Biography
Dr. Robert Ryan is an Associate Professor of Instruction in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Temple University and a licensed professional engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. His research interests are focused on urban stream hydrology and hydraulics with a special interest in hyporheic exchange, riparian corridor/stream channel interactions and stormwater management. Dr Ryan's research has been published in highly regarded peer-reviewed journals.
Research Interests
- Urban Stream Hydrology & Stormwater Management
Courses Taught
Number | Name | Level |
|---|---|---|
CEE 4623 | Contaminant Dynamics in Urban Streams | Undergraduate |
CEE 4631 | Environmental Hydrology | Undergraduate |
CEE 4641 | Urban Streams and Stormwater Management | Undergraduate |
CEE 4711 | Air Pollution Control System | Undergraduate |
CMT 3351 | Applied Hydraulics | Undergraduate |
ENGR 4169 | Engineering Seminar | Undergraduate |
ENGR 4171 | Senior Design Project I for Industrial and Systems Engineering | Undergraduate |
ENGR 4172 | Senior Design Project I for Engineering | Undergraduate |
ENGR 4173 | Senior Design Project I for Environmental Engineering | Undergraduate |
ENGR 4174 | Senior Design Project I for Bioengineering | Undergraduate |
ENGR 4175 | Senior Design Project I for Civil Engineering | Undergraduate |
ENGR 4176 | Senior Design Project I for Electrical Engineering | Undergraduate |
ENGR 4177 | Senior Design Project I for Mechanical Engineering | Undergraduate |
ENGR 4296 | Senior Design Project II | Undergraduate |
ENGR 4996 | Honors Senior Design Project II | Undergraduate |
ENVT 0845 | The Environment | Undergraduate |
CEE 5623 | Near-Surface Environmental Systems | Graduate |
CEE 5623 | Contaminant Transport in Urban Streams | Graduate |
CEE 5623 | Contaminant Dynamics in Urban Streams | Graduate |
CEE 5641 | Urban Streams and Stormwater Management | Graduate |
CEE 5711 | Air Pollution Control | Graduate |
Selected Publications
Recent
Behbahani, A., Ryan, R., & McKenzie, E. (2021). Impacts of salinity on the dynamics of fine particles and their associated metals during stormwater management. Science of the Total Environment, 777. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146135.
Beganskas, S., Ryan, R., Walters, E., Soro, M., Cushman, E., & Toran, L. (2021). Coupling PCSWMM and WASP to Evaluate Green Stormwater Infrastructure Impacts to Storm Sediment Loads in an Urban Watershed. Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 57(1), 134-153. doi: 10.1111/1752-1688.12896.
Flynn, M. & Ryan, R. (2021). Assessment of SMP performance under future climate change. World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2021: Planning a Resilient Future along America's Freshwaters - Selected Papers from the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2021, 302-313. doi: 10.1061/9780784483466.029.
Behbahani, A., Ryan, R., & McKenzie, E. (2020). Long-term simulation of potentially toxic elements (PTEs) accumulation and breakthrough in infiltration-based stormwater management practices (SMPs). Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 234. doi: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2020.103685.