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ROBERT RAY HOLMES,
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EDUCATION
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2003
Dissertation:
"Vertical Velocity Profiles in Sand-Bed Alluvial Rivers"
University of Missouri-Rolla
- MS in Civil Engineering, May 1989 (Hydraulics and Hydrology)
- BS in Civil Engineering, May 1987
AREAS OF EXPERTISE/RESEARCH INTEREST
- Rainfall-runoff modeling
- Open-channel hydraulics
- Steady and unsteady one-dimensional hydraulic modeling
- Sediment transport
- Bridge scour processes
- River Engineering
- Stream Restoration
- Flood hydrology
- Flood and drought frequency analysis
- Streamflow and sediment transport data collection techniques
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Registered Professional Engineer in Missouri and Illinois
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
Past President, Mid-Missouri Section, American Society of Civil Engineers
Sigma Xi Research Society
American Geophysical Union
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Measurement of bedload transport in sand-bed rivers: status and future directions
In Press, Holmes, R.R., Jr., Paper in Special Publication of the International Bedload Research Cooperative Workshop on bedload surrogates monitoring, April 11-14, 2007, St. Anthony Falls Hydraulics Laboratory, Minneapolis, MN
Flow over Bedforms in a Large Sand-Bed River: A Field Investigation
In Press, Holmes, R.R., Jr., and Garcia, M.H., Journal of Hydraulic Research, International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research
1993 Upper Mississippi River Basin Flood: A Personal Look Back and A Look Forward at Preparations for the Next Major Flood
2007, Holmes, R.R., Jr., Water Resources Impact, American Water Resources Association, Volume 9, Number 6, pp 8-11
Dam Removal and Channel Incision: Case Study at Brewster Creek near St. Charles, Illinois
2007, Straub, T.D., Holmes, Jr., R.R., Watson, C.C., and Roseboom, D.R., in Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Tampa, Florida, May 2007
Indicators and Indices of Surface Water Availability
2006, Holmes, R.R., Jr., in Proceedings of Illinois Water 2006: Preparing for the Future, Urbana, IL, October 3-4, 2006, p 16
Sediment analysis of a Gradual Dam Removal on Brewster Creek near St. Charles, Illinois
2006, Straub, T.D., Roseboom, D.P., Johnson, G.P., Holmes, R.R., Jr., Watson, C.P., and Schrader, D.L., in 8th Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference, Reno, NV, April 2006 pp 1012-1017
The Great Flood of 1993 on the Upper Mississippi River---10 Years Later
2004, Johnson, G.P., Holmes, R.R., Jr., and Waite, L.M.., U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2004-3024, 6 p.
Flow Field Over Bedforms in the Lower Missouri River
2003, Holmes, R.R., Jr., in Seventh Annual Missouri River Natural Resources Conference, June 1-4, 2003 Atchison, Kansas, p 27
Velocity and Sediment Concentration Measurements over Bedforms in Sand-Bed Rivers
2002, Holmes, R.R., Jr., and Garcia, M.H., in Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers Hydraulic Measurements and Experimental Methods Conference, July 28-August 1, 2002, 9 p (CD version)
Introduction to Field Methods for Hydrologic and Environmental Studies
2001, Holmes, Jr., R.R., Terrio, P.J., Harris, M.A., and Mills, P.C., U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 01-50, 241 p.
Managing for Extreme Flow Events: Data-Collection and Dissemination Efforts
2001, Holmes, R.R., Jr., Abstract, in Governor’s Conference on Management of the Illinois River, October 2-4, 2001, Peoria, Illinois
Suspended-Sediment Budget,
Flow Distribution, and Lake Circulation for the Fox Chain Of Lakes in Lake and
Mchenry County, Illinois, 1997-99
2000, Schrader, D.L. and Holmes, Jr., R.R., U.S. Geological Survey Water
Resources Investigation Report 00-4115, 23 p.
