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EDWARDS AQUIFER HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN

SCIENCE COMMITTEE VACANCY WORK GROUP REPORT Discussion

At its March 21, 2013 meeting, the Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan (EAHCP) Implementing Committee (Implementing Committee) considered recommendations of the Science Committee Vacancy Work Group (Work Group) regarding a process for filling a vacancy on the Science Committee. Accepting the recommendations without objection, the Implementing Committee:

1. Adopted minimum and preferred qualifications for candidates to fill the ecological modeling vacancy on the Science Committee. At a minimum, the candidate must have applied experience in the development or application of an ecological model related to aquatic systems, with preference given to modeling experience at a scale comparable to the EAHCP. Additional preferred qualifications are that the candidate has equal experience in biology and modeling, or primary knowledge in modeling with some biological application experience. Candidates are not required to have a Ph.D or Master’s degree specifically in modeling or biology if they have sufficient relevant ecological modeling experience; 2. Approved soliciting of nominations for candidates meeting the aforementioned qualifications from the Implementing Committee, Stakeholder Committee, Science Committee, Anthony Starfield, and university Biology Departments across the state and agreed that it should not limit the source of nominations. To be considered, a nomination must provide the candidate’s name, resume, and a statement confirming that the candidate is willing to serve on the Science Committee; 3. Directed the EAHCP staff to prepare a one-page summary that includes background information on the EAHCP, the role and expectations of the Science Committee, information on the time commitment, and a discussion on the reimbursement and compensation procedures for Science Committee members to be distributed to all parties to assist them in seeking qualified candidates; 4. Directed that all nominations should be submitted to EAHCP Coordinator, Jenna Cantwell at [email protected] by April 22, 2013; and 5. Directed the Work Group to convene a meeting on May 3, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in San Marcos to review the nominations and generate an evaluation of candidates based upon the qualifications outlined by the Implementing Committee. The Work Group must make this evaluation available to the Implementing Committee no later than May 9 to allow adequate time for review by the Implementing Committee in advance of consideration for action to fill the vacancy at its May 16 meeting.

The Work Group convened a meeting on May 3, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in San Marcos. The

time and place of the meeting were publicly noticed. Members of the Work Group are Jim

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Bower, Colette Barron Bradsby, Myron Hess, Steve Raabe, Patrick Shriver, and Todd Votteler. All members were present at the meeting. Other attendees were EAHCP Program Manager Robert Gulley, EAHCP Program Coordinator Jenna Cantwell, Steve Bereyso, Tom Taggart, and Dianne Wassenich. The Work Group elected Colette Barron Bradsby as Chair.

The Work Group reviewed the three timely nominations submitted to Jenna Cantwell. The candidates were:

1. Joseph F. Trungale, nominated by Sam Vaugh;

2. Miguel F. Acevedo, nominated by Steve Bereyso; and

3. Carla G. Guthrie, nominated by Myron Hess

After evaluating the background and experience of each candidate, the Work Group

concluded that all candidates were qualified for membership on the Science Committee. However, Dr. Acevedo’s extensive experience in both applied and theoretical ecological modeling and the variability of the scale involved in this modeling experience, stood out to the Work Group. It was the consensus of the group that Dr. Acevedo should be appointed to fill the vacancy on the Science Committee.

Supporting documents, including the candidates’ resumes and the one page summary of

EAHCP information as part of a request for nominations, are attached to this report. Recommendation

The Work Group by consensus approved the following recommendation:

1. The Implementing Committee should appoint Dr. Miguel Acevedo to the Science Committee.

Submitted by: Colette Barron Bradsby Chair, Science Committee Vacancy Work Group


REQUEST FOR NOMINATIONS

EDWARDS AQUIFER HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT SCIENCE COMMITTEE

Background

The Edwards Aquifer Habitat Conservation Plan (EAHCP) was developed by a diverse Stakeholder group as a

management strategy to protect eight federally listed species dependent upon the Edwards Aquifer. The EAHCP is a

component of an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that was issued on March

18, 2013. The ITP includes five applicants (the City of San Marcos, the City of New Braunfels, the San Antonio Water

System, Texas State University, and the Edwards Aquifer Authority) and includes coverage for, all or portions of, eight

South-Central Texas counties. The term of the EAHCP is fifteen years.

The HCP includes flow-protection measures to maintain continuous minimum spring flow, biological and water quality

monitoring, and habitat restoration within the spring communities. Additionally, an ecological model will be developed to

influence the adaptive management process. Activities of the EAHCP are managed by the Implementing Committee in

cooperation with a regional Adaptive Management Stakeholder Committee with scientific input from the Adaptive

Management Science Committee and a Science Review Panel.

Position Description

The EAHCP is currently seeking a qualified scientist to fill the final vacancy on the Science Committee. Current

membership on the Science Committee includes Tom Arsuffi (Texas Tech), Doyle Mosier (retired), Charlie Kreitler

(retired), Jacquelyn Duke (Baylor), Jackie Poole (Texas Parks and Wildlife), Floyd Weckerly (Texas State), Chad Norris

(Texas Parks and Wildlife), Glenn Longley (Texas State), Janis Bush (UTSA), and Robert Mace (Texas Water

Development Board). The Implementing Committee has decided to fill the remaining vacancy with someone who has

experience in ecological modeling.

Members on the Science Committee should provide independent and unbiased advice based on their best scientific

judgment. Members are expected to consult with, advise, and make recommendations to the Program Manager, the

Implementing Committee, and the Stakeholder Committee as necessary on Adaptive Management decisions or other

issues as requested. The Science Committee is also expected to participate in, and provide support for, meetings of the

Science Review Panel.

The Science Committee meets at a minimum quarterly but may meet more frequently as needed. Meetings are generally

held in San Marcos, Texas. Members are reimbursed for all travel expenses and are compensated $200 per meeting they

attend. Due to concerns relating to potential conflicts of interest, persons serving on the Science Committee are not

eligible to bid on projects related to the implementation of the EAHCP.

Qualifications

The chosen candidate will have true and proven experience in ecological modeling, preferably at a scale comparable to the

EAHCP. Candidates with a strong background in both biology and modeling are preferred. Experience specifically with

aquatic ecosystems such as the Comal and San Marcos spring systems is preferred. There is no specified degree

requirement for potential candidates as long as they have ecological modeling experience.

Nomination Process

To submit a formal nomination, please send the name of the individual, an up-to-date resume, and a confirmed willingness

to serve from the individual to Jenna Cantwell, HCP Coordinator at [email protected] by April 22, 2013.

Individuals may self-nominate, and all received nominations will be considered.


CURRICULUM VITAE Miguel F. Acevedo

Department of Electrical Engineering, University of North Texas,

Discovery Park B260, 3940 N Elm, Denton, TX 76203 Phone: (940) 891 6701, E-mail: [email protected]

Table of Contents EDUCATION 2 ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2 AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND INTEREST 2 RECOGNITIONS 2 ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE 3 ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES DEVELOPMENT 3 ACADEMIC GOVERNANCE COMMITTEES 3 ADVISORY BOARDS, STEERING COMMITTEES, AND REVIEW PANELS 4 FIELD EXPERIENCE 5 CONSULTING 5 GRANTS 5 PUBLICATIONS 8

Books (5) 8 Journal articles (46) 8 Book chapters and papers in proceedings (28) 11 Reports (19) 14

PATENTS (1) 15 PRESENTATIONS (39, listed only those from 1992-present) 15 SELECTED SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES (15, listed only those from 1992-present) 18 CLASSROOM AND FIELD COURSES TAUGHT 19

UNT 1992-present 19 ULA 1974-1992 20

UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION 20 Mentor of Undergraduate Students at UNT 20 Mentor of Undergraduate Students at ULA 1974-1990. 21 MS theses supervision (18) 22 Supervision of PhD Dissertations (10) 23

GLOBAL ACADEMIC COLLABORATION DEVELOPMENT 24


mailto:[email protected]

EDUCATION

PhD 1980, Biophysics, University of California, Berkeley. Dissertation: “Tropical forests dynamics: a modeling approach”. M.Eng. 1978, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley.

Thesis: “On a Markovian model of forest succession: its application to tropical forests”. M.S. 1972, Electrical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin. Thesis: “A probabilistic study of two-level storage hierarchies”. B.S. 1971, Electrical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

2008-present: Regents Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering (with joint appointment to the Department of Geography and the Environmental Science Graduate Program), University of North Texas (UNT), Denton, Texas.

2007-2008: Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, and Coordinator, Biological and Environmental Engineering Program, UNT, Denton, Texas.

2006-2007: Regents Professor, Department of Geography and Institute of Applied Sciences (Environmental Science Graduate Program), UNT, Denton, Texas.

1996-2006: Professor, Department of Geography and Institute of Applied Sciences (Environmental Science Graduate Program), UNT, Denton, Texas.

1992-1996: Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Institute of Applied Sciences (Environmental Science Graduate Program), UNT, Denton, Texas.

1992-present: Center for Simulation and Modeling (CESIMO), College of Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA), Mérida (retired, currently Associated Member).

1987: Visiting Scientist, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

1973-1992: School of Systems Engineering (with collaborations to the Graduate Program in Tropical Ecology), ULA, Mérida. Last Rank achieved: “Professor Titular” (Professor).

1972-1973: Assistant Professor, Electronics Engineering Department, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas, Venezuela.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE AND INTEREST

1. Environmental and biological modeling 2. Sensors and real-time ecological observatories 3. Sustainability, land-use change and renewable energy 4. Global climate change and variability 5. Landscape and forest ecology 6. Hydrology and hydrodynamics, watersheds and reservoirs 7. Biocomplexity, coupled natural-human systems, agent-based models

RECOGNITIONS

1. 2008-Present: Regents Professor of Electrical Engineering, UNT. This is the highest faculty recognition at UNT.

2. 2007: Citation for Distinguished Service to International Education, UNT. This is an annual award for contributions to the international education mission of UNT.


3. 2007-present: PPI Level IV. FONACIT Venezuela. This is a high level research distinction given to productive researchers. Participated as member of CESIMO, ULA.

4. 2006: Regents Professor of Geography, UNT. This is the highest faculty recognition at UNT.

5. 2001: Regent’s Faculty Lecturer, UNT. Lecture title: “Let’s see the forest for the trees!” Delivered to a university and community audience of about 200 attendees.

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

1. 2009-2010: Interim Chair Mechanical and Energy Engineering Department, College of Engineering, UNT, Denton, Texas.

2. 2002-2008: PI, administration of Biocomplexity research project. Nine UNT faculty members of UNT of several departments, plus faculty of Rice University, Universidad de Los Andes and Universidad Experimental de Guayana, Venezuela. Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

3. 1992-present: Director of the Environmental Modeling Laboratory, Institute of Applied Sciences, UNT. Includes project management, and student personnel supervision.

4. 1987-1989: Chair of the Control Systems Department, School of Systems Engineering, ULA. Included budgetary, administrative, and personnel supervision (faculty and staff) responsibilities.

5. 1975: Director, School of Systems Engineering, ULA. Included budgetary, administrative, and personnel supervision (faculty, staff, and chairs) responsibilities.

6. 1974: Chair of the Control Systems Department, School of Systems Engineering, ULA. Included budgetary, administrative, and personnel supervision (faculty and staff) responsibilities.

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES DEVELOPMENT

1. 2007-2008: Coordinator, Biological and Environmental Engineering Program. UNT, Denton, Texas. Planned BS and MS curricula.

2. 2003-present: Promoter and Coordinator of the Texas Environmental Observatory (TEO), UNT, in partnership with City of Denton.

3. 1992-present: Founding Director of the Environmental Modeling Laboratory, Institute of Applied Sciences, UNT.

4. 1992-present: Member of Founding Faculty, Environmental Science Graduate Program, UNT. Developed new courses, member of admission and curriculum committees.

5. 1973-1992: Member of Founding Faculty, School of Systems Engineering, ULA. Developed curricula and new courses. Served as department chair and director.

ACADEMIC GOVERNANCE COMMITTEES

1. 2008-2009: Chair of Promotion and Tenure Committee, Electrical Engineering Department, UNT.

2. 2008-2009: Member of the Promotion and Tenure Committee, College of Engineering, UNT.

3. 2007-2008: Member of the College of Engineering Dean Search Committee, UNT. 4. 2007-2008: Member of the Executive Committee, College of Engineering, UNT. 5. 2007-2008: Member of Search Committee for the VP of Institutional Equity and

Diversity, UNT.


6. 1992-2007: Member of several university governance committees of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), UNT. Including the College Promotion and Tenure Committee, Environmental Science and Applied Geography graduate admission and curriculum committees, and search committee for the Dean.

7. 1980-1985: Delegate to several committees of the Scientific and Humanistic Development Council (CDCHT), ULA.

ADVISORY BOARDS, STEERING COMMITTEES, AND REVIEW PANELS

1. 2011-present: Member of the Applications Committee of RedCLARA (Cooperación Latinoamericana de Redes Avanzadas).

2. 2009-present: Member of Domain Science and Education Coordination Committee of Domain 11 for the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

3. 2009-2010: Member of International Program Committee, The Third IASTED African Conference on Water Resource Management, AfricaWRM 2010, Gaborone Botswana, September 2010.

4. 2009: Member of planning committee for the short course “Adaptive management of Mediterranean forest ecosystems to climate change” in Zaragoza (Spain), May 2010. International Center for Advanced Agronomical Studies of the Mediterranean (CIHEAM).

5. 2007: Represented UNT at the “Higher Education in Texas Confronts the Climate Change Challenge, Summit Meeting”, November, 2007, Houston Advanced Research Center, Organized by the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE).

6. 2005: Member Steering Committee of Understanding and Harnessing Complexity in the Environment. 2005 Biocomplexity Awardees Meeting. Arlington, Virginia. NSF, Washington, DC.

7. 2002-2005: Member of various review panels for the Division of Biological Infrastructure, the EPSCOR program, the BCE program, STC program, and the NCES. National Science Foundation (NSF), Washington, DC.

8. 2000-present: member Editorial Board of Ecotropicos. 9. 1997-2001: Member of the Ecological Processes and Effects Committee, Science

Advisory Board, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 10. 1998: Member of the Secondary Uses of Data Committee, Science Advisory Board, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 11. 1996-1999: Member of the Selection Committee, Texas Academy of Mathematics and

Science, TAMS. 12. 1997-1999: Member of the Information Management Committee, Latin American Long

Term Ecological Research Network, ILTER, NSF. 13. 1995-2006: Member of several peer-review panels for the NSF, Washington, DC. 14. 1992-1993: Co-Organizer and Chair of two workshops on free trade and the environment,

North South Center, University of Miami, Miami, Florida. 15. 1989-1990: Organizer of six PAN EARTH workshops on global climate change effects

on agriculture, tropical forests and savannas. 16. 1985-1987: Member of the Graduate Studies Committee of the National Scientific and

Technological Research Council (CONICIT), Caracas, Venezuela.


