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Hugo B. Fischer Award California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum

Hugo B. Fischer Award California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum. February 28, 2006. Hugo B. Fischer Award. In Honor of Dr. Fischer’s Pioneering Work on SF Bay-Delta WQ Modeling Conceived & Endowed by Lyle Hoag Retired Executive Director of CUWA Co-Founder of the Modeling Forum.

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Hugo B. Fischer Award California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum

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  1. Hugo B. Fischer Award California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum February 28, 2006

  2. Hugo B. Fischer Award • In Honor of Dr. Fischer’s Pioneering Work on SF Bay-Delta WQ Modeling • Conceived & Endowed by Lyle Hoag • Retired Executive Director of CUWA • Co-Founder of the Modeling Forum

  3. Hugo B. Fischer • B.S. (1958), M.S. (1963) & Ph.D. (1966) from California Institute of Technology • Professor of Civil Engineering at U.C. Berkeley till 1983 • World-Renown Authority • Salt-Water Intrusion • Water Pollution • Heat Dispersion in Waterways • Mixing of Rivers & Oceans

  4. Hugo B. Fischer Award • The innovative development, refinement or application of a computer model, or • Significant furtherance of the effective use of models in open forums for planning or regulatory functions

  5. Past Fischer Award Winners • 1995-Dr. Alan Jassby (UCD)/Dr. Richard Denton (CCWD) • 1996-Dr. Ralph Cheng (USGS) • 1997-Dr. Greg Gartrell (CCWD)/Dr. Francis Chung (DWR) • 1998-No Award • 1999-Walter Bourez III (SWRI)/Jack Rowell (USBR) • 2000-Dwight Russell (DWR)/Kamyar Guivetchi (DWR) • 2001-Armin Munevar (DWR) • 2002-Dr. Gerald Orlob (UCD) • 2003-Dr. Emin Dogrul (DWR) • 2004-Tom Heinzer (USBR) • 2005-No Award

  6. 2006 Hugo B. Fischer Award Winners Dr. Carl Chen Systech Engineering, Inc. Dr. Paul Hutton Metropolitan Water District of So. CA

  7. Dr. Carl Chen Significant Contribution • Developing the Watershed Analysis Risk Management Framework, WARMF • WARMF • Watershed TMDL Decision Support System • Helps Stakeholders Formulate TMDLs • Adopted by U.S. EPA • Used by Stockton DO TMDL Researchers

  8. Dr. Carl Chen • B.S. Civil Engineering from National Taiwan University in 1958 • M.S. & Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from U.C. Berkeley in 1963 and 1968 • Graduate Studies • Pollution Investigation of SF Bay --- Kinetics of fish toxicity thresholds

  9. Dr. Carl Chen • President of Systech Engineering, Inc. • Environmental and Water Resources Systems Analysis • Previously, Tetra Tech, Inc. • Thermal Discharge Effects • Power Plant Entrainment of Fish • Lake-Watershed Acidification • Non-Point Source Pollution

  10. 2006 Hugo B. Fischer Award Winner Dr. Carl Chen Systech Engineering, Inc.

  11. California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum Promoting Excellence and Consensus in Water and Environmental Modeling

  12. Dr. Paul Hutton Significant Contribution • Developing the San Joaquin River Salinity Management Model, SANMAN • SANMAN • CALSIM-II-based Decision Support System • Helped SJR WQ Management Group Achieve Consensus and Complete its Mission • Helped Increase Confidence in CalSim-II

  13. Dr. Paul Hutton • B.S. & M.S. in Civil Engineering from U. of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from U.C. Davis in 1994 • Graduate Studies • THM Formation Potential and Modeling of Distribution System THM Concentrations in Drinking Water Sources

  14. Dr. Paul Hutton • Senior Engineer with MWDSC • Bay-Delta • SWP Issues • Previously 12 Years w/ DWR and CALFED • Chief of DWR’s Delta Modeling Section

  15. 2006 Hugo B. Fischer Award Winner Dr. Paul Hutton Metropolitan Water District of So. CA

  16. California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum Promoting Excellence and Consensus in Water and Environmental Modeling

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