Graduate Students
David Kulish
Masters, Hydraulic Engineering
Dr. Chris Thornton
Interests: Water Transportation, Water Storage, and Hydraulic Structures
David.Kulish@colostate.edu
Austria Pfanner
Masters, Hydraulic Engineering
Dr. Chris Thornton
Interests: River Restoration, Hydraulic Structures, and Sediment Transportation
Austria.Pfanner@colostate.edu
Recent Graduates
Parker Maddocks
Masters, Hydraulics and Stream Restoration
Dr. Rob Ettema
Project: Bendway Weir Failure Modes
Graduation: May 2021
Parker.Maddocks@colostate.edu
Selina Tasdelen
Masters, Hydraulics and Stream Restoration
Dr. Chris Thornton
Project: Gross Reservoir Stepped Spillway
Selina.Tasdelen@colostate.edu
Alireza Fakhri
Masters, Hydraulics and Stream Restoration
Dr. Rob Ettema
Project: Large Scale Particle Velocimetry (LSPIV)
alireza.fakhri@colostate.edu
Cody Volt
Masters, Hydraulics and Stream Restoration
Dr. Chris Thornton
Projects: Recreational Whitewater Park McLaughlin Whitewater Tulsa, OK, RECP overtopping performance testing, and Los Vaqueros Dam Spillway
Graduation: December 2020
crvolt@rams.colostate.edu
Sam Eggleston
Masters, Hydraulics and Stream Restoration
Dr. Chris Thornton
Project: RECP and rock gabion overtopping performance testing
Samuel.Eggleston@colostate.edu
Blake Biethman
Masters, Hydraulics and Stream Restoration
Dr. Rob Ettema
Project: Gross Reservoir Stepped Spillway
Graduation: May 2020
Blake.Biethman@colostate.edu
Ali Reza Nowrooz Pour
Doctorate, Hydraulics and Stream Restoration
Dr. Rob Ettema
Project: Long throat contraction scour
Graduation: December 2019
Alireza.Nowrooz_Pour@colostate.edu
Taylor Hogan
Masters, Hydraulics and Stream Restoration
Dr. Chris Thornton and Dr. Rob Ettema
Thesis Project: The Effects of Bend Radius on Flow Around a Configuration of Bendway Weirs: Insights From a Numerical Model
Graduation: July 2019
Taylor.Hogan@colostate.edu
Cassidy Cote
Masters, Civil Engineering
Dr. Chris Thornton
Project: Rio Puerto Nuevo
Graduation: December 2023
Cassidy.Cote@colostate.ed
Dane Palmer
Masters, Civil Engineering
Dr. Chris Thornton
Project: Anderson Dam
Graduation: Spring 2024
Dane.Palmer@colostate.edu
Will Marston
Masters, Science and Civil Engineering with a Concentration of Hydraulic and River Engineering
Dr. Chris Thornton
Project: Rio Puerto Nuevo
Graduation: Spring 2024
Will.Marston@colostate.edu
Josh McMartin
Masters, Civil Engineering
Dr. Chris Thornton
Thesis Project: Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Garrison Dam Sectional Model
Graduation: December 2024
Josh.McMartin@colostate.edu
Evan Malloy
Masters, Civil Engineering
Dr. Chris Thornton
Project: Halligan Reservoir
Graduation: December 2024
Evan.Malloy@colostate.edu