Steve Bruneau
Assistant professor
B. Eng., M.E.Sc., PhD (Memorial)
A graduate of Memorial University's civil engineering program in 1987, I worked for a few years in the structural steel and construction business before heading to the University of Western Ontario, Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel. There I worked on a few wind related studies most notable of which are the topsides wind analysis for the Hibernia Production Platform and the pedestrian level wind analysis for the Sears Tower in Chicago. Further studies in fluids led to an M.E.Sc in Industrial Aeronautics and Hydrodynamics. In 1992 I returned to Newfoundland to work at C-CORE, immediately becoming immersed in the ongoing iceberg design load work for the Terra Nova floating production system. This work prompted my PhD studies at Memorial University in ice loads, but not long after startup, ice issues at the Confederation Bridge took centre stage and that ended up being the final theme of my doctoral thesis in 1996. Subsequent work at C-CORE involved de-icing systems for microwave antennas, and various iceberg engineering and management undertakings.
The protection of seabed systems from icebergs led to me working for North Atlantic Pipeline Partners in 1998 as regional manager of operations. In this position I managed the business affairs, research thrusts, marketing and other efforts for the development of a natural gas industry for Newfoundland. Energy policy and an interest in conventional and alternative generation subsequently led me to the consulting arena in which micro hydro power proposals and wind power experimentation became the focus of my work. Recent consulting and business partnering have seen me working in construction related activities for the Voisey's Bay Nickel Project and others and I recently undertook time-lapse surveillance work in Newfoundland and Greenland for the Canadian Ice Services involving the tracking and filming of iceberg deterioration for improved forecasting and mapping.
I joined the Faculty of Engineering and Applied
Science in January 2006 as an assistant professor in civil
engineering and I intend to focus my R&D work in niche areas of
ice, wind, hydro and energy disciplines as they relate to development
in Newfoundland and Labrador. I am married with two children, am
active in charity work, scouts, woodworking and photography and have
recently published a field guidebook on icebergs.
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