The Grainger College of Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering

Marcelo H. Garcia

Marcelo H. Garcia
Marcelo H. Garcia
  • M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Endowed Chair in Civil Engineering
  • Director, Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory
  • Professor
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Primary Research Area

  • Water Resources Engineering and Science

Research Areas

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Biography

Marcelo H. Garcia holds the M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Endowed Chair in Civil Engineering and is the Director of the Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory. Garcia joined the faculty of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1990. Before coming to Illinois, he was a Research Fellow at St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Minnesota, where he completed his graduate studies in Civil Engineering (MS'85, PhD'89). In 2001, Garcia was named the Chester and Helen Siess Endowed Professor in Civil Engineering, and that same year became an Honorary Professor at his alma mater, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina. He served as editor of the International Journal of Hydraulic Research (IAHR) and was editor-in-chief of the Manual of Engineering Practice 110 "Sedimentation Engineering," published by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Garcia has mentored and supported over 100 graduate students, including 42 Ph.D. doctoral students, 65 Master's students and several post-doctoral research associates. Four of his PhD students have been recognized with the prestigious Lorenz G. Straub Award for most meritorious PhD Dissertation in hydraulics, ecohydrology, geophysical fluid dynamics, or related fields. In 2000, Garcia became a full professor and was named a University Scholar at the University of Illinois.

Prof. Garcia is a Distinguished Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), a Fellow of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI), a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), and an Honorary Member of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR). Garcia has delivered several distinguished lectures, including the Inaugural Auditorium Lecture Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua, Cuernavaca, Mexico, the Borland Hydraulics Lecture, AGU Hydrology Days, at Colorado State University, the Enrico Marchi Lecture, University of Florence, Italy, and the Donald Harleman Honorary Lecture at Penn State University. He has been invited professor at the University of Genoa, Italy, the California Institute of Technology, the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland and the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Selected honors include the Walter Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, Karl Emil Hilgard Prize (twice), Hans Albert Einstein Award, and the Hunter Rouse Award, all from ASCE. Internationally, he has been recognized with the Arthur Thomas Ippen Award, the M. S. Yalin Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Honorary Membership Award, all by IAHR, as well as the IAGLR Chandler-Misener Award for most notable publication in the Journal of Great Lakes Research of the International Great Lakes Association. In 2024, Professor Garcia received an Honorary Doctorate from the National University of Cordoba, Argentina.

Professor Garcia has served in several national committees and represented the states in the International Upper Great Lakes Study to assess erosion and sedimentation in the St. Clair River. He was also a member the International Science Advisory Committee for Flood Protection in Florence, Italy, and has consulted both nationally and internationally. Garcia is a corresponding member of the National Academy of Engineering of Argentina, an Honorary Member of Chi Epsilon National Civil Engineering Honor Society and a member of the Board of Consultants for the Miami Conservancy District (MCD) in Dayton, Ohio.

Education

  • Ph.D. Civil Engineering University of Minnesota, 1989
  • M.Sc. Civil Engineering University of Minnesota, 1985
  • Ing. Dipl. Water Resources Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina, 1982

Academic Positions

  • M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Endowed Chair in Civil Engineering, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, August 2014-present
  • Chester and Helen Siess Endowed Professor of Civil Engineering, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, 2001 - 2014
  • Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, August 2000 – Present
  • Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, August 1996 - 2000
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, January 1990 - May 1996
  • Senior Research Fellow, Instituto de Estudios Avanzados del Litoral, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, September-December 2022
  • Affiliate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences and Environmental Change , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 2006 -
  • Affiliate Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, August 2016-
  • Faculty Fellow, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, 2012-2014
  • Director, Centro Internacional de Estudios de Grandes Rios (CIEGRi), Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina, Dec. 2001-2021
  • Profesor Titular (DS), Facultad de Ingenieria y Ciencias Hidricas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, 2008-present
  • Visiting Associate Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland, July, 1999
  • Visiting Associate Professor, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, May-August 2000
  • Director, Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, February, 1997-present
  • Visiting Associate Professor, Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering Science, California Institute of Technology, April 1997 - July 1997
  • Visiting Professor, Facultad de Ingenieria y Ciencias Hidricas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina, September 1993 - 2008
  • Contract Professor, Instituto di Idraulica, University of Genoa, Italy, May 1993 - August 1993
  • Research Fellow, St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Minnesota, January 1988 - December 1989
  • Research Assistant, St. Anthony Falls Hydraulic Laboratory, University of Minnesota, September 1983 - December 1987
  • Teaching Assistant, Fluid Mechanics Lab., Dept. of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Minnesota, January 1984 - January 1986
  • Research Docent, Department of Hydrology, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina, April 1982 - December 1983
  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Hydrology, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina, April 1979 - March 1981

Major Consulting Activities

  • Board of Consultants, Miami Conservancy District (MCD), Dayton, Ohio
  • Board of Consultants, Volta River Authority (VRA), Ghana, Africa
  • Board of Consultants, Instituto Nacional de Recursos Hidraulicos (INDRHI), Dominican Republic
  • Board of Consultants, Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM), Colombia

Journal Editorships

  • Editorial Board, Journal of Environmental Fluid Mechanics, (2014-present)
  • RIBAGUA - Revista Iberoamericana del Agua, Associate Editor, IAHR, Madrid, 2015-present
  • Editor-in-Chief, ASCE Manual of Practice No 110, Sedimentation Engineering (1999-2008)
  • Revista Ingeniería del Agua, Associate Editor, 2005-2010, Spain.
  • Corresponding Editor, ASCE Manual of Practice No 74 Sedimentation Engineering, V.A. Vanoni (Original Editor), Classic Edition, (2000-2006)
  • International Journal of Infrastructure and Natural Disasters, Assoc. Editor, 2000-2010 (Puerto Rico)
  • Hydraulic Eng. in Mexico (Mexican Institute of Water Technology), Assoc. Editor, 1999-2010
  • Water Resources Research (American Geophysical Union), Associate Editor, 1999-2000
  • International Journal of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, Editor-in-Chief, 2001-2006

Professional Societies

  • American Geophysical Union Committee on Fellows
  • American Geophysical Union Walter Langbein lecture Award Committee
  • Leadership Committee, Environment and Water, Discovery Partners Institute (DPI), 2018-2020
  • Delegate, University Council on Water Resources, UCOWR, 2013-2018
  • Environmental and Water Resources Institute, Editor-in-Chief, ASCE Manual of Practice 110 “Sedimentation Engineering,” 2000-2008
  • International Association for Hydraulic Research (IAHR) Editor, Journal of Hydraulic Research 2001-2006
  • American Geophysical Union (AGU) Associate Editor, Water Resources Research, 1998-2000
  • ASCE Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals Committee, Control Group Member, 1994 - 2000
  • ASCE Turbulence Committee; Member, 1992 - 1996; Control Group Member, 1997 - 2000
  • ASCE, Chair, Task Committee on Education in Sediment Transport (1998-2000)
  • ASCE/EWRI Sedimentation Committee; Control Group Member, 1994 - 1998; Chair, 1999 - 2004
  • ASCE/EWRI, Member, Task Committee for Updating ASCE Manual of Practice No 54, Sedimentation Engineering, Edited by Vito Vanoni., 2000-2008
  • ASCE Discussion and Technical Note Awards Committee; Member1991 - 1994; Chairman 1992 – 1994
  • ASCE Hans Albert Einstein Award Committee, 1998-2004
  • ASCE Alfred Noble Prize Committee Member, 1998 – 2002

