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Education
Degree Date School
Ph.D. 1997 College of Oceanography and Atmospheric Science, Oregon State University Wave Competence and Morphodynamics of Boulder and Gravel Beaches (advisor: Dr. Peter Klingeman)
MS 1992 College of Oceanography and Atmospheric Science, Oregon State University Lake Level Regulation, Shoreline Erosion and Shore Protection: Flathead Lake, Montana (advisor: Dr. Paul Komar)
BA 1983 University of Montana, Geology Department


Professional Experience
Date Experience Location
Present Research Assistant Professor Flathead Lake Biological Station, University of Montana, Polson 59860. Researching relationships between flow hydrauilcs, sediment transport and river/lake ecology.
1998-2000 Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Geography, University of Oregon. Teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses and conducting research.
1997-1998 Post Doctoral Fellow / Lecturer Department of Geography, University of Southern California. Researching erosion processes related to recreational boating and beach response to El Nino climatic conditions. Graduate Teaching.
1994-1996 Lecturer College of Oceanography and Atmospheric Science Oregon State University
1992 Surface Water Hydrologist, USGS Research on gravel transport in mountain streams and paleo-hydraulic flood reconstruction.
1986-1993 Research Assistant Over the years worked for the various universities on a variety of projects ranging from assessing the ecological impacts related to hydropower generation, to the role of littoral processes affecting inlet migration and coastal erosion.


Undergraduate Courses Taught
Course Number Course Name
Geog 101 The Natural Environment
Oc. 331 Introduction to Oceanography
Oc. 333 Coastal Oceanography

Graduate Courses Taught
Course Number Course Name
Geog 522 Coastal Processes
Geog 525 Hydrology and Water Resources
Geog 570 US West Coast Environmental Problems
Geog. 571 Fundamentals of Sediment Transport
Geog. 573 Fluvial Geomorphology


Grants and Contracts
Money Earned Contracted By Project Date Project Managers
$20,859 California Sea Grant contract # M-2/98.3 Beach Erosion and El Niņo Storm Events 1997 Lorang and John P. Wilson
$180,000 US Bureau of Reclamation Linking Fluvial Processes to Flood Plain Ecology of the Yakima River, Washington: Stream Flow, Sediment Loads and the Potential for Geomorphic Work 9/00-3/02 Lorang and Stanford
$231,284 US Bureau of Reclamation Floodplain ecology of the Snake River, Idaho and Wyoming: Development of biologically based system management information. 9/00-12/01 Hauer, Lorang and Stanford
$2,600,000 National Science Foundation Biocomplexity - Dynamic Controls on Emergent Properties of River Flood Plains 10/01 -9/05 Stanford, Hauer, Lorang, Kimball, Callaway and Woessner
$10,940 Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Polson Bay Spit Assessment: Phase 1 6/01-9/01 Lorang
$7,776   Assessing Lake Wide Shoreline Erosion 9/01-3/02 Lorang
$244,999 US Bureau of Reclamation US BOR Linking Remote Sensing and floodplain ecology of the Snake River, Idaho and Wyoming: Development of biologically based system management information. 1/02-3/03 Hauer and Lorang


Publications
Date Publication
2001 Bauer, B.O., M.S. Lorang, and D. J. Sherman., 2001. Estimating Boat-Wake-Induced Levee Erosion using Sediment Suspension Measurements. (In Press. Jour. of Waterway Port Coast and Ocean Eng)
2001 Lorang, M.S., 2001. Predicting the Crest Height of a Gravel Beach. (In Press). Geomophology: Special issue on coastal process).
2000 Lorang, M.S., 2000. Predicting Threshold Mass and Stable Boulder Mass for a Beach. Jour. of Coastal Research Vol 16, No. 2 432-445.
1999 Lorang, M.S., S. Namikas, J.P. McDermott, and D.J.Sherman 1999. El Niņo storm waves and the morphodynamic response of two cobble/boulder beaches. Proc. Coastal Sediments '99, American Society of Civil Engineers 922-937.
1999 Wilson, J. P. and M. S. Lorang 1999. Spatial models of soil erosion and GIS. Spatial Models and GIS - New Potential and New Models. A. S. Fotheringham and M. Wegener. Chichester, Taylor and Francis: 83-103.
1993 Lorang, M.S. and J.A. Stanford, 1993. The variability of shoreline erosion and accretion within a beach compartment on Flathead Lake, Montana. Limnol. Oceanogr. 38(8): 1797-1809.
1993 Lorang, M.S., P.D. Komar and J.A. Stanford, 1993. Lake level regulation and shoreline erosion on Flathead Lake, Montana: A response to the redistribution of annual wave energy: Journ. Coastal Research 9(2): 494-508.
1993 Lorang, M.S., J.A. Stanford, F.R. Hauer and J.H. Jourdonnais, 1993. Dissipative and reflective beaches in a large lake and the physical effects of lake level regulation. Ocean & Coastal Management, 19: 263-287.
1991 Lorang, M.S., 1991. An artificial perched-gravel beach as a shore protection structure. Proc. Coastal Sediments '91, American Society of Civil Engineers, II: 1916-1925.
1991 Lorang, M.S. and P.D. Komar, 1991. Pebble Shape. Nature, 347: 433-434.
1985 Lorang, M.S., 1985. Copper levels in the fine sediment from the middle Clark Fork River Basin, Montana: A reconnaissance field study. Proc. Mont. Acad. Sci., 45: 64-72.
1984 Lorang, M.S., 1984. The use of sediment analysis, sedimentary structures and water wave measurements to quantify wave energy in a shallow fresh water bay, Flathead Lake, Montana. Northwest Geology, 13: 5-14.