Thomas Byron Hardy Professor E-mail: |
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Degrees:
PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State
University, 1988
M.S. Aquatic Ecology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas,
1982
B.S. Biology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1980
BSED Education, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1978
Number of years of service on this faculty: 19
years
Date of original appointment: 1983
Date of Promotion to Teaching Assistant: 1985
Date of Promotion to Research Assistant Professor: 1987
Date of Promotion to Assistant Professor: 1990
Date of Promotion to Full Professor: 2001
Other related experience:
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and the Department
of Fisheries and Oceans,
Alberta Environment, Canadian Government: Instructor
1987-1994.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Ecology Research
Center: Instructor 1987-1994
University of Nevada at Las Vegas: Research Scientist
1979-1982
Hardy, Addley and Associates, Inc.: Principal 1987-1994
Bio/West, Inc.: Research Engineer/Fisheries Biologists
1984-1987
Twelve-Nine, inc.: Principal 1984-1987
Environmental Consultants, Inc.: Principal 1980-1982
Clark County Engineering Department: Surveyor 1976
Consulting, patents, etc.:
Hardy, Addley and Associates, Inc.: Principal 1987-1994
Bio/West, Inc.: Research Engineer/Fisheries Biologists
1984-1987
Twelve-Nine, Inc.: Principal 1984-1987
Environmental Consultants, Inc.: Principal 1980-1982
Watershed Systems Group, Inc.: Principal 1994-present
State(s) in which registered: N/A
Principal publications of last five years:
There are ~ 50 publications done in the last five years.
Below are some of the latest ones.
Validation of an Individual-Based, Mechanistic Habitat
Selection Model for Drift-Fedding Salmonids. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and
Aquatic Science. 58(3):446-457,
2001. (With G.R. Guensch and R.C. Addley)
Vertical integration of spatial and hydraulic data for
improved habitat modeling using geographic information systems. In Acreman,
M.C. (Ed) Hydro- ecology: Riverine
Ecological Response to Changes in Hydrological Regime, Sediment Transport, and
Nutrient Loading. IASH Publication X. (In Press).
(With R.C. Addley)
The Fish Community Structure and Habitat in the Lower
and Upper Sev ier River Basin with Emphasis upon the Leatherside Chub (Gila
copei). Final Report for the Consolidated
Sevier Bridge Reservoir Company, Delta, Utah. Institute for Natural Systems
Engineering, Utah State University. 91 p., 2000. (With M. Combs)
The Theory and Application of the Physical Habitat Simulation
System (PHABSIM) for Windows (PHABWin-98) Lecture and Laboratory Manual. Institute for
Natural Systems Engineering,
Utah State University, Logan, UT, 273 p., 2000.
Integrated Simulation of Physical, Chemical and Ecological
Processes for River Management. Journal of Hydroinformatics. 01:1 33-58, 1999.
(With Peter Goodwin)
Remote sensing of channel morphology and in-stream fluvial
processes. Progress in Environmental Science 1(3):257-284, 1999. (With D.J.
Gilver and R. Bryant)
Scientific and professional societies of which member:
Member, International Association for Hydraulic Research
Member, IAHR Committee on Ecohydraulics
Member, International Aquatic Modeling Group
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
Member, American Fisheries Society
Member, American Water Resources Association
Member, American Society of Photogrametry and Remote
Sensing
Member, Virgin River Fishes Recovery Team
Honors and awards: None
Institutional and professional service in the last five years:
IAHR Ecohydraulics Committee
Institute for Natural Systems Engineering - Director
CEE Computer Committee
Natural Resources Environmental Poligy Program - Advisory
Committee
Virgin River Fishes Recovery Team Member
Virgin River Recovery and Implementation Program - Technical
Committee
Professional development activities in the last five
years:
Developed a lecture and laboratory text book on in-stream
flow modeling
Developed two new courses for Natural Systems Engineering