Water Resources Engineering

Civil and Architectural Engineering and Construction Management

One of the most critical issues facing us today is the provision of enough water to meet the needs of society. Civil Engineers in the water resources area study a range of topics including water resource management, hydrology, hydraulic systems, irrigation, and groundwater flow. Water resources is a highly interdisciplinary field that uses both traditional methods as well as newer technology including remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to analyze data and perform complex system modeling.

Water Resources Research Faculty

Noriaki Ohara

Dr. Ohara specializes in hydrologic modeling, snow hydrology, hydrologic field observation, hydrometeorology, and theoretical treatment of scale gap.

Ryan Webb

Dr. Webb's areas of interest include snow hydrology, mountain hydrology, unsaturated flow dynamics, remote sensing of snow, and impacts of wildfire.

Dr. Jianting Zhu, in a striped blue and white button-up shirt, stands outside smiling at the camera

Jianting (Julian) Zhu

Dr. Zhu specializes in vadose zone hydrology, groundwater hydrology,
hydrological modeling, stochastic hydrology, contaminant transport,
uncertainty and climate change, ecohydrology, and soil physics.