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Jason Christian Candidate Reflections

Environmental Engineering Research & Teaching Faculty Position. Jason Christian Candidate Reflections. November 2011. First thing first…. Thank you for the time, resources and effort you have invested in considering me for this faculty position.

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Jason Christian Candidate Reflections

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  1. Environmental Engineering Research & Teaching Faculty Position Jason ChristianCandidate Reflections November 2011

  2. First thing first…. • Thank you for the time, resources and effort you have invested in considering me for this faculty position. • These experiences are valuable to me personally and are sincerely appreciated. • This interview process has felt more like an extended conversation, and hopefully we have all received something from this dialog. • Whatever the outcome of this process and your ultimate hiring decision, I do appreciate being considered.

  3. Personal Research Goals • Understanding and quantifying H&H characteristics, social vulnerabilities and sustainable engineering practices for our coastal communities. • Identification of climate change impacts on urban infrastructure and water resources. • Development of effective public outreach and decision support systems for complex environmental system. • Development of alternative numerical models for storm surge development and propagation. • All while remaining flexible enough to take advantage of other opportunities as they present themselves.

  4. Potential Research Partners • Municipal governmental entities, economic development agencies, chambers of commerce, port authorities, and other public stakeholders: • with coastal vulnerabilities to natural disasters, • with adverse exposure to sea level rise, • with long-term water allocation or management issues. • Industry and industry groups with surface water accessibility, hazard exposure or management issues. • NSF, NOAA, FEMA, USACE, Dept of Homeland Security and other federal agencies interested in engineering analysis, reliability assessment, vulnerability assessment and communication tools.

  5. Collaboration Opportunities • Hydrodynamic forces are the energetic drivers of many natural systems. In-depth understanding of fluid flow fields are pre-requisites for many studies including: • Contaminant fate & transport through the environment, • Ecological system modeling, • Coastal morphology (beach erosion and sand transport), • River morphology, • Scour analysis for bridge piles, retaining walls and pier foundations, • Estimating impacts of climate change and sea level rise,

  6. Specific Teaching Interests • Undergraduate: • Urban Storm Water Design, • Hydrology & Hydraulics (2nd semester – modeling lab), • Geographical Information Systems (GIS), • Senior Design • Graduate: • Urban Storm Water Design & Analysis, • Coastal Hydraulics, • Advanced Fluid Models (smoothed particle hydrodynamics)

  7. Course Recommendations • Geographical Information Systems (GIS) • Emerging software platform for engineering analysis and for communication of complex engineering concepts. • Will eclipse the impact on engineering practice that CAD had in the early 1990s. • CAD is a communication tool. • GIS is an analysis and communication tool. • Industry does not require engineers to do significant drafting (not cost effective). • Recommend a sophomore level introductory GIS class with modifications to upper level classes to incorporate the software in engineering analysis.

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