Roberto Fernández

IEE Faculty Member
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Roberto Fernández is a civil engineer and geoscientist who is interested in the ways in which natural processes interact with the built environment and the landscapes around us.

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Recent Publications

Influence of cohesive clay on wave-current ripple dynamics captured in a 3D phase diagram

Wu, X., Malarkey, J., Fernández, R., Baas, J. H., Pollard, E. & Parsons, D. R., Jan 30 2024, In: Earth Surface Dynamics. 12, 1, p. 231-247 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Streamwise Turbulence Modulation in Non-Uniform Open-Channel Clay Suspension Flows

de Vet, M. G. W., Fernández, R., Baas, J. H., McCaffrey, W. D. & Dorrell, R. M., Aug 2023, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 128, 8, e2022JF006781.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Inadequacy of fluvial energetics for describing gravity current autosuspension

Fukuda, S., de Vet, M. G. W., Skevington, E. W. G., Bastianon, E., Fernández, R., Wu, X., McCaffrey, W. D., Naruse, H., Parsons, D. R. & Dorrell, R. M., Dec 2023, In: Nature communications. 14, 1, 2288.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Author Correction: Non-buoyant microplastic settling velocity varies with biofilm growth and ambient water salinity (Communications Earth & Environment, (2023), 4, 1, (30), 10.1038/s43247-023-00690-z)

Mendrik, F., Fernández, R., Hackney, C. R., Waller, C. & Parsons, D. R., Dec 2023, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 4, 1, 264.

Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debatepeer-review

Non-buoyant microplastic settling velocity varies with biofilm growth and ambient water salinity

Mendrik, F., Fernández, R., Hackney, C. R., Waller, C. & Parsons, D. R., Dec 2023, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 4, 1, 30.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Plastic pollution in riverbeds fundamentally affects natural sand transport processes

Russell, C. E., Fernández, R., Parsons, D. R. & Gabbott, S. E., Dec 2023, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 4, 1, 255.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Changes in Ripple Migration Rates and Hydraulic Resistance with Increasing Mud-to-Sand Ratios

Fernandez, R., Kassem, H., Wu, X. & Parsons, D. R., 2022, In: Proceedings of the IAHR World Congress. p. 5671-5676 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

Discontinuity in Equilibrium Wave-Current Ripple Size and Shape and Deep Cleaning Associated With Cohesive Sand-Clay Beds

Wu, X., Fernandez, R., Baas, J. H., Malarkey, J. & Parsons, D. R., Sep 2022, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 127, 9, e2022JF006771.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Hydraulic resistance in mixed bedrock-alluvial meandering channels

Fernández, R., Vitale, A. J., Parker, G. & García, M. H., 2021, In: Journal of Hydraulic Research. 59, 2, p. 298-313 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Laboratory observations on meltwater meandering rivulets on ice

Fernández, R. & Parker, G., Mar 30 2021, In: Earth Surface Dynamics. 9, 2, p. 253-269 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

ASSESMENT AND APPLICATION OF BEDLOAD TRANSPORT EQUATIONS IN A COSTA RICAN RIVER

Fernández, R., Vargas, C. W., Zúñiga, J. A. & García, M. H., 2019, In: Proceedings of the IAHR World Congress. p. 2997-3005 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalConference articlepeer-review

Experiments on patterns of alluvial cover and bedrock erosion in a meandering channel

Fernández, R., Parker, G. & Stark, C. P., Oct 9 2019, In: Earth Surface Dynamics. 7, 4, p. 949-968 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Upper Mississippi River flow and sediment characteristics and their effect on a harbor siltation case

Fernández, R., García, M. H. & Parker, G., Oct 1 2018, In: Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. 144, 10, 04018066.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Input-variable sensitivity assessment for sediment transport relations

Fernández, R. & Garcia, M. H., Sep 2017, In: Water Resources Research. 53, 9, p. 8105-8119 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review