Dr. Scott Socolofsky, assistant professor in the Coastal and Ocean Engineering Program of the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, has received the 2009 Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Dr. Scott Socolofsky

He received the award for his paper, “Experiments on Mass Exchange between Groin Fields and Main Stream in Rivers,” in the Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. The award was presented by the American Society of Civil Engineers at the Environment and Water Resources Institute Annual Congress May 17-21 in Kansas City, Mo.

According to Socolofsky the paper covered contaminant mixing problems in navigable rivers, where there is potential for accidental spills and the need for a predictive response capability.

“It was an honor to be a part of the experiments and data analysis,” Socolofsky said. “Since this paper, we’ve applied similar methods to several other shallow water flows to learn more about mixing in natural water bodies.”

Socolofsky received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in civil and environmental engineering in 2001. He joined Texas A&M’s Zachry Department of Civil Engineering in 2003.
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