{"id":80,"date":"2024-03-21T14:28:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T20:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2025-07-30T13:30:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T19:30:17","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"80\" class=\"elementor elementor-80\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-314e444 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"314e444\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60c1ace\" data-id=\"60c1ace\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa477dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa477dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Faculty<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-29acc18 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"29acc18\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-238e341\" data-id=\"238e341\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc67d39 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dc67d39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Peter_Nelson_2021-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-33\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Peter_Nelson_2021-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Peter_Nelson_2021-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Peter_Nelson_2021-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Peter_Nelson_2021-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Peter_Nelson_2021-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Peter_Nelson_2021-1365x2048.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-68da4fd\" data-id=\"68da4fd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2c9746 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2c9746\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Peter A. Nelson<\/b><\/h2><p>Peter Nelson is a Professor in the Department of<br \/>Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University. He<br \/>received his B.S.E. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from<br \/>Princeton University, and has a Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Science<br \/>from the University of California, Berkeley.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/CV_Nelson.pdf\">CV (PDF)<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=89VNKxYAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Scholar Profile<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8679-3982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ORCID Profile<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6332b7c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Mitch Delcau (Ph.D.)<\/li><li>Ava Becker-Church (M.S.)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d19317 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d19317\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a00dc13\" data-id=\"a00dc13\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Alex Thornton-Dunwoody (M.S., 2025)<ul><li>Drivers of Stream Channel Erosion and Deposition in Post-Fire Watersheds<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Jongseok Cho (Ph.D., 2023)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Cho_PhD.pdf\">Numerical Simulations on Patterns of Alluviation in Mixed Bedrock-Alluvial Channels<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Danny White (M.S., 2019; Ph.D., 2023)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/colostate-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/g\/personal\/pnelson_colostate_edu\/EUNjTViXCplFotjSivmbaskByOkS8B6P-6IL6QNu3YZJvw?e=RWhX5L\">Experimental Flume and Numerical Studies Into the Influence of Floodplain Vegetation on River-Corridor Hydrodynamic Processes<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/DWhite_MS.pdf\">Flume Study of Mechanisms Responsible for Particle Sorting in Gravel-bed Meandering Channels<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Brian Murphy (Ph.D., 2022)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/colostate-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/g\/personal\/pnelson_colostate_edu\/EQkZqhliUDBKpyQsHGNE1ZUBEC-Yj8fHzgr9_p01wU7bGQ?e=ATAloH\">Assessing and Managing Urban Riverscapes: Integrating Physical Processes and Social-Ecological Values<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Ryan Baird (M.S., 2022)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Baird_MS.pdf\">Watershed Response Factor and Rainfall-Based Regional Curves<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Liz Byron (M.S., 2021)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Byron_MS.pdf\">Modeling Risk of Landslide Initiation and Runout in the Colorado Front Range Under Current and Future Climates<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>David Cortese (M.S., 2020)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Cortese_MS.pdf\">Multi-Scalar Response of an Experimental Fixed-Wall Meandering Channel to a Sediment Supply Increase<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Craig Baxter (M.S., 2018)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Baxter_MS.pdf\">Evaluation of Knickpoint Migration Potential Due to Sediment Removal in a Reservoir<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Jacob Morgan (Ph.D., 2018)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/colostate-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/g\/personal\/pnelson_colostate_edu\/EYyAdiAWjgBGiuJsIyrtajkBuINYLOm3fXMkQaFPQnjUoA?e=Eyuxdo\">The Effects of Sediment Supply, Width Variations, and Unsteady Flow on Riffle-pool Dynamics<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Ryan Brown (M.S., 2017)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Brown_MS.pdf\">Stratigraphic Feedbacks on Alternate Bar Morphology<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Andy Bankert (M.S., 2016)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Bankert_MS.pdf\">Alternate bar dynamics in response to increases and decreases of sediment supply<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Andy Brew (M.S., 2014)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/colostate-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/g\/personal\/pnelson_colostate_edu\/EQu5SBh13T9As0Lp5tqOfKsB5amshb2JI_30HZXtzuaVuQ?e=S1df4L\">Analysis of variations in channel width and sediment supply on riffle-pool dynamics, before and after dam removal<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf97d19\" data-id=\"bf97d19\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5179c0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5179c0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Phoebe White (Ph.D., 2025)<ul><li>Capturing the Variability of Rainfall Intensity and Its Impacts on Mountain Hydrology<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Johnny Murray (M.S., 2023)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Murray_MS.pdf\">Large-Scale Remote Sensing of Geomorphic Change in Mulched and Unmulched Watersheds Burned in the 2020 East Troublesome Fire, Colorado<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Lindsey Hayter (M.S., 2023)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Hayter_MS.pdf\">Evaluating Post-Fire Geomorphic Change on Paired Mulched and Unmulched Catchments Using Repeat Drone Surveys<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Mike Gieschen (M.S., 2022)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Gieschen_MS.pdf\">Untangling the Effects of Seasonality and Post-fire Stream Channel Erosion on the Hydrologic Response of a Burned Mountain Catchment<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Nick Brouillard (M.S., 2021)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/colostate-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/g\/personal\/pnelson_colostate_edu\/EZTNlegosFRKpEqbWakA6ZkBOtV24Wo7JGs_grvtIa7GtQ?e=VeWLNb\">Hydrodynamics in Meandering Compound Channels with Varied Emergent Floodplain Vegetation Densities: A 3D Numerical Modeling Study<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Zack Billingsley (M.S., 2021)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Billingsley_MS_all.pdf\">Bank Stabilization with Fabric Encapsulated Soil Lifts (FESL)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Dan Brogan (M.S., 2014; Ph.D., 2018)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/colostate-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/g\/personal\/pnelson_colostate_edu\/EdsB9Rsp-IZPtHcr_YG3iDcB8EGoOK3hzwU5ENZT_ZUAwA?e=jvL6F2\">Spatial and Temporal Channel Changes across the Watershed Scale following Wildfire and Floods<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Brogan_MS.pdf\">Extreme post-wildfire flooding in the Colorado Front Range<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Robbie Queen (M.S., 2018)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Queen_MS.pdf\">Morphodynamic Modeling of Flow and Sediment Transport over Low-head, Run-of-river Dams<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Travis Hardee (M.S., 2017)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Hardee_MS.pdf\">Evaluating Fish Passage at Whitewater Parks Using a Spatially Explicit 2D Hydraulic Modeling Approach<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Tessa Hanson (M.S., 2016)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/colostate-my.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/g\/personal\/pnelson_colostate_edu\/EbsUvs7P91JLoQiwXQVn9E4BSiE-p7NVSS3j2U8q_fsTpw?e=W1Wckb\">Flow, sediment transport, and bed topography in straight and curved gravel-bed channels<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Tyler Rosburg (M.S., 2015)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engr.colostate.edu\/faculty\/pnelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2024\/03\/Rosburg_MS.pdf\">Flow duration curves and sediment yield estimation for urbanizing watersheds<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty Peter A. Nelson Peter Nelson is a Professor in the Department ofCivil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University. Hereceived his B.S.E. in Civil and Environmental Engineering fromPrinceton University, and has a Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciencefrom the University of California, Berkeley. 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