Click here for larger image

Kathryn Moran

Professional Preparations
B.Sc., 1977, Civil Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
M.Sc., 1980, Ocean Engineering, University of Rhode Island
Ph.D., 1995, Civil Engineering, Dalhousie University
Registered Professional Engineer

Appointments
2001- Director, Marine Geomechanics Laboratory, URI
2000- Associate Professor, Graduate School of Oceanography and Department of Ocean Engineering, University of Rhode Island
1998 - 2000 Director, Ocean Drilling Programs, Joint Oceanographic Institutions
1997 - Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Dalhousie Univ.
1983 - 1998 Research Engineer, Geological Survey of Canada
1981 - 1983 Geotechnical Engineer, M.J. O?Connor Associates, Calgary, Alberta
1979 - 1981 Research Assistant, University of Rhode Island.

Selected Publications
Hill, P.R., Moran, K., and Blasco, S.M. 1982. Creep Deformation of Slope Sediments in the Canadian Beaufort Sea. Geo-Marine Letters, vol. 2, pp. 163-170.
Moran, K., Hill, P.R., and Blasco, S.M. 1989. Interpretation of piezocone penetrometer profiles in sediment from the Mackenzie Trough, Canadian Beaufort Sea. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 88-97.
Moran, K., and Piper, D.J.W. 1989. Landsliding in Canada: Atlantic and Arctic Offshore, in Proceedings of the International Geographical Congress, Washington D.C., July.
Moran, K. 1993. Offshore site investigations on Canadian continental margins, in Proceedings of the Fourth Canadian Marine Geotechnical Conference, St. John's, Nfld.
Mosher, D.C., Moran, K. and Hiscott, R.N. 1994. Late Quaternary sediment, mass-flow processes and slope stability on the Scotian Slope, Canada, Sedimentology, 41, p. 1039-1061.
Mulder, T. and Moran, K. 1995. Relationship among submarine instabilities, sea level variations, and the presence of an ice sheet on the continental shelf: An example from the Verrill Canyon Area, Scotian Shelf, Paleoceanography, 10, pp. 137-154.
Moran, K. and Jarrett, C.A., 1998. Lake Winnipeg sediment physical properties applied to the development of a composite stratigraphy and as groundtruth to high resolution seismic reflection data, v. 19 no. 3, Jour. of Paleolimnology, p.245-253.
Moran, K. and Fader, G.B.J. , 1998. Glaciomarine seismic features and groundtruth: Halibut Channel, Grand Banks of Newfoundland, in Davies, T. et al. (eds.), Glaciated Continental Margins: An Atlas of Acoustic Images, Chapman & Hall, London, 296 p.
Moran, K., 2000, Deepwater Technology in the International Ocean Drilling Program, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual 32nd Annual, paper no.12179, Houston, Texas, U.S.A., 1-4 May.
Mosher, D.C. and Moran, K., 2001, Post-glacial evolution of Saanich Inlet, British Columbia: results of physical properties and seismic reflection stratigraphy anlysis, Marine Geology.
Moran, K., 2001, Deep sea drilling: methodology, in J. Steele, S. Thorpe, and K. Turekian and (eds.), Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Academic Press Ltd., London.
Moran, K., Backman, J. et al., 2004, Arctic Coring Expedition (ACEX): A First Look at Arctic Ocean Cenozoic History, AGU Fall Meeting (Abstract). Moran, K. and Banks, S., in prep. A 6000-year record of earthquakes in the northeast Pacific.
Moran, K. and Henderson, J., in prep., Analysis of the landslide failure sequences in a complex offshore debris field.

Synergistic Activities
Conducted engineering studies on seafloor hazards related to offshore hydrocarbon exploration that integrated marine geological studies with engineering constraints.
Worked with a team of experts to develop the technical aspects for Arctic drilling.
As Program Manager for the Ocean Drilling Program, managed a $46.1M annual science budget.
Served as Project Manager for SeaMap, a program to systematically map Canada's offshore lands for sustainable ocean management.
Developed and managed a grant program for oil and gas related research for the Atlantic Canada Petroleum Institute (under contract through the Univ. of Rhode Island).
Served for 13 years in the advisory structure of the Ocean Drilling Program on panels and committees as a member and chair, most recently serving as Co-Chair of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Technical Advisory Panel.

Collaborators
Dr. Jan Backman, Prof., Univ. of Stockholm
Dr. Kathryn Gillis, Assoc. Prof., Univ. of Victoria
Dr. Phil Hill, Research Scientist, Geological Survey of Canada
Dr. Gary Greene, MBARI
Dr. David Farmer, Dean, GSO, URI
Dr. Larry, Mayer, Prof. and Director, Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping
Dr. David C. Mosher, Research Scientist, Geological Survey of Canada
Dr. David J.W. Piper, Research Scientist, Geological Survey of Canada
Dr. Armand Silva, Emeritus, URI
Mr. Jim Wooder, Executive Director, Petroleum Research Atlantic Canada

Graduate Advisors
Prof. Hans Vaziri, Univ. of Western Ontario
Prof. Geoff Meyerhof, Dalhousie University (deceased)
Prof. Armand Silva, Emeritus, URI

Thesis Advisor
Veith Atlmann, M.S., 2003, Civil Engineering
Jennifer Henderson, M.S. 2004, Ocean Engineering
Matthew O'Regan, Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Oceanography
Meghan Paulson, M.S. Candidate, Ocean Engineering
Jason Ressler, M.S. Candidate, Ocean Engineering
Ines Waltham, M.S., 2004, Ocean Engineering