Water Resources Engineering and Science
Microbiology graduate student Alexandra Linz, at left, and volunteer Carolyn Voter, a graduate student studying water resources engineering and science, collect data and water samples from Lake Mendota near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus during a pre-dawn through sunrise summer outing on July 14, 2016. The work is part of a continuous, 44-hour limnology experiment to study how day- and night-light cycles effect growth of water bacteria and carbon exchange between photosynthetic microbes and non-photosynthetic microbes. (Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison)
The two primary foci of the water resources engineering & science group are hydrology and environmental/ecological fluid mechanics with particular strengths in water sustainability; computational fluid mechanics; flow, mixing and thermal structure of lakes; stochastic hydrology; groundwater hydrology; engineering hydraulics; stream and wetland restoration; stormwater management; and hydroecology. The group investigates applied and theoretical problems in both the built and natural environments. Field methods, laboratory experiments, remote-sensing techniques, numerical modeling, statistical modeling, and analytic approaches are combined to address scientific and engineering questions leading to better water resource management, a better interface between the built and natural environments, and more sustainable use of water resources.
Faculty
Affiliated Faculty
Katherine McMahon
Dante Fratta
Professors of Pracitce
Rich Beilfuss
Tom Jenkins
Fred Klancnik
Post-doctoral students
and researchers
Eric Booth
Solomon Erkyihun
Research groups
Hydroecology Group
Environmental/Ecological Fluid Mechanics Lab
Water Systems & Society
Related Programs
Water Resources Management
Freshwater and Marine Sciences Program
Geological Engineering
UW Water Resources Institute
Current research projects
WSC Cat-2: Climate change, shifting land use, and urbanization in a midwestern agricultural landscape: challenges for water quality and quantity
Principal Investigators: Chris Kucharik, Steve Loheide, Adena Rissman, Steve Carpenter, Monica Turner
Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Water Sustainability & Climate Program
04/1/2011-03/31/2016
CAREER: Improving the science and practice of restoration with hydroecologic observatories
Principal Investigator: Steve Loheide
Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Environmental Sustainability & Hydrologic Sciences Program
01/15/2010-01/14/2015
Collaborative Research:
New knowledge from the global lake ecological observatory network
Principal Investigator: Chin Wu and Paul Hanson
10/01/09-12/13/14
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Application and Demonstration of Floating Bog Interceptors (FBIs) for Cherokee Marsh Restoration
Principal Investigator: Chin Wu
01/01/12-12/31/14
Sponsor: Dane County, Wisconsin
Yahara Clean Water Intiatives
Principal Investigator: Chin Wu
01/01/12-12/31/14
Sponsor: Dane County, Wisconsin
INFOS for WINgra Best Management Plan (WIN-BMP)
Principal Investigator: Chin Wu
1/01/12-12/31/14
Sponsor: City of Madison
The two primary foci of the water resources engineering & science group are hydrology and environmental/ecological fluid mechanics with particular strengths in water sustainability; computational fluid mechanics; flow, mixing and thermal structure of lakes; stochastic hydrology; groundwater hydrology; engineering hydraulics; stream and wetland restoration; stormwater management; and hydroecology. The group investigates applied and theoretical problems in both the built and natural environments. Field methods, laboratory experiments, remote-sensing techniques, numerical modeling, statistical modeling, and analytic approaches are combined to address scientific and engineering questions leading to better water resource management, a better interface between the built and natural environments, and more sustainable use of water resources.
Faculty
Affiliated Faculty
Katherine McMahon
Dante Fratta
Professors of Pracitce
Rich Beilfuss
Tom Jenkins
Fred Klancnik
Post-doctoral students
and researchers
Eric Booth
Solomon Erkyihun
Research groups
Hydroecology Group
Environmental/Ecological Fluid Mechanics Lab
Water Systems & Society
Related Programs
Water Resources Management
Freshwater and Marine Sciences Program
Geological Engineering
UW Water Resources Institute
Current research projects
WSC Cat-2: Climate change, shifting land use, and urbanization in a midwestern agricultural landscape: challenges for water quality and quantity
Principal Investigators: Chris Kucharik, Steve Loheide, Adena Rissman, Steve Carpenter, Monica Turner
Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Water Sustainability & Climate Program
04/1/2011-03/31/2016
CAREER: Improving the science and practice of restoration with hydroecologic observatories
Principal Investigator: Steve Loheide
Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Environmental Sustainability & Hydrologic Sciences Program
01/15/2010-01/14/2015
Collaborative Research:
New knowledge from the global lake ecological observatory network
Principal Investigator: Chin Wu and Paul Hanson
10/01/09-12/13/14
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Application and Demonstration of Floating Bog Interceptors (FBIs) for Cherokee Marsh Restoration
Principal Investigator: Chin Wu
01/01/12-12/31/14
Sponsor: Dane County, Wisconsin
Yahara Clean Water Intiatives
Principal Investigator: Chin Wu
01/01/12-12/31/14
Sponsor: Dane County, Wisconsin
INFOS for WINgra Best Management Plan (WIN-BMP)
Principal Investigator: Chin Wu
1/01/12-12/31/14
Sponsor: City of Madison