Service on University Committees

  • CEE, Head Search Committee, 2020-2021
  • University Off-Cycle Promotion & Tenure Committee 2019-2021
  • University Committee on Named Appointments 2018-2024
  • University Off-Cycle Promotion & Tenure Committee 2015-2017
  • University Promotion & Tenure Committee 2011-2014

Service on Department Committees

  • CEE Space Committee 2022-2025
  • CEE Promotion & Tenure Committee 2023-2026
  • Member, CEE Head Search Committee, 2019-2020
  • Chair, Faculty Search Committee, 2019
  • Chair, Hydrosystems Lab Remodeling Committee, 2015-2020
  • CEE Awards Committee, 2014-2018
  • CEE Faculty Search Committee 2015
  • Chair, CEE Advisory Committee, 2011-2014
  • Chair, Committee to develop guidelines for non-tenure track faculty, 2009-2010
  • Head Search Committee, 2009
  • OEE Administrative Committee 2002-2004
  • CEE Advisory Committee, 2004-2006

Service on College Committees

  • Grainger College of Engineering Awards Committee, 2018-2021
  • COE Committee on Appointments for Chairs and Professorships, Chair, 2015-2017
  • Committee to Review Undergraduate Experience in Fluid Mechanics Laboratory 2012
  • Boneyard Creek Sedimentation Study, 2010-2011
  • Vice Chancellor Committee for University Scholars, 2005-2006
  • College of Engineering Executive Committee, 2004-2006.
  • Boneyard Creek Model Study, 1998 – 2000

Service on Campus Committees

  • Campus Named Appointments Committee, 2019-2024
  • Off-Cycle Promotion and Tenure Committee Office of the Provost 2019-2022
  • Campus Awards Committee, 2017-2018
  • Executive Board, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2018-date
  • Off-Cycle Promotion and Tenure Committee Office of the Provost 2015-2017
  • Promotion and Tenure Committee Office of the Provost 2012-2015
  • Faculty Senate ,1998-2000
  • Host, President’s Award Program for Minorities, 1992 – 2005

Service to Federal and State Government

  • Expert Review Panel, Gulf Research Institute, National Academy of Sciences, 2016
  • International Great Lakes Commission (Canada-USA) Co-Leader Sedimentation Studies Task Working Group for St. Clair River, 2007-2010
  • Steering Committee Member, Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System, CSDMS, 2013-2021 (http://csdms.colorado.edu)
  • Member, Selection Committee, International Lorenz G. Straub Award Competition for PhD Dissertation, University of Minnesota, 2014-2017
  • Science Advisory Committee, University of Trento, Italy, 2007-2010.
  • Expert Panel for “Water Resources at the US Geological Survey.” National Research Council, The National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2004-2006.
  • Expert Panel for “River Science at the US Geological Survey,” National Research Council, The National Academies, Washington, D.C., 2004-2006
  • Expert Panel for “Housatonic River Hydrodynamic Modeling,” Commonwealth of Massachusetts, US Environmental Protection Agency, State of Connecticut, Department of the Interior, NOAA, March- 2001.
  • Expert Panel for “Development of a TMDL Model for PCBs in the Delaware River Basin,” Delaware River Basin Commission, West Trenton, New Jersey, 2000-2001.
  • Steering Committee for Workshop on Environmental Windows for Dredging Projects, National Research Council, July 2000-June 2001.
  • Workshop on “Modeling and Management of Environmental Issues,” Invited Panelist on Modeling of Contaminated Sediment Processes, Organized by Du Pont de Nemours and Company, July 2000.
  • Office of Naval Research Workshop on “Mine Burial Prediction in Coastal Environments,” New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000.
  • Sino-USA Workshop on “Sediment-Related Disasters”, Beijing, China. (Supported by NSF), March 1999.
  • Sino-German Workshop on "Unsteady Sediment Transport Modelling", Berlin, Germany, 1995. (only representative from USA).
  • National Science Foundation Review Panel for Research Initiation Awards in Fluid, Hydraulic, and Particulate Systems Program, Arlington, VA 1994.
  • Office of Naval Research Workshop on "Continental Terrace Sediment Process", New York University at Stony Brook, New York, 1993.
  • U.S.-Taiwan Bilateral Panel on "Understanding Sedimentation and Model Evaluation", National Research Council and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, San Francisco, California, 1993.
  • U.S.-Taiwan Bilateral Panel on "Understanding Sedimentation and Model Evaluation", National Research Council and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC, 1991.
  • U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Review Panel on "The Role of Sediments on the Transport and Fate of Pollutants in Freshwater and Estuaries", Newport, Rhode Island, 1990.
  • Provided assistance to City of Danville on Dam Removal/Modification Issues to prevent drowning accidents, 2004
  • Illinois River Watershed Program organized by the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Illinois, Science Committee Member , 1998-2000
  • Provided assistance to the Government of Paraguay on flooding through the U.S. Office of International Development, March 1998

Other Outside Service

  • Chair, Board of International River, Coastal, and Estuarine Morphodynamics Symposia (RCEM), 2007-2025
  • Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS), Stearing Committee, 2017-2021
  • Scientific Leadership Committee, Current Initiative, Chicago, Illinois, 2017-2022
  • External Review Committee, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geoengineering, University of Minnesota, 2018
  • Board Member, Smart Urban Water Supply Systems (Smart UWSS), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2016-2020
  • Expert advice, 2013 Flooding of Marseilles Illinois, US Department of Justice 2013-2016
  • Advisor, Kalamazoo River Oil Spill, EPA, USGS, 2012-2016
  • Advisory Board on Water Resources, Ministry for Planning an Agriculture, Argentina, 2010-2013.
  • Chair, External Review Committee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 2013
  • Convener, Workshop on Morphodynamic Processes in Large Lowland Rivers, Centro Internacional de Estudios de Grandes Rios (CIEGRi), and NSF National Center for Earth-Surface Dynamics (NCED), Santa Fe, Argentina, 2007.
  • Illinois Department of Natural Resources: Drown proofing of Dams in the Vermillion River, 2004
  • Hydraulic Engineering Luncheon Seminar, USGS, Champaign, Illinois, November 1998, October 2023
  • Illinois Department of Transportation: Drown proofing of low-head dams along the Fox River, 1995

Research Interests

  • Urban flooding, water infrastructure and excess water management during extreme storm events
  • Fluvial hydraulics, sediment transport, channel stability, meandering, bank erosion, movable-bed hydraulic modeling.
  • Sedimentation hazards: mud and debris flows, flood sedimentation, alluvial fans, sediment surges.
  • Stratified flows, density-turbidity currents, oscillatory boundary-layer flows, salt-wedge dynamics.
  • River naturalization, flow-vegetation interaction, reservoir sedimentation, turbidity currents, sedimentation engineering.

