PH.D. AND M.ENG. THESES

Current and projected graduate students:

T54 Abdel-Kader, S. MSc. Spatial data/GIS system for radar/Hydrology modelling.

T53 Wanyoro, J. PhD. Long-term performance of sediment control ponds in urban systems.

T52 Ghaly, Emad. Msc by coursework.

T51 Kuch, A. MSc. Decision support systems for SWMM4.20.

T50 Kresin, Chris. MSc Infiltration through aging permeable paving.

T49 Ulan, J. MSc. Subsurface groundwater routing routines for SWMM4.2.

Completed:

T48 Hossieny, Taymour. PhD. Uncertainty optimization for urban drainage systems. Sept. 1996. Ca 250 pp.

T47. Kester, R. M.Sc. Updating Chapter 3 (Hydrologic estimation) of the Guide to Bridge Hydraulics. Apr. 1996. Ca 100 pp.

T46. Wang, Jenny Yiwen. MSc. Integration of the US Army Corps of Engineer's time series data management system with continuous SWMM modelling. Apr 1996. Ca 150 pp.

T45. Lopez-Ivich, Karina. MSc. Feasibility of modelling phosphorous dynamics in a stormwater wetland. Apr 1996. 150pp.

T44. Verspagen, Brian. MSc. Experimental investigation of thermal enrichment of stormwater runoff from two paving surfaces. Oct. 95. 170 pp.

T43. Gregory, M. MSc. Time series management systems for long-term urban water quality modelling. Aug 95. Ca 120 pp.

T42. Thompson, M.K. MSc. Design and installation of test sections of porous pavements for improved quality of parking-lot runoff. Jan 1995. ca 170 pp. Includes diskettes.

T41. Shahin, Reem. MSc. The leaching of pollutants from four pavements using laboratory apparatus. Dec 1994. ca 200pp. Includes diskettes.

T40. Ahmed, Farida. MSc. The utility of an object-oriented software tool for planning management practices for urban stormwater in Ontario. Ca 210 pp. ( May 1994).

T39. Xie, Jennifer D-M. MSc. Thermal enrichment of urban stormwater. (Aug 1993).

TU38a. Lickso, Zoltan John. M.Sc. Quality of stormwater in residential areas in Guelph. August 1992, ca 150pp.

T38. Roberts, T. M.Sc. Report, "Ten Minutes to Transport a Report on Computing Flows and Pollutant Fluxes in Pipe Networks, using SWMM4.2", U. of Guelph, May 1992, 41pp. plus diskette.

T37. De Carvalho, L.M.J. "Computer Integrated Crop Management System (CICMS) with on line Weather Station", M.Sc. Thesis, U. of Guelph, May1992, 117pp. plus diskette.

T36. Young, B.C. "Dynamic Modelling of Combined Sewer System with Radial Gates and Siphon Weirs", M.Sc. Thesis, U. of Guelph, Jan 1991, 150pp. plus diskette.

T35. Irvine, K. "The Effect of Pervious Land on Pollutant Movement through an Urban Environment", Ph.D. Thesis, McMaster U., Apr 1989, 222pp.

T34. Green, W. "Disaggregating Flow Components in Combined Sanitary Sewers", M.Eng. Thesis, McMaster U., Jun 1986, 164pp.

T33. Dunn, A. "Feasibility of a Real Time Auto Sensitivity and Error Analysis Framework for Fuzzy Stormwater Modelling on Personal Computers", M.Eng. Thesis, McMaster U., May 1986, 130pp.

T32. Nimmrichter, P. "Dynamics of Storms on the Western Shore of Lake Ontario", M.Eng. Thesis, McMaster U., Mar 1986, 162 pp.

T31. Stirrup, M. "Use of Low Cost Microcomputers for Distributed Data Acquisition and Real Time Control of Combined Sewer Overflows", M.Eng. Thesis, McMaster U., Mar 1986, 189 pp.

T30. Unal, A. "Centralised Time Series Management for Continuous Hydrology on Personal Microcomputer Networks", Ph.D. Thesis, McMaster U., Dec 1985, 185 pp.

T29. Dennison, K.D. "A Database Environment and Sensitivity Framework for Continuous Water Quality Modelling", M.Eng. Oct 1985, 292 pp.

T28. El Zawahry, A. "Advection, Diffusion and Settling in the Coastal Zone of Lake Erie", Ph.D., McMaster U., Apr 1985, 267 pp.

