Tom Cochrane
Position
Senior Lecturer
Qualifications:
BSc, MSc, PhD ( Purdue University)
Room
4th floor Civil Engineering building, room E407
Contact Details
Phone: +64 3 364 2378 (internal: 6378)
Fax: +64 3 364
2758
Email: tom.cochrane@canterbury.ac.nz
Teaching
Hydrology, GIS, Water Resources Engineering, Integrated Catchment (Watershed) Analysis, Hydraulic and Hydrological Engineering
Research and Publications
Please visit my research profile page for more extensive research information and a list of my recent publications.
Research brief
- Catchment hydrology
- Sediment transport and open channel flow
- GIS modelling of land and water resources
- Irrigation
- Soil erosion
- Land use change
- Stormwater modelling
Supervision
Postgraduate students and undergraduate research projects which are under my supervision are listed here.
Administrative Resposibilities
Department: NRE Advisor, GIS Lab, IT Committee, Practical Work
Professional Affiliations, Activities and Achievements (last 5 years):
Member of:
- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, since 1990
- NZ hydrological Society
- ISCO – International Soil Conservation Society
- IAHS – International Association of Hydrological Sciences
- AGU – American Geophysical Union
Reviewer for:
- Journal of Hydrology (Elsevier)
- Journal of Hydrology NZ
- Environmental Management
- Journal of Environmental Management
- Journal of the American Water Resources Association
- Journal of Environmental Engineering