Primary Research Area

  • Water Resources Engineering and Science

Research Areas

Books Authored or Co-Authored (Original Editions)

  • Galloway, G., G. Seminara, G. Blöschl, M. H. Garcia, A. Montanari, andL. Solari. 2017. Saving a world treasure: Protecting Florence fromflooding. Firenze, Italy: Firenze University Press. https://doi.org/10.36253/978-88-6453-678-1
  • García, M.H. (Editor-in-Chief), Manuals and Reports of Engineering Practice 110, “Sedimentation Engineering: Processes, Measurements, Modeling, Practice,” Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2008, 1150p.
  • García, M.H., Environmental Hydrodynamics, Publications Center, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Sante Fe, Argentina, 189 pp., 1996 (in Spanish).

Books Edited or Co-Edited (Original Editions)

Books Edited or Co-Edited (Revisions)

Chapters in Books

  • García, M.H., “Turbidity Currents” in Encyclopedia of Earth System Science, ed. by W.A. Nieremberg, Academic Press Inc., 4:399-408, 1992.
  • García, M.H., Y. Niño, and F. López, “Laboratory Observations of Particle Entrainment Into Suspension by Turbulent Bursting” Chapter 3 in Coherent Flow Structures in Open Channels: Origins Scales, and Interaction with Sediment Transport and Bed Morphology, edited by P. Ashworth, S. Bennetts, J. Best, and S. McLelland, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 63-86, 1996.
  • García, M.H., “Turbidity Current”, in Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 8th Edition, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 18:680, 1997.
  • García, M.H., “Sedimentation and Erosion Hydraulics,” Chapter 6 in Hydraulic Design Handbook, edited by Larry Mays,McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1999.
  • Danny Reible, Sam Bentley, Mimi B. Dannel, Joseph V. DePinto, James A. Dyer, Kevin J. Farley, Marcelo H. Garcia, David Glaser, John M. Hamrick, Richard H. Jensen, Wilbert J. Lick, Robert A. Pastorok,Richard F. Schwer, C. Kirk Ziegler (2003). Chapter 2 "The Role of Modeling in Managing Contaminated Sediments," in Contaminated Ground Water and Sediment Modeling for Management and Remediation Edited by Chunmiao Zheng , Danny D. Reible , George F. Pinder , Calvin C. Chien , Brent E. Sleep and Miguel A. Medina, CRC Press, Print ISBN: 978-1-56670-667-4, eBook ISBN: 978-0-203-49415-8, DOI: 10.1201/9780203494158.ch2.
  • Garcia, M.H., “Sediment Transport and Morphodynamics,” Chapter 2 in ASCE Sedimentation Engineering Manual of Practice 110, Edited by Marcelo H. Garcia, 2008.
  • Garcia, M.H., MacArthur, R. Bradley, J., and R. French, “Sedimentation Hazards,” Chapter 19 in ASCE Sedimentation Engineering Manual of Practice 110, Edited by Marcelo H. Garcia, 2008.
  • Admiraal, D., and M.H. Garcia, “Environmental Impact of Navigation,” Article 2.7.5.1 in Rivers and Streams Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), UNESCO, 2002.
  • Garcia, M.H., “Modeling Sediment Entrainment into Suspension, Transport, and Deposition in Rivers,” Chapter in “Model Validation in Hydrologic Science,” Paul Bates and Malcolm Anderson (Editors), Wiley and Sons, United Kingdom, 2001.
  • Fedele, J., and M.H. Garcia, “Hydraulic Roughness in Alluvial Streams: A Boundary Layer Approach,” Chapter in Riverine, Coastal, and Estuarine Morphodynamics, G. Seminara (Editor) Springer-Verlag, Italy, 2001.
  • Garcia, M.H., Lopez, F., Dunn, C. and C. Alonso, “Flow Turbulence and Resistance in a Flume with Simulated Vegetation,” Chapter 5 in “Riparian Vegetation and Fluvial Geomorphology,” American Geophysical Union, Water Science and Publication, pp. 11-27, Washington, D.C., 2004.
  • Parsons, J.D., Friedrichs, C. T., Mohrig, D., Traykovski, P., Imran, J., Syvitski, J. P. M., Parker, G., Puig, P., Buttles, J. and Garcia, M. H., (2007), The mechanics of marine sediment gravity flows, Continental Margin Sedimentation: From Sediment Transport to Sequence Stratigraphy, in IAS Special Publication 37, Editors: C.A. Nittrouer, Austin, J.A., Jr., Field, M.E., Kravitz, J.H., Syvitski, J.P.M., Wiberg, P.L. Blackwell Publishing Ltd: Oxford
  • Syvitski, J.P.M., L. Pratson, P. Wiberg, M. Steckler, M. Garcia, R. Geyer, C. Harris, E. Hutton, J. Imran, H. Lee, M. Morehead, and G. Parker. 2007. Prediction of Margin Stratigraphy. Chapter IX of Continental-Margin Sedimentation: From Sediment Transport to Sequence Stratigraphy, C. Nittrouer, et al. (eds), Blackwell Press
  • Admiraal, A. and M.H. Garcia, Chapter on “Sediment Transport Measurements,” in Encyclopedia of Experimental Fluid Mechanics,” Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2007.
  • Rhoads, B.L., Garcia, M.H., Rodriguez, J.F., Abad, J.D., Bombardelli, F.A., Daniels, M., 2005. Evaluating the geomorphological performance of naturalized rivers. In: Sears, D., Darby, S. (Eds.). Uncertainty in River Restoration, 44pp.
  • León A. S., Ghidaoui, M. S., Schmidt, A. R., and García M. H. (2006). ``An Efficient Finite-volume scheme for modeling two-phase flows using the single-equivalent fluid approximation.'' Chapter in Computational Hydraulics Monograph 15, ed. by: E. McBean, R. Pitt, K. Irvine, and W. James, CHI, Ontario, Canada
  • León, A. S., Oberg N., Schmidt, A. R., and García, M. H. (2011). “The Illinois Transient Model. A state-of-the-art model for simulating the flow dynamics in combined storm-sewer systems”. Urban Water Systems, Monograph 19.
  • Arndt, R.E.A., Kawakami, D., Wosnik, M., Perlin, M., Duncan, J.H., Admiraal, D.M., and M.H. Garcia, Chapter 15 "Hydraulics" in Handbook of Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Springer-Berlag, Heidelberg, Germany, 959-1033, 2007.
  • Ashmore, P. and Garcia, M. (2009) 'St. Clair River Sediment Regime' in Impacts on Upper Great Lakes Water Levels: St. Clair River Final Report (International Upper Great Lakes Study (IUGLS), International Joint Commission) 4, 57-84
  • Martin, J.E., Sun, T., and M.H. Garcia, Chapter 18: Optical Methods in the Laboratory: an application to density currents over bedforms, Environmental Fluid Mechanics: memorial Volume in Honour of Prof. Gerhard H. Jirka, W. Rodi and M Uhlman (Editors), IAHR Monograph, CRC Press-Taylor & Francis Group, 333-346, 2012.
  • Martin, J.E., Carr, M., M.H. Garcia, Transport and Mixing in Rivers, in Handbook of Environmental Fluid Mechanics, H/J.S. Fernando (Editor), Taylor and Francis, 2012.
  • Garcia, M.H. "Ven Te Chow; Hydrologist, Educator, Rainmaker," Chapter in CHANGING THE WORLD FROM A VERY SMALL PLACE, Fred Hoxie (Editor), University of Illinois Press, Urbana, Illinois, 2016.
  • Garcia M.H., Fytanidis D.K., (2017), Flows in vegetated channels In: Experimental Hydraulics: Methods, Instrumentation, Data Processing and Management Volume I: Fundamentals and Methods, Chapter 2. Hydraulic flows: Overview, edited by M. Muste, D.A. Lyn, D. Admiraal, R. Ettema, V. Nikora, M.H. García, IAHR Monographs, ISBN 9780367573355, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, New York, NY.
  • Garcia, M.H (2017). Mobile Boundary Channels and Sediment Transport, In: Muste, Lyn, Admiraal, Ettema, Nikora, Garcia (editors), Experimental Hydraulics: Volume I, Fundamental and Methods, New York, NY., CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, p. 570

