Jay R. Lund

University of California, Davis
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering


Jay R. Lund Ray B. Krone Professor of Environmental Engineering Civil and Environmental Engineering Department University of California, Davis Davis, CA 95616 Phone: (530) 752-5671 Fax: (530) 752-7872 jrlund@ucdavis.edu 3109 Engineering Unit III ( Need directions? ) San Francisco Bay 2006 (old pictures)

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Education

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Washington , 1986
M.A., Geography, University of Washington , 1983
B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Washington , 1983
B.A., Regional Planning & International Relations, University of Delaware, 1979

Research and Teaching Interests

Jay Lund has research and teaching interests in the application of systems analysis, economic, and management methods to infrastructure and public works problems. His recent work is primarily in water resources and environmental system engineering, but with substantial work in solid and hazardous waste management, dredging and coastal zone management, and some dabbling in urban, regional, and transportation planning. While most of this work involves the application of economics, optimization, and simulation modeling, his interests also include more qualitative policy, planning, and management studies. Examples of this work can be found below. Jay's CV

Examples of completed student research.

Current students, graduate groups, and research:

PhD
John Hickey - Civil and Environmental Engineering - Environmental modeling for water project planning and management
Kaveh Madani - Civil and Environmental Engineering - Hydropower, climate change, and game theory
Sarah Null - Geography - Environmental water use efficiency (USEPA STAR Fellow)
Marcelo Olivares - Civil and Environmental Engineering - Hydropower and environmental performance optimization (Fulbright)
David Rheinheimer - Hydrologic Science - Ecosystem performance and reservoir operation

MS
Rhodora Biagtan - Civil and Environmental Engineering/MBA - Wastewater reuse
Dana Progar - Civil and Environmental Engineering/MBA - Flood risk analysis
Rachael Hersh-Burdick - Civil and Environmental Engineering - Conjunctive Use
Ann Fissekis - Civil and Environmental Engineering - Flood reservior operation with climate change

Major Areas of Research

Large-Scale Water - Environmental System Management

Large-scale regional water systems provide much of the world's water supply, flood control, and hydropower, and have major effects on the environment and recreation. Research in this area has involved several studies in large-scale optimization for water supply, flood control, and conflict resolution among multiple purposes. Both practical and theoretical aspects of this problem are of interest. Examples include:

Integrated analysis of California's statewide water supply system - CALVIN, a large-scale economic-engineering optimization model for California (using HEC-PRM), including applications to climate warming for California, (see CALVIN and Tom Philp's Hetch Hetchy Pulitzer Prize 2005)

Envisioning Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta with the Public Policy Institute of California (2007) (also at Amazon.com) See also UC Davis Watershed Science Center web site.

Economically-driven simulation of California's Friant-Kern System, using MODSIM software (FREDSIM)
Development of reservoir operating rules from long-term deterministic optimization models or derived from explicit performance objectives,
The use of optimization models for seasonal water system operation studies,
Application of the network optimization model HEC-PRM to the Missouri River system and the Columbia River system,
Flood control optimization studies (Lower American River, California; Iowa and Des Moines Rivers, Iowa; and theory),
Conflicts among interested parties related to the operation of large water resource systems (California and the Truckee-Carson system), and
How computer modeling and data can help structure, clarify, and resolve conflicts, and the limitations of modeling in these roles.

The most ambitious of these projects is the CALVIN project, developing a California-wide economic-engineering optimization model for water supply and environmental purposes. This project is in collaboration with Richard Howitt of the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. It has found numerous applications.

More recently this effort has been integrated with several other authors (Ellen Hanak of PPIC and Jeff Mount, Peter Moyle, Richard Howitt, and Bill Fleenor of UC Davis) to examine major water issues in California, particularly the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

Integrated Urban Water Supply Planning and Management

Urban water supply planning, in California, the U.S., and the rest of the world, requires integrated design and management of often diverse water supplies (including water transfers and wastewater reuse) and various water conservation measures. Research in this area has involved:

Household water conservation decisions and modeling and applications,
Assessing the costs of urban water shortages,
Optimizing the integration of water conservation and water supply measures in a risk analysis context,
Integrated planning and operation of water storage and supply systems with water transfer and demand management measures given uncertainties in supply system yields,

Comparative economics of water conservation activities, and
Least-cost planning for implementing water conservation.

