RSM River Mechanics Podcast
Conversations about River Mechanics, Sediment Transport, and Fluvial Geomorphology
RSM River Mechanics Podcast
Latest Episodes
Bill Dietrich on Meander Mechanics, Hillslopes, and Where Rivers Begin
Over his career Dr. Bill Dietrich has had an outsized influence on both the discipline of geomorphology and the community that surrounds the discipline. He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Earth and Planetary Science at the Univ...
Cohesive Sediment Properties and Processes with David Perkey, Jarrell Smith and Danielle Tarpley
So far on this podcast we've generally used the noun "sediment" to describe sand, gravel, and maybe cobbles and boulders. But the same word also gets used for silts, clays, and muds - materials that behave so differently that lumping them toget...
Mike Spoor on the Ohio River, Bank Failure, Glacial and Coal Mining Sediment Legacies...and 60 Years Working with Rivers
I only know one person who can claim >60 years of federal service. This episode's guest, Mike Spoor. Mike spent those years with the US Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District (in West Virginia on the banks of the Ohio River)...
David Topping on the Grand Canyon Prototype Experiments, Disequilibrium Transport, and Hysteresis
Dr. David Topping is a Research Hydrologist with the US Geological Survey.He did his undergrad at MIT, a masters and Phd at the University of Washington and has published >100 well cited peer review publications. Dr Toppin...
Rob Ettema on River Ice, Ice-Sediment Interactions, and Sediment Scientist Biographies
I grew up in one of North America’s great snow belts…and started my career in Buffalo NYSo, that background and my fascination with sediment transport primes curiosity in ice transport.I’m sure my ice friends would cringe at this, but I...
