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Chris Thornton, P.E.

Directory, Hydraulics Laboratory
Colorado State University
Fort collins, Colorado

Chris is the Director of the Hydraulics Laboratory at Colorado State University. He received his PhD in Hydraulics at Colorado State and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Colorado. He has over 25 years of experience in conducting hydraulic model studies and has specialized in steep slope, high energy, supercritical flow conditions and performing prototype performance tests on engineered protective techniques. Dr. Thornton has been instrumental in the development of industry standard methods to evaluate articulating concrete block systems and was a technical author of NRCS NEH Part 628 Chapter 54. Recent collaborations with industry have resulted in multiple physical hydraulic model studies, coupled with 3-D CFD modeling, providing critical design support and project optimization. Physical hydraulic model construction techniques developed under Dr. Thornton’s direction have proven instrumental in facilitating model modifications and determining design implications. Dr. Thornton teaches the Senior Design series for the graduating Civil and Environmental Engineering students and has authored and co-authored numerous papers and reports in the area of open channel hydraulics and hydraulic structures.

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