Water Transfers and Markets

Water transfers or markets have become a commonly-suggested solution for water problems, particularly in the western U.S. Recent work in this areas has:

Least-cost water purchases for California's Environmental Water Account
Use of large-scale optimization models for investigating the value of water markets in California (CALVIN)
Reviewed the variety of water transfer forms in California,
Examined the several roles that water transfers can have in urban water supplies,
Explored the potential for transferable drought water rations for urban systems,
Applied optimization modeling for finding the least-cost mix of various types of water transfers for urban water supplies, given variability in supply system yields, and
Developed planning methods for integrating various forms of water transfers with demand management and traditional supplies for urban water systems.

California Drought Water Transfer Report (1992) (579 kb)

Water Transfers in Water Resource Systems (1995)

Recent California Water Transfers: Implications for Water Management (1995)

Reservoir Operation

Reservoirs are a major component of water management systems. Their operation has substantial effects on the performance of overall water systems. Research in this area focuses on the development of operating rules which are derived to be optimal in terms of operating objectives and the integration of reservoir operations into the policy, planning, and operations of integrated water resource systems:

Rules for reservoirs in series and in parallel,
Water quality rules for reservoirs in parallel,
Optimal rules for conjunctive use of surface and groundwater storage,
Optimal hedging rules for drought operations,
H ydropower operating rules,
Drought storage allocation rules,
Integrated reservoir operations (see preceeding headings),
Reservoir operations with climate change.

Economic Design and Evaluation of Stormwater Quality Management

(Currently inactive in this area) Non-point sources, such as stormwater, have come to dominate water quality concerns for the environment. Non-point sources also are expensive and difficult to manage, monitor, and evaluate in terms of technical performance. Our work has applied contemporary methods in cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost analysis to evaluate the desirability of different stormwater quality control measures, including both their costs and their likely water quality benefits. Specific products include:

Review of methods for estimating the economic value of water quality benefits from stormwater management.
An economic evaluation of the benefits and costs of stormwater quality management for a major urban creek in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

Systems Engineering for Municipal Solid and Hazardous Waste Management

(Currently inactive in this area) Municipal solid waste management has become more complex in recent years with increases in disposal costs and environmental concerns and legislation. In trying to apply systems analysis and economic techniques to this engineering problem, we have:

Examined the potential role of pricing for optimally depleting existing landfill capacity,
Developed methods for least-cost planning of recycling measures to extend landfill lifetimes,
Examined the least-cost sizing of modules within landfills,
Applied linear programming to the least-cost preliminary design of central material recovery facilities (CMRFs),
Developed a spreadsheet-based software package for integrated solid waste management (GIGO), composed of a web of modular models of individual solid waste management operations, and
Developed Economic Risk Analysis for Evaluation of Industrial Waste Minimization.

GIGO Solid Waste Management Model (Compressed EXCEL and WORD files):

Spreadsheets (1993)
Documentation (1993)

Economic and Risk-based Planning of Dredging and Beach Nourishment Systems

(Currently inactive in this area) Waterbourne commerce relies on effective and efficient maintenance of ports and waterways. The economic design of beach nourishment turn out to have similar physical processes and mathematical forms. Several projects with various Corps of Engineers offices examined these issues.

Courses

The New Geography of California Water (Spring 2004)

Undergraduate

Deterministic Optimization and Design (ECI 153)
Water Resources Engineering Planning (ECI 155)
Water Resources Simulation (ECI 146)
Engineering Hydrology (ECI 142)
Hydraulic Engineering (ECI 141)
Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory (ECI 141L)
Civil Engineering Planning
Coastal Engineering

Graduate

Water Resources Management (ECI 267)
Probabilistic Design and Optimization (ECI 249)
Public Works Economics (ECI 268)
Water Resources Systems Engineering (ECI 273)
Advanced Water Resources Management (ECI 270)
Integrated Solid Waste Management

A two-page style guide for papers, reports, and theses

A dozen classic readings in water resources management

Refereed Journal Publications

73.       Harou, J.J. and J.R. Lund, “Ending groundwater overdraft in hydrologic-economic systems,” Hydrogeology Journal, in press.

72.       Medellin-Azuara, J., J.J. Harou, M.A. Olivares, K. Madani-Larijani, J.R. Lund, R.E. Howitt, S.K. Tanaka, M.W. Jenkins, and T. Zhu, “Adaptability and Adaptations of California’s Water Supply System to Dry Climate Warming,” Climatic Change, in press.

71.      Rosenberg, D.E., S. Talozi, H. Abu Qdais, and J.R. Lund, “Intermittent Water Supplies: Challenges and Opportunities for Residential Water Users in Jordan,” Water International, in press.

