Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Frank Weirich
Business Address: Department of Geoscience
University
of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Phone: 319-335-0156
Email: frank-weirich@uiowa.edu
EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
1. Higher Education:
| Institutions |
Date Attended |
Field of Study |
Degrees |
Dates Awarded |
| University of Toronto |
|
Geomorphology, Hydrology and Climatology |
Ph. D. |
1982 |
| McMaster University |
|
Geomorphology and Hydrology |
M. Sc. |
1979 |
| University of Toronto |
|
Majors in Geography (physical), Philosophy and History |
B. Sc. |
1973 |
2. Professional and Academic Positions:
| Title |
Dates of Service |
Location or Institution |
| Associate Professor of Geology, Associate Professor
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Research Engineer
at Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research (IIHR) |
1996-present |
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA |
Associate Professor of Geography, Associate Professor
of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, Research Engineer at Iowa Institute of
Hydraulic Research (IIHR)
|
1988-1996 |
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
|
| Assistant Professor, Department of Geography |
1982-1988 |
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA |
| Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Geography |
1980-1982 |
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA |
3. Honors and Awards:
| USDA Distinguished Publication Award for 1996 |
1996 |
| Nystrom Award from the Association of American Geographers
(National Award) |
1984 |
| UCLA Career Development Award |
1983 |
| National Research Council Postgraduate Award (declined) |
1982 |
| Massey Junior Fellowship |
1980-81 |
| Massey Junior Fellowship |
1979-80 |
| National Research Council Postgraduate Award (Doctoral) |
1976-78 |
| National Research Council Postgraduate Award (Masters) |
1974-76 |
| Canada Council Special M.A. Award (declined) |
1974-75 |
| |
|
| Canadian Geographical Association Award (National) |
1973 |
| Rhodes Scholarship Finalist |
1973 |
| St. Michael’s College Gold Medal (University
of Toronto) |
1973 |
| Varsity Scholarship in Geography (University of Toronto) |
1972-73 |
4. Memberships
Association of American Geographers
Geological Society of America
SCHOLARSHIP
1. Publications or Creative Works
a. Refereed Publications
Research:
1. Weirich, F.H.*, Sayeeduzamann, M.+ and Wilson, M. (2000)
Development of a JAVA-based watershed/channel model for
high energy mountain watersheds. In Proceedings of 4th International
Conference on Hydroinformatics, July 23-27, 2000.
2. Lata, M.+ and Weirich, F.H.** (1999) Fire temperature
dynamics in grasslands of the eastern Great Plains. In Proceedings
of the 16th North American Prairie Conference, ed. J. T.
Springer, 16: 95-105.
3. Marion, D.A.+ and Weirich, F.H.** (1999) Fine-grained
bed patch response to near-bankfull flows in a step-pool
channel. In Proceedings of AWRA Specialty Conference on
Wildland Hydrology, eds. D. S. Olsen and J. P. Potyondy,
pp. 93-100.
4. Sayeeduzzaman, M.+ and Weirich, F.H.** (1999) A GIS-Based
Distributed Modeling of Runoff and Sediment Yield in a Fire
Impacted, Mountain Watershed, in Shamsi, U.M. (ed) GIS Applications
in Stormwater and Nonpoint Sources, pp. 1-10. Ann Arbor
Press, Inc.
5. Marion, D.A.+ and Weirich, F. H.** , (1997). Simulating
Storm Events. In Environmental Testing and Analysis V.6(4)
pp. 15-16.
6. Sayeeduzzaman, M.+ and Weirich, F.H.** (1996) Runoff
and Sediment Yield in a Fire Impacted, Mountain Watershed:
Fluvial Hydrologic Modeling in a GIS Environment, in Hallam,
C.A., Salisbury, J.M., Lanfear, K.J. and Battaglin, W.A.
(eds.), American Water Resources Association Symposium Proceedings:
GIS and Water Resources, Sept. 1996. American Water Resource
Association (AWRA), Ft. Lauderdale, FL, pp. 447-456.
7. Bennett, D.A.+, Armstrong, M.P., and Weirich, F.H.**
(1996) An Object-oriented Modelbase management system for
environmental simulation (In M.F. Goodchild, L.T. Steyaert,
B.O. parks, M.P. Crane, C.A. Johnston, D.R. Maidment, S.J.
Glenndinning, eds., GIS and Environmental Modeling: Progress
and Research Issues, Ft. Collins, CO, GIS World Inc.
8. Stocks, B.J., Vanwillgen, B.W., Trollope, W.S.W., McRae,
D.J., Mason, J.A., Weirich, F.***, Potgieter, A.L.F. (1996)
Fuels and Fire Behavior Dynamics on Large-Scale Savanna
Fires in Kruger National Park, South Africa, Journal of
Geophysical Research, v. 101, p. 23541-23550.
9. Schwarz, W.L.+, Malanson, G.P. and Weirich, F.H.** (1996)
Effects of landscape position on the sediment chemistry
of abandoned channels of a meandering river system, Landscape
Ecology
10. Riggan, P.J., Weirich, F.H.***, DeBano, L.F., Poth,
M., Jacks, P.M., and Lockwood, R.N. (1995) Effect of fire
severity on nitrate mobilization in watersheds subject to
chronic atmospheric deposition, Environmental Science and
Technology.
11. McRae, D.J., Weirich, F.H.**, Johnson, B.+ (1994) Quantification
of Large-scale mass fire for GIS analysis. Proceedings of
the 12th International Conference on Fire and Forest Meteorology,
Oct. 26-28, 1993, at Jeckyl Island, Georgia, USA.
12. Bennett, D.A.+, Armstrong, M.P., Weirich, F.H.** (1993)
An object-oriented modelbase management system for environmental
simulation. Proceedings of the Second International Conference
on Integrating Geographic Information Systems and Environmental
Modeling, Sept. 26-30, 1993, Breckenridge, Colorado, 10
pp.
13. Weirich, F.H.* (1989) The generation of turbidity currents
by subaerial debris flows, Geographical Society of America
Bulletin, v. 101, p. 278-291 (February issue).
14. Weirich, F.H.* (1988) New field evidence of hydraulic
jumps in turbidity currents, Nature, v. 332, p. 626-628.
15. Weirich, F.H.* (1987) Sediment transport and deposition
by fire-related debris flows in southern California, in
Erosion and Sedimentation In the Pacific Rim, R.I. Beschta,
T. Blinn, G.E. Grant, F.J. Swanson Sciences, Publication
No. 165, p. 283-284.
16. Trimble, S.W., Weirich, F.H.*** (1987) Reforestation
reduces streamflow in the southeastern United States, Journal
of Soil and Water Conservation, v. 42, p. 274-276.
