CURRICULUM VITAE
Stephen Nash, B.A., B.A.I., M.Sc.
PERSONAL DETAILS______________________________________
NAME:
Stephen Edward Nash
HOME ADDRESS:
Carrickedmond,
Kilcurry,
Dundalk,
Co. Louth,
Ireland.
Mobile Phone No.
Work Phone No.
E-mail:
(087) 6390997
(091) 524411 +3738
stephen.nash@nuigalway.ie
DATE OF BIRTH:
4th July 1976
STATUS:
Single
EDUCATION______________________________________________
THIRD LEVEL
Dates
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) at Trinity College Dublin.
Conferred with 1st Class Honours in November 1997.
Awards:
Junior Freshman – Book Prize [awarded to top 20 students]
Senior Freshman – Book Prize [awarded to top 20 students]
Senior Sophistor – Dimond Payne Memorial Prize [awarded to highest grade in
environmental engineering module]
1993 - 1997
Master of Science (Civil Eng.) at Trinity College Dublin.
Conferred in June 2000.
1997 - 1999
Currently a Ph.D. student (Civil Eng.) at National University of Ireland Galway.
2001 - present
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Dates
“ArcView and Avenue – A Course in GIS”
National University of Ireland Galway
June 2000
WORK EXPERIENCE ______________________________________
Dec. 2001
To Date
National University of Ireland Galway
Research Assistant
The focus of my research is the development of a combined physical/biological model of scallop
population dynamics in marine waters. I am also registered as a Ph.D. student.
Stephen Nash, B.A., B.A.I., M.Sc.
Dec. 2000
Nov. 2001
Aqua-Fact International Services Ltd.
Environmental Engineer
Carried out all coastal and marine computer modelling work within Aqua-Fact and responsible for the
preparation of technical reports on said work. I completed technical reports for over 15 different
projects which include assessing offshore aquaculture sites, planning and environmental impact of
sewage outfalls, wave climate studies, impact assessment of dredge disposal sites, bathymetric
surveys and impact assessment of hydraulic structures. I also worked on all projects requiring the use
of GIS such as spatial data storage and display and the development of graphical user interfaces.
Dec. 1999
Nov. 2000
National University of Ireland Galway
Research Assistant
Carried out extensive research in the areas of coastal and marine computer modelling. Main areas of
interest were hydrodynamic, water quality and primary production modelling in estuarine water
bodies and deep sea oceanographic modelling. I also spent a considerable amount of time working
with ArcView, a GIS application, for the purpose of developing graphical user interfaces.
June 1997
Sept. 1997
G&T Crampton
Site Clerk
Worked as site clerk on the construction site of the Fitzwilliam Hotel, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin.
Duties involved general site office work such as file management, update and storage of construction
drawings as well as management of the tool store. Also assisted engineers with setting out and
levelling when required.
June 1996
Sept. 1996
Dundalk Urban District Council
Assistant Engineer
Worked in the area of sanitary services. I was involved in a project monitoring water usage in the
town of Dundalk the aim of which was to ascertain the volume of water lost to leakage with a view to
increasing the efficiency of the town’s water supply. I also worked on the design and layout of the
drainage scheme for a proposed housing estate.
June 1995
Sept. 1995
Dundalk Urban District Council
Assistant Engineer
Worked on the construction of the Dundalk Eastern Bypass assisting the resident engineers.
Engineering duties involved levelling, setting out, establishment of total stations, dipping of road
construction layers and supervision of tarmacadam laying.
RESEARCH AREAS _______________________________________
Main areas of research:
 Hydrodynamic Modelling
 Water Quality Modelling
 Biological Modelling
 Primary Production Modelling
Below is a summary of two research projects:

For my M.Sc. in Trinity College Dublin I developed a combined hydrodynamic, water quality and
primary production model for Wexford Harbour. The development of the model was undertaken
as part of a funded Irish EPA research and development project, MODESTIS, investigating
nutrient inputs, fluxes and productivity in selected brackish water bodies. The model is capable of
simulating eight water quality constituents: salinity, BOD, organic, ammoniacal and nitrate
nitrogen, dissolved oxygen, organic phosphorous and orthophosphate. It also simulates the
Stephen Nash, B.A., B.A.I., M.Sc.
production of algal biomass in the form of chlorophyll_a. The work I carried out was considered
‘ground breaking in an Irish content’ by the Irish EPA.

The main focus of my Ph.D. research at N.U.I. Galway is the development of a combined
physical/biological model capable of simulating the transport and fate and the biological
development of scallops within marine waters. The final model will simulate the movement of
scallops as they grow from larvae to adults and predict the settlement patterns of the adult
scallops. It is hoped the model may be used as an important tool in assessing the suitability of a
marine water body for development of scallop farms.
PUBLICATIONS ___________________________________________
Hartnett, M., Nash, S., and Leslie, R., (1998), "The Prediction of Far-field Pollutants using Residual
Currents", Proceedings of the First International Conference On Environmental Engineering and
Management (Barcelona), WIT Press / Computational Mechanics Publications, pp 281-292.