FIELD EXPERIENCE

1. 1985-1987: Scientist in three expeditions to Cerros Marahuaca, Duida, Huachamacari, Aracamuni and Aratitiope, Territorio Federal Amazonas, and to the Blanquilla Island, Caribbean Sea, Venezuela. Fundación TERRAMAR.

CONSULTING

1. 2008, Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (CVG)-EDELCA (Caroní River Hydroelectrical Corporation), Venezuela, Technical assistance for development of models for environmental and power generation management in the hydroelectric plants of the Venezuelan Andes.

2. 2007, ESLARED Fundación Escuela Latinoamericana de Redes (Latin American Foundation for Networks School) for INGALA, Ecuador. Terms of reference for environmental impact study of wireless data transmission system in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

3. 2005, Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (CVG)-EDELCA (Caroni River Hydroelectrical Corporation), Venezuela, Proyecto Tocoma, Technical assistance for development of limnological models in the lower Caroní River.

4. 2001, CVG-EDELCA, Venezuela, Proyecto Caruachi, Technical assistance for development of limnological models in the lower Caroní River. Under agreement of EDELCA with the Inter American Development Bank (IDB), Washington DC.

5. 1995, World Bank, Infrastructure Operations Division, Latin America and the Caribbean, Washington DC. Reviewer of wastewater ocean discharge project for Lima, Perú.

6. 1990-1991, Yanes & Associates, Caracas, Venezuela. Several projects on Instrumentation and Pollution Control. Clients: Oil Companies (LAGOVEN, CORPOVEN, MARAVEN), and PROCTER & GAMBLE.

7. 1991, Office of Global Climate Change, Ministry of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (MARNR), Caracas, Venezuela. Impacts of Global Climate Change in Venezuela. Report for the Inter Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

8. 1983-1989, Technical Office of the Orinoco-Apure Project, MARNR, Caracas, Venezuela. Ecological and environmental information on the savannas of the Orinoco river plains, the Orinoco river delta and the forests south of the Orinoco river.

9. 1982-1983, Agricultural Development Division of the Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (CVG), Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. Models of dynamics and control of aquatic weeds in islands of the Orinoco river delta.

GRANTS

1. 2011, PI (Senior Personnel in first year), RET Site: Research Experiences for Teachers in Sensor Networks National Science Foundation (NSF), with Murali Varanasi (PI, now Senior personnel), and Ruthanne Thompson (Co-PI). Three years, $499,000.

2. 2010, Co-PI, WSC-Category 1: Integrated Biophysical-Social Research for Water and Ecosystem Sustainability in an Effluent-Driven Urbanizing Watershed, National Science Foundation (NSF), David Hoeinghaus (PI), with Ruthanne Thompson, Thomas W. LaPoint. One year, $ 149,953.77.

3. 2009, PI, REU supplement for Engaging Local Governments, Teachers and Students in Cyber-Infrastructure for Environmental Monitoring and Modeling. National Science


Foundation (NSF). With S. Fu and X. Li, Y. Huang, R. Thompson and T. Waller. Three months, $12,225.

4. 2008. Biocomplexity: Integrating models of natural and human dynamics in forest landscapes across scales and cultures. PI. Supplemental Grant, NSF-BCS. BCE. Eight months, $49,251.

5. 2007-2009. Co-PI, CRI: IAD Large-Scale Environmental Monitoring Sensor Networks for Computing Research. NSF. With Y. Huang (PI), S. Fu and X. Li, R. Thompson and T. Waller (UNT). Two years, $245,999.

6. 2007. Human-nature interaction in Nepal: research and education experience abroad. Charn Uswechoke. International Development Fund. One year, $2,500.

7. 2006-2008. PI Engaging Local Governments, Teachers and Students in Cyber-Infrastructure for Environmental Monitoring and Modeling. NSF. With S. Fu and X. Li, Y. Huang, R. Thompson and T. Waller. Two years, $249,419. Extended for one year.

8. 2006-2007. PI. Human and the Environment in Hispanic America: Mexico. With B. Hunter, B. Venables, J. Kennedy, P. Hudak, D. Hargrave and K. Easley, Hispanic and Global Studies Initiatives Fund, UNT. One year, $22,000.

9. 2004-2005 PI. Flood pulse systems in the Big Thicket: Analyzing potential changes in corridor dynamics due to changes in streamflow. With J. Kennedy at University of North Texas, and P. Harcombe, Rice University, Cooperative Agreement with National Park Service. 18 months, $100,000.

10. 2004-2005 PI. Biocomplexity: Integrating models of natural and human dynamics in forest landscapes across scales and cultures. With collaborators at University of North Texas, Rice University, Universidad de Los Andes and Universidad Experimental de Guayana, Venezuela. NSF-BCS. BCE Supplement. 12 months, $70,000.

11. 2002-2004 PI. Biocomplexity: Integrating models of natural and human dynamics in forest landscapes across scales and cultures. With collaborators at University of North Texas, Yale University, Rice University, Universidad de Los Andes and Universidad Experimental de Guayana, Venezuela. NSF-BCS. BCE special competition. 30 months, $570,000.

12. 2002-2004 Co-PI, Lake Texoma Watershed Assimilative Capacity Project, Data Analysis and Watershed – Reservoir Modeling Initiative. S.F. Atkinson (PI), US EPA and US Army Corps of Engineers (COE). 20 months, $200,000.

13. 2001-2002, PI, MOSAIC Landscape Modeling of the Luquillo Experimental Forest. Tropical Ecosystem Studies (ITES), University of Puerto Rico, NSF-LTER. Ten months, $21,211.01.

14. 2001-2002, PI, Storm Water Information Management Program, City of Carrollton. Nine months, $12,283.03.

15. 2001-2002, PI, QEIB: uncertainty analysis, spatial interaction and response functions in scaling-up models of forest ecosystems. With M. Monticino and A. Mikler. NSF, DEB Ecosystem Studies. 18 months $90,000.

16. 2001-2003, PI, Modeling grass and shrub vegetation recovery after disturbance, Collaborative Research Project. NSF International Programs Division, Western Europe. Two years, $ 43,324.

17. 2001, PI, Landscape models and management of tropical forests in Venezuela, supplement to NSF grant DBI 9615936. NSF DBI and International Programs Division. One year, $31,875.


18. 2001, PI, MOSAIC Landscape Modeling of the Luquillo Experimental Forest. Tropical Ecosystem Studies (ITES), University of Puerto Rico, NSF-LTER. Four months, $10,400.73.

19. 2001. Collaborator, Mathematics of Complex Ecosystem Models, M. Monticino (PI) NSF QEIB: Interdisciplinary Grants in the Mathematical Sciences.

20. 2001, PI, Storm Water Information Management Program, City of Carrollton. Nine months, $10,917

21. 1999-2000, PI, Modeling tropical forests: trees, stands and landscapes. NSF, International and Computational Biology programs. One year, $31,716.

22. 1999-2000, PI. Environmental and Geographical Modeling: web based distance learning. Teaching with Technology, University of North Texas (UNT). One year, $2,500.

23. 1999-2000, Co-PI. Environmental Condition On-line DFW Metroplex (ECOPLEX). EMPACT program, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ORD-NCERQA. Two years, $297,641.

24. 1996-1999, Co-PI. Scaling Forest Ecosystem Dynamics from Trees to Landscapes. NSF Computational Biology. In collaboration with Duke University and Oregon State University. Three Years, $128,497.

25. 1997-1998, PI. Tropical Forest Dynamics. Charn Uswechoke Fund for International Development, University of North Texas (UNT). One year $2,900.

26. 1996-1997, Co-PI. Linking a GIS to a Simulation Model of Coastal Wetlands Growth in the Trinity River Estuary, Texas. Office of Research Administration (ORA), UNT. One year, $3,600.

27. 1996, PI. Hydrodynamic, thermal and environmental modeling of two cooling lakes. Eastman Texas Chemical Company, Longview, Texas. Six months $34,500.

28. 1994-1995, PI. Comparative Oil/Orimulsion Spill Assessment Program (COSAP), Task 5. Trac Laboratories and Florida Power and Light. Part of a project led by the University of Miami. One year, $60,000.

29. 1994-1995, PI. Narrow band spectral signature of eutrophic experimental microcosms. ORA. One year, $3,800.

30. 1994-1996, Co-PI. Development and evaluation of diagnostic indicators of ecological conditions of estuaries and bayous of the Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf Breeze Environmental Research Laboratory. Two years, $843,333.

31. 1994-1996, Co-PI. Use of remotely sensed bioelectric action potentials to evaluate toxicity events and ambient toxicity. Texas Water Research Institute. Two years, $50,000.

32. 1992-1994, PI. Two one-year grants for Developing ecological modeling and simulation software and modeling population level consequences of physical and chemical stressors. ORA, UNT. $7,000.

33. 1992-1993, PI. Environmental Impacts of Free Trade Agreements: Case Study on Venezuela. North South Center, Miami, Florida. One year, $35,282.

34. 1989-1992, PI. Four grants for Assessment of global climate change impacts on Venezuelan agricultural and ecological systems. CONICIT, Fundación Mariscal de Ayacucho (FUNDAYACUCHO), CDCHT, ULA and Cornell University. $278,000.

35. 1984-1986, PI. Development of microprocessor based strain instrumentation. CONICIT, Caracas, Venezuela. Two years, $10,000.


36. 1981-1982, PI. Dynamics and control of aquatic weeds in the canals of Guara Island. Agricultural Research Division, CVG, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. One year, $20,000.

37. 1980-1981, PI. Simulation of tropical forest dynamics. CDCH, ULA. One year, $3,000.

PUBLICATIONS

Books (5)

1. Acevedo M.F. 2012. Data Analysis and Statistics for Geography and Environmental Science and Engineering. CRC Press. 2013.

2. Acevedo M.F. 2013. Simulation of Ecological and Environmental Models. CRC Press. 2012.

3. Raventós J, J.G. Segarra and M.F. Acevedo. 2005. Modelos de metapoblaciones y de la dinámica espacio-temporal de comunidades. (“Models of metapopulations and spatio-temporal community dynamics”) 284 pp. Publicaciones de la Universidad de Alicante. ISBN: 84-7908-818-4

4. Acevedo M.F. 2004. Simulation of Ecological and Environmental Models. Second Edition. XanEdu press. 560 pp. ISBN 1-59399-067-7

5. Acevedo M.F. and J. Raventós. 2003. Dinámica y Manejo de Poblaciones: modelos unidimensionales (“Population dynamics and management: one dimensional models”) 282 pp. Publicaciones de la Universidad de Alicante. ISBN 84-7908-760-9.

Journal articles (46)

1. Segarra, J., Raventós, J., Acevedo M.F., Silva, J. F., García-Núñez, C. 2012. Modelling competitive ability of Neotropical savanna grasses: Simulation of shading and drought impacts on biomass production. Ecological Informatics 13: 57-69.

2. Acevedo, M.F. and Ataroff, M. 2012. Leaf Spectra and Weight of Species in Canopy, Sub-canopy, and Understory Layers in a Venezuelan Andean Cloud Forest. Scientifica. Volume 2012, Article ID 839584, 14 pages. doi:10.6064/2012/839584.

3. Garcia, O.N., Varanasi, M.R., Acevedo, M.F., Guturu, P., 2011. An Innovative Project and Design Oriented Electrical Engineering Curriculum at the University of North Texas. Advances in Engineering Education 2(4): 34pp.

4. Acevedo M.F. 2011. Interdisciplinary progress in food production, food security and environment research. Environmental Conservation 38 (2): 151–171.

5. Stevens K.J, M.R. Wellner, and M.F. Acevedo. 2010. Dark septate endophyte and arbuscular mycorrhizal status of vegetation colonizing a bottomland hardwood forest after a 100 year flood. Aquatic Botany. 92:105–111.

6. Ramírez Angulo, H.C., Acevedo, M.F., Ataroff, M. & Torres Lezama, A. 2009 Crecimiento diamétrico de especies arbóreas en un bosque estacional de los llanos occidentales de Venezuela. Ecotrópicos 22(2): 46-63.

7. Segarra, J., M. Acevedo, J. Raventós, C. Garcia-Núñez, and J.F. Silva, 2009. Coupling soil water and shoot dynamics in three grass species: A spatial stochastic model on water competition in Neotropical savanna. Ecological Modelling. 220: 2734–2743.

8. Yang, J., C. Zhang, X. Li, Y. Huang, S. Fu, and M.F. Acevedo. 2009. Integration of wireless sensor networks in environmental monitoring cyber infrastructure. Wireless Networks. DOI 10.1007/s11276-009-0190-1.

9. Acevedo M.F, J. B. Callicott, M. Monticino, D. Lyons, J. Palomino, J. Rosales, L. Delgado, M. Ablan, J. Davila, G. Tonella, H. Ramírez, E. Vilanova. 2008. Models of


Natural and Human Dynamics in Forest Landscapes: cross-site and cross-cultural synthesis. Geoforum. 39/2: 846-866. Note: This paper was selected as an excellent example of the state-of-the-science of agent-based simulation of land use change. Distinction reported in the “Faculty of 1000 Biology”. (http://www.f1000biology.com/article/id/1119129).

10. Ablan, M., Andressen, R., Vargas, M. P. & Acevedo, M. 2008. Propuesta metodológica para el control de calidad de datos de precipitación. (Methodological proposal for quality control of rainfall data) Agronomía Tropical 58(1): 57-60.

11. Acevedo M.F, J. Rosales, L. Delgado, M. Ablan, J. Davila, J. B. Callicott, M. Monticino. 2007 Modelos de interacción humano-ambiental: el enfoque de la Biocomplejidad. (“Models of human-nature interaction: the Biocomplexity approach”) Ecosistemas, 16(3): 55-67.

12. Callicott J.B., Rozzi R., Delgado L., Monticino M., Acevedo M., Harcombe P. 2007. Biocomplexity and Conservation of Biodiversity Hotspots: Three Case Studies from the Americas. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 362:321-333.

13. Moreno N., Quintero R., Ablan M., Barros R., Dávila J., Ramírez H., Tonella G., Acevedo M.F. 2007. Biocomplexity of deforestation in the Caparo tropical forest reserve in Venezuela: an integrated multi-agent and cellular automata model. Environmental Modeling and Software. 22:664-673.