17. Trimble, S.W., Weirich, F.H.***, and Hoag, B.L. (1987)
Reforestation and the reduction of water yield on the Southern
Piedmont since circa 1940, Water Resources Research, v.
23, no. 3, p. 425-437.
18. Wells, W.G., Wohlgemuth, P.M., Campbell, A.G., and Weirich,
F.H.*** (1987) Postfire sediment movement by debris flows
in the Santa Ynez Mountains, California, in Erosion and
Sedimentation in the Pacific Rim, R.I. Beschta, T. Blinn,
G.E. Grant, F.J. Swanson and G.G. Ice (eds.), International
Association of Hydrologic Sciences, Publication No. 165,
p. 275-276.
19. Weirich, F.H.* (1986) A study of the nature and incidence
of density currents in a shallow glacial lake, Annals of
the Association of American Geographers, v. 76, no. 3, p.
396-413.
20. Weirich, F.H.* (1986) The record of density-induced
underflows in a glacial lake, Sedimentology, v. 33, p. 261-277.
21. Trimble, S.W., Weirich, F.H.***, and Hoag, B.L. (1986)
Reforestation and the reduction of water yield on the Southern
Piedmont since c. 1940, in EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical
Union, v. 67, no. 50, p. 1391.
22. Weirich, F.H.* (1985) Sediment budget for a high energy
glacial lake, Geografiska Annaler, v. 67, series A, p. 83-99.
23. Weirich, F.H.* (1984) Turbidity currents: monitoring
their occurrence and movement with a three-dimensional sensor
network, Science, v. 224, p. 384-387.
24. Weirich, F.H.* (1985) A process study of turbidity underflows
in a shallow, high energy, glacial lake environment, in
First International Conference of Geomorphology, Manchester,
England, p. 636.
25. Weirich, F.H.* (1985) An integrated study of channel
and reservoir sediment transport and deposition in a high
energy California watershed, in First International Conference
of Geomorphology, Manchester, England, p. 637.
26. Weirich, F.H.* (1982) Site location and instrumentation
aspects of a study of sedimentation processes in a proglacial
lake in southeastern British Columbia, in Research in Glacial,
Glacio-fluvial and Glacio-lacustrine Systems, R. Davidson-Arnott,
W. Nickling and B.D. Fahey (eds.), p. 239-260.
Book Reviews:
1. Weirich, F.H.* (1986) Elements of Physical Geography,
by A.N. Strahler and A.H. Strahler, book review in Journal
of Geography, v. 85, no. 1, p. 38-39.
2. Weirich, F.H.* (1986) Geomorphological Hazards in Los
Angeles, by R.U. Cooke, book review in Geographical Review,
v. 76, no. 2, p. 221-222.
3. Weirich, F.H.* (1985) Arctic Ordeal: The Journal of John
Richardson, Surgeon-Naturalist with Franklin, ed. By C.
Stuart Houston, book review in American Review of Canadian
Studies, v. 85, no. 1, p. 38-39.
Monographs:
Weirich, F.H.* (1985) Introducing Physical Geography,
A Laboratory Source Book for Community Colleges, Published
by the Office of Instructional Development, UCLA, 143 pp.
Film and Video:
1. Weirich, F. H. (1998) “Slides”, -a 1 hr
Discovery Channel special on avalanches and landslides developed
as part of the series “Earth’s Fury”.
This one hour special, for which I acted as a scientific
advisor and as as an interviewee, has aired nationally and
distributed to 128 countries.
2. Weirich, F.H. (1995-96) “The Burning Season”,-
a 1 hour Weather Channel (national) special on fire and
related flooding processes. This one hour special, for which
I acted as the chief scientific advisor and an interviewee,
has aired nationally and been distributed overseas.
b. Non-refereed Publications
Government and Agency Reports (selected)
1. Weirich, F. H. (2001) Final Report on Development of
a Prototype Data Warehouse for Coralville Reservoir. A report
prepared for the U.S. Corps of Engineers. Dec. 2001.
2. Weirich, F. H. (2000) Report on Development of a Prototype
Data Warehouse for Coralville Reservoir. A report prepared
for the U.S. Corps of Engineers. Dec. 2000.
3. Weirich, F. H. (1999) Report on Development of a Prototype
Data Warehouse for Coralville Reservoir. A report prepared
for the U.S. Corps of Engineers. Dec. 1999.
4. Weirich, F. H. (1999) Interim Report on Development of
a Prototype Data Warehouse for Coralville Reservoir. A report
prepared for the U.S. Corps of Engineers. Oct. 1999.
5. Weirich, F. H. (1999) Interim Report on Development of
the CFIRMS Data Warehouse Data Warehouse for Coralville
Reservoir. A report prepared for the U.S. Corps of Engineers.
July. 1999.
6. Weirich, F. H. (1999) Interim Report on Development of
the CFIRMS Data Warehouse for Coralville Reservoir. A report
prepared for the U.S. Corps of Engineers. April. 1999.
7. Weirich, F.H. (1998). Report on Expansion of Initial
Prototype Data Warehouse for Coralville Reservoir. A report
prepared for the U.S. Corps of Engineers. Oct. 1998. (400
pages including appendicies)
8. Weirich, F.H. (1998). Interim Report on Expansion of
Initial Prototype Data Warehouse for Coralville Reservoir.
A report prepared for the U.S. Corps of Engineers. June
1998.
9. Weirich, F.H. (1998). Interim Report on Expansion of
Initial Prototype Data Warehouse for Coralville Reservoir.
A report prepared for the U.S. Corps of Engineers. April
1998.
10. Weirich, F.H. (1997) Report of Initial Phase of Work
on the Development of a Prototype Data Warehouse for Coralville
Reservoir. A report prepared for the U.S. Corps of Engineers.
Oct. 1997.(25 pages).
11. Weirich, F.H. (1995). Supplemental Report on a Study
of Fire Dynamics and related Processes Using Field Data.
A supplemental report for the Canadian Forest Service.
12. Weirich, F.H. (1993). A Study of Fire Dynamics and Related
Processes Using Field Data. Progress Report no. 2 (Results
to Dec. 31, 1993. Part of joint Canadian Forest Service/University
of Iowa study. (funded by the Canadian Government). 106
pages.
13. Weirich, F.H. (1994). Final Report on a Study of Fire
Dynamics and Related Processes Using Field Data. A final
report for the Canadian Forest Service of one section of
a multi-year study. 540 pages.
14. Weirich, F.H. (1993). San Gabriel Dam-Sediment Removal
Study. Final Report for the Los Angeles Flood Control District.
60 pages.
15. Weirich, F.H. (1994). A Study of Fire Dynamics and Related
Processes Using Field Data. Progress Report No. 1. Part
of the joint Canadian Forest Service/University of Iowa
Study. 347 pages.