Monographs

Selected Articles in Journals

  • Mier, Jose M.; Garcia, Marcelo H. (2011) "Erosion of glacial till from the St. Clair River Great Lakes basin." Journal of Great Lakes Resarch, 37(3), 399-410.
  • Sinha, S., X. Liu and M.H. Garcia, "Three-dimensional hydrodynamic modeling of the Chicago River, IL", Environmental Fluid Mechanics Vol 1, 2012, 471-494
  • X. Liu, G. Parker, J. Czuba, K. Oberg, J.M. Mier, J.L. Best, D.R. Parsons, P. Ashmore, and M.H. Garcia (2011). Sediment Mobility and Bed Armoring in the St. Clair River: Insights from Hydrodynamic Modeling. Earth Surface Processes and Landform, 37(9):957-970
  • Landry, B.J., Hancock, M.J., Mei, C.C., and García, M.H. (2012) WaveAR: A software tool for calculating parameters for water waves with incident and reflected components, Journal of Computers and Geosciences. doi/10.1016/j.cageo.2012.04.001
  • Altinakar, M., Ettema, R., Garcia, M.H., Melville, B.W., Nikora, V., and G. Parker. Stephen Edward Coleman (1966–2012), Acta Geophysica, 12/2012; 60(6). DOI: 10.2478/s11600-012-0073-1
  • Pedocchi, F. and M.H. Garcia (2012). "Acoustic measurement of suspended sediment concentration profiles in an oscillatory boundary layer," Continental Shelf Research, Volume 46, 1 September 2012, Pages 87–95.
  • Motta, D., Abad, J.D., Langendoen, E., and M.H. Garcia (2012). The effects of floodplain soil heterogeneity on meander planform shape, Water Resources Research, AGU, DOI:10.1029.
  • Abad, J. D., Frias, C., Buscaglia, G., Garcia, M. (2013). “Modulation of the flow structure by progressive bedforms in the Kinoshita Meandering channel”, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 38: 1612–1622.
  • Mujal-Colilles, A.,Mier, J.M., Christensen, K., Bateman, A. and M.H. Garcia (2013. "PIV experiments in rough-wall, laminar-to-turbulent, oscillatory boundary-layer flows," Experiments in Fluids, November 2013, 55:1633, doi 10.1007/s00348-013-1633-0
  • Tokyay, T., and M.H. Garcia (2014). "Effect of initial excess density and discharge on constant flux gravity currents propagating on a slope," Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Volume 14, Issue 2 , pp 409-429
  • Nania, L., Leon, A. and M.H.Garcia (2014)."A Coupled Hydrologic-Hydraulic for Simulating Dual Drainage in Urban Areas: Application to a catchment in the Metropolitan Area of Chicago, IL," Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE,10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0001080 , 04014071.
  • Cataño-Lopera, Y., Tokyay, T., Martin, J., Schmidt, A., Lanyon, R., Fitzpatrick, K., Scalise, C., and García, M. (2014). ”Modeling of a Transient Event in the Tunnel and Reservoir Plan System in Chicago, Illinois.” J. Hydraul. Eng., 140(9), 05014005.
  • Perillo, M. M., Prokocki, E. W., Best, J. L., & García, M. H. (2014). Bedform genesis from bed defects under unidirectional, oscillatory, and combined flows. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface.119(12). DOI: 10.1002/2014JF003167
  • Perillo,M.M.,Best,J.L.,Garcia, M.H. (2014). "A New Phase Diagram for Combined-Flow Bedforms," Journal of Sedimentary Research, April 2014, v. 84, p. 301-313, published online April 29, doi:10.2110/jsr.2014.25
  • Garcia, T., Murphy, E.A., Jackson, P.R. and M. H. Garcia (2015). Application of the FluEgg model to predict transport of Asian carp eggs in the Saint Joseph River (Great Lakes tributary), Journal of Great Lakes Research, DOI:10.1016/j.jglr.2015.02.003
  • Duncan Keenan-Jones; Davide Motta; Marcelo H Garcia; Bruce W Fouke (2015). "Travertine-Based Estimates of the Amount of Water Supplied by Ancient Rome's Anio Novus Aqueduct," Journal of Archaeological Science, Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 3, 1–10.
  • Zhu, Z.,Oberg, N., Morales, V., Quijano, J.C., Landry, B.J. and M.H. Garcia. Integrated urban hydrologic and hydraulic modelling in Chicago, Illinois, Environmental Modeling and Software, Elsevier,2016, 77(3): 63-70.
  • Quijano, J.C., Jackson, P.R., Santacruz, S., Morales, V.M., and M.H. Garcia (2015). Implications of Climate Change on the Heat Budget of Lentic Systems Used for Power Station Cooling: Case Study Clinton Lake, Illinois, USA, Environmental Science and Technology, Environ. Sci. Technol., Article ASAP DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04094, Publication Date (Web): November 10, 2015
  • Waterman, D.M., Liu, X., Motta, D. and M.H. Garcia (2016). Analytical Lagrangian Model of Sediment Oxygen Demand and Reaeration Flux Co-Evolution in Streams, Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, DOI: 10.1061/18 (ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001095.
  • Mujal-Colilles, A., Christensen, K., Bateman, A. and M.H. Garcia (2016) Coherent structures in oscillatory flows within the laminar-to-turbulent transition regime for smooth and rough walls, Journal of Hydraulic Research, IAHR, in press DOI 10.1080/00221686.2016.1174960
  • Zhu, Z.; Motta, D., Jackson, P.R., and M.H. Garcia (2016). Numerical modeling of simultaneous tracer release and piscicide treatment for invasive species control in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago, Illinois, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, DOI 10.1007/s10652-016-9464-1
  • Morales, V. M., J. C. Quijano, A. Schmidt, and M. H. Garcia (2016), Innovative framework to simulate the fate and transport of nonconservative constituents in urban combined sewer catchments, Water Resour. Res.,52, doi:10.1002/2016WR018807.
  • Motta, D., Keenan-Jones, D., Garcia, M.H. and B.W. Fouke (2017). Hydraulic Evaluation of the Design and Operation of Ancient Rome’s Anio Novus Aqueduct, Archeometry, doi: 10.1111/arcm.12303
  • Zhu, Z., Viviana Morales & Marcelo H. Garcia (2017): Impact of combined sewer overflow on urban river hydrodynamic modelling: a case study of the Chicago waterway, Urban Water Journal, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1573062X.2017.1301504
  • Bayat, E., Rodríguez, J.F., Saco, P., de Almeida, G.F.M., Vahidi, E., and M.H. Garcia (2017). A tale of two riffles: using multidimensional, multifractional, time-varying sediment transport to assess self-maintenance in pool-riffle sequences, Water Resources Research,
  • Dutta, S., Wang, D., Tassi, P., and M.H. Garcia (2017). Three-Dimensional Numerical Modeling of the Bulle-Effect: the non-linear distribution of near-bed sediment at fluvial diversions, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, vol. 42, 14, 2322-2337, Wiley
  • Konsoer et al. (2017). Length scales and statistical characteristics of outer bank roughness for large elongate meander bends: the influence of bank material properties, floodplain vegetation and flow inundation. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms,
  • Fernandez, R. and M.H. Garcia, (2017). Input variable sensitivity assessment for sediment transport relations, Water Resources Research, AGU, 53, 8105–8119, doi:10.1002/2016WR020249
  • Zhu, Z., Waterman, D., and Garcia, M. (2018). “Modeling the transport of oil-particle aggregates resulting from an oil spill in a freshwater environment”. Environmental Fluid Mechanics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10652-018-9581-0
  • Fernandez, R., Garcia, M.H. and Parker, G. (2018) "Upper Mississippi River Flow and Sediment Characteristics and Their Effect on a Harbor Siltation Case, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 144(10): 04018066