Hartnett, M., Nash, S., Costello, M., and Johnson, M., (2000), “The Development of an Efficient
Methodology for Primary Production Assessment of Irish Estuaries”, Proceedings of the 31 st Annual
Symposium of the Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association (Bilbao). (Abstract)
Hartnett, M., and Nash, S., (2002), “Modelling Nutrient and Chlorophyll-a Dynamics in an Irish
Brackish Waterbody”, Environmental Modelling and Software. (In Press)
TECHNICAL REPORTS ____________________________________
“Impact Assessment of Killybegs Harbour Outfall: Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Model Study.”
Donegal County Council
“Mathematical Model Study Assessing Impacts of Proposed Barrage in Tolka Estuary.”
O’Connor, Sutton, Cronin, Consulting Engineers
“Measurement and Modelling of Nutrient Dynamics of Two Estuaries in Ireland, Wexford and Cork
Harbours.”
Irish EPA
“Kilkieran Bay Aquaculture Development: Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Model Study.”
Kilkieran Bay Fish Farming Co-op
“Mathematical Model Study of Tourig Estuary Assessing Impacts of Proposed Road Bridge.”
Carl Bro Ireland, Consulting Engineers
“Wave Climate Study for Lough Fee, Co.Galway.”
Murpet Teo Fish Company
“Hydrodynamic Model Study of Tolka Estuary and Dublin Bay Assessing Impacts of Proposed
Marina at Clontarf.”
P.C. Roche & Associates, Consulting Engineers
“Hydrodynamic Model of Irish Coastal Waters and Development of Graphical User Interface.”
Irish Marine Institute
“Impact Assessment Study of Four Dredge Disposal Sites in the Shannon Estuary.”
Shannon Estuary Ports
Stephen Nash, B.A., B.A.I., M.Sc.
“Mathematical Model Study of Solute and Particulate Waste Dispersion in Ballynakill Harbour.”
Tully Mt. Salmon Farm Ltd.
“Wave Climate Study for Roundstone Bay, Co.Galway.”
Cyril J. Kelly & Associates
“Impact Assessment Study of Dredge Disposal Site in Galway Bay.”
Galway Harbour Company
“Mathematical Model Study of Ammoniacal Nitrogen Discharges in Killybegs Harbour.”
United Fish Industries
“Drumbanan Outfall Diffuser Design Study.”
Jennings & O’Donovan Consulting Engineers
“Bertraghboy Bay Aquaculture Development: Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Model Study.”
Gaelic Seafoods (Ireland) Limited.
“Wave Climate Study for Proposed Aquaculture Site, Kilkieran Bay.”
Muir Gheal Teo
PRESENTATIONS _________________________________________
“Development of an Irish Coastal Hydrodynamic Model”, (2000), Coastal Environmental Modelling:
A One Day Seminar. Galway, Ireland.
“Development of a Graphical User Interface
Symposium. Bangor, Wales.
for Irish Coastal Model”, (2000), INTEREG
“The Development of an Efficient Methodology for Primary Production Assessment of Irish
Estuaries”, (2000), 31st Annual Symposium of the Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association. Bilbao,
Spain.
“A Combined Hydrodynamic, Water Quality and Primary Production Model for Wexford Harbour”,
(1999), INTEREG Symposium, Dublin, Ireand.
SOFTWARE AND COMPUTING KNOWLEDGE_______________
DIVAST
- Two-dimensional model used to simulate hydrodynamics, solute transport and
water quality in coastal waters.
STFATE
- Model used to assess the short-term fate of dredged material disposed in open
water in terms of deposition and water quality effects.
CORMIX
- Hydrodynamic mixing zone model for pollutant discharges into surface waters.
RCPWAVE
- Linear wave propagation model used to predict maximum wave heights and
periods.
ARCVIEW
- GIS software package.
AVENUE
- Programming language and developing environment for ArcView
TECPLOT
- 2D and 3D data visualisation package
AUTOCAD
- Automated engineering drawing package
SURFER
- Contouring and surface plotting graphics program
FORTRAN, C++ - Computer programming languages
MPI
- Message-passing interface used when parallelising program code
Operating Systems
DOS; Windows; Unix
Stephen Nash, B.A., B.A.I., M.Sc.
High Performance Computing: Recent research has involved the use of HPC, in particular for the
purpose of parallelisation of computational fluid dynamics code and water quality modelling code.
REFERENCES____________________________________________
Dr. Michael Hartnett,
Dept. of Civil Engineering,
National University of Ireland,
Galway.
Dr. Roger West,
Dept. of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering,
University of Dublin, Trinity College,
Dublin 2.
Dr. Brendan O’Connor,
Aqua-Fact International Services Ltd.,
12 Kilkerrin Park,
Liosbaun,
Galway.
Stephen Nash, B.A., B.A.I., M.Sc.