16. Weirich, F.H. (1993). Sedimentation Study of the Morris
Reservoir Pilot Sluicing Project. Final Report for the Los
Angeles Flood Control District. 159 pages.
17. Weirich, F.H. (1992). Canada Mass-fire and Dynamics
Experiments for 1989: Contributions of the University of
Iowa in the areas of Sensor and Fields, Data Integration
using a GIS, and Flow Field Visualization. Final report
to the Forest Service of the USDA. 350 pages.
18. Weirich, F.H. (1991). Final Evaluation of Fire Flow
Fields in the Hill Township Fire Experiment of August 10,
1989. A report to the USDA. 17 pages.
19. Weirich, F.H. (1991). Progress Report on Cooperative
Agreement INT-89419-RJVA (The Canadian Fire Experiments).
A report to the USDA. 210 pages.
Other Publications
1. Sayeeduzzaman, M. and Weirich, F. H. (2002) Java Implementation
of a New GIS-Based Distributed Parameter Runoff Model for
Fire-Impacted Mountain Watersheds. To be presented at the
Association of American Geographers, National Meeting, March
2003, New Orleans, LA.
2. Wilhelmson, R. B. Weirich, F. H. Hibbard, B. Peckham,
S., Wilson, M., Sayeeduzzaman, M., Christianson, D. and
Lai, Y. (2002) Towards the implementation of a fully integrated
flood model. Published in the proceedings of the American
Meteorological Society 16th Conference on Hydrology, Jan.
2002.
3. Blesius, L. and Weirich, F. H. (2002) Landslide hazard
mapping using stereo SPOT satellite images and thematic
maps. Published in the Program Abstracts of the Association
of American Geographers, National Meeting, March 2002, Los
Angeles, CA.
4. Sayeeduzzaman, M., Weirich, F.H. and Wilson, M. (2002)
The application of JANSWERS for modeling runoff in fire
impacted mountain watersheds. Published in the Program Abstracts
of the Association of American Geographers, National Meeting,
March 2002, Los Angeles, CA.
5. Weirich, F. H. and Blesius, L. (2000) A new look at Manning’s
“n”. Published in the Program Abstracts of the
American Association of Geographers, National Meeting, April
2000, Pittsburgh, PA.
6. Sayeeduzzaman, M. and Weirich, F. H.(2000) Development
of a Java-based distributed parameter model for prediction
of runoff in watersheds under various hydro-geomorphic environments.
Published in the Program Abstracts of the Association of
American Geographers, National Meeting, April 2000, Pittsburgh,
PA.
7. Blesius, L., Sayeeduzzaman, M. and Weirich, F.H. (2000)
Slope characterization by spatial autocorrelation. Published
in the Program Abstracts of the Association of American
Geographers, National Meeting, April 2000, Pittsburgh, PA.
8. Sayeeduzzaman, M. and Weirich, F. H. (1998) Development
of a GIS-based model for simulating fire effect on runoff
in mountain watersheds. Published in the Program Abstracts
of the Association of American Geographers, National Meeting,
March 1998, Boston, Mass.
9. Blesius, L. and Weirich, F.H. (1996) Prediction of shallow
landslides using GIS, geotechnical slope stability, and
soil moisture models. Published in the Program Abstracts
of the National Meeting of the Geological Society of America,
Oct. 1996, Denver, CO.
10. Blesius, L. And Weirich, F.H. (1996) Shallow landslide
prediction utilizing GIS and dynamic soil moisture modeling.
Published in the Program Abstracts of the Association of
American Geographers, National Meeting, April, 1996, Charlotte,
NC.
11. Sayeeduzzaman, M. and Weirich, F.H. (1996) The application
of ANSWERS for modeling runoff in a high-energy mountain
watershed. Published in the Program Abstracts for Association
of American Geographers, National Meeting, April, 1996,
Charlotte, NC.
12. Sayeeduzzaman, M. and Weirich, F.H. (1996) A framework
for a New GIS-based, Distributed Parameter Model for Simulating
Runoff and Erosion in Fire Impacted Mountain Watersheds.
Published in the Program Abstracts of the National Meeting
of the Geological Society of America, Oct., 1996, Denver,
CO.
13. Sayeeduzzaman, M. and Weirich, F.H. (1996) Runoff and
Sediment Yield in a Fire Impacted, Mountain Watershed: Fluvial
Hydrologic Modeling in a GIS Environment. Published in the
Program Abstracts of the National Meeting of the AWRA (American
Water Resources Association), Sept. 1996, Ft. Lauderdale,
Florida.
14. Weirich, F.H. and Marion, D. (1996) Field experiments
to assess peak flow effects on high-gradient, low order
mountain stream channels. Published in Program Abstracts
for the Association of American Geographers, National Meeting,
April, 1996, Charlotte, NC.
15. Weirich, F.H. and Marion, D. (1996) The Evaluation of
Peak Flow Effects on High-Gradient, Low-Order Mountain Stream
Channels Using a Field-Scale Experimental Facility. Published
in the Program Abstracts of the National Meeting of the
GSA, Oct. 1996, Denver, CO.
16. Blesius, L. And Weirich, F.H. (1996) Shallow landslide
prediction utilizing GIS and dynamic soil moisture modeling.
Published in the Program Abstracts of the Association of
American Geographers, National Meeting, April 1996, Charlotte,
NC.
17. Lata, M. and Weirich, F.H. (1996) Effects of moisture
on subsurface thermal dynamics of fire in tallgrass prairie.
Published in the Program Abstracts of the Association of
American Geographers, National Meeting, April ,1996, Charlotte,
NC.
18. Weirich, F.H., Blesius, L., Aker, B. (1995) Integrated
space shuttle and ground instrumentation of pyrogeomorphic/biogeochemical
processes. Published in the Program Abstracts of the Association
of American Geographers, National Meeting, March 1995, Chicago
.
19. Blesius, L., Weirich, F.H. and Aker, B. (1995) Integrated
thermal IR and ground-based measurements to assess fire
and geomorphic dynamics. Published in the Program Abstracts
of the Association of American Geographers, National Meeting,
April 1995, Chicago.
20. Johnson, J. and Weirich, F.H. (1995) Quantification
of trap efficiency of riparian vegetation in a mountain
environment. Published in the Program Abstracts of the Association
of American Geographers, National Meeting, March 1995, Chicago.
21. Sayeeduzzaman, M. and Weirich, F.H. (1995) The application
of ANSWERS for modeling runoff in a high-energy mountain
watershed. Published in the Program Abstracts of the American
Association of American Geographers, National Meeting, March
1995,Chicago.
22. Marion, D. and Weirich, F.H. (1995) Assessing peak flow
effects on high-gradient, low order mountain stream channels.
Published in the Program Abstracts of the Association of
American Geographers, National Meeting, March 1995, Chicago.
