RICHARD H. FRENCH

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley, California
M.S., The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
B.C.E., summa cum laude The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS:

Dr. French is a member of ASCE's Water Resources Engineering Executive Committee and is responsible for all the national technical committees in the area of hydraulic engineering. Dr. French was the 1991 recipient of ASCE's Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award, in 1996 was the recipient of DRI's Dandini Medal of Science, and in 1997-98 was named the Graduate Program in Hydrologic Sciences Outstanding Faculty Member. Dr. French's research experience and interests are focused on water resources and environmental problems of arid regions. He is also a consultant to many regional, national, and international consulting firms; and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Nevada, California, and Arizona.

PUBLICATIONS:

Books
French, R.H.: Hydraulics of Open Channel Flow, in Hydraulic Design Handbook, L. Mays, Editor. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, in press.

French, R.H., S.C. McCutcheon and J.L. Martin, Environmental Hydraulics, in Hydraulic Design Handbook, L. Mays, Editor. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, in press.

French, R.H.: Open-Channel Hydraulics, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1985, Reference Edition; International Student Edition, 1986; Spanish Edition, 1988; Text Edition, 1991.

French, R.H.: Hydraulic Processes on Alluvial Fans,Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1987.

Journals

French, R.H., 1983.

Precipitation in Southern Nevada. ASCE, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 109(7):1023-1036.

French, R.H., 1988.

Cisterns for Water Conservation and Flood Control. ASCE, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 114(5):565-577.

French, R.H., 1989.

Effect of the Length of Record on Estimates of Annual Precipitation in Nevada. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 115(4):493-506.

French, R.H., 1992.

Design of Flood Protection for Transportation Alignments on Alluvial Fans. ASCE, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 118(2):320-330.

French, R.H., 1992.

Preferred Directions of Flow on Alluvial Fans. ASCE, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 118(7):1002-1013.

French, R.H., J.E. Fuller and S. Waters, 1993.

Alluvial Fan: Proposed New Process-Oriented Definitions for Arid Southwest. ASCE, Journal of Water Resource Planning and Management, 119(5):588-598.

Flippin, S.J. and R.H. French, 1994.

Comparison of Results from an Alluvial Fan Design Methodology with Historic Data. ASCE, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 120(1):195-210.

Mizell, S.A. and R.H. French, 1995.

Beneficial Use Potential of Dry Weather Flow in the Las Vegas Valley, Nevada. AWRA, Water Resources Bulletin, 31(3):447-461.

Groeneveld, D.P. and R.H. French, 1995.

Hydrodynamic Control of an Emergent Aquatic Plant (Scirpus acutus) in Open Channels. AWRA, Water Resources Bulletin, 31(3):505-514.

French, R.H., 1995.

Estimating Depth and Length of Sediment Deposit at Slope Transition on Alluvial Fans During Flood Events. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 50(5):521-522.

French, R.H., Jacobson, R. and Lyles, B., 1996.

Threshold Precipitation Events Causing Deep Moisture Penetration at the Nevada Test Site, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 122(10):573-578.

de Anda, J., S.E. Quinones, R.H. French and M. Guzman, 1998.

Hydrologic Balance of Lake Chapala (Mexico). AWRA, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 34(6):1319-1331.