Engineering at Illinois

Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Lab

University of Illinois

People

Faculty

Full-Time Faculty

Ana P. Barros

Email barros@nospam66ecee3acca58.illinois.edu
Title Donald Biggar Willett Chair of Engineering

Ximing Cai, Ph.D.

Email xmcai@nospam66ecee3accb82.illinois.edu
Title Colonel Harry F. and Frankie M. Lovell Endowed Professor in Civil Engineering

Marcelo H. Garcia, Ph.D.

Email mhgarcia@nospam66ecee3accc53.illinois.edu
Title M.T. Geoffrey Yeh Chair in Civil Engineering; Director, Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory

Megan Konar, Ph.D.

Email mkonar@nospam66ecee3accd13.illinois.edu
Title Associate Professor

Praveen Kumar, Ph.D.

Email kumar1@nospam66ecee3accdd9.illinois.edu
Title Colonel Harry F. and Frankie M. Lovell Professor

Megan L. Matthews

Email mlmatth2@nospam66ecee3acce7c.illinois.edu
Title Associate Professor

Gary Parker, Ph.D.

Email parkerg@nospam66ecee3accf36.illinois.edu
Title Professor and W. H. Johnson Professor of Geology

Rafael Tinoco, Ph.D.

Email tinoco@nospam66ecee3accfef.illinois.edu
Title Assistant Professor

Arthur R. Schmidt, Ph.D.

Email aschmidt@nospam66ecee3acd0a7.illinois.edu
Title Research Assistant Professor

Murugesu Sivapalan, Ph.D.

Email sivapala@nospam66ecee3acd161.illinois.edu
Title Professor

Ashlynn Stillwell, Ph.D.

Email ashlynn@nospam66ecee3acd218.illinois.edu
Title Associate Professor

Alex M. Tartakovsky

Email amt1998@nospam66ecee3acd2b6.illinois.edu
Title Professor

Albert J. Valocchi, Ph.D.

Email valocchi@nospam66ecee3acd37a.illinois.edu
Title Professor Emeritus

Affiliated Faculty

Jim Best, Ph.D.

Email jimbest@nospam66ecee3ace215.illinois.edu
Title Threet Professor
Department Geology

Leonardo P. Chamorro

Email lpchamo@nospam66ecee3ace2d8.illinois.edu
Title Assistant Professor
Department Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering

Francina Dominquez

Email francina@nospam66ecee3ace3a1.illinois.edu
Title Assistant Professor
Department Atmospheric Sciences

Jennifer Druhan

Email jdruhan@nospam66ecee3ace462.illinois.edu
Title Assistant Professor
Department Geology

Dimitrios Fytanidis

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Kaiyu Guan

Email kaiyug@nospam66ecee3ace96b.illinois.edu
Title Assistant Professor
Department Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences

Yu-Feng Lin

Email yflin@nospam66ecee3acea27.illinois.edu
Title Clinical Professor
Department Illinois State Geological Survey

Blake J. Landry, Ph.D.

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Title Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department US Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS

Bruce Rhoads

Email brhoads@nospam66ecee3acefb1.illinois.edu
Title Professor
Department Geography & Geographic Information Science

Staff

Jennifer Bishop

Andrew Waratuke

Post-Doctoral Researchers

Kao-Hua Chang

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Title Post-Doc
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Yu Chen

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Email ychenpku@nospam66ecee3ad11a3.illinois.edu
Title Post-Doc
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Som Dutta, Phd

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Email dutta5@nospam66ecee3ad15e5.illinois.edu
Title Post-Doc
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Mostafa Elag

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Title Post-Doc
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Maryam Ghadiri

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Title Post-Doc
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Allison Goodwell

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Email allison@nospam66ecee3ad216d.goodwell.net
Title Post-Doc
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Hao Luo

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Title Post-Doc
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Dongkook Woo

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Title Post-Doc
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Students

Ph.D. Students

Andres Rojas Aguirre

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Email afr3@nospam66ecee3ad8669.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Tushar Apurv

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Scott Banjavcic

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Jorge San Juan Blanco

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Email snjnbln2@nospam66ecee3ad9316.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Christopher Chini

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Sustainable Resilient Infrastructure Systems

Matthew Czapiga

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Email czapiga2@nospam66ecee3ad9c2c.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Qian Dang

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Roberto Fernandez

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Xiucheng Guan

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Yifan He

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Franklin Holcomb

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Nicole Jackson

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Energy-Water-Environment Sustainability Program

Peishi Jiang

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Amir Hossein Kohanpur

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Email kohanpu2@nospam66ecee3ade34a.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Jeffrey Kwang

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Title Ph.d. student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Esther Lee

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Zheng Li

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Xiaowen Lin

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Lauren Logan

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Energy-Water-Environment Sustainability Program

William Naggaga Lubega

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Energy-Water-Environment Sustainability Program

Kensuke Naito

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Heeho (Daniel) Park

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Sun Young Park

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Meredith Richardson

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Susana Roque-Malo

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Paul Ruess

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Email ruess2@nospam66ecee3ae362d.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Energy-Water-Environment Sustainability Program

Santiago Santacruz

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Majid Shafiee-Jood

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Email shafiee2@nospam66ecee3ae4288.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Chien-Yung Tseng

