Miguel A. Mariño

Distinguished Professor

Civil & Environmental Engineering
3155 Engineering III

(530)
754-9428

139 Veihmeyer Hall (LAWR)
http://marino.lawr.ucdavis.edu/
(530) 752-0684 or 752-0453
Fax (530) 752-5262

Email: mamarino@ucdavis.edu

Professor Marino specializes in groundwater modeling, contamination and management;
conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater; and planning, design and management of hydrosystems

BRIEF CV
EDUCATION

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
HONORS AND AWARDS
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
AREAS OF TECHNICAL COMPETENCE
REFEREED JOURNAL PAPERS
REFEREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
REFEREED REPORTS
REPORTS
CONTRIBUTIONS TO SEMINARS, SYMPOSIA, AND CONFERENCES
CHAIRPERSON/ORGANIZER OF SESSIONS AT CONFERENCES
EXTERNAL REVIEWER FOR PROMOTION OF FACULTY
REVIEWER FOR JOURNAL/BOOK MANUSCRIPTS AND RESEARCH PROPOSALS
Ph.D. SUPERVISION
M.S. SUPERVISION
HOSTING SCIENTISTS/ENGINEERS ON SABBATICAL LEAVES
TEACHING

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., 1972 Civil Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California
(Major Field: Water Resource Systems Engineering;
Minor Fields: Operations Research and Business Administration)

M.S., 1965 Groundwater Hydrology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology,
Socorro, New Mexico

B.S., 1962 Petroleum Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology,
Socorro, New Mexico

ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2003- : Professor, Above-Scale, University of California, Davis, California

2003- : Distinguished Professor, University of California, Davis, California

1999- : Professor, Above-Scale, University of California, Davis, California

1980-99: Professor of Hydrologic Sciences, Civil and Environmental Engineering,
and Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, California

1976-80: Associate Professor of Water Science, Civil Engineering, and Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Davis, California

1972-76: Assistant Professor of Water Science and Civil Engineering, University of California, Davis, California

1969-72: Postgraduate Research Engineer, University of California, Los Angeles, California

1965-69: Assistant Hydrologist, Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois

1964 : Assistant Geohydrologist, New Mexico State Engineers Office, Santa Fe, New Mexico

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:

Past-President, American Institute of Hydrology, 2007-08

President, American Institute of Hydrology, 2005-06

Past-Chairperson, Groundwater Management Committee, Amer. Soc. of Civil Engrs., 2005-06

U.S. National Representative to the International Assoc. of Hydrological Sciences, 2003-date

Member, U.S. National Committee of the Internat. Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, 2003-date

U.S. National Correspondent to the International Assoc. of Hydrological Sciences, 2003-date

Chairperson, Groundwater Management Committee, Amer. Soc. of Civil Engrs., 2003-05

President-Elect, American Institute of Hydrology, 2003-04

Vice Chairperson, International Commission on Water Resources Systems, IAHS, 1999-date

Chairperson, Organizing and Tech. Committees, Internat. Symp. on Integrated Water Resour. Manag’t, 1999-00

Chairperson, Policy Sciences Technical Committee, American Geophysical Union, 1998-03

Interim Associate Director, University of California Center for Water and Wildland Resources, 1998-99

Chairperson, Research Committee, The Universities Council on Water Resources, 1997-00

Member, Board of Directors, The Universities Council on Water Resources, 1997-00

Director, Hydrology Program (Vice Chair of the Dept. of Land, Air and Wat. Resour.), UC Davis, 1996-98

Chairperson, Awards Committee, WRPM Div., Amer. Soc. of Civil Engrs., 1994-95

Past-Chairperson, Comm. on Water Resources Systems, Amer. Soc. of Civil Engrs., 1994-95

Faculty Assistant, Office of the Provost, UC Davis, 1993-95

Chairperson, Comm. on Water Resources Systems, Amer. Soc. of Civil Engrs., 1993-94

Chairperson, Affinity Group on Groundwater Modeling, WRPM Div., Amer. Soc. of Civ. Engrs., 1990

Chairperson, Graduate Group in Water Science, UC Davis, 1989-92

Chairperson, Publications Committee, WRPM Div., Amer. Soc. of Civil
Engrs., 1984-88

Chairperson, Graduate Group in Water Science, UC Davis, 1975-79

 

HONORS AND AWARDS:

Received the Warren A. Hall Medal of the Universities Council on Water Resources, 2002, "for distinguished achievements in the field of water resources."

Elected to Honorary Member, American Water Resources Association, 2001, "To acknowledge his eminence in water resouces science and technology: for outstanding record of accomplishments in the water resources field; known to all who practice in water resources today; work has been of great value to many throughout the world."

Elected to Fellow, American Geophysical Union, 2001, "In recognition of eminence in geophysics: for fundamental and outstanding contributions to the theory and practice of groundwater hydrology and water resources management."

Received the Best Paper Award ("Drought subsidence prediction model for the western San Joaquin Valley, California" with T. Botzan and H. Basagaoglu), International Water Resources Association, Carbondale, Illinois, 2001.

Elected to Corresponding Member, Mexico National Academy of Engineering, 1999.

Elected to Honorary Member, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1999, "for his mastery of surface and subsurface hydrologic processes, his renowned methodologies to plan, design, and manage water resource engineering projects, and his leadership in teaching and role-modeling."

Received the Julian Hinds Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1996, "for his many contributions to research and teaching in hydrology and water resource systems analysis and to the water resource engineering practice, especially in the areas of hydrologic modeling, groundwater management, and optimization of hydrosystems."

Elected to Fellow, American Water Resources Association, 1995.

Received the Best Paper Award in 1993-94 ("Optimizing river diversion under hydraulic and hydrologic uncertainties" with A. Afshar and A. Barkhordary), Iranian Supreme Council, Teheran, 1995.

Received the Best Paper Award in 1990-92 ("Optimizing spillway capacity with uncertainty in flood estimator" with A. Afshar), Iranian Research Council in the Water Industry, Teheran, Iran, 1993.

Received the Outstanding Journal Paper Award ("Solute movement through root-soil environment" with J. C. Tracy), Irrigation and Drainage Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, 1990.

Received the Outstanding Journal Paper Award ("Two-stage urban runoff forecast model" with G. G. Patry), Water Resources Planning and Management Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, 1986.

Received the Richard R. Torrens Award, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1986, "for his exemplary service to the Society as editor of Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. Under his editorship, the papers were reviewed in a timely manner, the submissions of papers increased by nearly 40 per cent, and the frequency grew from a quarterly publication to a bimonthly one."

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Who's Who in Engineering, 5th-9th Editions
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Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 3rd Edition
Men of Achievement (Cambridge, U.K.), 8th Edition
Men of Achievement of the West and Midwest, 7th Edition