  • Jones, L. and M.H. Garcia, (2018), Development of a rapid response riverine oil-particle aggregate (OPA) formation, transport, and fate model: Journal of Environment Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineering, 144(12): 04018125.
  • Dutta, S. and M.H. Garcia (2018). "Non-linear Distribution of Sediment at River Diversions: A brief history of the Bulle-Effect and its Implications," Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 60th Anniversary Contribution , DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001449
  • Z. Zhu*, J. LeRoy, B. Rhoads, and M. García (2018) “HydroSedFoam: A New Parallelized Two-dimensional Hydrodynamic, Sediment Transport, and Bed Morphology Model”. Computers & Geosciences, 120(11): 32-39.
  • Wu, H., Zuniga Zamalloa, C. C., Landry, B. J., & Garcia, M. H. (2019). Experimental comparison of initiation of motion for submerged objects resting on fixed permeable and impermeable beds. Physical Review Fluids, Physical Review Fluids, 4(1), 013802
  • Luo, H., Fytanidis, D. K., Schmidt, A. R., and Garcia, M. H. (2018) “Numerical investigations on hydrodynamics and three-dimensional flow structures of combining steady and unsteady flow in open channel junctions," Advances in Water Resources, 117:120-139 http://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2018.05.012 Resour., 117 , 120–139.
  • Waterman, D.M., and M.H.Garcia (2019). Nonlinear Bedload Transport Trajectory Angle Expressed in a Traditional Form: Derivation and Application, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE) HY.1943-7900.0001619.
  • Galloway, G., Seminara, G., Bloschl, G., Garcia, M.H., Montanari, A., and L. Solari (2020). Reducing the Flood Risk of Art Cities: the case of Florence, Journal of Hydr. Engineering, ASCE, https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001741
  • Fernandez, R., Vitale, A., Parker, G, Garcia, M.H. (2020) Hydraulic resistance in mixed bedrock-alluvial meandering channels. Journal of Hydraulic Research. doi:10.1080/00221686.2020.1780489
  • Rowley, T., Konsoer, K., Langendoen, E.J., Li, Z., Ursic, M., and M.H. Garcia (2021). Relationship of point bar morphology to channel curvature and planform evolution, Geomorphology, vol. 135, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107541
  • Auth, T. L., Wackerman, G. E., Garcia, M. H., & Stillwell, A. S. (2021). Low-head hydropower as a reserve power source: A case study of Northeastern Illinois. Renewable Energy, 175, 980-989.
  • Chen, C. Y., Fytanidis, D. K., & García, M. H. (2021). Entrainment, Transport, and Fate of Sediments during Storm Events in Urban Canals and Rivers: Case Study on Bubbly Creek, Chicago. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 147(8), 05021005, http://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0001890
  • Li, Z., & Garc�a, M. H. (2021). pyRiverBed: A Python framework to generate synthetic riverbed topography for constant-width meandering rivers. Computers & Geosciences, 152, 104755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2021.104755
  • Mier, J. M., Fytanidis, D. K., & García, M. H. (2021). Mean flow structure and velocity–bed shear stress maxima phase difference in smooth wall, transitionally turbulent oscillatory boundary layers: experimental observations. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 922, A29. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.510
  • Wang, D., Li, Z., Rojas-Aguirre, A.F., and Garcia, M.H. (2021) Impact of Lake Michigan water level rise on complex bidirectional flow in the Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS), Journal of Great Lakes Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2021.10.008.
  • Fytanidis, D. K., García, M. H. and Fischer P (2021). Mean flow structure and velocity–bed shear stress maxima phase difference in smooth wall, transitionally turbulent oscillatory boundary layers: direct numerical simulations. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 928, A33. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2021.827
  • Luo, H., Oberg, N., Landry, B.J, and Garcia, M.H. (2021). Assessing the system performance of an evolving and integrated urban drainage system to control combined sewer overflows using a multiple-layer based coupled modeling approach, Journal of Hydrology, Volume 603, Part C, December, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.127130
  • Latosinski, F.G., Amsler, M.L., Vionnet, C.A., Heredia Ligorria, A.I., Szupiany, R.N., Diaz Lozada, J.M., García, C.M., & M.H. García (2022): The role of dunes in flow resistance in a large and a small river. The case of the Paraná and Tercero rivers, Argentina, Journal of Hydraulic Research, DOI: 10.1080/00221686.2021.2001588.
  • Keenan-Jones, D.C., Motta, D., Garcia, M.H., Sivaguru, M., Perillo, M., Shosted, R.K., and Fouke, B.W., 2022. Travertine crystal growth ripples record the hydraulic history of ancient Rome’s Anio Novus aqueduct: Scientific Reports 12, 1239, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05158-2
  • Li Y, Zhu Z, Soong DT, Khorasani H, Wang S, Fitzpatrick F and Garcia MH (2022) FluOil: A Novel Tool for Modeling the Transport of Oil-Particle Aggregates in Inland Waterways. Frontiers in Water 3:771764. doi: 10.3389/frwa.2021.771764 doi: 10.3389/frwa.2021.771764
  • Waterman, D.M. and Garcia, MH. (2022). Steady-State Parallel Retreat Migration in River Bends with Non-cohesive (Composite) Banks, Water Resources Research, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR030762
  • Sivaguru, M., Fouke, K.W., Keenan-Jones, D., Motta, D., Garcia, M.H., and Fouke, B.W. (2022), Depositional and diagenetic history of travertine deposited within the Anio Novus aqueduct of ancient Rome, in Koeberl, C., Claeys, P., and Montanari, A., eds., From the Guajira Desert to the Apennines, and from Mediterranean Microplates to the Mexican Killer Asteroid: Honoring the Career of Walter Alvarez: Geological Society of America Special Paper 557, p. 1–XXX, https://doi .org/10.1130/2022.2557(26)
  • Dominguez, L.G., Szupiany, R.N., Ramonell, C., Ru, M., and Garcia, M.H., (2023), Hydro-geomorphological and sedimentological processes along the major fluvial-lacustrine delta of the Paraná River (Argentina): Their role in floodplain construction, Earth Surf. Process. Landforms. 2023;1–16, DOI: 10.1002/esp.5570
  • Abad, J.D., D. Motta, L. Guerrero, M. Paredes, J. M. Kuroiwa, M. H. Garcia (2023), Hydrogeomorphology of Asymmetric Meandering Channels: Experiments and Field Evidence, Water Resources Research, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022WR033904
  • Parker, G., An, C., Lamb, M. P., Garcia, M. H., Dingle, E. H., and Venditti, J. G. (2023): Dimensionless argument: a narrow grain size range near 2 mm plays a special role in river sediment transport and morphodynamics, EGUsphere, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1705.
  • Chen, C.‐Y., Fytanidis, D. K., & Garcia, M. H. (2024). A unifying model for turbulent hyporheic mass flux under a wide range of near‐bed hydrodynamic conditions. Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL105807. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL105807
  • Rojas-Aguirre, A. and M.H. Garcia, (2024). Experiments on Entrainment of Tailings into Suspension in an Annular Flume, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/JHEND8.HYENG-14095

