E.C. elliacav@stanford.edu
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Predictive Trail Erosion Model

Rocky Mountain Field Institute — Fluid Dynamics Engineering Intern — Jul – Sep 2026
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Developing a coupled CFD-ML model to predict spatially distributed trail erosion risk from terrain, hydrologic, soil, and land-cover. Integrating DEM-derived terrain metrics, HEC-RAS 2D simulations, ANSYS CFD simulations, and field observations to characterize flow velocity, depth, and boundary shear stress and identify dominant erosion mechanisms.

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