14. Monticino M., Acevedo M.F, Callicott J.B., Cogdill T., Lindquist C. 2007.Coupled Human and Natural Systems: A Multi-Agent Based Approach. Environmental Modeling and Software. 22:656-663.

15. Callicott, J.B., Acevedo, M.F., Gunter, P., Harcombe, P., Lindquist, C., Monticino, M., 2006. Biocomplexity in the Big Thicket. Ethics, Place, Environment: A Journal of Philosophy and Geography, 9(1):21-45.

16. Ramírez-Angulo H., M. Ablan, A. Torres-Lezama and M.F. Acevedo. 2006. Simulación de la dinámica de un bosque tropical en los Llanos Occidentales de Venezuela (“Simulation of a tropical forest in the Western Plains of Venezuela”). Interciencia 31(2):101-109.

17. Segarra J.G., J. Raventós J, and M.F. Acevedo. 2005. Growth of tropical savanna grass plants in competition: a shoot population model Ecological Modelling. 189:270-288.

18. Delgado L.A., M.F. Acevedo, H. Castellanos, H. Ramírez y J. Serrano. 2005. Relaciones alométricas y patrones de crecimiento para especies de árboles de la Reserva Forestal Imataca, Venezuela. (“Allometric relations and growth patterns of tree species in the Imataca Forest Reserve, Venezuela”), Interciencia 30:275-283.

19. Raventós J, J.G. Segarra and M.F. Acevedo. 2004. Growth dynamics of tropical savanna grass species using projection matrices. Ecological Modelling 174:85-101.

20. Acevedo M.F., M. Ataroff, S. Monteleone, and C.A. Estrada. 2003. Heterogeneidad estructural y lumínica del sotobosque de una selva nublada andina de Venezuela. (“Structural and light heterogeneity of the understory in an Andean cloud forest of Venezuela”) Interciencia. 28:394-403.

21. Acevedo M.F. and J. Raventós, 2002. Growth Dynamics of three tropical savanna grass species: an individual module model. Ecological Modelling. 154:45-60.

22. Alderman J.H., P.F. Hudak and M. Acevedo. 2002. Chemical ratios and groundwater contamination in East Texas. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 69:793-799.

23. Acevedo M.F., S. Pamarti, M. Ablan, D.L. Urban and A. Mikler. 2001. Modeling forest landscapes: parameter estimation from gap models over heterogeneous terrain. Simulation 77:53-68.


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24. Acevedo M.F., M. Ablan, D.L. Urban and S. Pamarti. 2001. Estimating parameters of forest patch transition models from gap models. Environmental Modelling and Software 16: 649-658.

25. Acevedo M.F., S. Monteleone, Ataroff M. and C.A. Estrada. 2001. Aberturas del dosel y espectro de la luz en el sotobosque de una selva nublada andina de Venezuela (“Canopy gaps and understory light spectrum in a Venezuelan Andean cloud forest”). Ciencia 9(2):165-183.

26. Morton M., K. Dickson K., W. Waller, M. Acevedo, F. Mayer and M. Ablan M. 2000. Methodology for the Evaluation of Cumulative Episodic Exposure to Chemical Stressors in Aquatic Risk Assessment. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 19 (4), 1213-1221.

27. Acevedo M.F and W.T. Waller 2000. Modelling and control of a simple trophic aquatic system. Ecological Modelling 131 (2-3): 269-284.

28. Acevedo M.F. 1998. Modeling Stress in Ecosystems: Potential Application to Space Exploration. SAE Transactions- Journal of Aerospace. 107:656-662.

29. Ramírez H., A. Torres-Lezama and M.F. Acevedo. 1997. Simulación de la dinámica de grupos de especies vegetales en un bosque de los llanos occidentales venezolanos. (“Simulation of the dynamics of species roles in a forest of the western plains in Venezuela”) Ecotropicos. 10(1):9-20.

30. Acevedo M.F., M. Ablan, K.L. Dickson, W.T. Waller, F.L. Mayer and M. Morton. 1997. Estimating pesticide exposure in tidal streams of Leadenwah Creek, South Carolina. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. 52:295-316.

31. Newell J., K.L. Dickson, J.W. Fitzgerald, S.F. Atkinson and M.F. Acevedo. 1997. A landscape ecological characterization of the Ray Roberts Lake study area, north-central Texas: temporal variations in landscape pattern, 1987-1992. Romanian Journal of Optoelectronics. 5:95-110.

32. Acevedo M.F. 1997. Book Review: The Impact of Global Warming on Texas, G. North, J. Schmandt and J. Clarkson (eds.). University of Texas Press, 1995. Climatic Change. 35:259-262.

33. Andressen R., A. Robock and M.F. Acevedo. 1996. Escenarios de cambio climático por efecto invernadero y deforestación para Venezuela. (“Scenarios of climate change by greenhouse effect and deforestation for Venezuela”). Revista Geográfica Venezolana 37(2):221-250.

34. Allen J.H., W.T. Waller, M.F. Acevedo, E.L. Morgan, K.L. Dickson, and J.H. Kennedy. 1996. A minimally-invasive technique to monitor valve movement behavior in bivalves. Environmental Technology. 17:501-507.

35. Acevedo, M.F., D.L. Urban and H.H. Shugart. 1996. Models of Forest Dynamics based on roles of tree species. Ecological Modelling. 87/1-3:267-284.

36. Acevedo M.F., Jaimez R., C. Maytín, G. Tonella and M. Harwell. 1995. Assessing potential impacts of global climate change on maize and black bean in Venezuela. Ecotropicos 8 (1-2):39-52.

37. Acevedo, M.F., D.L. Urban, and M. Ablan. 1995. Transition and gap models of forest dynamics. Ecological Applications. 5(4):1040-1055.

38. Hanes R.A, M.F. Acevedo and F.A. Schoolmaster. 1995. The Political and Institutional Framework for Environmental Regulation in Venezuela: Implications for Free Trade Negotiations. Social Science Journal. 32(4):423-440.


39. Acevedo, M.F., T.W. Waller, D. Smith, D. Poage and P. McIntyre. 1995. Cladoceran population responses to stress with particular reference to sexual reproduction. Non Linear World. 2:97-129.

40. Maytín C., M.F. Acevedo, R. Jaimez, R. Andressen, M.A. Harwell, A. Robock and A. Azócar. 1995. Potential Effects of Global Climatic Change on the Phenology and Yield of Maize in Venezuela. Climatic Change 29:189-211.

41. Jaimez R., G. Tonella and M.F. Acevedo. 1994. Modeling the impact of climate change on yield of black beans in western Venezuela. Revista Forestal Latinoamericana 13(93):11-38.

42. Acevedo M.F. 1989. Diversity of plants on Cerros Marahuaka, Huachamacare and Duida, Amazon Territory. Acta Terramaris 1:21-32.

43. Acevedo M.F. 1982. Algunas relaciones entre los sistemas lineales y la dinámica del oxigeno disuelto en ríos sujetos a contaminantes orgánicos. Sistemas 0:38-42 (Revista de la Escuela de Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes)

44. Acevedo M.F. 1981. On Horn's Markovian Model of Forest Dynamics with particular reference to tropical forests. Theoretical Population Biology. 19:230-250.

45. Rondón, R., Acevedo, M., Araujo, J. & Dulhoste, J.-C. (1978) Un modelo de regulación de la hipertermia. Ciencia e Ingeniería (15): 161-174.

46. Duek J., M.F. Acevedo and J. Edelman. 1978. Analysis of Characters and Classification based on Information Theory in Species of Greater Antilles of the Fern Family Gleicheniacea. Feddes Repertorium 89. 1:31-41.

Book chapters and papers in proceedings (28)

1. Segarra, J., Raventós, J., Acevedo, M.F, 2011. Savanagua: A Spatially Explicit Competition Modeling of Savanna Ecosystems pp. 173-212, In: B. Veress and J. Szigethy (Eds.). Horizons in Earth Science Research. Volume 4. Nova Publishers. ISBN: 978-1-61122-763-5.

2. Vallejo, R. (Ed.), C. Steinitz, L. Rojo, F. Luizao, M. Millán, A. Pulido, R. Schemenauer, C. Gracia, J. Ruíz de la Torre, J.J. Ramírez, J. Cortina, M. Acevedo, F. Prieto, C. Kirketerp, J. Bosco Senra, J. Botey, D. Gómez Orea, J.F. Bellot, S. González Alonso. 2009 “Documento de Síntesis Semana Temática 1 de Agua y Tierra [Planificación Territorial, Forestación]”. (Synthesis document for Week 1 on Land and Water [Regional Planning and Afforestation]”pp 25-77 Documento Final de las Semanas Temáticas de la Tribuna del Agua de Expo Zaragoza 2008.

3. Yang, J., C. Zhang, X. Li, Y. Huang, S. Fu, and M.F. Acevedo. 2008. Remote Near-Real-Time Environmental Monitoring with Integrated Wired and Wireless Sensors. In: Wireless Algorithms, Systems, and Applications, pp. 224-236. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Verlag.

4. Monticino M., E. Brooks, T. Cogdill, M. Acevedo and B. Callicott. 2006. Applying a Multi-Agent Model to Evaluate Effects of Development Proposals and Growth Management Policies on Suburban Sprawl. Summit on Environmental Modelling and Software: Transactions of the 3rd Biennial meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, Burlington, Vermont.

5. Segarra, J., Raventós, J., Acevedo, M., and J. F. Silva. 2006. Modelling responses of savanna grass species to water supply and competition. Proceedings of the International Conference on Environmentally Sound Technology in Water Resources Management. Sept 11-13, Gaborone, Botswana). Editor: O. Totolo. The International Association of


Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), Acta Press. Anaheim, Calgary, Zurich.

6. Monticino M.G., Acevedo M., Callicott B., Cogdill T. 2005. Multi-agent model of human values and land-use change. Pp 279-284. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Modelling, Simulation and Optimization (MSO2005). Editor: Giorgio Tonella. The International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), Acta Press. Anaheim, Calgary, Zurich.

7. Monticino M.G., Acevedo M., Callicott B., Cogdill T, Ji M., and Lindquist C. 2004. Coupled Human and Natural Systems: A Multi-Agent Based Approach. Volume 1, pp: 196-202. In Pahl-Wostl, C., Schmidt, S., Rizzoli, A.E. and Jakeman, A.J. (eds), Complexity and Integrated Resources Management, Transactions of the 2nd Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, iEMSs: Manno, Switzerland.

8. Monticino M.G, T. Cogdill and M.F. Acevedo, 2002. Cell Interaction in Semi-Markov Forest Landscape Models. pp 227-232. In: Rizzoli A.E. and A.J. Jakeman (Eds.). Integrated Assessment and Decision Support, Proceedings of the First Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society. iEMSs, 2002, Lugano Switzerland.

9. Raventós J., M.F. Acevedo and J. Segarra, 2002. Growth dynamics of tropical savanna grasses: from individual shoots to plant models. pp: 456-461. In: Rizzoli A.E. and A.J. Jakeman (Eds.). Integrated Assessment and Decision Support, Proceedings of the First Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society. Lugano Switzerland.

10. Allen,H. J., W.T. Waller, J.H. Kennedy, K.L. Dickson, M.F. Acevedo and L.P. Ammann. 2001. Real-Time Whole Organisms Biomonitoring - Deployment, Status, and Future. Pp:187-192. AWRA. Annual Spring Speciality Conference Proceedings. Warwick, J.J. [Ed] Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling. AWRA., Middleburg, VA. TPS-01-1 284pp.

11. Urban D.L., M.F. Acevedo and S.L. Garman. 1999. Scaling Fine-scale Processes to Large-scale Patterns using Models derived from Models: Meta-Models. Chapter 4, pp. 70-98. In: Mladenoff, D. J., and W. L. Baker, eds. Spatial modeling of forest landscape change: Approaches and applications. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

12. Acevedo M.F., K. McGregor, R. Andressen, H. Ramírez and M. Ablan. 1999. Relations of climate variability in Venezuela to tropical Pacific SST. 10th Symposium on Global Change Studies, American Meteorological Society, preprints pp:81-84, Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX.

13. Ramírez H., A. Torres-Lezama and M.F. Acevedo. 1998. Análisis económico de diferentes estrategias de aprovechamiento en un bosque de los llanos occidentales venezolanos. (Economic analysis of harvesting strategies in a forest in the western plains of Venezuela) In: Memorias del Primer Congreso Latinoamericano de IUFRO, pp: 436-451. Valdivia, Chile.

14. Atkinson S.F., M.F. Acevedo, K.L. Dickson and D.A. Rolbecki. 1998. Distinguishing between chlorophyll-a and suspended solids in lake water using hyperspectral data. In: E.T. Engman (ed.) Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology. 3499: 97-104. Proceedings of SPIE Europto Series.

15. Acevedo M.F. 1998. Modeling Stress in Ecosystems: Potential Application to Space Exploration. SAE Technical Paper Series, Paper Number 981676, 7 pp.


16. Acevedo M.F., D.P. Smith and M. Ablan. 1997. Vegetation Dynamics in North-Central Texas: A Prospectus for Landscape Scale Modeling. In: D.Lyons and P. Hudak (Eds.) Geographic Perspectives on the Texas Region. Association of American Geographers, Washington DC pp:115-124.

17. Schell T.T., M.F. Acevedo, F.C. Bogs, J. Newell, K.L. Dickson, and F. L. Mayer. 1996. Assessing Pollutant Loading to Bayou Chico, Florida by Integrating an Urban Stormwater Runoff and Fate Model with GIS. In: Proceedings, Third International Conference/Workshop on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modeling, Santa Fe, NM, January 21-26, 1996. Santa Barbara, CA: National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis. CD.

18. Acevedo, M.F., D.L. Urban and M. Ablan. 1996. Landscape scale forest dynamics: GIS, gap and transition models. In: Goodchild M.F., L.T. Steyaert, B.O. Parks M.P. Crane, C.A. Johnston, D.R. Maidment and S. Glendinning. GIS and Environmental Modeling: Progress and Research Issues. Chapter 33 pp 181-185. GIS World, Fort Collins, Colorado.

19. Acevedo M.F. 1994. Greenhouse Warming: Impacts on Biodiversity. In Majumdar, S.K., F.J. Brenner, J.E. Lovich, J. Schalles and E.W. Miller (Eds), pp 136-150. Biological Diversity: Problems and Challenges. Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences.

