James Bomhof

Experience

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  GRAHAM Construction

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2010

  Project Coordinator

  • Built schedules using Primavera P6 for a multi-million dollar earth dam construction project• Created weekly progress reports to track performance and costs• Presented summaries of work scope and status to the client• Coordinated with project managers and superintendents to achieve accurate progress tracking and work plan

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  University of Ottawa

  Jan 2011 - Dec 2013

  Student, Teaching Assistant, Researcher

  • Built 2D and 3D hydraulic models of Fraser River reach to analyze deep canyon flow• Designed small hydroelectric dam and dissipation structure in northern Ontario• Taught laboratory component of Open-channel Flow undergraduate class and graded lab reports• Planned milestones and executed research on effects of bank stability in regional downstream hydraulic geometry equations• Authored and presented comprehensive scientific literature review and various project reports

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  National Research Council Canada

  Jan 2012 - May 2013

  Research Assistant

  • Coded scripts in R, Matlab and VBA for importing and statistically analyzing large databases• Mapped watersheds and their physiographic characteristics using GreenKenue and ArcGIS analysis software• Programmed software to study and estimate hydrokinetic potential in Canadian rivers using multi-variable regression and regional analysis methods• Tested and optimized accuracy of flow prediction models by running a sensitivity analysis on variable selection• Wrote technical reports and presented updates on project status for clients• Developed python script to build a comprehensive national watershed database based on voronoi analysis Show less

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  Lake of the Woods Control Board Secretariat

  May 2013 - Nov 2019

  Water Resources Engineer

  We look after the water situation in Lake of the Woods, a watershed east of Winnipeg. The Board's mission is to regulate the water levels of Lake of the Woods and Lac Seul, and the flows in the Winnipeg and English Rivers downstream of these lakes to their junction, for the benefit of all users and interests.

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  Water Survey of Canada - National Hydrological Services

  Nov 2019 - now

  Engineer

  I'm working to test and operationalize new technologies for measuring discharge. One of the main projects I'm working on is Image Velocimetry - using videos from fixed cameras or drones to calculate discharge. Please see https://cshs.cwra.org/cshs-webinar-field-methods/ to find out more.