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Dr. Carlos V. Alonso works for the USDA Agricultural Research Service where he currently serves as Research Leader for the Channel and Watershed Processes Research Unit at the ARS National Sedimentation Laboratory in Oxford, MS. His research interests include sedimentary fluid dynamics, sediment transport, response of alluvial channels to instream perturbations, and computational modeling. Dr. Alonso received his Ph.D. from the Iowa Institute of Hydraulics Research at the University of Iowa, and prior to joining ARS he taught civil engineering during 1971-1974 at the University of University. He held an adjunct professor appointment in the Civil Engineering faculty at Colorado State University in 1984-1993. Dr. Alonso has authored or co-authored over 150 technical articles, reports, book chapters, and presentations. He has participated in AGU and ASCE technical committees, served as ASCE Associated Editor, won the ASCE 1997 Hydraulic Engineering Achievement Award, Mississippi Section, and received several USDA Service Merit awards.

Personal web page: http://www.sedlab.olemiss.edu/personal_pages/Alonso.html

 

Position
Adjunct Professor
Research Leader, National Sedimentation Laboratory
Degree
Ph.D. (Iowa)
M.S. (Iowa)
B.S. (Buenos Aires, Argetina)
Tel: (662) 232-2969
Fax: (662) 281-5706
Email: calonso@ars.usda.gov