20. Tonella G., M.F. Acevedo, M. Ablan, C. Domingo, H. Hoeger, and M. Sananes. 1994. Simulation of Ecosystems with GLIDER: A Discrete- Continuous Simulation Language. pp 20-23. In M.H. Hamza Applied Modelling and Simulation. IASTED Press. Proceedings of International Conference, Lugano, Switzerland.

21. Waller W.T., M.F. Acevedo, E.L. Morgan, K.L. Dickson, J.H. Kennedy, L.P. Ammann, H.L. Allen, and P.R. Keating. 1994. Biological and Chemical Testing in Storm Water. Stormwater NPDES Related Monitoring Needs pp: 177-193. Engineering Foundation, Water Resources Planning and Management Division/ASCE.

22. Atkinson, S.F., M.F. Acevedo, and G. Tonella. 1992. GIS and global climate change. ASPRS/ACSM/RT 92 Technical papers, Volume 3 GIS and Cartography, pp 254-263.

23. Yanes, A. and Acevedo, M. 1982 Tide-driven drainage networks: the case of Guara Island. In: International Symposium Polders of the World, pp. 709-719. Lelystad, The Netherlands: International Institute For Land Reclamation And Improvement (ILRI).

24. Acevedo M.F. 1982. Sediment transport and hydroelectric power generation in the high mountains of Venezuela. In W. Mitsch, R. Bosserman and J. Klopatek (Eds.) Energy and Ecological Modelling. pp: 327-330. Elsevier Publishing Company.

25. Acevedo M.F. 1980. Electrical Network Simulation of Tropical Forests Successional Dynamics. In D. Dubois (Ed.) Progress in Ecological Engineering and Management by Mathematical Models. pp. 883-892. Centre Belge d'etudes et de documentation.

26. Acevedo M.F. 1980. Modeling ecosystems subject to sudden and periodic disturbances. In G. Lasker (Ed.) Applied Systems and Cybernetics. Vol IV pp: 1972-1931. Pergamon press.

27. Acevedo M.F. 1980. Non equilibrium ecology; chronic and impulsive disturbances. In R. Ragade and J. Dillon (Eds.) Paradigms in changing times. Vol I. pp: 72-80. Society for General Systems Research. Note: this paper was included in the General System Yearbook, Vol. 32, 1995, H. Odum (Ed.) as one of a selected anthology of 34 representative papers published in the Society Proceedings from 1974 to 1992.


28. Acevedo M.F. 1980. Tropical Rain Forest Dynamics: a simple mathematical model. In J.I. Furtado (Ed.) Tropical Ecology and Development. pp. 219-227. International Society for Tropical Ecology.

Reports (19)

1. Acevedo M.F., C. Durán, R. Hanes. 2007. Proyecto de Evaluación de los elementos técnicos-económicos fundamentales para la identificación del sistema de red inalámbrica más idóneo para INGALA en Galápagos. Términos de referencia para la evaluación de impacto ambiental y plan de manejo ambiental. Fundación Escuela Latinoamericana de Redes (EsLaRed). 32 pp.

2. Acevedo M.F., S.F. Atkinson, K.L. Dickson, S.L. García-Iturbe, T. L. Palmer, A. L. Rich, A. C. Upton, W.T. Waller. 2004. Lake Texoma Watershed and Reservoir Modeling. US EPA and US Army Corps of Engineers (COE). 272 pp.

3. Acevedo M.F. 2002. Asistencia técnica para el desarrollo de modelos limnológicos en el Bajo Caroní. Informe Final. Gerencia de Gestión Ambiental, CVG-EDELCA. 254 pp.

4. Acevedo M.F., García S., Resplandor A., Stredel J. y E. Rodríguez. 2002. Asistencia técnica para el desarrollo de modelos limnológicos en el Bajo Caroní. Anexo del Informe Final. Gerencia de Gestión Ambiental, CVG-EDELCA. 160 pp.

5. Waller W.T., M.F. Acevedo, J.H. Kennedy, K.L. Dickson, S.H. Cairns, L. Ammann, W. Walker, D. Burke, F. L. Mayer, M.A. Lewis. 1998. Development and Evaluation of Diagnostic Indicators of Ecological Condition of Gulf of Mexico Bayous: Bayou Chico Statistical Summary and Assessment Framework. U.S. EPA, Gulf Ecology Division.

6. Acevedo M.F., K.L. Dickson, T.W. Waller, S.F. Mayer and M. Lewis. 1998. Diurnal rhythms and vertical profiles of dissolved oxygen in Bayou Chico: zonal patterns, simulations and implications for productivity. In: Waller W.T., M.F. Acevedo, J.H. Kennedy, K.L. Dickson, S.H. Cairns, L. Ammann, W. Walker, D. Burke, F. L. Mayer, M.A. Lewis. 1998. Development and Evaluation of Diagnostic Indicators of Ecological Condition of Gulf of Mexico Bayous: Bayou Chico Statistical Summary and Assessment Framework. U.S. EPA, Gulf Ecology Division.

7. Acevedo M.F., F. Bogs, K.L. Dickson, T.W. Waller, S.F. Mayer and M. Lewis. 1998. Solar radiation profiles in Bayou Chico: PAR, high-resolution spectra and implications for chlorophyll assessments. In: Waller W.T., M.F. Acevedo, J.H. Kennedy, K.L. Dickson, S.H. Cairns, L. Ammann, W. Walker, D. Burke, F. L. Mayer, M.A. Lewis. 1998. Development and Evaluation of Diagnostic Indicators of Ecological Condition of Gulf of Mexico Bayous: Bayou Chico Statistical Summary and Assessment Framework. U.S. EPA, Gulf Ecology Division.

8. Waller W.T., K. L. Dickson, M. F. Acevedo and B. Hunter. 1997. Environmental Assessment of Lake Arlington Phase I: Characterization of point and non-point source loadings from western watersheds. 30 pp. Submitted to: Dept. of Stormwater Quality, City of Fort Worth, Texas.

9. Waller W.T., M.F. Acevedo, H.J. Allen and F.U. Schwalm. 1996. The use of remotely sensed bioelectric action potential to evaluate episodic toxicity events and ambient toxicity. Texas Water Research Institute. Texas A&M University. Technical Report TR-172. 22 pp.

10. Acevedo M.F., T. Schell, B. Hunter and S. Monteleone. 1995. GIS-Aided Spatial Analysis of Fuel Oil #6 and Orimulsion Spill Impacts on Vegetation in Tampa Bay. In: Ault J.S., M.A. Harwell and V. Myers (Eds.) (with 41 contributors). Comparative Ecological Risk


Assessment. Volume II (Parts I-IV). Technical Support Document for the Comparison of the Ecological Risks to the Tampa Bay Ecosystem for spills of Fuel Oil #6 and Orimulsion. Center for Marine and Environmental Analysis, RSMAS, University of Miami, (Final report submitted to Florida Power and Light Company June 1995). 2000 pp.

11. Acevedo M.F. 1995. Contributor to: Harwell, M.A., J.S. Ault and J.H. Gentile (Eds.) (with 43 contributors). Comparative Ecological Risk Assessment. Volume I. Comparison of the Ecological Risks to the Tampa Bay Ecosystem for spills of Fuel Oil #6 and Orimulsion. Center for Marine and Environmental Analysis, RSMAS, University of Miami, (Final report submitted to Florida Power and Light Company June 1995). 230 pp.

12. Acevedo M.F. 1995. Management of wastewater in metropolitan Lima coastal pollution control and management project. Submitted to World Bank, Infrastructure Operations Division, Latin America and the Caribbean Region. 12pp.

13. Harwell C.C., R. Hanes, M. Acevedo, M.A. Harwell, A. Serbín. 1994. Free Trade and the Environment: A Prospective Analysis and Case Study of Venezuela. North South Center, University of Miami. 68 pp.

14. Acevedo M.F. et al. 1989-1991. Several reports on Assessment of Global Climate Effects on the Venezuelan Agricultural and Ecological Systems. PAN-EARTH, Mérida, Venezuela.

15. Acevedo M.F. 1987. Diversity of Vascular Plants versus Area and Population Structure of Melocactus on the Island of La Blanquilla. 45 pp. TERRAMAR Foundation Report to the Venezuelan Navy.

16. Acevedo, M.F. et al. 1983, 1985 and 1989. Several reports on Environmental and Ecological Information on the Orinoco River Delta, the Orinoco River Plains, and the Forests South of the Orinoco River. Published by the Venezuelan Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources. MARNR- DGSPOA. Publication numbers: D-1179, S-1180, D-1728, D-1729, D-1730, D- 1731, D-1732.

17. Acevedo M.F. and D. Diaz. 1982-1983. Two reports on ecological model of the dynamics of aquatic weeds on islands of the Orinoco river delta. CVG-DDA.

18. Acevedo, M. F. (1980) Dinámica sucesional de bosques tropicales: modelos matemáticos y teoría de sistemas. Trabajo presentado para ascender a la categoría de profesor Agregado en la Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida., p. 157.

19. Acevedo, M. & Marquis, R. (1978) A survey of the light gaps of the tropical rain forest at Llorona, Peninsula de Osa: Llorona Independent Research. In: OTS 78-3 Tropical Biology an Ecological Approach, eds. D. Janos, Y. Lubin, L. McHargue, D. McKey & M. Singer: Organization of Tropical Studies.

PATENTS (1)

Acevedo M.F., W.T. Waller and G.B. Nebgen. 2009.. Instrument, System and method for automated low cost atmospheric measurements. US Patent Number 7,489,397.

PRESENTATIONS (39, listed only those from 1992-present)

1. Lead reviewer: Science 4 Session, Interdisciplinary progress in food production, food security and environment research. The 6th International Conference on Environmental Future (ICEF), July 2011 Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.

2. Keynote address: “Integrating environmental monitoring and modeling”, Jornadas de Modelado y Simulación 2010, ULA, Aniversario del CESIMO, November 2010.


3. Two lectures in a short course “Adaptive management of Mediterranean forest ecosystems to climate change” in Zaragoza (Spain), May 2010. International Center for Advanced Agronomical Studies of the Mediterranean (CIHEAM).

4. Invited Speaker. Conferencia Internacional: Taller de Aplicación de redes en proyectos de investigación en ciencias ambientales. (International Keynote Address: “Applications workshop on use of networks in environmental science research”) Taller CLARA grupos de trabajo en redes avanzadas área 2: Ecología, Oceanografía, Climatología y Vulcanología (CLARA Workshop in advanced networks area 2: Ecology, Oceanography, Climatology and Vulcanology) December 2009. Escuela Politécnica del Ejército, Quito Ecuador, Consorcio Ecuatoriano para el Desarrollo de Internet Avanzado, CEDIA, Ecuador.

5. Invited Speaker. Conferencia Internacional: Utilización de redes de alta velocidad en proyectos de investigación en ciencias ambientales. (International Keynote Address: “Use of high-speed networks in environmental science research”) Encuentros Temáticos Regionales RENATA: Ciencias del medio ambiente y del hábitat (Bioinformática, Biotecnología y Agro) Abril 2009. Universidad de Ibagué, Colombia. Ministerio de Educación Nacional, el Ministerio de Comunicaciones, Colciencias, la Red Nacional Académica de Tecnología Avanzada RENATA y la Red RADAR.

6. Invited Speaker. Modelación de los cambios de cobertura del territorio y sus consecuencias hidrológicas (Modeling changes of land use and its hydrological consequences), presented at “Land Use Planning, Forest Cover and Afforestation”, Water and Land Thematic Week of Water Tribune, Zaragoza Expo2008. Zaragoza, Spain, June 2008.

7. Invited Speaker. Models of coupled natural-human systems: applications to sustainability, University Level Lecture, East China Normal University (ECNU), Shanghai, China, February 2008.

8. Invited Speaker. Biocomplejidad: integrando lo biótico, físico y socio-económico (Biocomplexity: integrating biotic, physical and socio-economic factors). Ciencia Magallánica Conferences, 11 October 2007, Instituto Antartico, Punta Arenas, Chile.

9. Invited Speaker. Coupled Natural and Human Dynamics: Cross-Site and Cross-Cultural Synthesis in the AAAS Symposium in “Advances in Modeling Coupled Human-Natural Systems for Sustainability”. 2007 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California.

10. Keynote Speaker. Biocomplejidad: un enfoque para la conservación y manejo de la biodiversidad que integra lo biótico, físico y socio-económico (Biocomplexity: conservation and management of biodiversity by integrating biotic, physical and socio-economic factors). First International Congress on Biodiversity of the Guayana Shield, Santa Elena, Venezuela, 20-24 march 2006

11. Keynote Speaker. Ecosystem Modeling: Challenges and Opportunities Fifth International Conference on Modelling, Simulation and Optimization (MSO2005). The International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), Aruba. August 2005.

12. Invited Speaker. Annual Banquet 2005, Department of Geography, UNT. 13. Poster Integrating Models of Natural and Human Dynamics in Forest Landscapes across

scales and cultures. Understanding and Harnessing Complexity in the Environment. 2005 Biocomplexity Awardees Meeting. March 2005. Arlington, Virginia.


14. Panelist. Biocomplexity and Geographers – How can Geographers be leaders in the NSF Biocomplexity program? American Association of Geographers. New Orleans. March 2003.

15. Plenary speaker. See the forest for the trees: Scaling in forest landscapes. Course Modeling Ecological and Biomedical Systems, Current Perspectives. Universidad International Menendez Pelayo, UIMP, Spain, 10-15, November, 2002.

16. Panelist. Biocomplexity: An interdisciplinary project. Interdisciplinary Science: An integrative vision. Course Modeling Ecological and Biomedical Systems, Current Perspectives. Universidad International Menendez Pelayo, UIMP, Spain, 10-15, November, 2002.

17. Acevedo, M.F., Monteleone, S, Ataroff, M. y Estrada, C. Calidad de luz en el sotobosque de una selva nublada andina de Venezuela. IV Simposio Internacional de Desarrollo Sustentable en Los Andes. November 2001

18. Ablan, M. and M.F. Acevedo. 1999. MOSAICO: Un enlace modelo- SIG para simular dinámica forestal a nivel de paisaje. VII Conferencia Ibero Americana y Cursos sobre Sistemas de Información Geográfica. Mérida, Venezuela.

19. Acevedo, M.F., M. Ablan, S. Pamarti, D.L. Urban and A. Mikler. 1999. Parameterization of a Landscape Semi-Markov Meta-model. 1999 Meeting of the International Society of Ecological Modelling (ISEM) North American Chapter. Spokane, WA.

20. Allen, H.J., J.M. Hemming, P.K. Turner, W.T. Waller, M.F. Acevedo and L.P. Amman. 1999. Use of a Ceriodaphnia dubia concentration dependent time to death model to predict responses to episodic exposures. SETAC 20th Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.