T27. Shivalingaiah, B. "Modelling Stormwater Pollutants in Hamilton, Canada", Ph.D. Thesis, McMaster U., Dec 1984, 267 pp.

T26. Haro, H. "Instrumentation for Rainfall Sampling", Ph.D. Thesis, McMaster U., Jan 1984, 236 pp.

T25. Scheckenberger, R. "Dynamic Spatially Variable Rain Models for Stormwater Management", M.Eng. Thesis, McMaster U., Dec 1983, 146 pp.

T24. Henry, D. "Hamilton Stormwater Management Study", M.Eng. Thesis, McMaster U., May 1983, 151 pp.

T23. Shtifter, Z. "A Kinematic Storm for Urban Drainage Studies", M.Eng. Thesis, McMaster U., May 1981, 201 pp.

T22. Eid, B.M.F. "Investigation into Interfacial Transports and Exchange Flows for Lake Models", Ph.D. Thesis, McMaster U., Feb 1981, 222 pp.

T21.Mitri, H. "Open Channel Overflow Diversion Structures with Sideweirs", M.Eng. Thesis, McMaster U., Mar 1981, 231 pp.

T20. El Zawahry, A. "Algorithm for Transient Deposition and Resuspension in a One Dimensional Zone Between an Outfall and aReceiving Water", M.Eng. Thesis, McMaster U., Mar 1981, 160 pp.

T19. Maidlow, L.M. "Energy Balance and Runoff in the Eastern Arctic", M.Eng. Thesis, McMaster U., Jun 1979, 117 pp.

T18. Robinson, M.A. "Feasibility of General Interactive Computer Aided Design of Pipe Distribution Networks", M.Eng. Thesis, McMaster U., Jul 1977.

T17. Hennessy, R.R. , "Power Spectral Analysis of a Forcemain Failure Caused by Waterhammer", M.Eng. Thesis, McMaster U., Jul 1977.

T16. Budgell, W.P. , "Tidal Propagation in Chesterfield Inlet, NWT", M.Eng. Thesis, McMaster U., Sept 1976.

T15. Spiers, T.G. , "Experimental Study of Return Flow Drawn from Harbour Resonators", M.Eng. Thesis, McMaster U., Apr 1976.

T14. Kassem, A.M. , "Design for Protection Against Water Hammer in Pump Discharge Lines", M.Eng. Thesis, McMaster U., Mar 1976.

T13. Eid, B.M.F. "Wind Driven Surface Currents on a Small Lake with Weed Growth", M.Eng. Thesis, McMaster U., Mar 1976.

T12. Suk, R. , "Water Resources Development for High Arctic Communities", M.Eng. Thesis, McMaster U., Mar 1976.

T11. Vieira Ribeiro, A.R. , "Estimates of Snowmelt Runoff in the Eastern Arctic", M.Eng. Thesis, McMaster U., Feb 1975.

T10. Ambler, D.C. , "Field Determination of the Longitudinal Dispersion Characteristics of the Lower Spencer Creek", M.Eng. Thesis, McMaster U., Apr 1973.

T9. Wylie, S.C. , "Numerical Solutions of the Dynamic Wave Equations", M.Sc. Thesis, U. of Natal, 1971.

T8. McCallum, D.M. , "Water Resources of the Eastern Cape, Particularly the Port Elizabeth Metropolitan Area", M.Sc. Thesis, U. of Natal, 1970.

T7. Pegram, G.G. , "The Water Resources of the Umgeni Catchment Area", M.Sc. Thesis, U. of Natal, 1970.

T6. Finlayson, G.D. , "The Telemetry of Meaningful Suspended Sediment Data", M.Sc. Thesis, U. of Natal, 1970.

T5. Garrett, M.R. , "The Damping Effects of Fibreglass Screens on Monochromatic Waves and Simple Wave Spectra", M.Sc. Thesis, U. of Natal, 1970.

T4. Curtis, M.W. "Suspended Sediment in the Umzinduzi Headwaters", M.Sc. Thesis, U. of Natal, 1968.

T3. Sinske, B.H. , "A Preliminary Estimate of the Water Resources of the Fish River Catchment in South West Africa", M.Sc. Thesis, U. of Natal, 1968.

T2. Johanson, R.C. "System Analysis of the Rainfall Runoff Process", M.Sc. Thesis, U. of Natal, 1967.

