Bryan Karney

Background

Professor Bryan Karney is working to solve the problem of how to sustain our limited water and energy resources while simultaneously continuing to accommodate the growing worldwide demand on these resources. Both researchers collaborate with industry and government partners to identify ways to increase efficiency in regional water, storm water and sewage distribution systems, and hydro dams. Utilizing emergent methodologies such as low impact development, and newer sensor technologies for advanced performance monitoring, they seek to move engineering knowledge beyond the static models conventionally used for evaluating the sustainability of systems. Their work will help equip engineers with the ability to monitor and predict issues before they arise, to gauge risk before failures occur, to generate less waste, and to develop better policies that will lead to a more sustainable future.

Education

BASc, Bio-Resource Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1980
MEng, Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1982
PhD, Civil Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1984

Research Interests

Design, analysis, operation and optimization of various water resource systems

Pipe networks and water supply systems, including prediction of physical and chemical characteristics

Particular emphasis of transient events

Teaching

Course CodeTitle & DescriptionSessionDay(s)Start TimeEndSection
CIV340HWinter Scheduled by the Office of the Faculty Registrar.
CIV1303H
Water Resources Systems Modelling

Winter 2023Monday
Thursday
9:00
9:00
11:00
12:00
LEC0101
LEC0101

News Mentions

EQUITY ACCESSIBILITY DIVERSITY INCLUSION – What role do engineers play: Faculty perspectives

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Hart Teaching Innovation Professorships: Six innovative ways U of T Engineering enriches the student experience

Originally posted of U of T News  |  May 30th, 2017 by Tyler Irving and Kevin Soobrian Meet U of T Engineering’s six inaugural Hart Teaching Innovation Professors Six U of T Engineering faculty members have been named the inaugural Hart Teaching Innovation Professors. Enabled by a landmark $20 million bequest from the estate of […]

Preventative engineering

Preventative Engineering: monitoring the health of water systems

The city is a living organism. People are its cells, and water is its lifeblood. This is the analogy Prof. Bryan Karney uses as the philosophical underpinning of his work in water infrastructure. Like any other organism, things get complex fast. “We have infrastructure systems that are highly deteriorated,” he says. “The challenge is, how […]

Contact

Bryan Karney
Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering
University of Toronto
35 St. George St.
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M5S 1A4

 

Office: GB242

Tel: 416-978-7776
Fax: 416-978-6813

brian.karney@utoronto.ca