21. Ramírez H., A. Torres-Lezama and M.F. Acevedo. 1998. Análisis económico de diferentes estrategias de aprovechamiento en un bosque de los llanos occidentales venezolanos. First Latin American Congress of IUFRO, Valdivia, Chile.

22. Acevedo M.F., R. Andressen, K. McGregor, H. Ramírez and M. Ablan. 1998. Climate variability scenarios for the Llanos of Venezuela: soil moisture and SST anomalies. PEP 1 Pole-Equator-Pole Paleoclimate of the Americas. Mérida, Venezuela.

23. Morton M.G., F.L. Mayer, K.L. Dickson, W.T. Waller and M.F. Acevedo. 1998. Probabilistic ecological risk assessment method evaluating cumulative episodic exposure to chemical stressors applied to a South Carolina tidal stream community impacted by agricultural runoff. SETAC 19th Annual Meeting. Charlotte, NC.

24. Acevedo M.F. 1998. Modeling Stress in Ecosystems: Potential Application to Space Exploration. 28th International Conference on Environmental Systems, SAE. Danvers, Massachusetts.

25. Acevedo M.F. and W.T. Waller. 1998. Modeling and real-time control of aquatic trophic systems. ISEM Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland.

26. Ramírez H., A.Torres-Lezama, R. Baldoceda and M.F. Acevedo. 1997. Predicción de la respuesta de un bosque tropical venezolano a diferentes estrategias de manejo. International Symposium on Possibilities for Sustainable Forest Management in Tropical America. CIFOR, BOLFOR, IUFRO, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.

27. Rolbiecki D.A., K.L. Dickson, S.F. Atkinson and M.F. Acevedo. 1997. High-resolution analysis of light attenuation in lake Texoma (Oklahoma-Texas) to estimate Chlorophyll-a concentration. NALMS 97.


28. Acevedo M.F., M. Ablan, K.L. Dickson, W.T. Waller, F.L. Mayer and M. Morton. 1997. Modeling pesticide exposure in tidal streams. SETAC 18th Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California.

29. Acevedo M.F., Ablan M., D.L. Urban and S.L. Garman. 1997. Calibrating MOSAIC from ZELIG runs: procedures and examples. 12th Annual Landscape Ecology Symposium. Durham, North Carolina.

30. Acevedo M.F. 1996. Exposure analysis of simulated oil spills. 17th Petroleum Insurance and Environmental Protection Conference. Houston, Texas.

31. Ablan M., M.F. Acevedo and D.L. Urban. 1996. Forest ecosystem simulation models: from the stand to the landscape. 11th Annual Landscape Ecology Symposium. Galveston, Texas.

32. Necsoiu D.M., M.F. Acevedo, and S.F. Atkinson. 1996. The utilization of hyper spectral imagery in estimation of structural attributes of Douglas Fir and Western Hemlock forest stands in Andrews Forest, Oregon. Texas Academy of Science 99th Annual Meeting, Galveston, Texas.

33. Acevedo D.V., F.C. Bogs, B. Qiu, J. Hemming, S. Monteleone, M.F. Acevedo, S.F. Atkinson, K.L. Dickson. 1996. Measuring light spectrum in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Texas Academy of Science 99th Annual Meeting, Galveston, Texas.

34. Bogs F., M.F. Acevedo, K.L. Dickson and W.T. Waller. 1995. Chlorophyll-a estimation from high-resolution spectral light profiles measured in the Bayou Chico estuary, Florida. SETAC Second World Congress, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

35. Acevedo M.F., Waller W.T. and D.P. Smith. 1994. Cladoceran population response to stress: switch to sexual reproduction. American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) 45th meeting. Ecological Society of America (ESA) and International Society for Ecological Modelling (ISEM). Knoxville, Tennessee.

36. Acevedo M.F. and D.L. Urban. 1994. A GIS-based, semi-Markovian model of landscape dynamics. The 9th U.S. Landscape Ecology Symposium, Tucson, Arizona.

37. Acevedo M.F and M.A. Harwell. 1993. Assessing the environmental consequences of global climate and economic changes in Venezuela. Symposium on Latin American Environmental Issues, 14th Annual Meeting SETAC, Houston, Texas.

38. Acevedo M.F., W.T. Waller, D. Smith, D. Poage and P. McIntyre. 1993. Modeling Ceriodaphnia dubia population responses to varying food quality and quantity. 14th Annual Meeting SETAC. Houston, Texas.

39. Acevedo M.F, D.L. Urban and M. Ablan. 1993. Landscape scale forest dynamics: GIS, gap and transition models. Second International Conference on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modeling, NCGIA. Breckenridge, Colorado.

SELECTED SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES (15, listed only those from 1992-present)

1. Special Session Organizer and Panel Moderator. Integrating environmental modeling and human systems models: the Biocomplexity challenge (Nine papers and one panel discussion). Fifth International Conference on Modelling, Simulation and Optimization (MSO2005). The International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED), Aruba. August 2005.

2. Facilitator of Breakout session on “International Partnerships to address Complex Environmental problems”. Understanding and Harnessing Complexity in the Environment. 2005 Biocomplexity Awardees Meeting. March 2005. Arlington, Virginia.


3. Presenter and organizer: II Workshop Cross-site and cross-cultural synthesis for Biocomplexity, ULA, Mérida, Venezuela, February 2005.

4. Presenter and organizer: I Workshop Cross-site and cross-cultural synthesis for Biocomplexity, UNEG, Puerto Ordaz, Guayana, Venezuela, October 2004.

5. Classes on Global Climate Change, as part of Environmental Dynamics Course, Tropical Ecology, program. Attending students from several countries in Latin America. 2003

6. Seminar, Forest Modeling: from trees to landscape, Universidad de Alicante, Department of Ecology, July 2001.

7. Seminar Forest Modeling: from trees to landscape, Rice University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. 2001

8. Short course, on “Modelos ambientales y su integración a SIG” (Environmental Models and integration to GIS). With M. Ablan, 40 hrs, 20 international participants. VII Conferencia Ibero Americana y Cursos sobre Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Mérida, Venezuela. 1999.

9. Seminar Modeling Forests: from trees to landscapes, Tropical Ecosystems Studies, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. 1998

10. Presentation Developing Information Management Activities in the Latin American LTER, Data Management Committee Meeting LTER, Baltimore, Maryland. 1998.

11. Seminar Tropical Forest Dynamics and Management, Bioguayana, Universidad Experimental de Guayana, Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. 1998.

12. Short course on Geostatistics and erosion models. Center for Research on Soils and Water (CIDIAT), ULA, Mérida, Venezuela. 1997.

13. Two short courses on Ecosystem Analysis. Oil Industry Research Institute (INTEVEP), Venezuela. 1996.

14. Several short courses and International Seminar/Workshop on Tropical forest modeling and simulation. Silviculture Institute, ULA, Mérida, Venezuela. 1995-1997.

15. Three conferences on Species interactions, environmental factors and spatial dimension in community models linked with GIS. The 4th Autumn Course on Mathematical Ecology of the International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. UNESCO-NSF. 1994.

CLASSROOM AND FIELD COURSES TAUGHT

UNT 1992-present

1. Undergraduate/Graduate: Electrical Engineering (EE), Environmental Systems. Taught Spring 2011.

2. Undergraduate/Graduate: Electrical Engineering (EE), Environment and Power Systems, technical elective for EE seniors and Graduate Taught in Spring 2010 and 2011. Taught together with Alternative Energy, a senior/graduate course for Mechanical and Energy Engineering (MEE) in 2010.

3. Undergraduate: Electrical Engineering (EE), Project I: Learning to Learn, this is the first EE course students take in the curriculum. It is a project-based course. Contributed to its development and taught twice in 2009.

4. Graduate: Electrical Engineering (EE), Environmental Systems. Taught twice 2008-2009 as experimental graduate course, before including in 2010-2011 catalog.

5. Undergraduate-graduate blend: Human-Nature interaction field courses in Spain, Mexico and Nepal. Total of four courses, averaging 3-4 weeks and 10 students during 2005-2008.


6. Undergraduate: Earth Science. This is an introductory class for undergraduates, large enrollment, averaging 120 students per section. Taught 15 times during 1994-2007.

7. Graduate: Environmental Modeling. This is a core course for Environmental Science MS/PhD program, Taught 11 times, averaging 10 students per section, during 1992-2007.

8. Graduate: Quantitative Techniques (Statistics and Data Analysis). A core course for Environmental Science MS/PhD program and MS Applied Geography, taught 11 times, averaging 15 students per section, during 1992-2007.

9. Graduate: Ecosystem Dynamics and Global Dynamics. Electives in the Environmental Science MS/PhD program and MS Applied Geography, Taught four times during 1992-2000.

ULA 1974-1992

1. Undergraduate: Engineering courses on Ecosystems, Linear systems, Non-linear systems, Process control, and Mathematical modeling. Taught about 25 sections averaging 30 students.

2. Graduate: Modeling modules in courses on Population biology, and Environmental dynamics. For students in the College of Sciences. Taught 5 times averaging 10 students.

3. Graduate: MS level courses on Control systems, and Mathematical modeling. Taught 4 sections averaging 10 students.

UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION

Mentor of Undergraduate Students at UNT

1. EE Senior Design, Fall 2011, Ryan Loudermilk, Rafia Noor, Lorin Swan, Site Alert Flood Emergency (S.A.F.E.) System

2. EE Senior Design, Summer 2011, Edward Starr, Jeremy Sicking, and Brandon Rodgers, Electronic Camshaft.

3. EE Senior Design, Spring 2011, Thomas Cobbinah and DJ Wooldridge, Power Factor Correction Using Current Control Technique.

4. EE Senior Design, Spring 2011, Katie Schniebs and Sam Bowman, Maximum Power Point Tracker for PV Cells.

5. EE Senior Design, Spring 2011, Britney Caldwell & Heather Howbert, Ponded Infiltration Monitoring System

6. Coordinated NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in 2009: two students, M. Horton (EE) who worked on solar panels mentored by Dr. X. Li, and A. Turley (Biology) who worked on vegetation mentored by Dr. K.Stevens.

7. P. Ramadas, A. Taamrat, S. Patel, Y. Zhou. These junior Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science (TAMS) students performed research in my laboratory on soil moisture instruments and sensors during summer 2008. They conducted field work with post-doctoral fellows and PhD graduate students.

8. A. Aviña, McNair Scholar, made two presentations (one poster and one oral) at McNair National meetings. He became graduate student in Geography, UNT.

9. M. Asencio, McNair Scholar, recipient of Hispanic Scholarship Fund award, and Morris K. Udall scholarship. She graduated from UNT in 2007 with dual major: Mathematics and Computer Science. She is now pursuing PhD in Biostatistics at Cornell University, fully sponsored by scholarship.


10. N. Lopez, McNair Scholar, after graduation in Physics from UNT 2006 he went on to pursue graduate studies at the University of California, Riverside.

11. NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) in 2003-2004: two students, T. Cogdill (Mathematics) who worked on models and Melanie Humble (Geography) who worked on model-GIS linkages.

12. Several TAMS students have performed summer research in my laboratory in the period 1994-2006. These students worked on spectral measurements of aquatic ecosystems, tree ring analysis, and online environmental observations.

Mentor of Undergraduate Students at ULA 1974-1990.

Directed Systems Engineering theses (capstone project) for many students: 1. Montero, J. G. 1990. Operatividad del computador de proceso CMR21 en el proceso de

reducción del aluminio. Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

2. Oliveros L. I. 1990. Estudio de factibilidad de la instalación de un analizador de oxígeno para la combustión de un horno de destilación atmosférica. Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

3. Tapias J. G. 1990. Interfaz de comunicación para captura de datos en patios de tanques. Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

4. Rodriguez A. 1989. Simulación de comunidades biespecíficas y multiespecíficas. Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

5. Giurizzato R. 1987. Emulación de una consola de control con un microcomputador. Tesis No. 424 Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

6. Parada B. 1987. Programas de contaje de piezas con balanzas electrónicas. Tesis No.423 Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

7. Lobo J.A. 1987. Estudio de un sistema de supervisión y adquisición de datos para una planta de producción de acetileno y una planta criogénica. Tesis No.416 Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

8. Zambrano J. 1986. Controlador autónomo programable de múltiples lazos de control. Tesis No.371 Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

9. Carrocci G. 1986, Instrumentación computarizada para análisis de transmisión de datos. Tesis No.355 Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

10. Bez S. 1986. Automatización computarizada de enlace radio-teléfono-datos. Tesis No.351 Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

11. Avendaño V. 1986. Computarización de un espectrómetro para análisis de metales en VENALUM. Tesis No.340 Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

12. Alvarez J. 1985. Estrategia de control utilizando un modelo de estructura jerárquica. Aplicación en el problema de contaminación del río Albarregas. Tesis No.286 Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

13. Castro M. 1984. Operación conjunta del sistema de abastecimiento de agua potable para la región de Falcón en tiempo real. Tesis No.256 Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

14. Cárdenas C. 1983. Sistema automatizado para manejo y control de ganado vacuno. Tesis No.217 Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).


15. Buccé A. 1983 Clasificación numérica de estructuras neuronales usando teoría de la información, Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

16. DiZio E. 1983. Transmisión de señales bioeléctricas. Tesis No.209 Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

17. Martínez W. 1983. Análisis y diseño de un sistema de adquisición automática de datos neuronales. Tesis No.188 Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

18. Camacho A. 1980. Contaminación del rio Albarregas: Modelo de polución e Identificación de parámetros en formas de tratamientos. Tesis No.137 Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

19. Rodriguez J. 1980. Optimización y análisis ecológicos aplicados a los experimentos agrícolas Tesis No.133 Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

20. Arévalo P.P. 1974. Un modelo predictivo de la producción agropecuaria en la subregión Chama Mocoties. Tesis No.16 Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

21. Fuenmayor R. 1974. Planteamiento de un modelo matemático de la población de la subregión Chama -Mocoties. Tesis No.10 Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

22. Puleo O. 1974. Un paquete de rutinas para el control de procesos con un minicomputador digital. Tesis No.9 Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

23. Katan S. 1974. Modelo Dinámico de la población del Edo. Mérida. Tesis No.8 Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

24. Araujo J. 1973. Un modelo de regulación de la hipertermia Tesis No.2 Tesis de Grado, Ingeniería de Sistemas, Universidad de Los Andes (ULA).

MS theses supervision (18)

1. Komperod, M. 2009. The Impact of Climate and Flooding on Tree Ring Growth of Fraxinus pennsylvanica in North-Central Texas. Master of Science (Environmental Science), University of North Texas, 124 pp.