23. Weirich, F.H. (1995) An integrated process based approach
to the study of sediment transport and deposition in a high
energy mountain environment. Published in the Program Abstracts
of International Himalayan/Tibetan Plateau Paleoclimate
Workshop, April 2-7, 1995, Kathmandu, Nepal (Sponsored by
the US National Science Foundation).
24. Johnson, B. and Weirich, F.H. (1994) Wildland fire spread
rate prediction in a boreal forest. Published in the Program
Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers, National
Meeting, 1994, San Francisco, California.
25. Johnson, J. and Weirich, F.H. (1994) Impact of Riparian
vegetation on intermediate channel storage in a high energy
mountain environment. Published in the Program Abstracts
of the Association of American Geographers, National Meeting,
1994, San Francisco, California.
26. Rokos, D.K., Armstrong, M.P., Weirich, F.H. (1994) Towards
the development of a distributed watershed model for a parallel
computing environment. Published in the Program Abstracts,
Association of American Geographers, National Meeting, 1994,
San Francisco, California.
27. Weirich, F.H. (1994) Intermediate channel storage dynamics
in a high energy mountain environment. Published in the
Program Abstracts of the Association of American Geographers,
National Meeting, 1994, San Francisco, California.
28. Weirich, F.H., Dai, J., Finley, S. (1994) The use of
GIS to optimize sediment deposition mapping and modeling
in three midwest reservoirs. Published in the Program Abstracts
of the Association of American Geographers, National Meeting,
1994, San Francisco, California.
29. Bennett, D., Armstrong, M.P., Weirich, F.H. (1992) Object-orientated
geographic models for dynamic watershed models. Published
in the Program Abstracts of the, Association of American
Geographers, National Meeting,1992, San Diego, California.
30. Weirich, F.H. (1992) Field based experimentation into
the variation of intermediate storage in high energy mountain
environments. Published in the Program Abstracts of the
Association of American Geographers, National Meeting, 1992,
San Diego, California.
31. Weirich, F.H. (1991) Fire related fluvial erosion, transport
and deposition processes. Published in the Program Abstracts
of the Association of American Geographers, National Meeting,
1991, Miami, Florida.
32. Weirich, F.H. (1990) Fluvial erosion, transport and
deposition processes. Published in the Program Abstracts
of the Association of American Geographers, National Meeting,
1990, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
33. Weirich, F.H. (1989) Variation in erosion rates and
sediment transport processes in burnt watersheds. Published
in the Program Abstracts of the Association of American
Geographers, National Meeting, 1989, Baltimore, Maryland.
34. Weirich, F.H. (1987) Subaqueous and subaerial debris
flows in a high energy environment: the Lodi Canyon-Puddingstone
Reservoir study. Published in the Program Abstracts of the
Association of American Geographers, National Meeting, 1987,
Portland, Oregon.
35. Weirich, F.H. (1986) Sediment transport by debris and
sediment laden flows in a southern California watershed.
Published in the Program Abstracts of the Association of
American Geographers, National Meeting, 1986, Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
36. Weirich, F.H. (1984) The use of an integrated, three-dimensional
instrument system to study sedimentation processes in a
glacial lake. Published in the Program Abstracts of the
Association of American Geographers, National Meeting, 1984,
Washington, D.C.
37. Weirich, F.H., and Lee, J.A. (1982) A new sampling method
for sand transport by wind. Published in the Program Abstracts
of the Association of American Geographers, National Meeting,
1982, San Antonio, Texas.
2. Research Grants
a. Selected External Grants (All sole PI except
for *)
| 1997-03 |
National Science Foundation
“Application of High Performance Computing in
Environmental Hydrology”.* I am the lead PI on
this project. There have been several co-PIs over the
years.
|
$ 520,000*
($190,000 in
2001-2002) |
| 1997-02 |
United States Corps of Engineers
Funding for phase 1 (data warehouse development) for
“Development of a Comprehensive Flood Impact-Response
Modeling System (CFIRMS)
|
$350,000 |
| 1997 |
Silicon Graphics Corporation
Equipment Grant
|
$ 61,000 |
| 1997 |
PCI Remote Sensing Corporation
Equipment Grant (commercial computer software license)
|
$450,000 |
| 1997 |
Scientific Software Group
Equipment Grant (commercial computer software licenses)
|
$183,000 |
| 1997 |
Environmental Systems Research Institute
Equipment Grant (commercial computer software licenses)
|
$175,000 |
| 1996 |
Silicon Graphics Corporation
Equipment Grant (to enable acquisition of a supercomputer
system)
|
$1,250,000 |
| 1996 |
University of Iowa, Office of the VP for Research
Matching grant to assist in the purchase of a supercomputer
system
|
$ 200,000 |
| 1994 |
UNI wind field study (University funded) |
$ 15,000 |
| 1993-95 |
USDA Forest Service
Peak flow effects on channel morphology in high gradient,
low order streams of the Ouachita Mountains
|
$ 75,000 |
| 1993-95 |
USDA Forest Service
Precipitation record study
|
$ 15,000 |
| 1992-94 |
Canadian Forest Service
Fire dynamics and related physical processes
|
$ 65,000 |
| 1991-94 |
Canadian Forest Service
A study of fire dynamics and related processes using
field data, IR imagery and computer modelling
|
$ 42, 500 |
| 1989-91 |
USDA Forest Service
Fire dynamics and related physical processes in a boreal
forest
|
$180,000 |
| 1988-89 |
USDA Forest Service
Fire related soil heating in a boreal forest
|
$ 57,000 |
| 1987-89 |
USDA Forest Service
Soil Heating, fuel consumption and post-fire debris
flows from the 1986 Lodi Canyon Prescribed fire (supplemental
grant).
|
$ 39,000 |
| 1987-90 |
National Science Foundation
A field based process study of subaqueous hydraulic
jumps in debris flows and turbidity flows.
|
$135,000 |
| 1986-88 |
LA County Flood Control District
Reservoir sedimentation patterns associated with subaqueous
debris and turbidity flows.
|
$ 59,000 |
| 1987 |
UCLA, Senate Research Grant
Variation of sediment transport on steep slopes
|
$ 4,000 |
| 1986 |
USDA, Forest Service
Soil heating, fuel consumption and post-fire debris
flows from the 1986 Lodi Canyon prescribed fire.
|
$ 56,000 |
| 1986-88 |
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Sedimentation processes in Stone Canyon Reservoir
|
$ 17,000 |
| 1986-88 |
USDA, Forest Service
Dynamics and bulking factors in post-fire flows (supplemental
grant).
|
$ 7,000 |
| 1986 |
USDA, Forest Service
Sampling the soil atmosphere during prescribed fire.
|
$ 2,000 |
| 1986 |
USDA, Senate Research Grant
Subaqueous debris flow processes.
