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The Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Baker Environmental Hydraulics Laboratory at Virginia Tech
Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Program

Research areas at the Baker Lab:

Incipient Sediment Motion in Turbulent Open Channel Flow

Effects of unsteady flow on bank erosion and stability

Scour at bridge piers

Design Methods for In-Stream Flow Control Structures

Modeling of aquatic ecosystems

Movement of water and sediment through wetlands

Stream restoration

Migration of pollutants in streams

Design of channels for flood control

Particle settling in high solid suspensions

Chaos phenomena in fluid mechanics

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Baker Environmental Hydraulics Laboratory, 111 Hancock Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 USA  Tel: (540)-231 2357

Photos: Roanoke River, VA (top), British Columbia, Canada (bottom), Courtesy of John Petrie
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