70.      Madani, K. and J.R. Lund, “Aggregated Modeling Alternatives for Modeling California’s High-elevation Hydropower with Climate Change in the Absence of Storage Capacity Data,” Hydrological Science and Technology, Vol. 23, No. 1-4, pp. 137-146, 2007.

69.      Medellín-Azuara, J., J.R. Lund, and R.E. Howitt, “Water Supply Analysis for Restoring the Colorado River Delta, Mexico,” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 133, No. 5, pp. 462-471, September/October 2007.

68.     Zhu, T., J.R. Lund, M.W. Jenkins, G.F. Marques, and R.S. Ritzema, “Climate Change, Urbanization, and Optimal Long-term Floodplain Protection,” Water Resources Research, Vol. 43, No. 6, July 2007.

67.     Heinz, I, M. Pulido, J.R. Lund, and J. Andreu, “Hydro-economic Modeling in River Basin Management: Implications and Applications for the European Water Framework Directive, Water Resources Management, Vol. 21, No. 7, pp. 1103-1125, July 2007.

66.     Rosenberg, D.E., T. Tarawneh, R. Abdel-Khaleq, and J.R. Lund, “Modeling Integrated Water-User Decisions in Intermittent Supply Systems,” Water Resources Research, Vol. 43, No. 7, July 2007.

65.     Medellín-Azuara J., Mendoza-Espinosa L. G., Lund, J. R. and Ramírez-Acosta R. J., “The application of economic-engineering optimization for water management in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico,” Water Science & Technology, Vol. 55, No. 1-2, pp. 339-347, 2007.

64.     Medellín-Azuara, J. and J.R. Lund, “Applying Economic-Engineering Systems Analysis to the Colorado River Delta,” Pacific-McGeorge Global Business & Development Law Journal, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 99 – 114, Fall 2006.

63.    Garcia Alcubilla, R. and J.R. Lund, “Derived Willingness-To-Pay for Household Water Use with Price and Probabilistic Supply,” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol. 132, No. 6, pp. 424-433, November/December 2006.

62.    Marques, G.F., J.R. Lund, M.R. Leu, and M.W. Jenkins, “Economically-Driven Simulation of Regional Water Systems: Friant-Kern, California,” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol. 132, No. 6, pp. 468-479, November/December 2006.

61.    Lund, J.R., “Drought Storage Allocation Rules for Surface Reservoir Systems,” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol. 132, No. 5, pp. 395 - 397, September, 2006.

60.    Hollinshead, S.P. and J.R. Lund, “Optimization of Environmental Water Account Purchases with Uncertainty,” Water Resources Research, Vol. 42, No. 8, W08403, August, 2006.

59.   Tanaka, S.K., T. Zhu, J.R. Lund, R.E. Howitt, M.W. Jenkins, M.A. Pulido, M. Tauber, R.S. Ritzema and I.C. Ferreira, “Climate Warming and Water Management Adaptation for California,” Climatic Change, Vol. 76, No. 3-4, June 2006. (Cited in the 2007 IPCC report)

58.    Paredes, J. and J.R. Lund, “Refill and Drawdown Rules for Parallel Reservoirs: Quantity and Quality,” Water Resources Management, Vol. 20, N. 3, pp. 359 – 376, June 2006.

57.    Null, S. and J.R. Lund, "Re-Assembling Hetch Hetchy: Water Supply Implications of Removing O'Shaughnessy Dam,” Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 395 – 408, April, 2006. (Winner of the best paper award for 2006 of the Journal of the American Water Resources Association)

56.    Rosenberg, D. and J.R. Lund, “Derived operating rules for storage and recovery in multiple, unconnected aquifers,” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol. 132, No. 1, January, 2006.

55.    Zhu, T., M.W. Jenkins and J.R. Lund, "Estimated Impacts of Climate Warming on California Water Availability under Twelve Future Climate Scenarios,” Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol. 41, No. 5, pp. 1027-1038, October, 2005.

54.    Marques, G.F., J.R. Lund, and R.E. Howitt, “Modeling Irrigated Agricultural Production and Water Use Decisions under Water Supply Uncertainty,” Water Resources Research, Vol. 41, No. 8, August 2005.

53.    Ferreira, I.C., S.K Tanaka, S.P. Hollinshead, and J.R. Lund, “Musings on the CalSim II Model: A Survey of California’s Water Community,” San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, Vol. 3, Issue 1, Article 1, March 2005.

52.    Jenkins, M.W., J.R. Lund, R.E. Howitt, A.J. Draper, S.M. Msangi, S.K. Tanaka, R.S. Ritzema, and G.F. Marques, “Optimization of California’s Water System: Results and Insights ,” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol. 130, No. 4, July 2004.