|
$ 4,000 |
| 1985 |
USDA, Forest Service
Dynamics and bulking factors in post-fire flows
|
$ 9,000 |
| 1985 |
USDA, Forest Service
Watershed recovery after fire at the San Dimas Experimental
Forest
|
$ 31,000 |
| 1985 |
UCLA, Senate Research Grant
Sedimentation processes in a reservoir environment
|
$ 4,000 |
| 1984-85 |
USDA, Forest Service
Fire effects of debris flows and the mobilization of
atmospheric deposition products.
|
$ 67,000 |
| 1984 |
UCLA, Office of Instructional Development |
$ 30,000 |
| 1984 |
UCLA, Senate Research Grant
Sedimentation processes in a reservoir environment
|
$ 5,000 |
| 1983 |
UCLA, Senate Research Grant |
$ 10,000 |
| 1983 |
UCLA, Senate Research Grant
Sedimentation processes.
|
$ 5,000 |
| 1982 |
Rockwell International Grant |
$ 4,000 |
| |
Total Individual Grants =$ 3,610,500. Total individual
grants and lead PI= |
$4,130,500 |
Joint Grants
| 1992-94 |
NASA
A joint grant with J. Schnoor, G. Carmichael involving
instructional development for Earth System Science
|
$ 50,000 |
| 1990-91 |
A proposal for an equipment grant form the Hewlett-Packard
Corporation for computer equipment for the Global and
Regional Climate Change Group was prepared by Mark Armstrong,
Witold Krajewski, Malanson (Chair) and Frank Weirich.
The proposal was funded in the amount of $275,000. |
$275,000 |
| 1991-92 |
USDA
Riparian Polar tree buffer impacts on surface water
quality/quantity and crop yield/value
(Joint proposal with Jerry Schnoor and L. Licht)
(multi-year funding-first year of $30,000).
|
$ 30,000 |
| |
Total Joint Funding |
$355,000 |
| |
TOTAL GRANT AND AWARD FUNDING |
$4,485,500 |
3. Conference Presentations
a. International Conference Presentations
Invited
1. Weirich, F.H. The role of crack systems in the hydrology
of landslides. A Keynote presentation at 18th International
Symposium on Caribbean Geology, U of Puerto Rico, Feb. 23-27,
2000.
2. Weirich, F.H. Fire related run-off processes in high
energy environments. A Keynote presentation at 18th International
Symposium on Caribbean Geology, U of Puerto Rico, Feb. 23-27,
2000.
3. Weirich, F.H. (1995) An integrated process based approach
to the study of sediment transport and deposition in a high
energy mountain environment. A paper presented at the International
Himalayan/Tibetan Plateau Paleoclimate Workshop, April 2-7,
1995, Kathmandu, Nepal (Sponsored by the US National Science
Foundation).
Volunteered
1. Marion, D. and Weirich, F. H. (2001) Equal mobility
bedload transport in a small step-pool channel in the Ouachita
Mts. A paper presented at Binghamtom International Symposium
in Geomorphology, Oct. 2001, Chapel Hill, NC.
2. Weirich, F.H., Sayeeduzamann, M. and Wilson, M. Development
of a JAVA-based watershed/channel model for high energy
mountain watersheds. Presented at 4th International Conference
on Hydroinformatics, July 23- 27, 2000.
3. McRae, D.J., Weirich, F.H., Johnson, B. (1993) Quantification
of Large-scale mass fire for GIS analysis. A paper presented
at the 12th International Conference on Fire and Forest
Meteorology, Oct. 26-28, 1993, at Jeckyl Island, Georgia,
USA.
4. Weirich, F.H. (1987) Sediment transport and deposition
by fire-related debris flows in southern California. A paper
presented at the International Conference on Erosion and
Sedimentation In the Pacific Rim, Corvallis, Washington,
1987.
5. Weirich, F.H. (1984) A process study of turbidity underflows
in a shallow, high energy, glacial lake environment. A paper
presented at the First International Conference of Geomorphology,
Manchester, England, Sept. 1984. Sponsored by the World
Geological Congress.
6. Weirich, F.H. (1984) An integrated study of channel and
reservoir sediment transport and deposition in a high energy
California watershed. A paper presented at First International
Conference of Geomorphology, Manchester, England, Sept.
1984 . Sponsored by the World Geological Congress.
7. Weirich, F.H. (1982) Site location and instrumentation
aspects of a study of sedimentation processes in a proglacial
lake in southeastern British Columbia. A paper presented
at the Guelph Symposium on Geomorphology, 1982.
b. National Conference Presentations
Volunteered
1. Blesius, L. and Weirich, F. H. (2002) Landslide hazard
mapping using stereo SPOT satellite images and thematic
maps. A paper to be presented at the Association of American
Geographers, National Meeting, March 2002, Los Angeles,
CA.
2. Sayeeduzzaman, M., Weirich, F.H. and Wilson, M. (2002)
The application of JANSWERS for modeling runoff in fire
impacted mountain watersheds. A paper to be presented at
the Association of American Geographers, National Meeting,
March 2002, Los Angeles, CA.
3. Weirich, F. H. and Blesius, L. (2000) A new look at Manning’s
“n”. A paper presented at the American Association
of American Geographers, National Meeting, April 2000, Pittsburgh,
PA.
4. Sayeeduzzaman, M. and Weirich, F. H. (2000) Development
of a Java-based distributed parameter model for prediction
of runoff in watersheds under various hydro-geomorphic environments.
A paper presented at the Association of American Geographers,
National Meeting, April 2000, Pittsburgh, PA.
5. Leonhard, B., Sayeeduzzaman, M. and Weirich, F.H. (2000)
Slope characterization by spatial autocorrelation. A paper
presented at the Association of American Geographers, National
Meeting, April 2000, Pittsburgh, PA.
6. Weirich, F.H. (1998) Development of a Comprehensive,
Flood Impact Response Modeling System (CFIRMS). A paper
presented at the ASCS Water Resources Conference, April,
1998, Iowa State University.
7. Sayeeduzzaman, M. and Weirich, F. H. (1998) Development
of a GIS-based model for simulating fire effect on runoff
in mountain watersheds. A paper presented at the Association
of American Geographers, National Meeting, March 1998, Boston,
Mass.
8. Blesius, L. and Weirich, F.H. (1996) Prediction of shallow
landslides using GIS, geotechnical slope stability, and
soil moisture models. A paper presented at National Meeting
of the Geological Society of America, Oct. 1996, Denver,
CO.
9. Blesius, L. And Weirich, F.H. (1996) Shallow landslide
prediction utilizing GIS and dynamic soil moisture modeling.
A paper presented at the Association of American Geographers,
National Meeting, April, 1996, Charlotte, NC.