2. Gurung S. 2009. Integrating environmental data acquisition and low cost Wi-Fi data communication. Master of Science (Electrical Engineering), University of North Texas, 258 pp.

3. Chen, L. 2008. Soil characteristics estimation and its application in water balance dynamics. Master of Science (Applied Geography), University of North Texas, 85 pp.

4. Figuera D. 2006. Facet Simulation in the Imataca Forest Reserve, Venezuela: permanent plot data and spatial analysis. Master of Science (Applied Geography), University of North Texas, 167pp.

5. Osei-Adjei, P. 2005. Assessing the potential effects of climate variability on reservoir water volume in North-Central Texas using GIS and models: A case study of Ray Roberts Lake. Master of Science (Applied Geography), University of North Texas. 134pp.

6. Redfearn, H. 2005. Rainfall-Runoff Changes due to Urbanization: A Comparison of Different Spatial Resolutions For Lumped Surface Water Hydrology Models Using HEC-HMS, Master of Science (Environmental Science), University of North Texas, August 2005.


7. Thapa, V. 2005. Analysis of the one-horned rhinoceros, Rhinoceros unicornis habitat in the Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal, Masters of Science Environmental Science, University of North Texas.

8. Garcia-Iturbe S. 2004. Evaluación De La Calidad Del Agua Del Embalse Macagua (Edo. Bolívar – Venezuela) Aplicando Modelos de Simulación. Magíster en Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana (UNEG)

9. Upton, A.C. 2004. Simulation of local watershed nutrient and sediment delivery to Lake Texoma. Master’s of Science (Environmental Science). University of North Texas.

10. Abbott-Wood C. 2002, Landscape forest modeling of the Luquillo Experimental Forest, Puerto Rico. Master of Science (Environmental Science), University of North Texas.

11. Holcomb, S.S. 2001. An examination of the riparian bottomland forest in North Central Texas through ecology, history, field study, and computer simulation. Master of Science (Environmental Science), University of North Texas

12. Delgado L. 2000. Modelos de Simulacion a diferentes escalas de la dinámica del bosque tropical Reserva forestal de Imataca Sector Central, Magíster en Ciencias Ambientales, Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana (UNEG)

13. Trescott, J. 1998 Estimated extent and fate of chlorinated solvent contamination in the soil of the naval air station, Dallas, Texas. Master of Science (Environmental Science), University of North Texas

14. Qiu B, 1997 Simulating thermal and chemical spills in coupled cooling reservoirs. Master of Science (Environmental Science), University of North Texas

15. Fernandez-Grey Y. 1995. Aplicacion de Modelos de Base Individual a Bosques Tropicales Americanos: Un Caso de la Guayana Venezolana, (Maestría en Ecología Tropical). ULA

16. Ramirez H. 1995. Aplicación de un modelo de simulación de base individual a la dinámica del bosque tropical: un caso de los llanos venezolanos. Tesis M.Sc. Mérida, Venezuela: Centro de Estudios Forestales de Postgrado. Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y Ambientales. ULA.

17. Maytin C. 1991. Impacto de Cambios Climáticos Sobre la Fenología y Producción del Maíz Híbrido PB-8 en Barinas y Turén, MS in Tropical Ecology. ULA

18. Cabello D. 1985. Estadísticas vitales y simulación del crecimiento poblacional de Rhodnius neivai LENT, 1953 (Hemíptera: Reduviidae) en condiciones de laboratorio. MS in Tropical Ecology, ULA.

Supervision of PhD Dissertations (10)

1. Jerez, C., 2011, Measuring atmospheric ozone and nitrogen dioxide concentration by differential optical absorption spectroscopy. PhD dissertation (Environmental Sciences), University of North Texas.

2. Rijal, R., 2011. Soil characteristics and forest composition and structure along a topographical transect in the floodplain of the Elm fork of the Trinity River, North Texas, PhD. Dissertation (Environmental Science), University of North Texas.

3. Thapa, V., 2010. Habitat Fragmentation by land-use change: one-horned rhinoceros in Nepal and red-cockaded woodpecker in Texas, PhD Dissertation (Environmental Science), University of North Texas.


4. Ramírez-Angulo, H., 2008. Modelo de dinámica de bosques tropicales estacionales en los llanos occidentales de Venezuela, PhD Dissertation, Tropical Ecology, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela.

5. Nebgen, G. 2006. Automated low cost instrument for measuring total column ozone. PhD Dissertation (Environmental Science), University of North Texas, 160 pp.

6. García-Iturbe S. 2005. Simulation of physical and chemical processes in reservoirs: two case studies. PhD Dissertation (Environmental Science), University of North Texas.

7. Duncan P. B. 2003. Modeling of land use change effects on storm water quantity and quality in the City of Carrollton and the North Texas area. Dissertation (PhD) in Biological Sciences. University of North Texas.

8. Alderman J.H. 2001. Development of a procedure to evaluate groundwater quality and potential sources of contamination in the East Texas Basin, PhD Dissertation (Environmental Science), University of North Texas.

9. Monteleone S. 1998 Light spectra distributions in temperate conifer-forest canopy gaps, Oregon and in tropical cloud-forest canopy, Venezuela Dissertation (PhD), Biological Sciences University of North Texas.

10. Ablan M. 1997. Forest landscape dynamics: a semi-Markov modeling approach. PhD Dissertation, (Environmental Science) University of North Texas.

GLOBAL ACADEMIC COLLABORATION DEVELOPMENT

1. East China Normal University (ECNU), Shanghai, China 2008 o August 2009, Hosted visit of Dr. M. Ji, Key Lab of Geographic Information Science,

China’s Ministry of Education, ECNU. o Organized collaboration with the Key Lab of Geographic Information Science,

China’s Ministry of Education, ECNU. o March 2008, Delivered five lectures, one of these at the University level (most

distinguished level for a lecture at ECNU) o Identified areas of collaboration in: coupled human and natural systems modeling for

the ecosystem management of Shanghai’s Chongming Island, simulation of estuarine aquatic ecosystem management, environmental observation and monitoring of wetland habitats using the wireless sensor network technology, and metropolitan climate and air quality modeling.

2. Asociación de Universidades Amazónicas (UNAMAZ) 2008 o Organized participation of UNT as collaborating university of UNAMAZ. o Participated in Seminario-Taller Internacional, “Investigación en la Amazonía”,

March 2008, in Cumbaratza, Amazonía Sur del Ecuador. Co-presenter of “Análisis Espaciales y Desarrollo de Energía Alternativa (Spatial analysis and alternative energy)” with Bruce Hunter, UNT.

3. Tribhuvan University (TU), Kathmandu University (KU), Nepal: 2007-2008 o Organized a research and education program during the UNT Winter intersession of

2007-2008 on human interactions with the environment in Nepal. This was a program of three complete weeks of academic activities in Nepal, including research field work, seminars.

o Seminars taught by faculty of Tribhuvan University (TU), Kathmandu University (KU), Biratnagar Degree College (BDC), University of Alicante, Spain, scientists of


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National Trust for Nature Conservation (NTNC), and other Nepalese local scientists and researchers.

4. Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico (UAEM), Toluca, Mexico. 2004-present o Co-organized, with Dr. Bruce Hunter, UNT Study Abroad experience to Tenancingo

and Toluca, Mexico. Classes and seminars conducted by UAEM faculty. o Co-Organized joint project UNT-UAEM on Assessing risks of pesticides used for

flower cultivation in the State of Mexico. Co-organizers: C. Barrera, J.C. Sanchez (UAEM). Helped secure funding in Mexico by ICAMEX by grant to UAEM.

o Organized UNT-UAEM course exchange program. Fall 2005. Program inaugurated by Acevedo teaching Geog 5400, Environmental Modeling, taught simultaneously to UNT students and to UAEM, students attending by videoconference.

5. University of Alicante (UA), Spain. 2000-present o Collaborative research. Modeling vegetation recovery after disturbance in grass and

shrub ecosystems. Secured NSF funding. Besides journal publications, books, conference presentations, this collaboration has generated: visits of UNT faculty and students to UA for research and lecturing, visits of faculty and students members from UA to UNT.

o Video-conference class to UA PhD students, Topic: Markov and Semi-Markov population models.

o Lectures on hydrological models at the doctorate program of Ecology, June 2008. o Co-director PhD Thesis in ecology, J.G. Segarra. o Developed formal signed UNT-UA academic agreement 2005-2007. o Organizer of the Research and Study Abroad Experience for UNT Students, June-July

2005 and July 2006. Several UNT faculty, and 14 UNT students (including three undergraduate McNair Scholars) visited UA in Spain for collaborative research and educational exchange.

6. Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana (UNEG), Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. 1998-present o Co-directed two MS theses of UNEG students: L. Delgado (modeling tropical forest

dynamics), and S. García-Iturbe (Modeling hydroelectric reservoirs). o Organized two NSF funded joint collaborative research projects: a) Landscape models

and management of tropical forests in Venezuela, and b) Biocomplexity: Integrating models of natural and human dynamics in forest landscapes across scales and cultures funded by NSF.

o Promoted visits and academic collaboration of UNEG faculty and students with UNT and two UNEG students have attended UNT and graduated: one MS (D. Figuera) and one PhD (S. García-Iturbe).

o Developed formal signed academic agreement UNT-UNEG 2001-2006, which was expanded to a broader agreement 2006-2010.

o Represented UNT at the “I International Conference on University Collaborations” organized by UNEG, November 29-30, 2007. Presented “Graduate International Opportunities at UNT”.

7. Universidad de Los Andes (ULA), Mérida, Venezuela. 1992-present o Organized three joint collaborative research projects a) Landscape models and

management of tropical forests in Venezuela, b) QEIB: uncertainty analysis, spatial interaction and response functions in scaling-up models of forest ecosystems, and c)


Biocomplexity: Integrating models of natural and human dynamics in forest landscapes across scales and cultures funded by NSF.

o Promoted visits and academic collaboration of ULA faculty and students with UNT. One ULA student attended and graduated with PhD from UNT (M. Ablan).

o Developed formal signed academic agreement UNT-ULA 1996-2001 and expanded to a broader agreement 2005-2010.


Current Position

2009- Team Lead Bays & Estuaries Program, Natural Resource Specialist V, Texas Water Development Board, Surface Water Resources Division, Bays and Estuaries Team, Austin, TX

Education

2005 Ph.D. Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Dissertation: Diversity in Motion: The Influence of Dispersal and Metacommunity Spatial Structure on Invertebrate Communities in Heliconia Phytotelmata, Co-advisors: Drs. Eric R. Pianka, Lawrence E. Gilbert

1998 M.S. Biology, minor Biostatistics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX Thesis: A Quantitative Model of Density-Dependent Habitat Selection: Integrating Isodar and Isoleg Theories Co-Advisors: Dr. Michael R. Willig and Dr. Daryl L. Moorhead

1993 B.S. Ecology, minor Environmental Studies, Baylor University, Waco, TX Skills

Scientific: Project development, Experimental design, Data collection & management, Equipment calibration, installation, & deployment, Univariate or multivariate statistical analysis, Aquatic invertebrate identification, Grant writing ($75,000+ in awards)

Communication & Management: Public speaking, Technical writing, Webpage development & maintenance, Project management (with budgets ranging $60,000 to $200,000+), Contract management (30+ contracts totaling more than $1.5 million), Program management (with a budget >$500,000, 5 staff, and >20 ongoing projects)

Software & Equipment: Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Office applications, PC-Ord, SAS; Mac/PC, GPS or compass, water quality sondes (Coastal Leasing, Eureka, Hydrolab, Greenspan, Solinst, YSI), acoustic Doppler flow meters (SonTek), driving & trailering boats

Professional Experience

2009- Team Lead, Natural Resource Specialist V, Bays & Estuaries Program, Surface Water Resources Division, Texas Water Development Board, Austin, TX

2005-09 Natural Resource Specialist IV, Bays & Estuaries Program, Surface Water Resources Division, Texas

Water Development Board, Austin, TX

2009 Consultant, Literature review on Vulnerability of Freshwater Resources to Climate Change in support of the World Wildlife Fund – US Climate Change Program’s Sustainable Freshwater Climate Change Adaptation report to The World Bank.

2008 Consultant, Literature review of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in the Pantanal Region of South America, Prepared for the World Wildlife Fund.


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2003-04 Graduate Fellow, National Science Foundation GK-12 Program, Environmental Science Institute, University of Texas at Austin, TX

2002-03 Graduate Fellow, Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, TX

2000-01 Mentor, Intercollegiate Men’s Athletics, University of Texas at Austin, TX

1998-05 Teaching Assistant, School of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, TX

1998 Research Assistant, under Dr. Daryl L. Moorhead, Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, TX

1997 Research Assistant, under Dr. Michael R. Willig, Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, TX

1993-95 Water Quality Technician, Planning and Environmental Division, Brazos River Authority, Waco, TX

Research Experience

Professional Research

2010- Evaluation of the hydrological and ecological effects of drought and low flows on Texas estuaries. Funded by the United States Army Corps of Engineers.

2007- Determination of the freshwater inflow needs for the San Bernard & Cedar Lakes minor estuary and associated wetlands. A study of the Texas Water Development Board Bays & Estuaries Program.

2009 Modeling management of water circulation and salinity gradients in the Keith Lake system, Jefferson County, Texas. Funded by the Environmental Protection Agency Gulf of Mexico Program Office.

