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  • 2013 - Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK)
  • 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Gareth Pender is affiliated with Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Ecology, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The scientist has contributed to topics such as Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Hydrological Forecasting Using AI, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Hydraulic Flow and Structures, Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport, and Landslides and Related Hazards.

Recent publications by Gareth Pender include:

  • A deep convolutional neural network model for rapid prediction of fluvial flood inundation, 2020, Journal of Hydrology
  • A machine learning approach for forecasting and visualising flood inundation information, 2020, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Water Management
  • Graded bed load transport in sediment supply limited channels under unsteady flow hydrographs, 2021, Journal of Hydrology
  • Hysteretic Implications for Graded Bed Load Sediment Transport in Symmetrical Hydrograph Flows, 2021, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Grain-energy release governs mobility of debris flow due to solid-liquid mass release, 2020, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gareth Pender include:

  • Syed Rezwan Kabir
  • Sandhya Patidar
  • Le Wang
  • Alan Cuthbertson
  • Xilin Xia

Gareth Pender has published multiple papers in various venues, with recurring appearances in the Journal of Hydrology, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Water Management, Frontiers in Environmental Science, and Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.

The scientist has been recognized with fellowships from notable institutions, including the Royal Academy of Engineering (UK) in 2013 and the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Benchmarking 2D hydraulic models for urban flooding

    N.M. Hunter;P.D. Bates;S. Neelz;G. Pender

  • Computational Dam-Break Hydraulics over Erodible Sediment Bed

    Zhixian Cao;Gareth Pender;Steve Wallis;Paul Carling

  • A deep convolutional neural network model for rapid prediction of fluvial flood inundation

    Syed Kabir;Syed Kabir;Sandhya Patidar;Xilin Xia;Qiuhua Liang

  • Macroturbulent structure of open-channel flow over gravel beds

    Audrey B. Shvidchenko;Gareth Pender

  • Flume study of the effect of relative depth on the incipient motion of coarse uniform sediments

    Andrey B. Shvidchenko;Gareth Pender

  • Explicit Formulation of the Shields Diagram for Incipient Motion of Sediment

    Zhixian Cao;Zhixian Cao;Gareth Pender;Gareth Pender;Jian Meng;Jian Meng

  • Dam-break flows over mobile beds: experiments and benchmark tests for numerical models

    Sandra Soares-Frazão;Ricardo Canelas;Zhixian Cao;Luis Cea

  • Critical shear stress for incipient motion of sand/gravel streambeds

    Audrey B. Shvidchenko;Gareth Pender;Trevor B. Hoey

  • Landslide dam failure and flood hydraulics. Part I: experimental investigation

    Zhixian Cao;Zhixian Cao;Zhiyuan Yue;Gareth Pender

  • Landslide dam failure and flood hydraulics. Part II: coupled mathematical modelling

    Zhixian Cao;Zhixian Cao;Zhiyuan Yue;Gareth Pender

  • Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamics of Meandering Compound Channels

    H. Morvan;G. Pender;N. G. Wright;D. A. Ervine

  • Shallow water hydrodynamic models for hyperconcentrated sediment-laden floods over erodible bed

    Zhixian Cao;Gareth Pender;Paul Carling

  • Numerical modelling of turbidity currents in the Xiaolangdi reservoir, Yellow River, China

    Peng Hu;Zhixian Cao;Zhixian Cao;Gareth Pender;Gareth Pender;Guangming Tan

  • Stress history effects on graded bed stability

    Heather Haynes;Heather Haynes;Gareth Pender;Gareth Pender

  • Flume investigations into the influence of shear stress history on a graded sediment bed

    Heather Monteith;Gareth Pender

  • Use of computer models of flood inundation to facilitate communication in flood risk management

    Gareth Pender;Sylvain Néelz

  • Using remotely sensed data to support flood modelling

    S. Néelz;G. Pender;I. Villanueva;M. Wilson

  • A double layer-averaged model for dam-break flows over mobile bed

    Ji Li;Zhixian Cao;Gareth Pender;Qingquan Liu

  • Selective bedload transport during the degradation of a well sorted graded sediment bed

    Gareth Pender;Trevor B. Hoey;Chris Fuller;Ian K. Mcewan

  • Numerical modelling of alternate bar formation, development and sediment sorting in straight channels

    Honglu Qian;Zhixian Cao;Zhixian Cao;Huaihan Liu;Gareth Pender

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhixian Cao
Zhixian Cao Wuhan University
Nigel G. Wright
Nigel G. Wright University of Birmingham
Paul D Bates
Paul D Bates University of Bristol
Trevor B. Hoey
Trevor B. Hoey Brunel University London
David C. Mason
David C. Mason University of Reading
Paul A. Carling
Paul A. Carling University of Southampton
Alistair G.L. Borthwick
Alistair G.L. Borthwick University of Edinburgh
BinLiang Lin
BinLiang Lin Tsinghua University
Jeffrey C. Neal
Jeffrey C. Neal University of Bristol
Roger Alexander Falconer
Roger Alexander Falconer Cardiff University

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