10. Sayeeduzzaman, M. and Weirich, F.H. (1996) The application
of ANSWERS for modeling runoff in a high-energy mountain
watershed. A paper presented at the Association of American
Geographers, National Meeting, April, 1996, Charlotte, NC.
11. Sayeeduzzaman, M. and Weirich, F.H. (1996) A framework
for a New GIS-based, Distributed Parameter Model for Simulating
Runoff and Erosion in Fire Impacted Mountain Watersheds.
A paper presented at the National Meeting of the Geological
Society of America, Oct., 1996, Denver, CO.
12. Sayeeduzzaman, M. and Weirich, F.H. (1996) Runoff and
Sediment Yield in a Fire Impacted, Mountain Watershed: Fluvial
Hydrologic Modeling in a GIS Environment. A paper presented
at the National Meeting of the AWRA (American Water Resources
Association), Sept. 1996, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
13. Weirich, F.H. and Marion, D. (1996) Field experiments
to assess peak flow effects on high-gradient, low order
mountain stream channels. A paper presented at the Association
of American Geographers, National Meeting, April, 1996,
Charlotte, NC.
14. Weirich, F.H. and Marion, D. (1996) The Evaluation of
Peak Flow Effects on High-Gradient, Low-Order Mountain Stream
Channels Using a Field-Scale Experimental Facility. A paper
presented at the National Meeting of the GSA, Oct. 1996,
Denver, CO.
15. Blesius, L. And Weirich, F.H. (1996) Shallow landslide
prediction utilizing GIS and dynamic soil moisture modeling.
A paper presented at the Association of American Geographers,
National Meeting, April 1996, Charlotte, NC.
16. Lata, M. and Weirich, F.H. (1996) Effects of moisture
on subsurface thermal dynamics of fire in tallgrass prairie.
A paper presented at the Association of American Geographers,
National Meeting, April ,1996, Charlotte, NC.
17. Weirich, F.H., Blesius, L., Aker, B. (1995) Integrated
space shuttle and ground instrumentation of pyrogeomorphic/biogeochemical
processes. A paper presented at the Association of American
Geographers, National Meeting, March 1995, Chicago .
18. Blesius, L., Weirich, F.H. and Aker, B. (1995) Integrated
thermal IR and ground-based measurements to assess fire
and geomorphic dynamics. A paper presented at the Association
of American Geographers, National Meeting, April 1995, Chicago.
19. Johnson, J. and Weirich, F.H. (1995) Quantification
of trap efficiency of riparian vegetation in a mountain
environment. A paper presented at the Association of American
Geographers, National Meeting, March 1995, Chicago.
20. Sayeeduzzaman, M. and Weirich, F.H. (1995) The application
of ANSWERS for modeling runoff in a high-energy mountain
watershed. A paper presented at the American Association
of American Geographers, National Meeting, March 1995,Chicago.
21. Marion, D. and Weirich, F.H. (1995) Assessing peak flow
effects on high-gradient, low order mountain stream channels.
A paper presented at the Association of American Geographers,
National Meeting, March 1995, Chicago.
22. Johnson, B. and Weirich, F.H. (1994) Wildland fire spread
rate prediction in a boreal forest. A paper presented at
the Association of American Geographers, National Meeting,
1994, San Francisco, California.
23. Johnson, J. and Weirich, F.H. (1994) Impact of Riparian
vegetation on intermediate channel storage in a high energy
mountain environment. A paper presented at the Association
of American Geographers, National Meeting, 1994, San Francisco,
California.
24. Rokos, D.K., Armstrong, M.P., Weirich, F.H. (1994) Towards
the development of a distributed watershed model for a parallel
computing environment. A paper presented at the Association
of American Geographers, National Meeting, 1994, San Francisco,
California.
25. Weirich, F.H. (1994) Intermediate channel storage dynamics
in a high energy mountain environment. A paper presented
at the Association of American Geographers, National Meeting,
1994, San Francisco, California.
26. Weirich, F.H., Dai, J., Finley, S. (1994) The use of
GIS to optimize sediment deposition mapping and modeling
in three midwest reservoirs. A paper presented at the Association
of American Geographers, National Meeting, 1994, San Francisco,
California.
27. Bennett, D., Armstrong, M.P., Weirich, F.H. (1992) Object-orientated
geographic models for dynamic watershed models. A paper
presented at the Association of American Geographers, National
Meeting,1992, San Diego, California.
28. Weirich, F.H. (1992) Field based experimentation into
the variation of intermediate storage in high energy mountain
environments. A paper presented at the Association of American
Geographers, National Meeting, 1992, San Diego, California.
29. Weirich, F.H. (1991) Fire related fluvial erosion, transport
and deposition processes. A paper presented at the Association
of American Geographers, National Meeting, 1991, Miami,
Florida.
30. Weirich, F.H. (1990) Fluvial erosion, transport and
deposition processes. A paper presented a the Association
of American Geographers, National Meeting, 1990, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada.
31. Weirich, F.H. (1989) Variation in erosion rates and
sediment transport processes in burnt watersheds. A paper
presented at the Association of American Geographers, National
Meeting, 1989, Baltimore, Maryland.
32. Weirich, F.H. (1987) Subaqueous and subaerial debris
flows in a high energy environment: the Lodi Canyon-Puddingstone
Reservoir study. A paper presented at the Association of
American Geographers, National Meeting, 1987, Portland,
Oregon.
33. Weirich, F.H. (1986) Sediment transport by debris and
sediment laden flows in a southern California watershed.
A paper presented at the Association of American Geographers,
National Meeting, 1986, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
34. Weirich, F.H. (1984) The use of an integrated, three-dimensional
instrument system to study sedimentation processes in a
glacial lake. A paper presented at the Association of American
Geographers, National Meeting, 1984, Washington, D.C.
35. Weirich, F.H., and Lee, J.A. (1982) A new sampling method
for sand transport by wind. A paper presented at the Association
of American Geographers, National Meeting, 1982, San Antonio,
Texas.
4. Invited lectures at Other Institutions:
Department of Physics, Caltech
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Berkeley
USGS, National Research Center, Denver
UC Santa Barbara, Dept. of Geography, Seminar Series
National Bureau of Standards
Congressional Briefings (Washington D.C.)
USDA National Fire Laboratory
University of Chicago
USDA Forest Service, Riverside Fire Laboratory
Los Angeles County Flood Control District
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Canadian Forest Service
NIST (Bureau of Standards)
University of Minnesota
South Dakota School of Mines
University of Puerto Rico
5. Invited presentations at Workshops
1. Weirich, F. H. (2000) “ Development of Earth System/Environmental
Science programs at U of I” Invited presentation at
ESSE (Earth System Science Education) NASA Workshop, College
Park ,MD June 14-16, 2000
2. Weirich, F. H. (2000) Invited participant to AGI Workshop
for Development of discipline wide introductory instruction
materials (role - to develop instructional materials for
national distribution by AGI to the Geoscience community
- my responsibility - developing flood model modules, College
Park, MD June 15 - 20, 2000.
