TEACHING
Dr. Brady teaches courses in Structural Geology, Engineering Geology, Introductory
Geology, Advanced Field Methods, Stream Habitat Restoration, Applied Geophysics,
Technical Writing, Analysis of Faults and Earthquakes, Urban Watershed Planning,
and others. He also teaches professional development workshops on Stream
Hydrology for Biologists and Civil Engineers.
In 1996, Dr. Brady was awarded the University Provost's Award--the highest
award for excellence in teaching, and in 2000, he received the Special Recognition
award for excellence in university teaching from the CSUF School of Education.
For his teaching, he has been listed in "Who's Who" and recognized by the
Sigma Xi Honor Society.
RESEARCH
Dr. Brady's research has focused on the relationship between Tertiary tectonics
and sedimentation in the Mojave Desert and geological aspects of stream habitat
restoration. In addition, he has been involved in geo-archeological
studies in the southwest and Chile. Dr. Brady's numerous stream restoration
projects include students at the undergraduate and graduate level, as well
as at-risk, high school students.
Graduate theses supervised during the last four years:
• Hydrological study of Red Rock Canyon State Park, Inyo Co., CA
• Engineering geomorphological study of La Honda Creek along the highway
84 corridor, San Mateo Co., CA
• Restoration of Mill Creek, City of Visalia, Tulare Co., CA
• Structure of the Rabbit Hill metamorphic complex, Madera Co., CA
• Origin of the Clovis lineament, Fresno Co., CA
• Geoarcheology of the Skyrocket site, Calavaras Co., CA
• Facies analysis of syntectonic strata of the western Soda Mountains, San
Bernardino Co., CA
PROFESSIONAL AND CONSULTING ACTIVITIES
Dr. Brady is a Registered geologist with the State of California (RG# 5721).
He operated a mineral exploration consulting business for 15 years conducting
mapping in Alaska, Mexico, and throughout the western U.S. During academic
leave in 1996-97, he served as a volunteer with the U.S. Peace Corps in Chile,
teaching Field geology and initiating an engineering geology program at the
University of Chile, and conducting helicopter- and horseback-supported geological
mapping in Patagonia.
PERSONAL INTERESTS
Personal interests include ocean kayaking, skiing, foreign travel,
custom motorcycles, interesting people, music, and archeology.
PROJECTS DURING THE LAST FOUR YEARS:
- Urban Restoration
project, Mill Creek, City of Visalia, CA. MS thesis funded by Urban
Streams Program, State of California Department of Fish and Game ($123K).
Planning, surveying, earthwork and installation of stream habitat restoration
project to reduce bank erosion and flooding. Included at-risk students
from Redwood High School.
- Red Rock
Canyon State Park, CA. MS thesis funded by State of California Department
of Parks and Recreation ($24K). Undertook preliminary surveying and
soil borings to determine the cause of and mitigation for accelerated erosion
and vanishing spring habitat.
- Cause of
failure and recommended design for stabilizing stream banks, Kennedy Plaza
Park, City of San Pablo. Urban Creeks Council, Berkeley, CA ($1.5K).
Site investigation for urban parkway.
- "Working
at the Watershed Level" Workshops. Funded by State of California
Department of Water Resources, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and US Bureau
of Reclamation ($140K). Organized and facilitated two, five-day conferences.
- Lake and
streambed Alteration for Transportation Workshops. Funded by State
of California Department of Transportation ($9K). Taught five, five-day
workshops dealing with interactions between transportation infrastructure
and surface waterways.
- Cause of
failure and methods to control accelerated gully erosion, San Joaquin River,
Madera Co., CA. Pro-bono consultation for the Department of Fish
and Game.
- Revegetation
plan and installation for reclaimed mining land, Ratzlaff Reach, Merced ,
CA.River. Funded PG&E and Nature Restoration Trust ($57K).
Involved undergrduate and graduate students and at risk students from Sanger
and Hoover High Schools.
- Enterprise
Canal, Fresno, CA. Interdisciplinary graduate course is designing
habitat improvements and installing teaching wetland along irrigation canal
in central Fresno. Project in conjunction with Fresno Irrigation District
and Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District.
- Allensworth
State Historic Park, Tulare County, CA. Planned and secured funding
to use geophysical methods to locate lost graves in historic cemetery.
- Restoration
of Little Dry Creek and Establishment of Livestock Demonstration Site, Fresno
County, CA. MS thesis proposals submitted.
- San Gregorio
Watershed and Highway 84 Transportation Corridor habitat Planning, San Mateo
County, CA. MS thesis subcontracted through the State of California
Department of Transportation and the San Francisco Estuary Institute ($64K)
Watershed study for advance permitting of habitat-sensitive design of highway
maintenance and improvements.
- Restoration
plan for Merced River Ranch, California. Funded by State of California
Department of Fish and Game ($43K). Developed interdisciplinary course
in which students and faculty from 5 departments designed restoration plan
for degraded dredger mined land.
- Pilot study
for restoration of the San Joaquin River. Funded through U.S. Bureau
of Reclamation ($18K).
- Restoration
mapping and stream bank design, Kennedy Plaza Park, Wildcat Creek, City of
San Pablo, Contra Costa County, CA. Funded by Urban Creeks Council
of California ($1200).
- Revegetation
map of Camp Pashayan, San Joaquin River, Fresno County, CA. Funded
by San Joaquin River Parkway and Conservation Trust ($500).
RECENT PUBLICATIONS,
REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS
Brady R. H. III,
2001. Conceptual restoration plan for the Merced River Ranch, California:
State of California Department of Fish and Game, Open file report, 117 pp.
Brady R. H. III,
2001. Restoration site evaluation for the Kennedy Plaza Park site, City of
San Pablo, California: Urban Streams Council of California, Special report,
13 pp.
Brady, R. H. III, 2000, An interdisciplinary, university-level, stream restoration
course at CSU Fresno: the McKenzie Creek restoration project: (abs.)
Society of Ecological Restoration (SERCAL) conference proceeedings Santa
Barbara, p. 36.
Brady, R. H. III, and Young, L.D., 2000, Ratzlaff-Merced river restoration
project: a State agency-university-high school collaboration: (abs.) Society
of Ecological Restoration (SERCAL) conference proceeedings Santa Barbara,
p. 40.
Brady, R. H., III, 2002. Environmental geology in mineral exploration, Chile.
San Joaquin Geological Society, Bakersfield, Feb. 2001. Keynote presentation.
Brady, R. H., III and Troxel, B. W., 1999. The Miocene Military Canyon
Formation: Depocenter evolution and constraints on lateral faulting, southern
Death Valley California: Geological Society of America Special Paper 333,
p. 277-288.
Large Photos: Roland&Rock
Mill_Creek_Survey Wisteria_Project
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