Presented by Christopher I. Thornton, PhD, PE – Director, Hydraulics Laboratory, Colorado State University, Jon Fripp – Civil Engineer, USDA - Natural Resource Conservation Service & Jim Nadeau – ACB Product Manager, ACF Evnironmental / Shoretec LLC
Chris is the Director of the Engineering Center and Hydraulics Laboratory at Colorado State University. He received his PhD in Hydraulics at Colorado State University and is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Colorado. He has over 20 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 protective techniques. Chris and his team have recently developed tools to permit the interpretation and evaluation of overtopping hydraulics and protection systems associated with spillway and stilling basin design. 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.
Jim is the ACB Product Manager for ACF Environmental / Shoretec LLC. Since joining Shoretec 10 years ago, he has been responsible for sales, marketing, design and testing of ACB systems. Prior to joining Shoretec in 2010 Jim spent 3 years with Armortec division of Contech with sales, marketing and design responsibility for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions. Jim has a BS in Chemical Engineering and an MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Maine. Jim has been involved in the design of ACB revetment systems for over 150 projects involving Dams, Spillways, channels and bridge scour applications. Jim has presented several papers at national and international conferences on the topic of ACB revetment design and installation.