3. Weirich, F. H. (1999) “JAVA based watershed modeling
and instructional elements” presented at the Application
of High Performance Computing in Environmental Hydrology
meeting, Champagne- Urbana, U. of Illinois, April 14-15,
1999.
6. Major Pending Decisions (Grant Proposals)
4. Federal authorization for second phase of the CFIRMS
project (The Development of a “Comprehensive, Flood
Impact Response Modeling System” in the amount of
$3,000,000 was authorized in late 1999. (This is a single
PI project). First phase funding of $350,000 was provided
from 1998-2002. Negotiations with respect to the release
of the second phase funding were underway in 2002-3.
5. A proposal entitled: “Proposal for the development
of the Iowa Advanced Visualization Facility (AVF)”
was prepared in 2002. (This is a single PI project). It
is a $30,000,000 proposal. Resource and support totaling
$20,000,000 have been provisionally committed to date. Based
on the revised plans and recommendations, a final decision
regarding this proposal is expected in the Spring of 2003.
Funding sources will consist of a mix of NSF, State and
Federal Agencies, University, technology providers and private
sector donors.
TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
1. Teaching Responsibilities:
Teaching responsibilities (here at the University of Iowa)
have involved the following undergraduate and graduate courses
in Engineering, Geology, Environmental Sciences and Geography:
Under-Graduate Courses:
Introductory Earth Systems Science
Introductory Environmental Science
Earth Surface Processes
Drainage Basin Form and Process
Water Resources Management
Fluvial Geomorphology
Field Methods
Geocomputing
Graduate:
Drainage Basin Form and Process
Water Resources Management
Advanced Earth Surface Processes
Glacial and Pleistocene Geomorphology
Field Methods
In addition, I have also taught courses in glacial geomorphology,
quantitative field methods, quantitative fluvial geomorphology
and sedimentation processes and related graduate courses
and seminars at UCLA and at the University of Toronto.
2. Students Supervised
Ph.D. Candidates
I have supervised/am presently supervising a total of
10 doctoral students (4 at the present time)
M.S. Candidates
I have supervised/am presently supervising a total of 15
masters candidates (2 at the present time)
a. Post Doctoral Supervision
I am presently supervising 1 post-doctoral visitor
3. Other contributions to instructional programs
1) One of the co-founders (developers) of the new Environmental
Science Degree here at U of Iowa and a member of the executive
board (1996 - present)
2) Member of NASA national group on development of Earth
System Science (1992-present)
3) Co-PI on NSF sponsored national initiative to develop
use of supercomputing for both instructional and computational
missions (1997-present)
4) Lead in obtaining instructional development grants and
donations to enable establishment a high end UNIX based
instruction laboratory for Environmental Science and Geoscience
instruction here at U of Iowa (1996 - present)
5) Lead in obtaining approximately $2,000,000 in instructional
software specifically for use in undergraduate instruction
here at the University of Iowa (1996 - present)
6) Lead in putting in place computational infrastructure
for the in-house computer systems and networks in the Department
of Geoscience here at U. of Iowa (1996 - present)
7) PI on grant which obtained a $1,200,000 award from SGI
which enable acquisition of a high performance (supercomputer)
class parallel computer system which will be used in both
instruction and research (1996)
8) Made a 1 hour special national special television on
fire and floods for the Weather Channel which was shown
nationally (acted as guest commentator and scientific advisor
for the entire special) (1995 - 1996)
9) Acted as scientific advisor and guest commentator on
a Discovery Channel 1 hour special on Avalanches and Landslides
entitled “Slides” and developed as part of a
series entitled “Earth’s Fury”- this was
a 1 hour special which is presently being distributed and
aired in 128 countries (1998 - 1999)
10) Have acted as scientific advisor and commentator on
a number of public service announcements regarding the hazards
of debris flows and flooding events in the Western United
States (1995 - present)
11) Selected for editorial board of the “Journal of
Earth System Science Education” (1999 - present)
12) PI of proposal for an Advanced Visualization Facility
here at the U of Iowa (2002 - present). This $30,000,000
proposal involves the establishment of a high end instructional
and research facility which will be used for 3-D visualization
at all instructional levels and in advanced research applications
across a broad spectrum ranging from medicine, engineering,
and geoscience to physics and the theatre arts.
SERVICE (Last 5 years)
1. Department
2001-2002
1. Member of departmental space committee
2. Member of library committee of IIHR
3. Departmental representative at University recruitment
days (several throughout the year)
4. Departmental representative to Faculty Assembly
5. Chair of departmental computer committee/Member of departmental
computer committee
6. Oversight of departmental computer network
7. Member of departmental space committee
8. Member of library committee of IIHR
9. Departmental representative at University recruitment
days (several throughout the year)
10. Member of Hydrogeology search committee
2000 -
1. Departmental representative to Faculty Assembly
2. Chair of departmental Computer Committee
3. Oversight of departmental computer network
4. Member of departmental space committee
5. Member of library committee of IIHR
6. Departmental representative at University recruitment
days (several throughout the year)
7. Member of Hydrogeology search committee
1999 -
1. Departmental representative to Faculty Assembly
2. Chair of departmental Computer Committee
3. Oversight of departmental computer network
4. Member of departmental space committee
5. Member of library committee of IIHR
6. Departmental representative to the Second Exxon Geoscience
Department Chair Conference (April 7-9, 1999)
7. Departmental representative at University recruitment
days (several throughout the year)
1998 -
1. Departmental representative to Faculty Assembly
2. Chair of departmental Computer Committee
3. Oversight of departmental computer network
4. Departmental coordinator of building remodeling project
(fire code upgrade)
5. Member of library committee of IIHR
6. Departmental representative to the First Exxon Geoscience
Department Chair Conference (April 1998)
7. Member of Departmental Self Study-Strategic Plan Committee
8. Departmental representative at University requirement
days (several throughout the year)
1997 -
1. Departmental representative to the Faculty Assembly
2. Oversight of the development of the departmental computer
network
3. Member of the departmental computer committee
4. Departmental coordinator of building code remodeling
project (fire code work)
5. Member of library committee of IIHR
6. Member of the Departmental Self Study - Strategic Plan
Committee
7. Sought and obtained funding for development of a new
high end (unix based) instructional facility in Geology
8. Chair of supercomputer committee in Hydraulics (IIHR)
1996 -
1. Oversight of the development of the departmental computer
network
2. Member of the departmental computer committee
3. Departmental coordinator of building code remodeling
project (fire code work)
4. Member of library committee of IIHR
5. Member of the strategic planning committee in Geology
6. Chair of supercomputer committee in Hydraulics (IIHR)
2. College/University of Iowa
a. College
2001 -2002
1. Member of the Executive Committee of the Environmental
Sciences Degree Program
2. Representative of the Environmental Science Interdisciplinary
Program at University Recruitment days (several throughout
the year).