T1. Horne, C.W.D. , "The Propagation of Water Waves in Channels", M.Sc. Thesis, U. of Natal, 1967.

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UNPUBLISHED CONFERENCE PAPERS

UC10 James, W., and Heathcote, I. W. 1994. Teaching watershed restoration planning. Proc 1994 Universities Council on Water Resources Annual Conference, Big Sky, Montana.

UC9. James, W., Kezys, V. and Torlachi, E., "Towards Urban Surface Water Pollution Control Using Radar", CRL/TRIO/ISTS Workshop, Toronto, Ontario, Nov 3 4, 1992.

UC8. James, W. and Riedle, L., "Criteria for Models for Flat, Sandy Coastal Drainage Networks", Stormwater & Water Quality Modelling Conf., Victoria, BC, Sept 1987.

UC7. Nimmrichter P. and James, W., "Storm time Control of Combined Sewer Overflows by On site Storage of Hazardous Waters", Int. Symp. on Water Related Health Issues (24 sponsoring agencies), Nov 9 14, 1986, Atlanta, Georgia.

UC6. Robinson M. and James, W., "PCSWMM3 An Integrated Software System for Urban Runoff Management", ASCE Fourth Conf. on Computing in Civil Eng'rg, Oct 27 29, Boston, Massachusetts.

UC5. James, W. and Robinson, M., "Conversion of the USEPA SWMM3 package to Microcomputers", ASCE Fourth Conf. on Computing in Civil Eng'rg, Boston, Massachusetts, Oct 27 29, 1986. (Invited paper).

UC4. Robinson, M.A. and James, W., "Optimal Storm Speed, Storm Direction and Integration Time Step for Flood and Detention Storage Design", Storm water and Water Quality Management Model User's Group Meeting, Sponsored by USEPA, Gainesville, Florida, Jan 1983.

UC3. James, W. and Robinson, M.A., "Potential Systematic Development of a Large Scale Field Data Acquisition and Coordinated Multi Processing System for Real Time Control of Urban Drainage in Hamilton", Presented to the Int. Symp. on Real Time Operation on Hydro Systems, U. of Waterloo, Canada, Jun 24 26, 1981.

UC2. James, W., "Kinematic Storm Model for Urban Stormwater Modelling", 3rd Int. Conf. on Applied Mathematical Modelling, Hamburg, Germany, Oct 6 8, 1980.

UC1. James, W., Drake, J.J. and Shtifter, Z., "Using Kinematic Storm Models for Urban Drainage Studies", 2nd Int. Conf. on Urban Storm Drainage, U. of Illinois, Urbana, U.S.A., Jun 15 19, 1981.

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UNPUBLISHED PAPERS

The following papers were prepared but for some reason never published:

UP6. Irvine, K.D., Drake, J.J., and James, W., "Modelling Trace Element Loadings from Pervious Urban Land", for Water Resources Bulletin

UP5. Shivalingaiah, B. and James, W., "Stormwater Pollution Modelling: Sources of Persistent Background Pollution in Urban Sewer Networks", (hard copy, no disk).

UP4. James, W. and Stirrup, D.M., "Lowcost Microcomputers for Local Control of Combined Sewer Overflows", (disk, no hard copy).

UP3. James, W. and Robinson, M., "Model Resolution for Storms and Continuous Runoff", for Hydraulics Division ASCE (Disk and hard copy).

UP2. James, W. and Robinson, M., "Required Time and Space Resolution for Continuous Dynamic Storm and Runoff Modelling and for Associated Field Data" (Note: same file as C73 disk, no hard copy).

UP1. El Zawahary, A., Murthy, C.R. and James, W., "Coastal Boundary Layer of Lake Erie", Chap. 4 in HYDRODYNAMICS AND EUTROPHICATION OF LAKE ERIE, for Special Issue, J. of Great Lakes Research, Feb 1985. (Disk differs from hard copy).

UP0A. James, W., ElMaraghy, H., Smith, A.A., Taylor, P. and Wilkinson, D. 1980. Faculty of Engineering Dean's task force report on computer facilities. July 1980. 19pp

UP0B. James, W. and Robinson, M. 1981. Potential co-ordinated multi-processing system for field data aquisition and real-time control of urban drainage. Mc Master University, Hamilton, ON. 20pp.

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