United States-Italy Research Workshop on

HYDROMETEOROLOGY, IMPACTS, AND MANAGEMENT
OF EXTREME FLOODS

Workshop Participants

The Research Workshop was attended by 41 experts from the United States of America and Europe including: United States (14), Italy (17), Spain (2), Belgium (1), United Kingdom (2), Germany (1), Greece (2), and The Netherlands (2). The workshop participants prepared written material on pre-determined subjects related to the theme of the workshop which were presented during plenary sessions of the meeting. In addition, two experts from the United States who could not attend the meeting, contributed with some written material. All contributions in the form of abstracts and papers are included in the sections Abstracts and Full Papers, respectively. The complete list of workshop participants and contributors are shown below.

United States of America

Dr. Rafael L. Bras, Head
Department of Civil and Environmental Eng.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
USA
Phone: (1-617)253-2117, Fax: (1-617)253-4546
e-mail: rlbras@mit.edu

Gral. Gerald G. Galloway
National Defense University
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Washington DC 20319
USA
Phone: (1-202)475-2028, Fax (1-202)475-0717
e-mail: galloway@ndu.edu

Dr. Konstantine P. Georgakakos
Hydrologic Research Center
12780 High Bluff Drive, Suite 260
San Diego, CA 92130
USA
Phone (1-619)794-2726, Fax (1-619)792-2519
e-mail: kpgeorga@hrc.ucsd.edu

Dr. Eve Gruntfest
Dept. of Geography & Environmental Studies
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO 80933
USA
Phone (1-970)491-3983
e-mail: gruntfest@CIRA.colostate.edu

Mr. John T. Hickey
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Water Management Section
1325 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95814-2922
Phone (1-916)557-7147 Fax (1-916)557-7863
e-mail: jhickey@spk.usace.army.mil

Dr. Lee W. Larson, Director
Hydrological Research Laboratory
National Weather Service, NOAA
SSMC2-Station 8348
1325 East West Highway
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
USA
Phone (1-301)713-0619, Fax (1-301)713-0963

Dr. Dennis S. Mileti, Director
Natural Hazards and Appl. Inf. Center
University of Colorado, Campus Box 482
Boulder, CO 80309
USA
Phone (1-303)492-6315, Fax (1-303)492-2151
e-mail: Dennis.Mileti@Colorado.edu

Ms. Mary Fran Myers
Natural Hazards and Appl. Inf. Center
University of Colorado, Campus Box 482
Boulder, CO 80309
USA
Phone (1-303)492-2150, Fax (1-303)492-2151
e-mail: myersmf@colorado.edu

Dr. Eleonora Sabadell, Director
Natural and Technological Hazard Mitigation Program
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 545
Arlington, VA 22230
Phone (1-703)306-1361 Fax (1-703)306-0291
e-mail: esabadel@nsf.gov

Dr. Jose D. Salas
Water Resources and Hydrologic Sciences
Department of Civil Engineering
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
USA
Phone (1-970)491-6057 Fax (1-970)491-7727
e-mail: jsalas@engr.colostate.edu

Dr. Eric A. Smith
Department of Meteorology
Florida State University
Tallahassee. FL 32306-3034
USA
Phone (1-904)644-4253 Fax (1-904)644-9639
e-mail: esmith@metsat.met.fsu.edu

Dr. Eugene Z. Stakhiv
Policy & Special Study Section
CEWRC - Institute of Water Resources
Telegraph Road. Casey Bldg.
Alexandria, VA 22315-3868
USA
Phone (1-703)355-2370 Fax (1-703)355-0124
e-mail: eugene.stakhiv@inet.hq.usace.army.mil

Dr. Gregory J. Tripoli
Dept. of Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences
University of Wisconsin at Madison
1225 West Dayton SY
Madison, WI 53706
USA
Phone (1-608)262-3700 Fax (1-608)262-0166
e-mail: tripoli@meteor.wisc.edu
web page: http://java.meteor.wisc.edu/index.html