51.    Pulido – Velázquez, M., M.W. Jenkins, and J.R. Lund, “Economic Values for Conjunctive Use and Water Banking in Southern California,” Water Resources Research, Vol. 40, No. 3, March 2004.

50. Van Lienden, B. and J.R. Lund, “Spatial Complexity and Reservoir Optimization Results,” Civil and Environmental Engineering Systems, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 1-17, March 2004.

49. Draper, A.J. and J.R. Lund, “Optimal Hedging and Carryover Storage Value,” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol. 130, No. 1, January 2004, pp. 83-87.

48. Tanaka, S.K., J.R. Lund, and M.W. Jenkins, “Economic Effects of Increased Exports and Environmental Flows from the San Francisco Bay-Delta,” Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Vol. 39, No. 6, pp. 1509-1519, December 2003.

47. Draper, A.J., M.W. Jenkins, K.W. Kirby, J.R. Lund, and R.E. Howitt “ Economic-Engineering Optimization for California Water Management ,” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 129, No. 3, May/June 2003.

46. Jenkins, M.W., J.R. Lund, and R.E. Howitt, “Economic Losses from Urban Water Scarcity in California ,” Journal of the American Water Works Association, February 2003.

45. Lund, J.R., “Floodplain Planning with Risk-Based Optimization,” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE., Vol. 128, No. 3, pp. 202-207, May/June 2002.

44. Newlin, B.D., M.W. Jenkins, J.R. Lund, and R.E. Howitt, “Southern California Water Markets: Potential and Limitations,” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, January, 2002.

43. Lund, J.R. and J.P. Byrne, “Leonardo Da Vinci's Tensile Strength Tests: Implications for the Discovery of Engineering Mechanics,” Civil and Environmental Engineering Systems, Vol. 18, No. 3, pp. 243-250, 2001.

42. Kalman, O., J.R. Lund, D. Lew, and D.L. Larson, “Benefit-Cost Analysis of Stormwater Quality Improvements,” Environmental Management, December 2000.

41. Jenkins, M.W. and J.R. Lund, “Integrated Yield and Shortage Management for Water Supply Planning,” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 126, No. 5, pp. , September/October 2000.

40. Needham, J., D. Watkins, J.R. Lund, and S.K. Nanda, "Linear Programming for Flood Control on the Iowa and Des Moines Rivers," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 126, No. 3, pp. 118-127, May/June, 2000.

39. Lund, J.R., "Power Production and Energy Drawdown Rules for Reservoirs," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 126, No. 2, pp. 108-111, March/April 2000.

38. Israel, M.S. and J.R. Lund, "Priority Preserving Unit Penalties in Network Flow Modeling," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 125, No. 4, pp. 205-214, July/August, 1999.

37. Lund, J.R. and J. Guzman, "Some Derived Operating Rules for Reservoirs in Series or in Parallel," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 125, No. 3, pp. 143-153, May/June, 1999.

36. Anex, R.P., J.R. Lund, and R. Grant, "A Maximum Entropy Approach to Estimating Emissions," Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, Vol. 49, No. 8, p. 943, August, 1999.

35. Anex, R.P.and J.R. Lund, "Bayesian Estimation of Volatile Organic Emissions from Wood Furniture Coating," Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, January, 1999.

34. Wilchfort, O. and J.R. Lund, "Shortage Management Modeling for Urban Water Supply Systems," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 123, No. 4, July/August 1997.

33. Lund, J.R. and I. Ferreira, "Operating Rule Optimization for the Missouri River Reservoir System," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 122, No. 4, pp. 287-295, July/August, 1996.

32. Anex, R.P., R.A. Lawver, J.R. Lund, and G. Tchobanoglous, "GIGO: Spreadsheet Based Simulation for MSW Systems," Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 122, No. 4, pp. 259-263, April, 1996.

31. Lund, J.R. and R.U. Reed, "Transferable Rations for Drought Management," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 31, No. 6, pp. 429-437, November, 1995.

30. Lund, J.R., "Derived Estimation of Willingness-to-Pay to Avoid Probabilistic Shortage," Water Resources Research, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 1367-1372, May, 1995.

29. Israel, M. and J.R. Lund, "Recent California Water Transfers: Implications for Water Management," Natural Resources Journal, Vol. 35, pp. 1-32, Winter, 1995.

28. Lawver, R.A. and J.R. Lund, "Least-Cost Replacement Planning for Modular Construction of Landfills," Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 121, No. 3, pp. 203-213, March, 1995.