Articles in Conference Proceedings

  • Wang, D., and García, M. H. (2020). Density driven mixing layer in environmental flows: A high-resolution remote sensing image based, numerical simulation and field measurements aided confluence mixing model. In River Flow 2020: Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics (Delft, Netherlands, 7-10 July 2020). CRC Press.
  • Li, Z. and Garcia, M.H., 2D numerical modeling on meander chute cutoffs. In River Flow 2020: Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics (Delft, Netherlands, 7-10 July 2020). CRC Press.
  • Guo, X-Y, Chen, D., Li, Z., Garcia, M.H., Parker, G., and Tanaka G. (2020) Sinuous rivers in peat. River Flow 2020. In River Flow 2020: Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics (Delft, Netherlands, 7-10 July 2020). CRC Press.
  • Fernandez, R., Garcia, M.H., and Parker, G. (2016). Mississippi River harbor Siltation Study, R., Proceedings of River Flow 2016, St. Louis, Missouri.
  • Dutta, S., P. Fischer and M. H. Garcia. (2016) Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of ow and bedload transport at an idealized 90-degree diversion: insight into Bulle-Effect Proceedings of River Flow 2016, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Wang, D., S. Dutta, P.R. Jackson and M.H. Garcia. (2016)Three-dimensional numerical modeling of mixing at the junction of the Calumet-Sag Channel and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal: A comparison between density-driven and advection-driven mixing, Proccedings of River Flow 2016, St. Louis Missouri
  • Wu, H., Zamalloa, C. C. Z., Blanco, J. E. S. J., Landry, B. J., Garcıa, M. H. (2015). “Two-dimensional PIV measurements for studying the effect of bed permeability on incipient motion of synthetic sediment particles”. American Physical Society : 68th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics. November 2015. Boston, MA
  • Dutta, S., Wang, D., Tassi, P. and M.H. Garcia (2015), Modeling the Bulle Phenomenon at Channel Diversions with Telemac, River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics International Syposium, Iquitos, Peru
  • Santacruz, S., Morales, V., Oberg, N., García, M.H. (2015), Integrated Urban Drainage Model for the City of Chicago, 10th Urban Drainage Modeling Conference, Toronto, Canada
  • Abad, J. D., Frias, C. (**), Langendoen, E., Best, J., Rhoads, B., Konsoer, K., Garcia, M. H. (2014). “Modulation of the flow structure by progressive bed forms in the Meandering Wabash River”. River Flow 2014, IAHR (International Association for Hydro-Environmental Research), Laussane, Switzerland, September 3-5, 2014.
  • Garcia, T., Murphy, E.A., Jackson, P.R., and M.H. Garcia (2015) Laboratory Experiments Using Synthetic Silver Carp Eggs to Evaluate Critical Hydrodynamic Conditions for Egg Suspension, American Fisheries Society 144th Annual Meeting, Indianapolis
  • Garcia, T., Murphy, E.A., Jackson, P.R., Chapman, D. and M.H. Garcia (2015). Using the Fluvial Egg Drift Simulator (FluEgg) in an Integrated Pest Management Approach to Asian Carp Control, American Fisheries Society 144th Annual Meeting, Indianapolis
  • Garcia, M.H., Martin, J.E., Landry, B.J., Waratuke, A.R., and N. Oberg (2013). "On the Effectiveness of Levees for Flood Control: An Application of the Hydraulic Performance Graph Method,"Proceedings of IAHR World Congress, Chengdu, China.
  • Bryk, A., Best, J., Abad, J. D., Garcia, M. H. (2012). “The influence of channel-skewed bedforms on secondary flows in high curvature meander bends”. Third International Symposium on Shallow Flows, University of Iowa City, IA, USA, June 4-6.
  • Landry, B.J., Calantoni, J., Palmer, J.E., and M.H. Garcia (2012), ΔF2luID™: A new, robust, cutting-edge technology to resolve fluid interfaces, Hydraulic Measurements and Experimental Methods Conference HMEM 2012, August 12 -15, 2012 Snowbird Utah
  • Sinha, S. and M.H. Garcia. "A comparative study between 2D and 3D model based on Shallow Water Equations, Development and Applications" HIC-2012 10th International Conference on Hydroinformatics. Understanding Changing Climate and Environment Finding Solutions, Hamburg, Germany, July 2012.
  • Sinha, S. and M. H. Garcia. "Three-Dimensional numerical modeling of density currents in the Chicago River, Chicago, IL" TELEMAC-MASCARET User Conference, St Hugh’s College, Oxford, UK, 18-19 October 2012 St Hugh’s College, Oxford, UK
  • Langendoen, E.J., Motta, D., Abad, J.D., Garcia, M.H., (2010). “An improved meander migration formulation based on streambank erosion processes”. River Flow Conference, Braunshweig, Germany. September 8-10.
  • Ashmore, P., J. Best, J. Czuba, J. Denny, D. Foster, K. Oberg, M. H. Garcia, X. Liu, G. Parker, D. Parsons. Morphology, sedimentology and dynamics of the upper St. Clair River. In Proceedings of the 53rd International Conference on Great Lakes Research, Toronto, Canada, 2010

Patents

  • Landry, B. J., Waratuke, A.R., Catano-Lopera, Y. A., Garcia, M. H. (2012). Apparatus and Method for Flow Control". US Patent Application No. 13/770,253 (utility patent filed February 19, 2013).

