Susan J Gaskin
Group:
Full Member
Department:
Civil Engineering
Area(s):
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency
Current research:
Dr. Gaskin's research is in the general area of environmental fluid mechanics and water resources management. Specifically looking at topics in experimental fluid mechanics: modeling of jets and plumes, river engineering, sediment transport in surface waters, and in water resources management: sustainable water supply management and basin-wide hydrologic modeling.
Professor Gaskin joined McGill in 1997, adding to the environmental engineering expertise in the Department. Environmental hydraulics and water resources is her specialty. Her teaching includes open channel flow, hydraulics, river engineering, and water sustainability. Her research is in the general area of environmental fluid mechanics and water resources management. Specifically looking at topics in experimental fluid mechanics: modeling of jets and plumes, river engineering, sediment transport in surface waters, and in water resources management: sustainable water supply management and basin-wide hydrologic modeling.
Areas of interest:
Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency
- Experimental environmental hydraulics: effect of ambient turbulence on turbulent jets, shallow flow mixing.
- Experimental investigations using laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) and particle image velocity (PIV)
- Numerical and physical modelling of hydraulic structures
- Habitat restoration and sediment transport and cohesive sediment erosion in rivers
- Water resources: sustainable water supply management
- Potable water quality and ecotoxicology
- Funding from NSERC, FQRNT, CFI and, municipal and industrial collaborators
Stream:
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-Being
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
SDG 13 Climate Action
SDG 14 Life Below Water