27. Johnston, R., J.R. Lund, and P. Craig, "Capacity Allocation Methods for Reducing Traffic Congestion," Journal of Transportation Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 121, No. 1, pp. 27-39, January-February, 1995.

26. Lund, J.R. and M. Israel, "Water Transfers in Water Resource Systems," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 121, No. 2, pp. 193-205, March-April, 1995.

25. Lund, J.R. and M. Israel, "Optimization of Transfers in Urban Water Supply Planning," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 121, No. 1, pp. 41-48, January-February, 1995.

24. Lund, J.R. and P.L. Mokhtarian, "Telecommuting and Residential Location: Theory and Implications for VMT in the Monocentric Metropolis," Transportation Research Board, No. 1463, December, 1994.

23. Lund, J.R., "Utility Theory Violations by Multi-Criteria Hierarchical Weighting Methods," Civil Engineering Systems, Vol. 11, pp. 197-207, 1994.

22. Lund, J.R., G. Tchobanoglous, R.P. Anex, and R.A. Lawver, "Linear Programming for Analysis of Material Recovery Facilities," Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 120, No. 5, pp. 1082-1094, September-October, 1994.

21. Lund, J.R., "Transaction Risk versus Transaction Costs in Water Transfers," Water Resources Research, Vol. 29, No. 9, pp. 3103-3107, September, 1993.

20. Englehardt, J.D. and J.R. Lund, "Information Theory in Risk Analysis," Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 118, No. 6, pp. 890-904, November-December, 1992.

19. Andrews, E.S., F.I. Chung, and J.R. Lund, "Multi-layered, Priority-based Simulation of Conjunctive Facilities," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 118, No.1, pp. 32-53, January, 1992.

18. Lund, J.R., "Benefit-Cost Ratios: Failures and Alternatives," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 118, No.1, pp. 94-101, January, 1992.

17. Lund, J.R., "The Decision to Haul Versus Resuspend for Hopper Dredging," Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 117, No. 6, pp. 599-609, November, 1991.

16. Lund, J.R., "Dredged Material Disposal Economics," Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 117, No. 4, pp.390-408, July, 1991.

15. Lund, J.R., "Random Variables Versus Uncertain Values: Stochastic Modeling and Design," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 117, No. 2, pp. 179-194, March, 1991.

14. Enright, C. and J.R. Lund, "Alternative Water District Organization: A Screening Level Analysis," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 117, No. 1, pp. 86-107, January, 1991.

13. Englehardt, J.D. and J.R. Lund, "Economic Analysis of Recycling for Small Municipal Waste Collectors," The Journal of Resource Management and Technology, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 84-96, October, 1990.

12. Lund, J.R., "Pricing Solid and Hazardous Waste Landfill Capacity," Journal of Urban Planning and Development, ASCE, Vol. 116, No. 1, pp. 17-33, May, 1990.

11. Lund, J.R., "The Location of Closed Watersheds for Urban Water Supplies: A Theoretical and Historical Analysis," Environment and Planning A, Vol. 22, No. 5, pp. 667-682, May, 1990.

10. Lund, J.R., "Scheduling Maintenance Dredging on a Single Reach With Uncertainty," Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 116, No. 2, pp. 211-321, March, 1990.

9. Lund, J.R., "Least-Cost Scheduling of Solid Waste Recycling," Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 116, No. 1, pp. 182-197, February, 1990.

8. Lund, J.R., "The Value and Depreciation of Existing Facilities: The Case of Reservoirs," The Engineering Economist, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 1-24, Fall, 1989.

7. Lund, J.R., "Metering Public Utilities: Evaluation and Maintenance," Water Resources Research, Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 802-816, June, 1988.

6. Lund, J.R., "Regional Water Supply Development in South Sweden," Journal of Urban Planning and Development, ASCE, Vol. 114, No. 1, pp. 14-33, June, 1988.

5. Lund, J.R., "Metropolitan Water Market Development: Seattle, Washington, 1887-1987," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 114, No. 2, pp. 223-240, March, 1988.

4. Lund, J.R., "Evaluation and Scheduling of Water Conservation," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 113, No. 5, pp. 696-708, September, 1987.

3. Lund, J.R. and R.N. Palmer, "Subjective Evaluation: Linguistic Scales in Pairwise Comparison Methods," Civil Engineering Systems, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 182-186, December, 1986.

2. Palmer, R.N. and J.R. Lund, "Drought and Power Production," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 112, No.4, pp. 469-484, October, 1986.

