Channel Expert Witnesses

Channel expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on channel. The channel expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Civil Engineering and Hydrology.

Fletcher (Doug) D Shields, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, P.H., F. ASCE., F. EWRI Shields Engineering, LLC

University, Mississippi
Hydrology, Civil Engineering - flood, erosion, dam, river, stream, restoration, hydraulics, streambank, habitat, water quality, levee, channel, riprap, vegetation, sediment, sedimentation, bridge, grade control, storm, stormwater
Dr. Doug Shields has 46 years of experience in water resources and environmental engineering, including 12 years working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) and 22 years as a Research Hydraulic Engineer at the National Sedimentation Laboratory (NSL) in Oxford, Mississippi. Dr. Shields’ research focused on the response of fluvial systems to human influences and development of environmental design criteria for all types of channel stabilization and modification projects, including streambank erosion controls and management of riverine backwaters. He is a leading authority on stream and river restoration, was a founding member of the ASCE Task Committee on River Restoration, a past chair of the River Restoration committee, and a past chair of the hydraulics and waterways council of the ASCE/EWRI. He has served as an instructor for short courses sponsored by the Corps, ASCE and the State of California. Doug has authored or co-authored more than 310 technical publications and ...