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About Megan 
Megan’s fascination with river processes and geomorphology stems from childhood family trips hiking in and around Banff and Jasper National Parks – and an opportune high school geography project that had the entire class wading around a creek for two days. In her free time, Megan enjoys playing badminton, learning languages, dabbling with musical instruments, and picking up new skills. 

Current Research 
Assessing gravel mobility at a lake outlet to support salmon spawning enhancement projects 

Research Interests 
Megan is interested in the interdisciplinary and the socio-environmental nature of water and river-related problems. Her research focuses on investigating the engineering design requirements for spawning gravel at lake outlets to restore Chinook salmon populations. The research is conducted through a combination of RFID field tracers, 2D/3D numerical modelling, and scaled flume modelling in the lab. The project is funded by a Mitacs Accelerate Fellowship and is completed in partnership with Ecofish Research Ltd.  

Keywords: River restoration, ecohydraulics, hydrodynamic modelling, sediment transport, fluvial geomorphology, video-based particle tracking. 

Recent Academic and Professional Experience 

• 2017-2022 : BASc of Environmental Engineering, Hydrology Specialization | University of Waterloo 
• 2021-2022 : NSERC USRA and URA | University of Waterloo River Hydraulics Research Group  
• 2020 : Transportation Analyst | BA Group 
• 2019 : Assistant Project Manager | Public Services and Procurement Canada, Science and Parliamentary Infrastructure Branch 
• 2019 : Transportation Engineering Co-op | GHD Ltd. 
• 2018 : Tides and Water Levels Assistant | Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canadian Hydrographic Service 

Recent Awards 

• 2022-2024 : University of Waterloo Engineering Excellence Fellowship 
• 2022-2023 : NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s 
• 2022-2023 : President’s Graduate Scholarship 
• 2022-2023 : Ontario Graduate Scholarship and Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science & Technology (declined) 
• 2022-2023 : Iron Ring Graduate Scholarship 
• 2022 : forWater Network Award for Excellence in Climate Change Adaptation