1. Palmer, R.N. and J.R. Lund, "Multiobjective Evaluation with Subjective Information," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, Vol. 111, No. 4, pp. 399-416, October, 1985.

Honors, Awards

Hugo B. Fischer Award, California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum, 2008

ASCE/EWRI Planning and Management Council Service to the Profession Award, 2007

Boggess Award for best paper in the Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 2006

California Water and Environment Modeling Forum Service Award, 2006

International Water Academy , Oslo, Norway, Chair No. 143, 2002

Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, ASCE, 1996

Best Practice-Oriented Paper, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, 1996

Tau Beta Pi (Engineering), Phi Beta Kappa (Liberal Arts), Chi Epsilon (Civil Engineering), Omicron Delta Epsilon (Economics), Pi Kappa Alpha (Political Science), Valle Scholar, Engineer-in-Training (Washington State)

Professional Activities

President-Elect, Universities Council on Water Resources, 2007-2008
Editor, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, ASCE, 1997 - 2000; Associate Editor, 2000 - present
Editorial Board, Water International , IWRA, 1998 - present
Editorial Board, Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems, 2003- present
Advisory Committee, California Water Plan Update , 1995 - 1998, 2001 - 2005
Past-Convenor, California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum, 1998-1999, Convenor, 1996 - 1998; Vice Convenor, 1995 - 1996
Chair, Policy Sciences Committee, Hydrology Section, American Geophysical Union, 1996-1998
Associate Editor, Water Resources Research , 1990 - 1997
Editorial Advisory Board, Municipal Solid Waste Management, 1990 - 1996
Control Group of ASCE Water Resources Systems Committee, 1996 - 2000
National Academy of Sciences, Young Investigator Program, Water Management in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, 1994 - 1996
Reviewer for: ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Journal of Environmental Engineering, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, Journal of Infrastructure Systems, and Journal of Hydraulics; Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Systems, Water Resources Research, Water Resources Bulletin, Water International, Stochastic Hydrology and Hydraulics, Transportation Research Record, Institute of Industrial Engineers Transactions, Journal of the American Water Works Association, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Management Science
Associate Member American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) , Member of American Geophysical Union , American Water Works Association , American Water Resources Association , International Water Resources Association, American Society for Engineering Education , California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum

Some working papers

Approaches to Long-Term Water Planning (2002)

A dozen classic readings in water resources management (2004)

Former Graduate Students

2008

David E. Rosenberg, PhD, "Integrated Water Management and Modeling at Multiple Spatial Scales" (NSF Fellow), Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Water Resources Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT.

2007

Stacy K. Tanaka, PhD, “Modeling to Improve Environmental System Management: Klamath River Thermal Refugia and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta,” engineer, Watercourse Engineering, Davis, CA.

Inês C.L. Ferreira, PhD, "Deriving Unit Cost Coefficients for Linear Programming-Deriven Priority-Based Simulation," independent consultant, Davis, CA

Julien J. Harou, PhD, “Representing Groundwater in Hydroeconomic Models,” Research Fellow, Environmental Institute and Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geomatic Engineering, University College London, UK

Randi C. Field, MS, “Multi-Objective Optimization of Folsom Reservoir Operation,” engineer, Central Valley Project Operations, US Bureau of Reclamation, Sacramento, CA.

Tomohide Tsukasaki, MS, “Energy and Cost Analysis of Rainwater Storage Tanks in Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan,” engineer, Japan.

2006

Josué Medellin-Azuara, PhD Ecology, “Economic-Engineering Analysis of Water Management for Restoring the Colorado River Delta” (UC MEXUS-CONACYT Fellow), post-doctoral researcher, UC Davis.

2005

Matthew J. Brown, MS, “Priority Based Reservoir Optimization using Linear Programming: Application to Flood Operation of the Iowa/Des Moines River System,” engineer, SAIC, Denver, CO.

Sarah Hollinshead, MS, "Optimization of Environmental Water Account Purchases with Uncertainty" (NSF Fellow), law student, Columbia University, NY.

Lee Bergfeld, MS, “Investigative Study of Conjunctive Use Opportunities in the Stony Creek Fan Aquifer” engineer, MBK Engineers, Sacramento, CA.

2004

Guilherme Marques, PhD, “Economic Representation of Agricultural Activities in Water Resources Systems Engineering” (CMPQ Fellow), Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, Federal Center for Technology Education CEFET– Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Shumin Liang, PhD Geography, “Modeling Urban Growth in California’s Central Valley: A Neoclassic Economic Approach,” Researcher, Institute of Agricultural Economics, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Bejing, China.

