Gigi A. Richard, Ph.d.

Faculty Coordinator Mesa State College/ University of Colorado, Boulder Mechanical Engineering Partnership Program and Associate Professor of Geology Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences Mesa State College Grand Junction, Colorado 81501 Education Ph.D., Colorado State University, 2001 M.S., Colorado State University, 1997 B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989 Curriculum Vitae Contact Current Research Hydrology and morphology of intermittent streams draining the Colorado National Monument Channel-forming discharge on the Yampa River, CO and Dolores River, CO Hydrology Days 2007 Abstract Historic morphologic changes on the Yampa River, CO Historic Flash Flooding in the Colorado National Monument, Grand Valley, CO · CNM Flood Report · CNM Flood Poster (18Mb B&W pdf) · Daily Sentinel Article – 22 Sept 2003

Fields of Interest Environmental River Hydraulics and Fluvial Geomorphology · Human interactions with river systems · Historic channel adjustments & lateral migration · GPS/GIS applications · Sediment transport and fluid mechanics Classes Fall 2008 - Natural Resources Seminar Series Natural Resources of the West: Recreation Mondays 4– 5:30 pm, Saccomanno Lecture Hall Katrina Photos Geology Field Camp River Trip 2004 - Photos Fulbright Research in New Zealand - 2001 Braided River Response to Lateral Confinement, Waiho River, NZ Dissertation Research  Quantification and prediction of lateral channel adjustments downstream from Cochiti Dam, Rio Grande, NM Abstract PDF copy of Dissertation Photos: