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Dr Stephen Nash B.A., B.A.I., M.Sc., Ph.D.

Contact Details

Title Lecturer
Address Civil Engineering
ENG-1036
New Engineering Building
NUI Galway
Telephone: +353 91 493738
Email:
ei.yawlagiun@hsan.nehpets

 

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Biography:

Third Level Education

Qualification                                                                                           Dates

PgCert in Teaching and Learning    - NUI Galway                               2010 - 2011

PhD (Civil Eng.)                                - NUI Galway (part-time)           2002 - 2010

MSc (Civil Eng.)                               - Trinity College Dublin               1997 - 1999

BAI (Civil Eng.)                                - Trinity College Dublin               1993 - 1997

BA (Maths)                                     - Trinity College Dublin          


Employment History

Employment                                                                                            Date   


Position:    Lecturer (above the bar)                                                       2011 to date

Employer: National University of Ireland Galway     

Position:    Lecturer (below the bar)                                                       2002 - 2011

Employer: National University of Ireland Galway     

Position:    Research Assistant                                                               2001 - 2002

Employer: National University of Ireland Galway     

Position:    Senior Modeller                                                                      1999 - 2001

Employer: Aqua-Fact International Services Ltd.      

Research Interests

Main research areas include:

  • Physical and computer modelling of oceanic, estuarine and freshwater systems including:
    • hydrodynamics
    • water quality (nutrients, sediment, algae)
    • aquaculture
    • energy extraction 
    • climate change scenarios
  • Operational modelling
  • Multi-scale numerical modelling 
  • Offshore renewable energy
 

Books

Costello, M.J., Hartnett, M., Mills, P., O'Mongain, E., Collier, L., Johnson, M., Nash, S., Leslie, R., Berry, A., Emblow, C., Collins, A., McCrea, M. (2001) Measurement and modelling of nutrient dynamics of two estuaries in Ireland, Wexford and Cork Harbours. [Details]
   

Peer Reviewed Journals

Hartnett, M., Nash, S. (2004) 'Modelling nutrients and chlorophyll-a dynamics in an Irish brackish waterbody'. Environmental Modelling and Software, 19 (1):47-56. [Details]
Nash S and Hartnett M (2010) 'Nested circulation modelling of inter-tidal zones: details of a nesting approach incorporating moving boundaries'. Ocean Dynamics, 60 :1479-1495. [DOI] [Details]
Nash, S., Hartnett, M., Dabrowski, T. (2010) 'Modelling phytoplankton dynamics in a complex estuarine system'. Proceedings of the ICE - Water Management, 161 (1):35-54. [Details]
Hartnett M, Nash S and Olbert I (2011) 'An integrated approach to trophic assessment of coastal waters incorporating measurement, modelling and water quality classification'. Estuarine Coastal And Shelf Science, . [Details]
Hartnett, M., Wilson, J.G., Nash, S. (2011) 'Irish estuaries: water quality status and monitoring implications under the water framework directive'. Marine Policy, 35 :810-818. [Details]
 

Conference Publications

Hartnett, M., Nash, S., Leslie, R. (1998) The prediction of far-field pollutants using residual currents Environmental Engineering Management , pp.281-292 [Details]
Hartnett, M., Nash, S., Mills, P. (2003) Development of a GIS-based water quality model River Basin Management , pp.401-410 [Details]
Nash, S., Berry, A., Hartnett, M. (2005) Nutrient dynamics in Cork Harbour River Basin Management , pp.369-380 [Details]
Nash, S. (2007) A nested version of the combined hydrodynamic and water quality model, DIVAST Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing [Details]
Nash, S., Hartnett M. (2009) A nested hydrodynamic model incorporating flooding and drying Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing [Details]
Nash, S., Hartnett M. , (2009) An adaptive mesh solute transport model Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing [Details]
Dabrowski, T., Hartnett, M., Nash, S. (2010) Development of a residence time approach to estuarine ecosystem assessment ECSA 47 Symposium [Details]
Nash, S., Hartnett M. , (2010) An integrated approach to the trophic assessment of a complex harbour ECSA 47 Symposium [Details]
Hartnett M, Nash S, O'Brien N, O'Donncha F and Olbert A (2011) The effects of tidal stream turbines on hydrodynamics and flushing properties Thirteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing [Details]
Nash S and Hartnett M (2011) Adaptive Mesh Multi-Scale Modelling of Tidal Hydraulics and Material Transport Thirteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing [Details]
Nash S and Hartnett M (2011) A Performance Assessment Protocol for Structured Mesh Multi-Scale Models Thirteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing [Details]
                       

Other Item

Hartnett M, Nash S, Costello M and Johnson M (2000) The development of an efficient methodology for primary production assessment of Irish estuaries. Bulletin of the Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association. Other Item [Details]
Costello, M.J., Hartnett, M., Mills, P., O'Mongain, E., Collier, L., Johnson, M., Nash, S., Leslie, R., Berry, A., Emblow, C., Collins, A., McCrea, M. (2001) Measurement and modelling of nutrient dynamics of two estuaries in Ireland, Wexford and Cork Harbours. Environmental Research R&D. Other Item [Details]
   

Thesis

Nash, S. (2000) Development of a eutrophication model for Wexford Harbour. Thesis [Details]
Nash, S. (2010) Development of an efficient dynamically nested model for tidal hydraulics and solute transport. Thesis [Details]
       

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