UBC Civil Engineering

Dr. Bernard Laval

Dr. B. Laval
Dr. Bernard Laval,
Associate Professor

Associate Professor

Location: CEME - Room 2036
Telephone: 604.822.2204
Facsimilie: 604.822.6901
Email: blaval@civil.ubc.ca

Biography:

Bernard joined the Civil Engineering Department as an Assistant Professor in June 2002. His background in Engineering Physics (University of British Columbia) provides him with a very versatile technological base. Bernard has a Masters in Physical Oceanography (McGill University) and a PhD in Environmental Engineering (University of Western Australia). During 1995-1998 Bernard worked as a research scientist developing Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (submersibles) for use as instrument platforms for the study of lakes and coastal waters.

Research Interests:

Bernard’s research combines field and 3D numerical modeling techniques to describe the spatial and temporal variations of physical processes and their impacts on transport in lakes and coastal waters. A description of physical processes such as transport, mixing, and circulation is crucial for an understanding of a variety of water quality issues. Examples include trapping of nutrients behind upstream reservoirs, nutrient supply to the photic zone supporting phytoplankton and fisheries food supply, effluent dispersal, and the path of contaminants (such as E. coli and Cryptosporidium) to drinking water supply intakes. In addition, changes to reservoir operation, to balance competing demands for water, require an understanding of the impact of these changes on circulation, nutrient pathways, and productivity.

For more information regarding research: click on Environmental Fluid Mechanics research page.

Publications:

Click here for a complete list of publications.

Journals

  • Forrest, A, H 0 Andradottir, B Laval. Wind regime reconditioning of an underflow in a subarctic lake. Accepted subject to revision Aquatic Science. Nov 2010.
  • Darlene S. S. Lim, A L Brady, A F Abercromby, D T Andersen, M Andersen, R R Arnold, J S Bird, H R Bohm, S L Cady, Z Cardman, A MChan, 0 Chan, C Chenard, B R Cowie, A Davila, M C Deans, W Dearing, M Delaney, M Downs, T Fong, A Forrest, M L Gernhardt, J R Gutsche, C Hadfield, A Hamilton, I Hawes, J Hansen, J Heaton, Y Imam, B Laval, D Lees, L Leoni, C Looper, S Love, M M Marinova, D McCombs, C P McKay, G Mullins, S H Nebel, P Nuytten, R Pendery, W Pike, S B Pointing, J Pollack, N Raineault, M Reay, D Reid, T Sallstedt, D Schulze-Makuch, M Seibert, R Shepard, G F Slater, D Y Sumner, C A Suttle, A Trembanis, C Turse, M Wilhelm, N Wilkinson, D Williams, D M Winget, C Winter. A Historical Overview of the Pavilion Lake Research Project - Analog Science and Exploration in an Underwater Environment. Geological Society of America Special Issue: Analogs for Planetary Exploration In press March 2011.
  • Brady, A L, G F Slater, C R Omelon, G Southam, G Druschel, D T Andersen, I Hawes, B Laval and D S SLim. (2010) Photosynthetic isotope biosignatures in laminated micro-stromatolitic and non-laminated nodules associated with modern, freshwater microbia/ites in Pavilion Lake, B. C. Chemical Geology. 274(1-2): 56-67.
  • Lim, D S S, G L Warman, M L Gernhardt, C P McKay, T Fong, M M Marinova, A Davila, D Andersen, A Brady, Z Cardman, B Cowie, M D Delaney, A Fairen, A L Forrest, J Heaton, B E Laval, R Arnold, P Nuytten, G Osinski, M Reay, D Reid, D Schulze-Makuch, R Shepard, G F Slater, D Williams. (2010) Scientific Field Training for Human Planetary Missions. Planetary and Space Science. 58: 920-930. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2010.02.014.
  • Forrest, A, B Laval, D S S Lim, D R Williams, A C Trembanis, M M Marinova, R Shepard, A Brady, G Slater, M Gernhardt, C P McKay. (2010) Performance evaluation of underwater platforms in the context of space exploration. Planetary and Space Science. 58(4): 710-716. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2009.08.007.
  • Brady, A L, G Slater, B Laval, D S S Lim. (2009) Constraining carbon sources and growth rates of freshwater microbialites in Pavilion Lake using 14C analysis. Geobiology. 7:544-555.
  • Doble, M J, A Forrest, P Wadhams, B Laval. (2009) Through-ice AUV deployment: Operational and technical experience from two seasons of Arctic fieldwork. Cold Regions Science and Technology. 56: 90-97.
  • Lim, D S S, B Laval, G Slater, D Antoniades, A Forrest, W Pike, R Pieters, M Saffari, D Reid, D Schulze-Makuch, D Andersen, C P McKay. (2009) Limnological of Pavilion Lake, BC, Canada – Characterization of a microbialite forming environment. Fundamental and Applied Limnology. 173(4): 329-351.
  • Forrest A, B Laval, R Pieters, D Lim. (2008) Seasonal thermal structure heterogeneity of a temperate lake during evening cooling. Limnology and Oceanography. 53(5 part 2): 2321-2332.
  • Sentlinger, G I, S Hook, B Laval. (2008) Sub-pixel water temperature estimation from thermal-infrared imagery using vectorized lake features. Remote Sensing of Environment. 112: 1678-1688.

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