Bulletins

  • Jackson, R. P., S. Sinha, S. Dutta, K. Johnson, J. Duncker and M. H. Garcia. (2013) Investigation of Hysteresis in Index-Velocity Ratings for the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Lemont, Illinois. USGS Scienti c Investigations Report 2013-5095.
  • Fitzpatrick, F.A., Boufadel, M.C., Johnson, Rex, Lee, Kenneth, Graan, T.P., and others, 2015, Oil-particle interactions and submergence from crude oil spills in marine and freshwater environments—review of the science and future science needs: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015-1076, 33 p.
  • Kim, S.J., Waratuke, A.,Mier, J.M., M.H. Garcia. Chicago River Controlling Works: Discharge Rating Curves for Hydraulic Structures Obtained Through 3D CFD Simulations, Civil Engineering Studies, Hydraulic Engineering Series No. 100, UIUC-ENG-2014-2105, UIUC.
  • P. Ryan Jackson · Sumit Sinha · Som Dutta · Kevin K. Johnson · James J. Duncker · Marcelo H. Garcia Evaluation of the Potential for Hysteresis in Index-Velocity Ratings for the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Lemont, Illinois. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 01/2013; USGS SIR 2013-5095.
  • Liu, X., S. Sinha, N. Sobh and M.H. Garcia (2010), Three-dimensional Hydrodynamics and Water Quality Modeling of the Chicago River, IL. Hydrosystems Laboratory,prepared for Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • Waratuke, A. R., Abad, J. D., Barnas, C., Garcia, M. H. (2009). “Design and modeling of a combined canoe chute/fish passage for the North Branch Dam, Chicago, Illinois”. Civil Engineering Studies, Hydraulic Engineering Series No. 93, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • Abad, J. D., Waratuke, A. R. and García, M. H. (2006). “Numerical simulation of the Telegraph Drop-shaft – Baumgartner Tunnel System”, St. Louis, MO, USA.
  • Liu, X. and M.H. Garcia (2007), Numerical Modeling of the Calumet Water Reclamation Plant (CWRP) Primary Settling Tanks, Civil Engineering Studies, Hydraulic Engineering Series No 80, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • Abad, J. D., Bombardelli, F. A., Waratuke, A. R. and García, M. H. (2004) “Modeling and alternative analysis for SEPA Station No. 3”. In report “SEPA Station No. 3, Siltation Alleviation Study, Greeley and Hansen & Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, IL, USA.
  • Garcia, C.M; Cantero, M.; Jackson, P.R. y Garcia, M.H. 2004. "Characterization of the flow turbulence using water velocity signals recorded by Acoustic Doppler Velocimeters". Civil engineering studies, Hydraulic engineering series 75. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • Sequeiros, O.E., Nino, Y., Garcia, M.H., 2005 Sedimentation Management in Combined Sewer Over Flow Storage Reservoirs Using Water Jets. Civil Engineering Studies, Hydraulic Engineering Series, No. 76, UILU-ENG.
  • Garcia, M.H. and A. Waratuke, “Large Scale Test on Air Bubble Diffuser “Report to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2004.
  • Bombardelli, F.A., Buscaglia, G.C., Rehmann, C.R. and Garcia, M.H., “One Dimensional Theoretical and Numerical Models for Aeration Bubble Plumes-McCook Reservoir Studies,” Civil Engineering Studies, Hydraulic Engineering Series No. 71, UILU-ENG-2002-2005, UIUC, 2002.
  • Bombardelli, F.A. and M.H. García, “Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Modeling of Density Currents in the Chicago River, Illinois,” Civil Engineering Studies, Hydraulic Engineering Series No. 68, UILU-ENG-01-2001, UIUC, 2001.
  • Shuster, J.M. and Garcia, M.H., “Hydraulic Model Study for the Optimization of the Spillway at Batavia Dam, Fox River, Illinois,” Civil Engineering Studies, Hydraulic Engineering Series, No. 66, UILU-ENG-2000-2010, UIUC, 2000.
  • Peabody, A.M. and M.H. García, “Hydraulic Model Study of the Boneyard Creek at Lincoln Avenue, Urbana, Illinois,” Civil Engineering Studies, Hydraulic Engineering Series No. 65, UILU-00-2002, UIUC, 1999.
  • Caisely, M., Bombardelli, F., and M.H. García, “Hydraulic Model Study of a Canoe-Chute for Low Head Dams in Illinois,” Civil Engineering Studies, Hydraulic Engineering Series No. 63, UILU-99-2012, UIUC, 1999.
  • Waratuke, A.R. and M.H. García, “Hydraulic Model Study of the Boneyard Creek at WrightStreet, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois,” Civil Engineering Studies, Hydraulic EngineeringSeries No. 62, UILU-99-2010, UIUC, 1999.
  • García, M.H., D.M. Admiraal, and J.F. Rodriguez, “Sediment Entrainment Functions for Navigation-Induced Resuspension,” Civil Engineering Studies, Hydraulic Engineering Series No. 61, UILU-99-2006, UIUC, 1999.
  • Caisley, M.E., and M.H. García, “Canoe Chutes and Fishways for Low-Head Dams: Literature Review and Design Guidelines,” Civil Engineering Studies, Hydraulic Engineering Series No. 60, UILU-99-2001, UIUC, 1999.
  • Yen, B.C., M.H. García, C.D. Troy, and J. Arbruster, “Stream Channel Migration Effects on Bridge Approaches and Conveyance,” Report No. ITRC FR-94-4, Illinois Transportation Research Center, Illinois Department of Transportation, 1998.
  • García, M.H., D.M. Admiraal, and J. Rodriguez, “Navigation-Induced Bed Shear Stresses: Laboratory Measurements, Data Analysis, and Application,” Civil Engineering Studies, Hydraulic Engineering Series, No. 56, UILU-ENG-98-2002, UIUC, 1998.
  • Armbruster, J.T. and M.H. García, “Hydraulic Model Study for the Restoration of Batavia Dam, Fox River, Illinois,” Civil Engineering Studies, Hydraulic Engineering Series No. 55, UILU-ENG-98-2001, UIUC, 1998.
  • López, F. and M.H. García, “Open-Channel Flow through Simulated Vegetation: Turbulence Modeling and Sediment Transport,” Wetlands Research Program Technical Report WRP-CP-10, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1997.
  • López, F. and M.H. García, “Turbulence Structure in Cobble-Bed Open-Channel Flow,” Civil Engineering Studies, Hydraulic Engineering Series No. 52, UILU-ENG-96-2012, UIUC, 1996.
  • Dunn, C., F. López, and M.H. García, “Mean Flow and Turbulence in a Laboratory Channel with Simulated Vegetation,” Civil Engineering Studies, Hydraulic Engineering Series No. 51, UILU-ENG-96-2009, UIUC, 1996.
  • Freeman, J.W. and M.H. García, “Hydraulic Model Study for the Drown Proofing of Yorkville Dam, Illinois,” Civil Engineering Studies, Hydraulic Engineering Series No. 50, UILU-ENG-96-2005, UIUC, 1996.

