvial Hydraulics, Modeling and Technology

Major Achievements:

Vice Chair, Hydraulic Structures Committee of IAHR, 2019-2021 Vice Chair, Joint Task Committee (ASCE, ASDSO, USSD) National Inventory of Low-head Dams, 2020-present Chair, Spillway Subcommittee of United States Society on Dams, 2019-present Secretary, Scour at In-stream Hydraulic Structures Task Committee of ASCE-EWRI, 2018-present Committee Member (Academia) of U.S. National Dam Safety Review Board Research Workgroup, 2015-present Leadership Team Member of Overtopping Protection at Dams and Levees Seminar Series, 2015-present FEMA Dam Safety Intervention Board Member, 2020-present FEMA Best Practices for Concrete Spillways Member, 2020-present