Research Grants and Contracts

Research Support at Portland State University (PI unless otherwise specified)

1. USACE Engineer Research and Development Center Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU): Development and Validation of Reservoir and Riverine Water Quality Models (2020 – 2023)

2. USACE Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC) Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA): Water Quality Module Enhancement, Testing and Validation for HEC software (RAS, ResSim, HMS) (2019 – 2022)

3. USACE Portland District CESU: Water Quality Modeling Support for Columbia and Snake River System (2019 – 2023)

4. USACE Engineer Research and Development Center CESU: Development and Validation of Multi-dimensional Surface Water Quality Model (2018 – 2022)

5. USACE Engineer Research and Development Center CESU: Development and Validation of Riverine Water Quality Models (2018 – 2019)

Research Support at Other Universities

6. USACE Broad Agency Announcement: Numerical Water Quality and Contaminant Modeling (2016 – 2018) Co-PI at University of California at Davis.

7. USACE Broad Agency Announcement: Numerical Water Quality and Contaminant Modeling (2012 – 2016) Co-PI at Jackson State University.

8. Argonne National Laboratory: Development and Application of SWAT Model to the Mississippi River Basin for Evaluating Impacts of Biofuel Production and Land Use Changes on Water Quality (2009 – 2014), PI at CHT.

Research Support at USACE ERDC

9. Hydrologic Water Quality Modeling in Support of Watershed Based Planning Decision Support (2017 – 2021)
Source/Funding: USACE Ecosystem Management and Restoration Research Program (EMRRP)

10. Integrating Environmental Considerations with Water Resource Simulations (2016 – 2019)
Source/Funding: EMRRP

11. Multi-dimensional Modeling of Interactions between Nutrients and Riparian Vegetation for Improved Riverine Ecosystem Management (2016 – 2019)
Source/Funding: EMRRP

12. Modeling Interactions of Flow and Riparian Vegetation for Improved Riverine Ecosystem Management (2013 – 2016)
Source/Funding: EMRRP

13. Develop and Improve Nutrient Modeling Capabilities within HEC-RAS (2012 – 2014)
Source/Funding: EMRRP

14. Development of Watershed Scale Nutrient Simulation Modules for USACE Hydrologic and Hydraulic Models (2003 - 2010)
Source/Funding: USACE System-Wide Water Resources Program (SWWRP)

15. Development of the CE-QUAL-ICM Bioenergetics Oyster Model (2011)
Source/Funding: USACE System-Wide Water Resources Program (SWWRP)

16. Development of a Multidimensional Surface Water Contaminant Modeling Capability for Organic and Non-Organic Military Munitions Constituent (2016 - 2018)
Source/Funding: ERDC Directed Research Program

17. CE-QUAL-W2 Model Upgrades (2017) Source/Funding: ERDC Directed Research Program

18. Source Attribution of Unique Chemicals in Surface Water (2014 - 2016)
Source/Funding: Army Environmental Quality Technology (EQT) Program

19. Training Range Environmental Evaluation and Characterization System (TREECS) (2008 - 2013)
Source/Funding: Army Environmental Quality/Installations (EQ/I) Program

20. Development of a Distributed Sources Contaminant Transport, Transformation and Fate Model (2004 - 2009)
Source/Funding: EQT

21. Development of a Spatially-based Landscape Model in Geospatial Risk Assessment Modeling Systems (GeoRAMS) (2003 - 2004)
Source/Funding: Army Environmental Response and Security Protection (ERASP) Program

22. The Demonstration and Validation of a Linked Watershed-Riverine Modeling System for DoD Installations (2013 - 2018)
Source/Funding: Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) (RC-201302)

23. HEC-RAS and CE-QUAL-W2 Water Quality Modeling Support for the Columbia River System Operations (CRSO) Environmental Impact Statement (2017 - 2018)
Source/Funding: USACE Portland District

24. Santa Anna River HEC-RAS Riparian Vegetation Modeling Support (2018 - 2019)
Source/Funding: USACE Los Angeles District

25. Development of the Santa Margarita River Watershed MIKE-SHE Model (2003 - 2004)
Source/Funding: USACE Los Angeles District

26. Missouri River Water Quality Modeling Support for Missouri River Recovery Management Plan/ Environmental Impact Statement (2013 - 2018)
Source/Funding: USACE Kansas City District

27. EFDC/CE-QUAL-ICM Water Quality Modeling for Jacksonville Harbor GRR-2 Deepening Project (2013 - 2014)
Source/Funding: USACE Jacksonville District

28. Minnehaha Creek Watershed SWMM Modeling Review and Update (2012 - 2013)
Source/Funding: USACE St. Paul District

29. Development of the Russian River Watershed HEC-HMS Model (2008 - 2009)
Source/Funding: USACE San Francisco District

30. Development of the Potomac River CE-QUAL-ICM Water Quality Model (2007)
Source/Funding: EPA