2008 Evaluation of freshwater inflow recommendations for the Galveston Bay system. Funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Graduate Research, University of Texas at Austin, Section of Integrative Biology, Austin, TX

2003 Impacts of patch density on local community and metacommunity dynamics, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica, Summer 2003

2002-03 Metapopulation dynamics of a hispine beetle, Cephaloleia puncticollis, using the inflorescences of Heliconia imbricata as a food source, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica, Summer 2002, 2003

2002 Dry-season dispersal dynamics and feeding preferences of a hispine beetle, Cephaloleia puncticollis, Spring 2002

2001 Influence of hispine beetle larvae on species diversity, abundance and composition in Heliconia imbricata phytotelmata, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica, Summer 2001

1999 Effects of increased productivity on diversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates living within bracts of Heliconia imbricata, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica, Summer 1999


Graduate Research, Texas Tech University, Department of Biological Sciences, Lubbock, TX

1997-98 Modeling the effects of community organization and population regulation on species coexistence using a Lotka-Volterra based model of density-dependent habitat selection

1998 Research Assistant, Modeling food-webs of dry valley lakes in Antarctica, under Dr. Daryl L. Moorhead

1997 Research Assistant, Modeling effects of elevated CO2 on belowground processes, under Dr. Daryl L. Moorhead, Summer

1997 Research Assistant, Landscape ecology of terrestrial snails, under Dr. Michael R. Willig, Spring

1996+ Field Assistant, Luquillo Experimental Forest, El Verde Field Station, Puerto Rico Landscape ecology of terrestrial snails, under Dr. Michael R. Willig, June 1996; March, January 1999

Undergraduate Research, Brazos River Authority, Planning and Environmental Division, Waco, TX

1993 Undergraduate Internship, Assessment of macroinvertebrate communities in tributaries of the North Bosque River, Texas

Undergraduate Research, Northeastern University, School for Field Studies, Cloud Forest Ecology Program, Cerro Cuerici, Costa Rica

1992 Undergraduate Research, Assessing impacts of deforestation on a benthic macroinvertebrate community in a mountain stream. Summer 1992

Teaching Experience

1998-05 Teaching Assistant, University of Texas at Austin, Section of Integrative Biology Applied Aquatic Entomology, Fall 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 Field Ecology (writing component), Spring 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 Field Entomology, May 2004 course in Texas and Arkansas Ecological Studies in Tropical-Temperate Gradients, Summer 2002 course in Costa Rica Ecology, Evolution and Society, Summer 2000, Summer 2001 Ecology Laboratory (writing component), Fall 1999, Spring 2000, Summer 2000 Biology of Birds, Spring 1999 Genetics, Fall 1998

1995-97 Teaching Assistant, Texas Tech University, Department of Biological Sciences Biology of Plants, 1995-1997 Environmental Problems (writing component), Fall 1996

Service

2009-13 Board Member and current President, Violet Crown Community Works, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization building and sustaining community in the Brentwood and Crestview neighborhoods of Austin, TX

2007-12 Festival Co-Chair, Violet Crown Community Works sponsored Violet Crown Spring Festival, an annual neighborhood festival, Austin, TX


2007 Co-Organizer, Symposium “Research supporting adaptive management of environmental flows” for the Annual Meeting of the Estuarine Research Federation, November 4-80, 2007, Providence, RI

2007 Principle Organizer, Workshop “Environmental flows for instream and coastal ecosystems: sorting through methodologies.” For the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, August 5-10, 2007, San Jose, CA

2006-12 Appointed Member of the Galveston Bay Council, an advisory council for the Galveston Bay Estuary Program, a program administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, for the National Estuary Program

2005 Principle Organizer, Organized Oral Session “Consequences of dispersal and colonization: what happens when communities are opened?” for the 90th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, August 5-12, 2005, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

2004 Co-Chair, Service Committee for the First Annual Graduate Student Symposium, Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, TX, October 2004

2004 Co-organizer, GK-12 workshop on insect identification, “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Up Close and Personal”, Environmental Science Institute and the Brackenridge Field Lab, University of Texas at Austin, TX, May 1, 2004

2003 Co-organizer, Workshop in Spatial Analysis/ARCView, Brackenridge Field Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, TX, January 9-10, 2003

2002 Graduate Student Representative, Ecology Faculty Search Committee, Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, TX

2001 Graduate Student Representative, Ecology Faculty Search Committee, Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, TX

2001-04 Supervisor for 10 undergraduate students conducting laboratory and field research, University of Texas at Austin, TX

1997-98 Seminar Host, Texas Tech University Association of Biologists, Texas Tech University, TX

1994-95 Workshop Assistant, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Benthic Macroinvertebrate Rapid Bioassessment Protocol Workshop sponsored by the Brazos River Authority, 1994, 1995 and the Lower Colorado River Authority, 1994

1991-93 Editor, ECONews, campus-wide environmental newsletter for Baylor University, Waco, TX

1990-93 Secretary, Environmental Concern Organization, Baylor University, Waco, TX Honors and Awards Total $76,000

2006 2007 State Water Plan, Certificate of Excellence, Texas Water Development Board, Austin, TX 2005 Dorothea Bennett Memorial Graduate Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, $1,300 2005 Carl Gottfried Hartman Graduate Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, $2,500 2004 Carl Gottfried Hartman Graduate Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, $1,150 2003 Graduate Fellow, National Science Foundation GK-12 Program and the Environmental Science

Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, 2003-2004, $20,000 2003 P.E.O. Scholar Award, International Chapter P.E.O. Sisterhood, 2003-2004, $8,000


2003 Outstanding Teaching Award, Honorable Mention, School of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at Austin

2003 Dorothea Bennett Memorial Graduate Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, $2, 700 2002 Graduate Fellow, University Continuing Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 2002-2003, $19,600 2002 Organization of Tropical Studies Research Fellowship, $2,172 2002 Hartman Merit Award, University of Texas at Austin, $5,000 2001 Zoology Scholarship Endowment for Excellence, University of Texas at Austin, $2,500 2001 Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research, $800 2001 Frank and Fern Blair Scholarship, University of Texas at Austin, $2,247 1999 Terrell H. Hamilton Endowed Graduate Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, $2,500 1998 1st Place Poster award, Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University 1998 Graduate School Summer Research Award, Texas Tech University, $2,000 1998 Summer Research Award, Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, $500 1997 Summer Research Award, Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, $500 1997 Summer Mini-Grant, Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, $500 1996 Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education Travel Contract Award, $2,125 Refereed Publications

2002 Guthrie, C.G., and D.L. Moorhead. Density-dependent habitat selection: evaluating isoleg theory with a Lotka-Volterra Model. Oikos. 96:184-194

Technical Reports

2012 Guthrie, C.G., J. Matsumoto, and R.S. Solis. Analysis of the Influence of Water Plan Strategies on Inflows and Salinity in Galveston Bay. Texas Water Development Board, Austin, Texas. 71pp.

Series of TxBLEND Model Reports with myself, C. Schoenbaechler, J. Matsumoto, Q. Lu, and S. Negusse as authors, developed for the Texas Water Development Board, Austin, Texas 2012 TxBLEND Model Calibration and Validation for the Trinity-San Jacinto Estuary. March 22, 2012. 56 pp. 2011 TxBLEND Model Calibration and Validation for the Laguna Madre Estuary. October 27, 2011. 60 pp. 2011 TxBLEND Model Calibration and Validation for the Nueces Estuary. July 26, 2011. 72 pp. 2011 TxBLEND Model Calibration and Validation for the Lavaca-Colorado Estuary and East Matagorda Bay.

February 14, 2011. 72 pp. 2010 TxBLEND Model Validation for the Upper Guadalupe Estuary Using Recently Updated Inflow Data. November

2010. 25 pp. 2010 TxBLEND Model Calibration and Validation for Guadalupe and Mission-Aransas Estuaries. July 2010. 46 pp. Series of Hydrology Reports with myself, C. Schoenbaechler, and Q. Lu as authors, developed for the Texas Water Development Board, Austin, Texas 2012 Coastal Hydrology for the Trinity-San Jacinto Estuary. January 5, 2012. 29 pp. 2011 Coastal Hydrology for the Brazos River Estuary. December 14, 2011. 13 pp. 2011 Coastal Hydrology for East Matagorda Bay. October 10, 2011. 13 pp. 2011 Coastal Hydrology for the Laguna Madre Estuary, with Emphasis on the Upper Laguna Madre. September 21,

2011. 28 pp. 2011 Coastal Hydrology for the Laguna Madre Estuary, with Emphasis on the Lower Laguna Madre. September 21,

2011. 29 pp.


2011 Coastal Hydrology for the Nueces Estuary: Hydrology for Version #TWDB201101 with Updates to Diversion and Return Data for 2000–2009. July 25, 2011. 20 pp.

2011 Comparison of Two Hydrology Datasets, as Applied to the TxBLEND Model, on Salinity Condition in Nueces Bay. July 11, 2011. 13 pp.

2011 Coastal Hydrology for the Mission-Aransas Estuary. February 22, 2011. 15 pp. 2010 Coastal Hydrology for the Guadalupe Estuary: Updated Hydrology with Emphasis on Diversion and Return

Flow Data for 2000-2009. November 2010. 28 pp. 2010 Le Quesne, T., J.H. Matthews, C. Von der Heyden, A.J. Wickel, R. Wilby, J. Hartmann, G. Pegram, E.

Kistin, G. Blate, G. Kimura de Freitas, E. Levine, C. Guthrie, C. McSweeney, N. Sindorf. 2010. Flowing Forward: Freshwater Ecosystem Adapatation to Climate Change in Water Resources Management and Biodiversity Conservation. Note No. 28, August 2010. Water Working Notes, The World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA. 74pp.

2009 Pothina, D., and C. Guthrie. Evaluating Inverted Siphons as a Means of Mitigating Salinity Intrusion in the Keith Lake/Salt Bayou System, Jefferson County, Texas. Prepared for the Texas Water Development Board and submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency Gulf of Mexico Program.

2008 Batchelor, M. and C. Guthrie. Galveston Bay Freshwater Inflow Re-Study: An Investigation of Productivity-Inflow Relationships. Prepared for and submitted to the Texas Water Development Board.

2006 Guthrie, C.G. Analysis of stream flow data in tidal streams of the Texas coast. Prepared for the Texas Water Development Board and submitted to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

1994 Guthrie, C.G. Leon River watershed study (Segments 1221 and 1223): a summary and evaluation of water quality data for the Brazos River Authority. Submitted to the Brazos River Authority and the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission.

1994 Guthrie, C.G. and T. Conry. Rapid bioassessment of selected streams in San Augustine and Angelina counties, Texas. Final report for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Rapid Bioassessment Workshop. Submitted to the Brazos River Authority, the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

1994 Guthrie, C.G. and T. Conry. Salt Creek Phase II hazardous, toxic, radioactive, or other wastes feasibility study. Submitted to the Brazos River Authority and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Conference Presentations 2011 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Austin, TX 2009 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, NM 2007 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, San Jose, CA 2006 Summer Meeting of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Victoria, British

Columbia, Canada 2006 Texas Bays and Estuary Meeting, Port Aransas, TX (presented by Dharhas Pothina) 2005 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2004 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Portland, OR 2004 Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology, New York City, NY 2004 Annual Meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Miami, FL 2004 South-Central Sections Meeting of the Geological Society of America, College Station, TX (with Martha

M. Maas) 1998 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, MD (with Daryl L. Moorhead)


1998 Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Baltimore, MD (presented by Daryl Moorhead) 1998 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution and the American Society of Naturalists,

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (with Daryl L. Moorhead) 1998 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution and the American Society of Naturalists,

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (presented by Daryl Moorhead) 1998 Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Albuquerque, NM (with Daryl L.

Moorhead) 1998 Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Albuquerque, NM (presented by

Daryl Moorhead) 1995 Texas Academy of Science, Houston, TX (presented by Tom Conry) 1994 Texas Academy of Science, Houston, TX Organization Membership

Ecological Society of America, member since 1997 Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation, member since 2006 List of References Dr. Ruben S. Solis, P.E. **Present Supervisor at TWDB Director, Surface Water Resources Division Texas Water Development Board 1700 N. Congress Avenue Austin, Texas 78711 Phone: 512-936-0802 Email: [email protected] Dr. Barney Austin, P.E. **Former Supervisor at TWDB Director of Hydrologic Services INTERA Incorporated 1812 Centre Creek Drive Austin, Texas 78754 Phone: 512-425-2086 Email: [email protected] Dr. Larry Gilbert **Graduate Advisor at UT-Austin Professor, Section of Integrative Biology and Director, Brackenridge Field Lab School of Biological Sciences The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas 78712 Phone: 512-471-4705 Email: [email protected]


JOSEPH F. TRUNGALE, P.E. Owner / Principal

FIELDS OF EXPERIENCE

Mr. Trungale is a professional engineer and the principal of Trungale Engineering & Science in Austin, Texas. He has over 15 years of experience working in water resource planning and environmental flow studies, including work for the river basin commission responsible for raw water supply for Washington D.C., as a consultant with HDR Engineering managing regional water planning and availability modeling and as the surface water hydrologist for the Texas Parks and Wildlife River Studies program. Mr. Trungale is currently an independent consultant with expertise in conducting instream flow studies to quantify the effects of changing flow regimes on aquatic habitat. His expertise extends to groundwater-springflow studies, freshwater inflows for bays and estuaries, and regional and state water planning including water availability analysis and water rights review. Mr. Trungale has an MS degree in Engineering from the University of Washington and has completed course work in pursuit of a PhD candidacy at Texas State University in Aquatic Biology.

EDUCATION

• Completed course work in pursuit of PhD candidacy, Aquatic Biology, Texas State University (San Marcos, Texas) 2010

• M.S. Engineering, University of Washington (Seattle, Washington), 1996 • B.A. English Literature, Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.), 1990

PROFESSIONAL/TECHNICAL AFFILIATIONS

• Texas State Board of Professional Engineers – Professional Engineer No. 92040 • Member of American Society of Civil Engineers

TECHNICAL REPORTS, PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Trungale Engineering and Science (February, 2012), Instream Flow-Habitat Relationships in the Upper Rio Grande River Basin, URGBBEST, Austin, Texas.

• Trungale Engineering and Science and the River Systems Institute (June, 2012), Instream Flow-Habitat Relationships in the Nueces River Basin, Nueces BBEST, Austin, Texas.

• Trungale Engineering and Science (October, 2011), Effect of Diversions from the Guadalupe San Antonio River Basins on San Antonio Bay, The Aransas Project, Austin, Texas.

• Colorado Lavaca Basin and Bay Expert Science Team (March, 2011), Environmental Flows Recommendations Report, Austin, Texas.

• Trungale Engineering and Science (August, 2010), Environmental Flows Regime Analysis and Recommendations Report, Cypress Flows Project, Austin, Texas.

• Trungale Engineering and Science (April, 2010), Flows Atlas - Senate Bill 3 (2 separate reports - Trinity-San Jacinto and Sabine-Neches), National Wildlife Federation, Austin, Texas.

• Trinity San Jacinto Basin and Bay Expert Science Team (December, 2009), Environmental Flows Recommendations Report, Austin, Texas.

• Espey Consultants, Inc. and Trungale Engineering and Science (August, 2009), Galveston Bay Salinity Zonation Analysis for the Trinity-San Jacinto and Galveston Bay Basin and Bay Expert Science Team, Austin, Texas

• Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (August, 2008), Review of Desktop Methods for Establishing Environmental Flows in Texas Rivers and Streams, Austin, Texas


• BIO-WEST, Inc. (March, 2008), Lower Colorado River, Texas Instream Flow Guidelines, Colorado River Flow Relationships to Aquatic Habitat and State Threatened Species: Blue Sucker, Round Rock, Texas. Lower Colorado River Authority and San Antonio Water System.

