Graduate Students

David Kulish
Masters, Hydraulic Engineering
Dr. Chris Thornton
Interests: Water Transportation, Water Storage and Pipe Lines
David.Kulish@colostate.edu

Will Marston
Masters, Science and Civil Engineering with a Concentration of Hydraulic and River Engineering
Dr. Chris Thornton
Interests: River Restoration and Costal Engineering
Will.Marston@colostate.edu

Osvaldo Garcilazo

Josh McMartin

Evan Malloy

Austria Pfanner
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