Reports

  • Waterman, D., and M.H. Garcia (2015)."Laboratory Tests of Oil-Particle Interactions in a Freshwater Riverine Environment with Cold Lake Blend Weathered Bitumen," Civil Engineering Studies, Hydraulic Engineering Series No. 106, ISSN: 0442-1744
  • Waterman, D., Fytanidis, D., and M.H. Garcia (2015). "Kalamazoo River In Situ Flume Bed Erosion Study," Civil Engineering Studies, Hydraulic Engineering Series No. 105, ISSN: 0442-1744,
  • Cantone, J.P., Stepina, N., Schmidt, A.R., and Garcia, M.H., (2011). "Hydrologic and Hydraulic Analysis of Calumet TARP System," Tunnel and Reservoir Plan Report No. 16, 73 p.
  • Cantone, J.P., Schmidt, A.R., Hollander, M., Erickson, A., Tang, Y., and Garcia, M.H., (2009). "Application of the Illinois Urban Hydrologic Model (IUHM) to Selected Catchments in the Calumet Tunnel and Reservoir Plan System," Tunnel and Reservoir Plan Report No. 6, 86 p.
  • Catano-Lopera, Y.A.,Oberg, N., Choi, N.J., Schmidt, A.R., and Garcia, M.H., (2009). "Hydraulic Conveyance Analysis of the Calumet TARP System," Tunnel and Reservoir Plan Report No. 3, 64 p.
  • Cantone, J.P., Seo, Y., Zimmer, A., Schmidt, A.R., and Garcia, M.H., (2009). "Hydrologic Modeling of the Calumet TARP System," Tunnel and Reservoir Plan Report No. 1, 109 p.

Teaching Honors

  • Grainger College of Engineering Award for Excellence in Faculty Mentoring (2022)
  • Honorary Member, Chi Epsilon National Civil Engineering Honor Society (2004)
  • Order of the Engineer, Grainger College of Engineering, UIUC (2010)
  • Recognized for Excellence in Advising, College of Engineering, UIUC (1997, 2001)
  • Included in Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students at UIUC: CE 459 Sediment Transport for spring 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005; 2004, 2012, 2015, 2023; CE 498 EH Environmental Hydrodynamics for Spring 1994, 1996, 1998, 2003 CE 255 Introduction to Hydrosystems Engineering for Fall 1995, 1996, 1998, CEE 353 Analysis and Design of Hydraulic Systems, for Spring 1999, 2004, 2006,2018. CEE555 Mixing in Environmental Flows, 2014. CEE551 "Open Channel Hydraulics" fall 2009, 2011, 2013, 2021, 2024. (1990-2024)

Research Honors

  • Doctor Honoris Causa, National University of Cordoba, Argentina (2024)
  • Honorary Member, International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) (2023)
  • Fellow, American Geophysical Union (AGU) (2022)
  • 6th M. Selim Yalin Lifetime Achievement Award, International Association of Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) (2017)
  • Donald F.R. Harleman Honorary Lecture in Water Resources Engineering, Penn State University (2015)
  • Barr Distinguished Engineering Lecture, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota (2014)
  • Distinguished Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (2013)
  • Fellow, Environmental Water Resources Institute (EWRI), American Society of Civil Engineers (2013)
  • National Award for Scientific Contributions to Science and Technology from Government of Panama, Panama Canal Authority (2012)
  • Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Lecture Award, ASCE. (2012)
  • IAGLR Chandler-Misener Award for most notable paper published in Journal of Great Lakes Research, International Great Lakes Association (2012)
  • Lorenz G. Straub Award for Best 2008 Ph.D. Thesis in Hydraulic Engineering awarded to Dr. Jorge Abad (Advisee) (2012)
  • Enrico Marchi Lecture, Italian Association of Hydraulics, University of Florence, Italy (2012)
  • Wesley Horner Award, best paper in Journal of Environmental Engineering, EWRI/ASCE (2012)
  • Lorenz G. Straub Award for Best 2007 Ph.D. Thesis in Hydraulic Engineering awarded to Dr. Mariano Cantero (MS 2004; PhD 2007), (advisee with Prof. S. Balachandar) (2011)
  • Borland Lecture in Hydraulics, AGU-Hydrology Days, Colorado State University (2009)
  • Corresponding Member, National Academy of Engineering of Argentina (2007)
  • Hans Albert Einstein Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE (2006)
  • Honorary Professor, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina (2001)
  • 12th Arthur Thomas Ippen Award, International Association of Hydro-Environmental Engineering and Research, IAHR (2001)
  • Lorenz G. Straub Award for Best Ph.D. Thesis in Hydraulic Engineering presented to Dr. Jeffrey Parsons, (advisee) (2001)
  • University Scholar Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2000)
  • Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize, ASCE, 1999 (best paper in Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE)
  • Arthur and Virginia Nauman Faculty Scholar, Civil and Environmental Eng., UIUC (1998-2001)
  • Lorenz G. Straub Award for Best Ph.D. Thesis in Hydraulic Engineering presented to Dr. Yarko Nino, (advisee) (1998)
  • Walter Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, ASCE (1998)
  • Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize, ASCE, 1996 (best paper in Journal of Hydraulic Engineering) (1996)
  • Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Honor Society (1992)
  • National Science Foundation Research Initiation Award (1992)
  • Hokkaido River Disaster Prevention Institute Fellowship, Japan (1990)
  • Alvin G. Anderson Award, Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota (1989)

Public Service Honors

  • Illinois Science and Technology Coalition Researchers to Know (2022)
  • International Scientific Committee Member, Firenze 2016: Progetto Firenze, l'alluvione, Italy (2016)
  • Research on Transport and Fate of Asian Carp Eggs showcased in Discovery Channel of Canada (2014)
  • Panel Speaker, Hydraulics in the Time of Cholera, Chicago Ideas Week, Chicago, Illinois (2012)
  • Recognition as Co-Team Leader, Sedimentation Studies, St Clair River Study, International Great Lakes Commission. (2010)