Tingju Zhu, PhD, “Climate Change and Water Resource Management: Adaptations for Flood Control and Water Supply,” research engineer, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC.

Matthew D. Davis, MS, “Comparative Environmental Risk Assessment of the Operation of Auckland City's Drainage System,” engineer, Auckland, NZ.

Jeff Malinowski, MA Geography, “Water Supply and Prospects for Baja California,” Sacramento Fire Department, Sacramento, CA.

2003

Sarah Null, MA Geography, “Re-Assembling Hetch Hetchy: Water Supply Implications of Removing O'Shaughnessy Dam,” PhD Candidate, Geography Graduate Group, University of California, Davis.

Javier Paredes, MS, “Spill-Minimizing Rules for Parallel Reservoirs: Quantity and Quality,” Assistant Professor, Dept. of Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain.

David E. Rosenberg, MS-IAD, "Derived Operating Rules for Storage and Recovery in Multiple, Unconnected Aquifers," MS-CEE, "Simulation of Cooperative Water Supply and Flood Operations for Two Parallel Reservoirs on the Feather and Yuba Rivers, California," Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Water Resources Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT.

2002

Manuel Pulido Velazquez, MS, "Conjunctive Use Opportunities in Southern California," Associate Professor, Dept. of Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Roberto Garcia Alcubilla, MS, " Derived Willingness-To-Pay For Water: Effects of Probabilistic Rationing and Price ," engineer, Paris, France.

Randall S. Ritzema, MS, " Water Management Strategies for the San Joaquin Valley and San Francisco Bay Area: an Engineering-Economic Optimization Study ," PhD Candidate, Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, University of California - Davis, CA.

2001

Andrew J. Draper, PhD, " Implicit Stochastic Optimization with Limited Foresight for Reservoir Systems ," Supervising Engineer, Montgomery-Watson-Harza, San Francisco, CA.

Stacy Tanaka, MS, “ Effects of Increased Delta Exports on Sacramento Valley's Economy and Water Management ,” engineer, Watercourse Engineering, Davis, CA.

Pia Grimes, MS, “ Urbanization and Water in the Northern San Joaquin Valley ."

Mary Briant Jimenez, MS, “ HEC-FDA Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis ,” engineer, Montgomery-Watson-Harza, Sacramento, CA.

Mark Leu, MS, “ Economics-Driven Simulation of the Friant Division of the Central Valley Project, California ,” engineer, CH2M-Hill, Sacramento, CA.

Lisa Maddaus, MS, "Effects of Metering on Residential Water Demand for Davis, California," engineer, Brown and Caldwell, Sacramento, CA.

Karen Sayer, "Hydraulic and Hydrologic Analysis for Planning and Development of Ecosystem Restoration Projects," Project Manager, USAID, Kenya.

2000

Orit Kalman, PhD, "Stormwater Quality Management: Evaluation, Optimization, and Maintenance, " independent consultant, Davis, CA.

Kenneth W. Kirby , PhD, "Beyond Common Knowledge: The Use of Technical Information in Policymaking," independent consultant, Sacramento, CA.

Brad D. Newlin, MS, “Southern California Water Markets: Potential and Limitations,” engineer, Watershed Concepts, State College, PA.

Brian Van Lienden, MS, “Spatial Complexity and Reservoir Optimization Results,” engineer, CH2M-Hill, Sacramento, CA.

Allison Dvorak, MS Hydrologic Science, “Central Valley Groundwater Bank Operations: Hydrology, Groundwater Operating Rule, and System Operating Rule Effects On Yield,” water resource specialist, State Water Contractors, Sacramento, CA.

1999

Dustin Jones, MS, "Application of Mixed-Integer Programming for Flood Control in the Sacramento Valley: Insights and Limitations," engineer, Department of Water Resources, CA.

Cameron T. Ackerman, MS, "Linking Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with Hydraulic Modeling using ARC/INFO and HEC-RAS," engineer, Hydrologic Engineering Center , US Army Corps of Engineers, Davis, CA.

1998

Marion W. Jenkins, PhD, " Sanitation Promotion in Developing Countries: Why the Latrines of Benin Are So Few And Far Between ," Lecturer, Public Health Engineering Program, London School of Hygene and Tropical Medicine, Imperial College - London; Assistant Research Engineer (Professional Researcher), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. University of California, Davis.

Catherine Crossett Avila, MS, "Managing Impacts of Gravel Mining on Bridges in California," Principal, Avila & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc., Walnut Creek, CA

Brian K. Currier, MS, "Evaluation of Stormwater Management Practices for Mountain Highway Applications," engineer, Water Center, California State University - Sacramento, Sacramento, CA.

