Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory

Our Work: Master Theses

• Niño, Yarko. (1992). "Sediment Bars in Straight and Meandering Channels: Experimental Study on the Resonance Phenomenon." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Bittner, Laura Diane. (1994). "River Bed Response to Channel Width Variation: Theory and Experiments." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Dill, Anthony John. (1994). "Video-based Particle Tracking Velocimetry Technique for Measuring Flow Velocity in Porous Media." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• López, Fabían. (1994). "Near-wall Turbulent Coherent Structures and Their Role on Sediment Transport in Smooth-bed Open Channel Flows." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Parsons, Jeffrey David. (1995). "Flow Structure and Mixing Characteristics in Saline Gravity Current Fronts." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Dunn, Chad Jason. (1996). "Flow Structure and Resistance in a Laboratory Channel with Simulated Vegetation." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Echavarria, Bernardo. (1996). "Reservoir Sedimentation by Free-surface and Plunging Flows: Application to Lake Decatur, Illinois." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Freeman, Jeffrey William. (1996). "Yorkville Dam Hydraulic Model Study; Drowproofing a Low Overflow Structure." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Armbruster, Jonathan. (1998). "Hydraulic Model Study for the Restoration of Batavia Dam, Fox River, Illinois." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Rodríguez, José Fernando. (1998). "Wall Shear Stress in Unsteady Turbulent Flow and Its Role in Sediment Transport." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Fedele, Juan Jose. (1999). "Bed roughness in Alluvial Streams." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Waratuke, Andrew. (1999). "Hydraulic Model Study of the Boneyard Creek at Wright Street, Champaign and Urbana, Illinois." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Caisley, Margorie E. (2000). "Hydraulic Model Study of a Canoe Chute for Illinois Streams." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Peabody, Andrew. (2000). "Hydraulic model study of the Boneyard Creek at Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, Illinois." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Schuster, Josephine M. (2000). "Hydraulic Model Study for the Optimization of the Spillway at Batavia Dam, Fox River, Illinois." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Garcia, Pedro. (2001). "." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Guzman, Jose. (2001). "A first approach to suspended sediment modeling with the Full Equations Model(FEQ)." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Abad, Jorge. (2002). "2D River Models for Prediction of Sediment Transport and Morphological Variations." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Briskin, Brigid Johanna. (2002). "Application of an Annular Flume to Sediment Oxygen Demand Research: Investigation of Resuspension Effects." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Cantero, Mariano Ignacio. (2002). "Theoretical and Numerical Modeling of Turbidity Currents as Two-phase Flows." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Lopez, Felix. (2003). "." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Musalem, Rodrigo. (2003). "Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) Analysis of Oscillatory Flow Field above Self-formed Vortex Ripples." Masters thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• Rincon, Lucas Evangelista. (2003). "An Experimental Study of an Airflow Scaling Procedure for Bubble Plumes." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Sequieros, Octavio E. (2004). "Water Jet Erosion of a Finite Layer of Sediment." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Hoy, Matthew A. (2005). "Unsteady Flow Routing Using Predetermined Solutions to the Equations for Conservation of Mass and Momentum." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• Pedocchi, Francisco. (2005). "Evaluation of a Laser Difraction Instrument and an Annular Flume for Cohesive Sediment Studies." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.
• McKay, S. Kyle. (2007). "Lateral Prediction of Depth-averaged Velocity in Compound Open Channels." Masters thesis, University of Illinois.

Future Theses

Corrie Bondar

Robert Haydel

Daniel Hollander

Javier Ancalle

Joshua Cantone

Daniel Christensen

Claudia Crosa

Davide Motta

Brian Snook