Forrest Merton Holly Jr. (May 11, 1946 – May 22, 2017) was an American civil engineering professor, an hydraulician and the co-inventor of the Holly-Preissmann scheme for simulating transport of contaminants and suspended sediments in rivers. Holly was an expert in computational hydraulics, dispersion in natural waters, alluvial river processes, urban hydraulics, thermal transport in rivers, and irrigation control systems with interest the solution of practical river engineering problems. .[1]
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| Born | Forrest Merton Holly Jr. May 11, 1946 La Jolla, California, U.S. |
| Died | May 22, 2017 (aged 71) |
| Alma mater | Colorado State University, Ph.D. Civil Engineering University of Washington, M.S. Civil Engineering Stanford University, B.S. Civil Engineering |
| Known for | ] Dispersive mass transfer in Rivers and Estuaries > |
| Awards | Elected Honorary Member, International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research, 2007 Arthur T. Ippen Award, IAHR Harold J. Shoemaker Award, IAHR Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award, American Society of Civil Engineers |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Computational Hydraulics |
| Institutions | Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research The University of Iowa Société Grenobloise d'Etudes et d'Applications Hydrauliques, France U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station |
| Doctoral advisor | D.B. Simons |
Early life
editForrest M. Holly Jr. was the oldest of four children born to Jean Treadway (1918–2007) and Forrest M. Holly Sr. Both of his parents were blind, yet managed a successful construction company[2] in Ramona, California.
Education
editHolly earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Stanford University in 1968, an M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Washington in 1969, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University in 1975 under the guidance of hydraulician[3] Daryl B. Simons.
Military service
editAfter earning his M.S. in Civil Engineering in 1969, Forrest was drafted into the U.S. Army. He did not wish to become an officer, so was sent to boot camp as an enlisted soldier. After boot camp, he received orders to ship to Vietnam. Since he possessed a M.S. degree he was stationed at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, where he assisted with hydraulic modeling.[4]
Career
edit- Sogreah (Société Grenobloise d'Etudes et d'Applications Hydrauliques).[5] (1976–1981).
- University of Iowa, Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research (1982–2003).
- Holly and Associates (2003-2017).
Professional service
editPresident of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR) 1999–2003.
Innovations
editTogether with Alexander Preissmann, Holly developed an accurate two-dimensional transport algorithm for open channel flow. This led to the so-called "Holly-Preissmann" scheme, was first published in Holly, F.M. Jr., and A. Preissmann, Accurate Calculation of Transport in Two Dimensions, J. Hydraul. Div. Am. Soc. Civ. Engrs., Vol. 103, No. HY11, Nov. 1977, pp. 1259-1277.[6] This represented the first high-order accuracy scheme for the implicit coupled solution of conservation of mass, energy, and momentum in open channels with dispersive transport of waterborne contaminants.. Holly's addition of transport capability to Preissmann's 4-point scheme for open channel flow modeling extended that code to simulate transport of suspended sediment or contaminants.
Holly contributed to the reference text on computational hydraulics, Cunge, J.A., F.M. Holly Jr., and A. Verwey, Practical Aspects of Computational River Hydraulics, Pitman Publishing Ltd., London, 1980[7]
He was a co-editor of Chen, C.J., Chen, L.-D., and F.H. Holly Jr., Turbulence Measurements and Flow Modeling, Taylor & Francis, Nov. 1986, 900 pp.[8]
Professional recognition
edit- Arthur Thomas Ippen Award[permanent dead link] from the International Association of Hydraulic Research[9] (1983), named after notable Hydraulician Arthur Thomas Ippen.
- Co-recipient of the Harold J. Schoemaker Award from the International Association of Hydraulic Research for the article "Two-phase Formulation of Suspended Sediment Transport,".[10][11]
- Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award Archived April 27, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, American Society of Civil Engineers, (2000) . This is a lifetime achievement award named after noted hydraulician Hunter Rouse.
Personal life
editIn 1968 he married Joyce Nowry. Together they had one son, Lance. Forrest Holly passed away on May 22, 2017.[12]
References
edit- ^ https://www.iahr.org/uploadedfiles/userfiles/files/Forrest%20Holly%20IAHR%20Obituary.pdf [dead link]
- ^ Vreeland, S. "What Love Sees", 1988, 1996, a biographical novel.
- ^ "CSU Libraries Archives Finding Aids |".
- ^ pers. comm. F.M. Holly Jr.
- ^ Histoire de Sogreah Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Proscot
- ^ Holly, F. M., and A. Preissmann (1977), Accurate calculation of transport in two dimensions, J. Hydraul. Div. Am. Soc. Civ. Eng., 103(11):1259-1277
- ^ http://www.worldcat.org/title/practical-aspects-of-computational-river-hydraulics/oclc/5751196/editions?referer=di&editionsView=true [bare URL]
- ^ Chen, Ching Jen; Chen, L-D; Holly, F. M. (1987). Turbulence Measurements and Flow Modeling. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780891165583.
- ^ "Home". iahr.org.
- ^ Greimann, B. P., Muste, M., and Holly Jr, F. M. (1999). Two-phase formulation of suspended sediment transport. Journal of hydraulic Research (IAHR), 37(4), 479-500.
- ^ "Home". iahr.org.
- ^ "In Memoriam: Forrest M. Holly Jr". June 9, 2017.