3. Member of the Executive Committee of the Environmental
Sciences Degree Program
4. Member of Faculty Assembly (representative for Geology)
5. Representative of the Environmental Science Interdisciplinary
Program at University Recruitment days (several throughout
the year).
2000 -
1. Member of the Executive Committee of the Environmental
Sciences Degree Program
2. Member of Faculty Assembly (representative for Geology)
3. Representative of the Environmental Science Interdisciplinary
Program at University Recruitment days (several throughout
the year).
1999 -
1. Member of the Executive Committee of the Environmental
Sciences Degree Program
2. Member of Faculty Assembly (representative for Geology)
3. Representative of the Environmental Science Interdisciplinary
Program at University Recruitment days (several throughout
the year).
1998 -
1. Member of the Executive Committee of the Environmental
Sciences Degree Program
2. Member of Faculty Assembly (representative for Geology)
3. Representative of the Environmental Science Interdisciplinary
Program at University recruitment days (several throughout
the year).
1997 -
1. Member of the Executive Committee of the Environmental
Sciences Degree Program
2. Member of Faculty Assembly (alternate for Geology)
1996 -
1. Member of the ad hoc committee proposing the creation
of the Environmental Sciences Degree Program
2. Member of Faculty Assembly (for Geography for Spring
term only)
3. Member of the Executive Committee of the Environmental
Sciences Degree Program
4. Member of Faculty Assembly (alternate for Geology for
Fall term only)
b. University
2001-2002-
1. University representative to the NASULGC’s Board
on Natural Resources (a national organization of land grant
universities)
2. Member of CHEECS advisory board
3. Member of Executive Committee of Quarternary Studies
Interdisciplinary Group
4. Gave Congressional Briefings on university research initiatives
5. University representative to the NASULGC’s Board
on Natural Resources (a national organization of land grant
universities)
6. Member of CHEECS advisory board
7. Member of Executive Committee of Quarternary Studies
Interdisciplinary Group
8. Gave Congressional Briefings on university research initiatives
2000-
1. University representative to the NASULGC’s Board
on Natural Resources (a national organization of land grant
universities)
2. Member of CHEECS advisory board
3. Member of Executive Committee of Quarternary Studies
Interdisciplinary Group
4. Gave Congressional Briefings on university research initiatives
1999-
1. University representative to the NASULGC’s Board
on Natural Resources (a national organization of land grant
universities)
2. Member of CHEECS advisory board
3. Member of Executive Committee of Quarternary Studies
Interdisciplinary Group
1998-
1. University representative to the NASULGC’s Board
on Natural Resources (a national organization of land grant
universities)
2. Member of CHEECS advisory board
3. Member of Executive Committee of the Quarternary Studies
Interdisciplinary Group
1997-
1. University representative to the NASULGC’s Board
on Natural Resources (a national organization of land grant
universities)
2. Member of CHEECS advisory board
3. Member of the University Infrastructure Committee (for
University Accreditation)
4. Member of the Executive Committee of the Environmental
Sciences Degree
5. Member of Center for Global and Regional Environmental
Research Computer Committee (CGRER)
6. Member of Center for Global and Regional Environmental
Research Executive Committee (CGRER)
7. Member of Executive Committee of Quaternary Studies Interdisciplinary
Group
1996-
1. University representative to the NASULGC’s Board
on Natural Resources (a national organization of land grant
universities)
2. Member of CHEECS advisory board
3. Member of the University Infrastructure Committee (for
University Accreditation)
4. Member of the Executive Committee of the Environmental
Sciences Degree
5. Member of Center for Global and Regional Environmental
Research Computer Committee (CGRER)
6. Member of Center for Global and Regional Environmental
Research Executive Committee (CGRER)
7. Member of Executive Committee of Quaternary Studies Interdisciplinary
Group
3. Profession
2001-2002-
1. Served on Advisory Board of Journal of Earth System Science
Education
2. Invited Representative to the AGI Geoscience Associates
Conference
3. Member of AGI Human Resources Committee (national level
committee associated with AGU) (one of 3 university representatives
to the committee) (several meetings throughout the year)
4. Served on Advisory Board of Journal of Earth System Science
Education
5. Invited Representative to the AGI Geoscience Associates
Conference
6. Member of AGI Human Resources Committee (national level
committee associated with AGU) (one of 3 university representatives
to the committee) (several meetings throughout the year)
2000-
1. Served on Advisory Board of Journal of Earth System Science
Education
2. Served on Advisory Board for the 4th International Conference
on Hydroinformatics
3. Invited Representative to the Second AGI Geoscience Associates
Conference ( March 18-20, 2000 (a national conference)
4. Member of AGI Human Resources Committee (national level
committee associated with AGU) (one of 3 university representatives
to the committee) (several meetings throughout the year)
1999-
1. Selected to serve on Advisory Board of Journal of Earth
System Science Education
2. Served on Advisory Board for the 4th International Conference
on Hydroinformatics
3. Gave Congressional Briefings on the hydrologic and environmental
impact of human induced climate change (did so at invitation
of the UCS)
1998-
1. Invited representative to the First AGI Geoscience Associates
Conference (a national conference)
4. Community
2001-2002 -
1. Gave Congressional Briefings on university/community
related research questions
2. Conducted discussions regarding linkage of university
visualization initiative with local and state school systems
3. Provided professional advise to City of Iowa City with
respect to runoff and flooding issues in local watersheds
as community service (no fees).
4. Gave Congressional Briefings on university/community
related research questions
5. Conducted discussions regarding linkage of university
visualization initiative with local and state school systems
2000 –
1. Gave Congressional Briefings on university/community
related research questions
2. Conducted discussions regarding linkage of university
visualization initiative with local and state school systems
1999 –
1. Gave Congressional Briefings in Washington, DC. on the
hydrologic and environmental impact of human induced climate
change.(UCS- sponsored Climate Science Education Day)
2. Scientific advisor and participant (interviewee) on Discovery
Channel special program (1 hr) “Slides” on landslides
(both nationally and globally distributed to 128 countries)
1998 –
1. Gave congressional briefings on flood hazards and modeling
efforts underway
2. Participated in planning a 1 hr documentary special for
the Discovery Channel on landslide hazards
3. Work on Discovery Channel special program on landslides
(planning and assembly of animation and video elements)
1997 –
1. Public service announcements on flood and debris hazards
2. Congressional briefings of flooding and flood related
issues
1996 –
1. Public service announcements on flood and debris hazards
2. Congressional briefings on flooding and flood related
issues