Jason Needham, MS, "Linear Programming for Flood Control on the Iowa and Des Moines Rivers," engineer, Hydrologic Engineering Center , US Army Corps of Engineers, Davis, CA.

1996

Morris S. Israel, PhD, " Priority-Based Modeling of the Carson-Truckee System ", US Agency for International Development, Washington, DC.

Anthony P. Pulokas, MS, "Analysing Risk in a Reservoir System with Applications to Riparian Vegetation and Maintenance Drawdowns," engineer, Hydrologics, Inc. , Portland, OR.

Nicole Murk, MS, "Application of HEC-PRM for Seasonal Reservoir Operation of the Columbia River System," water resources engineer, HDR, Phoenix, AZ.

1995

Robert P. Anex , PhD, "Systems and Economic Analysis of Municipal Solid and Hazardous Waste Management," Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Iowa State University.

Michael E. Lindquist, MS, "Estimating Expected Annual Damage Based on Uncertain Estimators of the Contributing Random Variables," engineer, University of California, Davis, CA.

Orit Wilchfort, MS, "A Shortage Management Model for Urban Water Supply Systems," independent consultant, Davis, CA.

1994

Paul Hutton, PhD, "A Mathematical Framework for Predicting THM Formation Potential and Simulated Distribution System Concentrations in Drinking Water Sources," Senior Engineer, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Sacramento, CA.

Mark R. Jensen, MS, "WATSUP: A Simulation Model for Water Supply Costs and Reliability," hydraulic engineer, Hydrologic Engineering Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Davis, CA and doctoral student at UC Davis.

Kenneth W. Kirby, MS, "Resolving Conflict over Reservoir Operation: A Role for Optimization and Simulation Modeling," independent consultant, Davis, CA.

Jeffrey A. Kuypers, MS, "Compost Modeling for Municipal Waste Management," engineer, Phase Three Environmental Management, El Dorado Hills, CA.

Kathy Petersen, MS Hydrologic Science, "An Evaluation of Sedimentation Mitigation at Hydropower Reservoirs," hydropower manager, South Feather Water & Power, Oroville, CA.

1993

Michael L. Anderson, MS, "Stormwater Runoff from the City of Davis as a Water Source for the Proposed Davis Wetland," Nolte Engineers, Sacramento, CA..

Inês C.L. Ferreira, MS, "Development and Testing of Detailed Operating Rules for the Missouri River System from Deterministic Optimization Results," independent consultant, Davis, CA.

Stephen McGoff, MS, "Risk-Based Analysis for Levee Design," engineer with State of Nevada, Carson City, NV.

Troy Nicolini, MS, "Flood-Runoff Analysis for a Basin with some Streamflow Gages: A Parameter Detective Story," hydrologic engineer with the National Weather Service, Eureka , CA.

Laszlo Saska, MS, "MRFSIM: A Spreadsheet Program for Simulation of Material Recovery Facilities," environmental engineer, Department of Health Services, Sacramento, CA.

1992

Doreen Brown Salazar, MS, "Water, Sanitation, and Disease Transmission," international development consulting, Washington, DC..

Jean Takeuchi, MS, "An Introduction to Low-Flow Hydrology," engineer, San Jose, CA.

1991

James D. Englehardt , PhD, "Economic and Risk Analysis of Industrial Hazardous Waste Reduction," Professor of Civil and Architectural Engineering, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Fla.

Marion W. Jenkins, MS, " Yolo County, California's Water Supply System: Conjunctive Use Without Management ," Lecturer, Public Health Engineering Program, London School of Hygene and Tropical Medicine, Imperial College - London; Assistant Research Engineer (Professional Researcher), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis.

1990

James O. Anderson, MS, "Climate Change Impacts on Snowmelt Runoff," environmental engineer with UNOCAL, Arroyo Grande, CA.

Robert U. Reed, MS, "Transferable Allocations in Urban Water Management: Short and Long Term," owner, Reed Consulting Group, Sacramento, CA.

Maureen E. Sergent, MS, "Water Transfers: The Potential for Managing California's Limited Water Resources," engineer with State Drought Water Bank, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA.

1989

Elizabeth S. Andrews, MS, "Simulation of Kern County, California's Conveyance System, Including Groundwater Recharge," Principal, Philip Williams and Associates, San Francisco, CA.

Christopher S. Enright, MS, "Alternative Water District Organization and Efficient Water Allocation: Water Pricing and Water Transfer Policies," Senior Engineer, Environmental Services Branch, California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, CA.

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