Dr. Juan B. Valdes, Head
Department of Civil & Engr. Mechanics
The University of Arizona
Bldg. 72, Room 206
Tucson, AZ 85721-0072
USA
Phone (1-520)621-6581 Fax (1-520)621-2550
e-mail: jvaldes@u.arizona.edu

Dr. Evan C. Vlachos
Department of Sociology
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523
USA
Phone (1-970)491-6089 Fax (1-970)491-2191
e-mail: evlachos@vines.colostate.edu

Professor Ben Chie Yen
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Illinois
205 North Mathews Av.
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone (1-217)333-4934 Fax (1-217)333-9464

Italy

Dr. Giorgio Boni
Università di Genova
Istituto di Idraulica
Via Montallegro, 1
16145 Genova
ITALY
Phone (39-10)353-2496, Fax: (39-10)353-2481
e-mail: boni@idra.unige.it

Prof. Armando Brath
Politecnico di Milano
Dip. Ing. Idraulica, Ambientale e del Rilevamento
Piazza L. da Vinci, 32
20133 Milano
ITALY
Phone (39-51)644-3366, Fax (39-51)33-1446, (39-2)2399-6207
e-mail: brath@idra5.iar.polimi.it

Dr. Fabio Castelli
Università di Perugia
Istituto di Idraulica
S. Lucia, Perugia
ITALY
Phone (39-75)585-2623, Fax: (39-75)585-2606
e-mail: fabio@ingfi1.ing.unifi.it

Dr. Maurizio Conti
Università di Genova
Istituto di Idraulica
Via Montallegro, 1
16145 Genova
ITALY
Phone (39-10)353-2496, Fax (39-10)353-2481
e-mail: maurizio@idra.unige.it

Dr. Carlo De Michele
Politecnico di Milano
Dip. Ing. Idraulica, Ambientale e del Rilevamento
Piazza L. da Vinci, 32
20133 Milano
ITALY

Dr. Stefano Dietrich
CNR - Istituto di Fisica dell'Atmosfera
Via G. Galilei
00044 Frascati
ITALY
Phone (39-6)941-86251, Fax (39-6)941-86266
e-mail: stefano@sunifa3.ifsi.fra.cnr.it

Prof. Paolo La Barbera
Università di Genova
Istituto di Idraulica
Via Montallegro, 1
16145 Genova
ITALY
Phone (39-10)353-2496 Fax (39-10)353-2481
e-mail: paolo@idra.unige.it

Dr. Luca G. Lanza
Università di Genova
Istituto di Idraulica
Via Montallegro, 1
16145 Genova
ITALY
Phone (39-10)353-2496, Fax (39-10)353-2481
e-mail: luca@idra.unige.it

Dr. Alberto Mugnai
CNR - Istituto di Fisica dell'Atmosfera
Via G. Galilei
00044 Frascati
ITALY
Phone: (39-6)941-86215, Fax (39-6)941-86266
e-mail: mugnai@hp.ifsi.fra.cnr.it

Dott. Stefano Pagliara
Universta di Pisa
Istituto di Idraulica
Via Gabba, 22
Pisa
ITALY
Phone (39-50)55-0376 Fax (39-50)58-0955

Dr. Giulia Panegrossi
CNR - Istituto di Fisica dell'Atmosfera
Via G. Galilei
00044 Frascati
ITALY
Phone: (39-6)941-86215, Fax (39-6)941-86266

Professor Fabio Rossi
Universita di Salerno
Istituto di Ingegneria Civile
Via ex Convento, Penta di Fisciano
Salerno
ITALY
Phone (39-89)97-6075 Fax (39-89)97-4045
e-mail: villani@vaxsa.csied.unisa.it