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Kexuan Wang

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Kunxuan Wang

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Reshmina William

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Email willi149@nospam66ecee3ae511e.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Sustainable Resilient Infrastructure Systems

Heng Wu

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Qina Yan

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

M.S. Students

Trevor Auth

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Title M.S. Student
Department Energy-Water-Environment Sustainability Program

Ye Bai

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

James Canning

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Title M.S. Student
Department Sustainable Resilient Infrastructure Systems

Chieh-Ying (Cindy) Chen

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Keng-Tzu Chuang

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Lucas Djehdian

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Title M.S. Student
Department Energy-Water-Environment Sustainability Program

Kurtis Duemler

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Linlu Gan

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Yan Ge

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Rachel von Gnechten

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Sajani Gumidyala

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Shaoxuan Guo

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Muhammad Khan

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Chulgi Kim

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Sanghyun Lee

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Andrew Leman

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Jieyu Qin

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Navid Rahimi

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Pallav Ranjan

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Kevin Wallington

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Jingjing Xu

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Shuo Yan

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Yu Zhang

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Qiankun Zhao

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Alumni

Oscar Garcia-Cabrejo

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Email garcia30@nospam66ecee3aedebd.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering

Lori Jones

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Title M.S. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Zhi Li

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Harsev Singh

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Email hsingh14@nospam66ecee3aeea8c.illinois.edu
Title M.S. Student
Department Environmental Engineering and Science

Dongchen Wang

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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

Chen Zhang

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Title M.S. Student
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering

2010

Blake J. Landry, Ph.D.
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Title Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department US Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS
John Watson
Title M.S., 2010
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering

2012

Justin Boldt
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Title M.S., 2012
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Sayo Chaoka
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Title M.S. 2012
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Javier Hernandez
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Title M.S., 2012
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering

2013

Davide Motta, Ph.D.
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Title Ph.D., 2013
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Esther Eke, Ph.D.
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Title Ph.D., 2013
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Mauricio M. Perillo, Ph.D.
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Title Ph.D., 2013
Department Geology
Sumit Sinha, Ph.D.
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Title Ph.D., 2013
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Venkatraman Srinivasan, Ph.D.
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Title Ph.D., 2013
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Andrew Erickson
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Title M.S. 2012
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Carolina Lara
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Title M.S. 2013
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Brittany Rittenbacher
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Title M.S. 2013
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Brynne Storsved
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Title M.S., 2013
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering

2014

Nam Jeong Choi, Ph.D.
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Title Ph.D., 2014
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Tatiana Garcia Botero, Ph.D.
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Title Ph.D., 2014
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Alec Robertson
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Title M.S., 2014
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering

2015

Jose Mier, Ph.D.
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Title Ph.D., 2015
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Zachary Barker
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Email zbarker2@nospam66ecee3b05414.illinois.edu
Title M.S., 2015
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Tyler DeNooyer
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Title M.S. 2015
Department Energy-Water-Environment Sustainability
Viviana Morales, Phd
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Email morale25@nospam66ecee3b05c9d.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D., 2015
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Paul Noel
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Title M.S., 2015
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Marielys Ramos
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Title M.S., 2015
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Andrew Rehn
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Email rehn1@nospam66ecee3b06bed.illinois.edu
Title M.S., 2015
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering

2016

David S. Ancalle
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Email ancalle2@nospam66ecee3b08855.illinois.edu
Title M.S., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Zachary Barnaal
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Title M.S., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Matt Doherty
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Title M.S., 2016
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science
Debsunder Dutta, Phd
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Email ddutta3@nospam66ecee3b09686.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Som Dutta, Phd
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Email dutta5@nospam66ecee3b09989.illinois.edu
Title Post-Doc
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science
Yao Hu, Phd
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Email yaohu2@nospam66ecee3b09fb2.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Esteban Lacunza
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Title M.S., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Phong Le, Phd
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Title Post-Doc, Ph.D., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Fernanda Maciel Yo
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Email maciely2@nospam66ecee3b0abed.illinois.edu
Title M.S., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Wesley Mercado
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Email wtmerca2@nospam66ecee3b0b369.illinois.edu
Title M.S., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Tianfang Xu, Phd
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Title Ph.D., 2016
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science
Zhenduo Zhu, Phd
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Title Ph.D., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulics Engineering
Roberto Takahashi
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Title M.S., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Fengyuan Tian
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Title M.S., 2016
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science
Oswaldo Torres
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Title M.S., 2016
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Derek Wagner
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Title M.S., 2016
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science
Chen Zhang
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Title M.S. Student
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering

2017

Landon Marston
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Email lmarsto2@nospam66ecee3b0e2cb.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Harsev Singh
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Email hsingh14@nospam66ecee3b1074f.illinois.edu
Title M.S. Student
Department Environmental Engineering and Science
David Waterman
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Email waterma3@nospam66ecee3b11091.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Environmental Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering
Ruijie Zeng
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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

2020

Dimitrios Fytanidis
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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science
Andres F. Prada
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Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science

2022

Leila Hernandez
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Email lch2@nospam66ecee3b13ed0.illinois.edu
Title Ph.D. Student
Department Water Resources Engineering and Science