John Chapman

John Chapman
Research Associate Professor
Director of Erosion and Stormwater Management Certification Program
He/him/his
[email protected]
+1 612 626 4857
224D BioAgEng Building

1390 Eckles Ave
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Erosion and Stormwater Management Certification Program
Education
  • Ph.D. - Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota. 2014.
  • M.S. - Civil Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 1996.
  • B.S. - Geological Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 1995.
External Affiliations
  • Past President, Minnesota Erosion Control Association President,
  • Tau Beta Pi Honor Society Alumni Chapter

Areas of Interest

Erosion prediction, and storm water quality. Surface water quality impacts from soils and the built environment and the interaction of fluids and particulate matter.

Biography

John Chapman is an Assistant Research Professor for the University of Minnesota Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering and also serves as the Director of the Erosion and Stormwater Management Certification Program. John holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and is a registered engineer in Minnesota and Colorado. When not researching erosion control and stormwater, he conducts workshops for engineers, contractors and other professionals on stormwater management technology and regulations.

Teaching

  • IE 5513: Engineering Safety
  • CMGT 4081: Construction Erosion Control
  • BBE 3002: Introduction to Engineering Design

Research

My interests generally revolve around soil and water behavior and interaction. Specifically I have worked with natural hazard prediction, erosion prediction, construction site erosion control, shoreline erosion, storm water quality, and education. As well as storm water pollutant loading from coarse organic matter. Erosion and storm water management product longevity testing.

Select Publications

  • Chapman, John A., Gulliver, J.S., Wilson, B.N., 2016, Flexible Vegetation Drag Force Estimation in Flow, 11th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics
  • Chapman, John A., Gulliver, J.S., Wilson, B.N., 2015, Drag force parameters of rigid and flexible vegetal elements, Water Resources Research, 51, 3292-3302
  • Chapman, John A., Gulliver, J.S., Wilson, B.N., 2014, Flume instrumentation for measurement of drag on flexible elements under waves, Experiments in Fluids, 55:1715
  • Chapman, John A., Blickenderfer, M.M., Wilson, B.N., Gulliver, J.S., and Missaghi, S.S., 2013, Competition and Growth of Eight Shoreline Restoration Species in Changing Water Level Environments, Ecological Restoration, Vol. 31, No. 4
  • Chapman, John A., Isensee, M., 2006, Stormwater Pollution Prevention Education Effectiveness, ASCE EWRI Water Congress Proceedings
  • Chapman, John A., 2005, Coastal Problems in Iceland: Increasing Awareness of Hazards through Stories, ASCE Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2005 Conference Proceedings, pp 723-741
  • Chapman, John A., 2004, Stability Concepts of Riverbanks: A Case Study of Riverbank Erosion Along the Snake River, Oregon, ASCE H2GEO: Geotechnical Engineering for Water Resources Conference Proceedings, pp 92-101.
  • Chapman, John A., Edil, T.B., Mickelson, David M., 2002, Interpretation of Probabilistic Analyses for Shoreline Bluffs, ASCE Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2002 Conference Proceedings, pp 640-652
  • Roselle, G.T., Baumgartner, L.P., and Chapman, J.A., 1997, Nucleation-dominated crystallization of forsterite in the Ubehebe Peak contact aureole, California, Geology, 25:823-8

Honors and Awards

  • 2019 Richard C. Newman Community Impact Award