About

Dr. Ioan Nistor is a Professor of Hydraulic and Coastal Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Ottawa. Dr. Nistor is a coastal and hydraulic engineer researching hazards associated with extreme hydrodynamic loading on infrastructure (tsunami impact on infrastructure, extreme wave and flood forces on structures, dam failure phenomena, etc.), coastal erosion, and hydrodynamics and impact of coastal disasters. Dr. Nistor is Past Chair of the Maritime and Coastal Division of International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), a Voting Member of the ASCE7 Tsunami Committee and Member of the JSCE Tsunami Committee (Debris Group), as well as member of the Tsunami Working Group of the Federation internationale de beton (FIB). He is an elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE), Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) and Fellow of the Engineers Institute of Canada (EIC). Dr. Nistor is also an Associate Editor of the Journal of Waterways, Ports, Coastal and Ocean Engineering (ASCE-USA), of the Coastal Engineering Journal (JSCE – Japan), and of the Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (CSCE-Canada). He is the winner of several research and teaching awards: the 2025 Best Case-Study Paper Award, J. of Hydraulic Engineering (ASCE), the 2022 Paper Citation Award, Coastal Engineering Journal (JSCE), the 2021 “G.S. Glinski” Award for Excellence in Research of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Ottawa, the 2020 and 2019 Outstanding Paper Awards, Coastal Engineering Journal (JSCE), 2014 JWPCOE (ASCE) Outstanding Paper Award, the 2010 Award of the Tsunami International Society, the 2010 Excellence in Education Award of the University of Ottawa, the 2009 John V. Marsh Teaching Award of the Faculty of Engineering, and the 2005 Ontario Ministry for Infrastructure Renewal award. Prior to joining the University of Ottawa, Dr. Nistor spent several years as a design and consulting hydraulic engineer with AECOM-TECSULT Montreal, working on various international and Canadian water resources projects.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Coastal Engineering: Tsunamis and Tsunami Impacts on Infrastructure, Extreme Hydrodynamic Loading on Structures, Coastal Structures, Surf Zone Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport Hydraulic Engineering: Hydraulic Structures, Dam Engineering, Analysis of Dam Safety and Security, Numerical and Physical Modeling of Dam Breaching

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