The Necessity for a Real-Time Streamflow Data Network: The Multitude of Uses and a Look at the Cost Issue
2000, Holmes, R.R., Jr., Abstract, in Illinois Water 2000, November 13-14, 2000, Urbana, Illinois
The U.S. Geological Survey in Illinois
1998, Holmes, R.R., Jr., and Johnson, G.P., Illinois Water 98, November 1998, Urbana, Illinois
The U.S. Geological Survey in Illinois
1998, Holmes, R.R., Jr., in Illinois Municipal Review Magazine, April 1998, 3 p.
1998, Schalk, G.K., Holmes, R.R., Jr., and Johnson, G.P., U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1120-L, 62 p.
Flood Tracking
Chart for the Illinois River Basin
1998, Avery, C.F., Holmes, R.R., Jr. and Sharpe, J.D., U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 98-390
Suspended-sediment budget for the Kankakee River Basin, 1993-95
1997, Holmes, R.R., Jr., U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 97-120, 8 p.
Floods in Northern Illinois, July 1996
1997, Holmes, R.R., Jr. and Kupka, A.L., U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 97-425,
1996, Holmes, R.R., Jr. and Dunn, C.J., U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Inverstigations Report 95-4298, 44 p.
1996, Holmes, R.R., Jr., U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 96-467, 21p.
Sediment and Hydraulic Data Collected During the Upper Mississippi River System Flood of 1993
1996, Holmes, R.R., Jr. and Oberg, K.A., in Sixth Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 1996, pp 38-44.
Velocity and Scour Measurements In and Near The Miller City Levee Break
1996, Oberg, K.A., Holmes, R.R., Jr., and Johnson, G.P., Abstract, in the Sixth Federal Interagency Sedimentation Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 10-14, 1996, Volume 2, pp 75-78.
Sediment Transport in the Lower Missouri and Central Mississippi Rivers During the 1993 Flood
1995, Holmes, R.R., Jr., U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1120I, 23 p.
A Simplified Method For Estimating Total Streambed Scour at Bridges in Illinois
1995, Holmes, R.R., Jr, Ghere, D.G., and Dunn, C.J., in Proceedings of the First International Conference Water Resources Engineering, August 14-18, 1995, pp 1046-1050.
Simulation of Rainfall-Runoff for Basins in the Rolla,Missouri Area
1994, Holmes, R.R., Jr. and East, J.W., U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 94-4019, 24 p.
Sediment Discharges in the Upper Mississippi River Basin During the 1993 Flood
1994, Holmes, R.R., Jr., Abstract in 1994 American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD, May 23-27, 1994.
Floodplain Sediments Deposited by the 1993 Floods in the Missouri and Upper Mississippi Rivers
1994, Jacobson, R.B., Holmes, R.R.,Jr., and Gomez, Basil, Abstract in 1994 American Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD, May 23-27, 1994.
Geomorphic Effects of the Flood of 1993 on the Floodplains of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers
1994, Jacobson, R.B. and Holmes, R.R., Jr., Abstract , in Conference on Sustaining the Ecological Integrity of Large Floodplain Rivers, Lacrosse, WI, July 12-15, 1994.
Laboratory Procedures and Data Reduction Techniques to Determine Rheologic Properties of Mass Flows
1993, Holmes, R.R., Jr., Huizinga, R.J., Brown, S.M., and Jobson, H.E., U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 93-4123, 17 p.
Suspended-Sediment Concentration Trends on the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri and Cairo, Illinois
1993, Holmes, R.R., Jr., Abstract in 25th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi River Consortium, Lacrosse, Wisconsin, April 22-23, 1993.
Sediment Data Collection Associated with the 1993 Flood on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers
1993, Holmes, R.R., Jr., Abstract in 1993 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 6-10, 1993
Mudflow Rheology in a Vertically Rotating Flume
1990, Holmes,R.R., Jr., Westphal, J.A., and Jobson, H.E., in 1990 International Symposium on the Hydraulics/Hydrology of Arid Lands as part of the 1990 Conference on Hydraulic Engineering, July 1990 pp 212-217.
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