Borland Chair of Hydrology (2010-present)
Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching (2007)
Certificate of Appreciation for Contributions
to International Education (2005)
Presidential Early Career Award for
Scientists and Engineers (2002)

 Registrations and Memberships

Professional Engineer, Colorado and Pennsylvania
Member, American Geophysical Union
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
Member, American Society of Engineering Education

Refereed Publications

Niemann, J.D., B.M. Lehman, T.K. Gates, N.U. Hallberg, and A. Elhaddad, 2011, “Impact of Shallow Groundwater on Evapotranspiration Losses from Uncultivated Land in an Irrigated River Valley,” Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, 137, 501-512, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)IR.1943-4774.0000356.

Jung, K., J.D. Niemann, and X. Huang, 2011, “Under What Conditions Do Parallel Channel Networks Occur?” Geomorphology, 132, 260-271, doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.05.014.

Ruark, M.D., J.D. Niemann, B.P. Greimann, and M. Arabi, 2011, “A Method for Assessing Impacts of Parameter Uncertainty in Sediment Transport Modeling Applications,” Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 137, 6, 623-636, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000343.

Melliger, J.J., and J.D. Niemann, 2010, “Effects of Gully Topography on Space-Time Patterns of Soil Moisture in a Semiarid Grassland,” Journal of Hydrology, 389, 289-300.

Gironás, J., J.D. Niemann, L.A. Roesner, F. Rodriguez, and H. Andrieu, 2010, "Evaluation of Methods for Representing Urban Terrain in Stormwater Modeling," ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 15, 1, 1-14, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000142.

Gironás, J., J.D. Niemann, L.A. Roesner, F. Rodriguez, H. Andrieu, 2009, “A morpho-climatic instantaneous unit hydrograph model for urban catchments calculated from digital elevation models,” Journal of Hydrology, 377, 317-334.

Coleman, M.L, J.D. Niemann, and E.P. Jacobs, 2009, "Reconstruction of Hillslope and Valley Paleotopography by Application of a Geomorphic Model," Computers and Geosciences, 35, 1776-1784, doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2008.07.006.

Mejia, A.I., and J.D. Niemann, 2008, "Identification and Characterization of Dendritic, Parallel, Pinnate, Rectangular, and Trellis Networks Based on Deviations from Planform Self-Similarity," Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, F02015, doi:10.1029/2007JF000781.

Huang, X., and J.D. Niemann, 2008, "How do Streamflow Generation Mechanisms Affect Watershed Hypsometry," Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33, 751-772, doi: 10.1002/esp.1573.

Tripp, D.R., and J.D. Niemann, 2008, "Evaluating the Parameter Identifiability and Structural Validity of a Probability-Distributed Model for Soil Moisture," Journal of Hydrology, 353, 93-108, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.01.028.

Perry, M.A., and J.D. Niemann, 2008, "Generation of Soil Moisture Patterns at the Catchment Scale by EOF Interpolation," Hydrology and Earth System Science, 12, 39-53.

Perry, M.A., and J.D. Niemann, 2007, "Analysis and Estimation of Soil Moisture at the Catchment Scale Using EOFs," Journal of Hydrology, 334, 388-404, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.10.014.

Jawson, S.D., and J.D. Niemann, 2007, "Spatial Patterns from EOF/PC Analysis of Soil Moisture at a Large Scale and Their Dependence on Soil, Land-Use, and Topographic Properties," Advances in Water Resources, 30(3), 366-381, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2006.05.006.

Huang, X., and J.D. Niemann, 2006, "An Evaluation of the Geomorphically Effective Event for Fluvial Processes Over Long Periods," Journal of Geophysical Research, 111, F03015, doi:10.1029/2006JF000477.

Huang, X., and J.D. Niemann, 2006, "Modeling the Potential Impacts of Groundwater Hydrology on Long-Term Landscape Evolution," Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 31(14), 1802-1823, doi: 10.1002/esp.1369.

Niemann, J.D., and L.E. Hasbargen, 2005, "A Comparison of Experimental and Natural Drainage Basin Morphology Across a Range of Scales," Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, F04017, doi:10.1029/2004JF000204.

Niemann, J.D., and E.A.B. Eltahir, 2005, "Sensitivity of Regional Hydrology to Climate Changes, With Application to the Illinois River Basin," Water Resources Research, 41,: W07014, doi:10.1029/2004WR003893.

Niemann, J.D., and E.A.B. Eltahir, 2004, "Prediction of Regional Water Balance Components Based on Climate, Soil, and Vegetation Parameters, With Application to the Illinois River Basin," Water Resources Research, 40, W03103, doi:10.1029/2003WR002806.

Niemann, J.D., R.L. Bras, and D. Veneziano, 2003, "A Physically-Based Interpolation Method for Fluvially Eroded Topography," Water Resources Research, 39(1):1017, doi:10.1029/2001WR001050.

Niemann, J.D., N.M. Gasparini, G.E. Tucker, and R.L. Bras, 2001, "A Quantitative Evaluation of Playfair's Law and Its Use in Testing Long-Term Stream Erosion Models," Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 26:1317-1332.

Niemann, J.D., R.L. Bras, D. Veneziano, and A. Rinaldo, 2001, "Impacts of Surface Elevation on the Growth and Scaling Properties of Simulated River Networks," Geomorphology, 40:37-55.

Veneziano, D., and J.D. Niemann, 2000, "Self-Similarity and Multifractality of Fluvial Erosion Topography: 1. Mathematical Conditions and Physical Origin," Water Resources Research, 36(7):1,923-1,936.

Veneziano, D., and J.D. Niemann, 2000, "Self-Similarity and Multifractality of Fluvial Erosion Topography: 2. Scaling Properties," Water Resources Research, 36(7):1,937-1,951.

Veneziano, D., R.L. Bras, and J.D. Niemann, 1996, "Nonlinearity and Self-Similarity of Rainfall in Time and a Stochastic Model," Journal of Geophysical Research, 101(D21): 26,371-26,392.

Shnaydman, V., and J.D. Niemann, 1995, “Climate Change and Water Resources Management Strategy: The Terek River Basin,” In: Water Resources Management in the Face of Climatic/Hydrologic Uncertainties, Z. Kaczmarek et al., Editors, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.