Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering

Hydrologic Science and Engineering – Research

Hydrologic Science and Engineering - Research

Research
 

The HSE program encompasses a diverse array of research topics that span all components of the hydrologic cycle including characterizing variability across space, time, and scale and studying interactions with Earth and human systems. Research projects range from fundamental studies on the physics of hydrologic processes to applied research that has direct applications in engineering practice and other fields. Projects can involve field work, laboratory analysis, use of proximal, drone, and satellite remote sensing techniques, application of machine learning and other data science methods, computational simulations, and webtool development.
 

Please see the webpages of participating faculty for recent and current research projects:  Antônio Alves Meira NetoMazdak ArabiRyan BaileyJose ChavezFrances Davenport, Jeffrey Niemann, and Ryan Smith.


Subsidence as estimated by a model trained with Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR)-derived subsidence data for 47 regions (blue dots) and a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)-based coastal subsidence dataset (Dr. Smith).

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Integration of remote sensing-based crop evapotranspiration and salinity mapping with ground-based data to understand irrigation management issues and land salinization (Dr. Chavez and Dr. Gates).