Professor Renzo Rosso
Politecnico di Milano
Dip. Ing. Idraulica, Ambientale e del Rilevamento
Piazza L. da Vinci, 32
20133 Milano
ITALY
Phone (39-2)2399-6298, Fax (39-2)2399-6207
e-mail: rr@idra1.iar.polimi.it

Professor Giorgio Roth
Università di Genova
Istituto di Idraulica
Via Montallegro, 1
16145 Genova
ITALY
Phone (39-10)353-2496 Fax (39-10)353-2481
e-mail: giorgio@idra.unige.it

Professor Franco Siccardi
Università di Genova
Istituto di Idraulica
Via Montallegro, 1
16145 Genova
ITALY
Phone (39-10)353-2496 Fax (39-10)353-2481
e-mail: franco@idra.unige.it

Profesor Lucio Ubertini
Hydraulics Department
La Sapienza University
Via Eudossiana, 20
00184 Rome
ITALY
Phone (39-6)445-85044 Fax (39-6)445-85065

Professor Paolo Villani
Universita di Salerno
Istituto di Ingegneria Civile
Via ex Convento, Penta di Fisciano
Salerno
ITALY
Phone (39-89)97-6075 Fax (39-89)97-4045
e-mail: villani@vaxsa.csied.unisa.it

Other European Countries

Prof. Jean E. Berlamont
Leuven - Dept. of Civil Engineering
Hydraulics Laboratory
Rue de Croylaan, 2
Leuven
BELGIUM
Phone (32-16)32-1660, Fax (32-16)32-1989
e-mail: jean.berlamont@bwk.kuleuven.ac.be

Dr. Adri Buishand
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Postbus 201, 3730 AE Dn Bill
Wilhelminalaan, 10
THE NETHERLANDS
Phone (31-30)220-6450, Fax (31-30)21-0407
e-mail: buishand@knmi.nl

Professor Jordi Corominas
Civil Engineering School
Technical University of Cataluna
Gran Capitan s/n Ed. D-2-E
Barcelona
SPAIN
Phone (34-93)401-6866 Fax (34-93)401-7251
e-mail: corominas@etseccpb.upc.es

Dr. Jacques Ganoulis
Aristotele University of Thessaloniki
School of Engineering, Hydraulics Laboratory
Thessaloniki
GREECE
Phone (30-31)99-5681, Fax (30-31)21-6138
e-mail: iganoulis@olymp.ccf.auth.gr

Prof. Juan B. Marco
Hydraulic and Env. Eng. Dept.
Politechnical University of Valencia
Camino de Vera s.n., Apartado 22012
Valencia
SPAIN
Phone (34-6)387-7610, Fax (34-6)387-7618

Prof. Maria Mimikou
Dept. of Water Resources
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Heroon Polytechniou, 5
80 Zografou
GREECE
Phone (30-1)772-2878, Fax (30-1)772-2879
e-mail: mimikou@central.ntua.gr

Mr. Robert J. Moore
Institute of Hydrology
Krowmark Gifford, Wallingford
0X10 8BB Oxfordshire
UNITED KINGDOM
Phone (44-1491)69-2262, Fax (44-1491)69-2424
e-mail: r.j.moore@ua.nwl.ac.uk

Prof. P.E. O' Connell
Water Resources System Research Unit
Dept. of Civil Engineering
Claremont Road
NE 1 7RU Newcastle Upon Tyne
UNITED KINGDOM
Phone (44-191)222-6405, Fax (44-191)222-6669
e-mail: P.E.O'Connell@ncl.ac.uk

Professor Gert A. Schultz
Ruhr University Bochum
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Universitatstrasse 150
D4630 Bochum 1
GERMANY
Phone (49-234)700-4693, Fax (49-234)709-4153
e-mail: schultz@hydrology.ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Professor J. Wessel
Delft University of Technology
Department of WMG
Sterinweg, 1
NL 2628 Delft
THE NETHERLANDS
Phone (31-15)78-4066 Fax (31-15)78-6993