• Trungale Engineering and Science (July, 2007), Instream Flow Needs for the Brazos River Near Glen Rose, Texas, Friends of the Brazos River, Austin, Texas.

• Trungale, J.F., Mayes, K.B., Moss, R.E., and Kleinsasser, L.J. (October, 2003), Using Water Availability Models to Assess Alterations in Instream Flows. River Studies Draft Report Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, Texas.

• Kleinsasser, L.J., Jurgensen, T.A., Bowles, D.E., Boles, S., Aziz, K., Saunders, K.S., Linam, G.W., Trungale, J.F., Mayes, K.B., Rector, J., Renee Fields, J., Portis, K., Steinmetz, G., and Moss, R.E.(February, 2004), Status of Biotic Integrity, Water Quality, and Physical Habitat in 16 of 30 Wade-able East Texas Streams. River Studies Report No. 19, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, Texas.

• Saunders, K.S., Mayes, K.B., Jurgensen, T.A., Trungale, J.F., Kleinsasser, L.J., Aziz, K., Fields, J.R., and Moss, R.E. (August, 2001), An Evaluation of Spring Flows to Support the Upper San Marcos River Spring Ecosystem, Hays County, Texas. River Studies Report No. 16. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, Texas.

• HDR Engineering, Inc. (January, 2001), South Central Texas Regional Water Plan, Texas Water Development Board, Austin Texas.

• HDR Engineering, Inc. (December 1999), Water Availability in the Guadalupe-San Antonio River Basin, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Austin, Texas.

Owner and Principal 2004 - Present Trungale Engineering & Science Austin, Texas

In 2004, Mr. Trungale established Trungale Engineering & Science and began working as an independent consultant. While continuing to conduct state of the science studies, he has brought his expertise in engineering and ecological science to into broader contexts within the public policy and legal arenas. He works with diverse groups of stakeholders and scientists to develop innovative solutions to natural resource challenges that balance growing human needs for water with the need to protect and maintain sound ecological environments. In addition to addressing the needs of individual clients, he has also served on several science committees and testified as an expert witness in a number of precedent settling decisions.

Effect of Diversions from the Guadalupe San Antonio River Basins on San Antonio Bay - The Aransas Project

Mr. Trungale produced a technical report on behalf of The Aransas Project an alliance of citizens, organizations, businesses, and municipalities seeking responsible water management of the Guadalupe River Basin and bays. In 2011, TAP filed a federal lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division, against several officials of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in their official capacities for illegal harm and harassment of Whooping Cranes at and adjacent to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in violation of the Endangered Species Act. Mr. Trungale testified as an expert witness in this trial describing how future changes in inflow are expected to alter salinity patterns in San Antonio Bay. His analysis focused on salinity thresholds for Blue Crabs, an important for source for the cranes, in the vicinity of the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge.


Caddo Lake/Cypress Basin Environmental Flows Study - Caddo Lake Institute

Since 2005, Mr. Trungale has worked with local, state and federal agencies and the Nature Conservancy to develop flow recommendations to protect the rivers and wetland surrounding Texas’ only natural lake. Mr. Trungale conducts and reviews scientific studies related to wetland connectivity and instream habitat to determine ecosystem flow needs for Caddo Lake and associated wetlands. Implementing a consensus based decision making process, he has led a science based stakeholder process to develop recommendations for subsistence, base and high flow targets and conducted field studies to address priority research issues. He worked closely with the U.S Army Corps of Engineers and the local water supply organization to develop approaches to implement environmental flow recommendations and is currently developing a monitoring and adaptive management program to assess the efficacy of these recommendations on maintaining the ecological health of this system.

Instream Flow – Habitat Relationships for the Nueces River Basin and the Upper Rio Grande Basin

Mr. Trungale conducted extensive field data collections and developed instream habitat simulation models for selected locations in the Nueces and Upper Rio Grande River basins in order to develop predictive relationships which describe the response of instream available habitat over a range of flows. These relationships will be used to evaluate the flows that may be recommended by the Bay and Basin Expert Science Teams as part of their charge under the Senate Bill 3 Environmental Flows mandate.

Brazos River Instream Flow Study - Texas Rivers Protection Association & Friends of the Brazos River

Mr. Trungale analyzed the Brazos River Authority systems operation permit application and evaluated effects on instream flows to support environmental and recreation flow needs. Mr. Trungale characterized flow regimes under pre-development and currently modified management scenarios using a Water Availability Model (WAM) developed for the Brazos River Systems Operations Permit application which seeks to appropriate water from the Brazos River. He provided expert testimony in support of protestants (Friends of the Brazos River) in the matter of the application by Brazos River Authority for Water Use Permit No. 5851 (SOAH Docket No. 582-10-4184; TCEQ Docket No. 2005-1490-WR).

Llano River Sand and Gravel Mining Protest

Mr. Trungale conducted analysis of potential impacts from sand and gravel operations in the Llano River specifically with respect to compliance with 31 TEX ADMIN. CODE § 69.108 (c) including the evaluating sediment budget, erosion rates of the river segment to be mined, and the effect on coastal and receiving waters. He provided expert report and testimony in support of protestants (Peron and others) in the matter of an application of Joe B. Long and Mark L. Stephenson for a Sand and Gravel Permit (SOAH Docket No. 802-09-4552).

Evaluation of Impacts of Exelon Nuclear Power Plant on Freshwater Inflows to San Antonio Bay

Mr. Trungale developed estimates for freshwater inflow to San Antonio Bay for natural, current and future conditions using TCEQ Water Availability Models and water development projects proposed by South Central Texas Regional Water Planning Group. He evaluated the impact of changed conditions on the severity, frequency and duration of drought conditions. He simulated salinity regimes using a 2-dimensional finite element circulation and transport model under alternative management scenarios to quantify changes in preferred salinity zones for economically and environmentally important finfish and shellfish. He provided expert report on behalf of protestants (Texans for a Sound Energy Policy) in the matter of an early site permit application from Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Docket No. 52-042, ASLBP No. 11-908-01-ESP-BD01).


Colorado and Lavaca River Basins and Matagorda Bay and Basin Expert Science Team (BBEST)

Mr. Trungale was selected to serve as a member of this Senate Bill 3 committee in February 2010, focusing upon issues related to environmental flows. Mr. Trungale was primarily responsible for developing Hydrology-Based Environmental Flow Regimes for 23 locations in the Colorado and Lavaca River Basins.

Trinity and San Jacinto River Basins and Galveston Bay and Basin Expert Science Team (BBEST)

As a Texas Senate Bill 3 Expert Science Team member, Mr. Trungale developed science based flow recommendations for rivers in the Trinity and San Jacinto River Basins and freshwater inflow for Galveston Bay. This included analysis of hydrology and hydraulics, biology, water quality and geomorphology to refine and validate hydrology based instream flow recommendations. He applied a salinity zonation approach to predict ecologically relevant salinity response to changes in freshwater inflows. Mr. Trungale co-authored "Science Based Environmental Flow Regime for the Trinity River, San Jacinto River, and Galveston Bay."

Lower Colorado River Instream Flow Study – Lower Colorado River Authority/San Antonio Water System

Mr. Trungale developed models to evaluate the effects of flow alterations, specifically related to a proposed water development project to provide water from the Colorado River to the City of San Antonio. He was responsible for several components, which included performing reconnaissance to determine study sites, developing conceptual study flow charts, collecting physical and hydrologic data to model and characterize hydraulic habitat, analyzing results, recommending flow targets and preparing a final report.

Review of Desktop Methods for Establishing Environmental Flows in Texas Rivers and Streams – Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Mr. Trungale provided technical support to the workgroup tasked with evaluating the current default method for determining instream flow needs, primarily for the purpose of defining special conditions within water rights permits. This included making comparisons between naturalized and gauged flows and between Lyons method and values derived from Indicators of Hydrologic Alteration (IHA) software as well as comparing estimates from desktop methods and recommendations from a comprehensive site specific study.

Statistical Analysis of Galveston Bay Salinity/Inflow Relationship - National Wildlife Federation

Mr. Trungale developed multivariate regression for salinity as a function of inflows and antecedent salinity in support of the development of special conditions to proposed water rights permits related to reuse.

Galveston Bay Freshwater Inflow – Galveston Bay Conservation and Preservation Association

Mr. Trungale was a Member of Galveston Bay Technical Advisory Group to test the validity of the State of Texas freshwater inflow recommendations and to suggest alternative approaches.

Evaluations of Proposed Water Supply Alternatives for DFW and North Texas – Texas Committee on Natural Resources

Mr. Trungale evaluated and recommended alternative water supply options for the City of Dallas that could be used to meet future demands without building the Marvin Nichols reservoir. In addition, he estimated costs associated with raw water, pipelines, and water treatment.


Kinney County Groundwater Management – Kinney Country Farmers and Ranchers Association

Mr. Trungale supported the coalition of ranchers and farmers to protect local wells and springs from excessive groundwater diversions and transfers. He evaluated previous and current studies, including Groundwater Availability Modeling (GAM) and provided support recommendations for springflow needs and approaches to meet these needs. Mr. Trungale provided affidavits to the Kinney County Groundwater Management District.

San Antonio Bay Freshwater Inflow Evaluations in relations to the Lower Guadalupe Water Supply Project - D.M O’Conner Ranches

Mr. Trungale evaluated state methodology to determine freshwater inflow needs including evaluation of data, development of regressions relating inflows to ecological health, optimization and circulation modeling and validation.

San Marcos River Foundation Instream Flow Permit Application – San Marcos River Foundation

Mr. Trungale provided technical guidance to the San Marcos River Foundation, a local non-profit which had applied for a permit for the protection of instream and freshwater inflows in the Guadalupe River. He also performed Water Availability Modeling (WAM) to support permit application, evaluated completed applications, and researched the TCEQ permitting policy to evaluate precedence and authority of the agency to grant such permits. Finally, Mr. Trungale evaluated state methodology to determine freshwater inflow needs for San Antonio Bay and continues to monitor activities to the Commission on Environmental Flows and their Science Advisory Committee. He provided affidavits in the matters of water rights applications from the San Marcos River Foundation and the Canyon Regional Water Authority.

Surface Water Hydrologist 1999 - 2004 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department San Marcos, Texas

Mr. Trungale’s work at TPWD encompassed a large scope of projects including collecting and analyzing field data and developing hydraulic and habitat models to determine instream flow needs to support healthy ecosystems. In addition, he collected physical and biological data which included surveying stream cross sections and benchmarks with levels, total stations and GPS, measuring discharge with flow meters, collecting bathymetry with digital transducer and echosounder connected to GPS units, characterizing and mapping stream cover and substrate, collecting biological data, primarily fish, using seines, boat and backpack shockers, and also some limited collecting of chemical data primarily using automated data loggers. He performed statistical and time series analysis on hydrologic and hydraulic data, specifically calculating watershed and stream channel and flow statistics that have biological significance, e.g. Indicator of Hydrologic Variability (IHA) (central tendency, recurrence intervals, frequency and duration) and that may be used to develop or refine instream flow standards and requirements. Also Mr. Trungale developed and ran 1D and 2D hydrodynamic models including PHABSIM, River2D and SMS/RMA2, water quality models (SNTEMP and BASINS). He developed spreadsheet and GIS tools to analyze outputs of habitat preference and utilization. At TPWD, Mr. Trungale served as an agency expert on issues related to surface water hydrology in statewide permitting and planning including a review of major water rights applications, water availability modeling, reservoir yield calculations and departmental and state water planning processes.

Water Availability Models to Assess Alterations to Instream Flows

Mr. Trungale used water availability models to assess alterations to instream flows under current conditions and full authorized use assumptions. He developed monthly benchmark flow values at 72 sites throughout Texas based on a percentage of daily naturalized median flow (similar to the regulatory


default method) and calculated the frequency of meeting or exceeding these benchmarks under natural and modeled assumptions. Finally, Mr. Trungale characterized the level of alteration based on the difference in percent of time targets met between natural conditions and full authorized use.

Guadalupe Instream Flow Study

Mr. Trungale was responsible for characterizing flow regime at three sites on the Guadalupe River by reviewing and comparing historical stream flow records, calculating flow statistics, and producing cumulative frequency graphs. He also collected physical and biological data at three sites on the Guadalupe River by several methods, including surveying cross section depths and water surface elevations, taking velocity measurements according to USGS protocol and calculating discharge, collecting bathymetry data using a boat mounted Echosounder/GPS system, and making substrate and cover calls and fish collections. Mr. Trungale developed 1D (PHABSIM) and 2D (SMS/RMA2 and River2D) hydraulic-habitat models including calculating stage-discharge relationship (rating curve), running and calibrating models and producing maps of model depths, velocities and habitat.

Canyon Permit Amendment Review

Mr. Trungale analyzed alternatives proposed by the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority to subordinate downstream hydropower rights in favor of upstream storage for municipal supply. He then calculated flow frequency curves for each of the alternatives and a suite of parametric and non-parametric statistics called Indicators of Hydraulic Alteration (IHA) that describe the magnitude of monthly water conditions, magnitude and duration of annual extreme water conditions, timing of annual extreme water conditions, frequency and duration of high and low pulses amend rate and frequency of change in water conditions.

GIS-Database of Instream Flow Needs Determinations

In order to better evaluate the spatial extent of existing instream flow studies in the State of Texas, Mr. Trungale developed a geodatabase identifying locations where instream flow determinations have been made either as a requirement of water rights permit applications or for site-specific studies. He also extracted output from Texas Water Availability Models (WAM) to calculate flow statistics at primary control points. He then created an interactive map including water rights diversion points, locations where instream flows have been determined, streams of significant ecological significance and flow statistics at primary (gage) locations based on naturalized and currently regulated flows.

Regional Environmental Monitoring Assessment Program (REMAP)

Mr. Trungale’s involvement in REMAP included collecting physical and biological data for small streams in East Texas including surveying cross section depths and water surface elevations, measuring velocity according to USGS protocol and calculating discharge. He also made substrate and cover calls, and developed spreadsheets to calculate summary statistics for more than 200 sites. The calculated statistics for each cross section included calculation of wetted width, maximum and median depth for current water surface elevations, bank full and flood prone areas. Mr. Trungale also summarized fish species collected at each site. Using GIS Software, Mr. Trungale calculated drainage areas for more than 200 sites using digital elevation models and land use density for each site according to Anderson scale and land use land cover data sets. Finally, Mr. Trungale developed programs to calculate the regionalized Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) for fish and benthic macroinvertebrate metrics.

Allen’s Creek Reservoir Project

During the planning and negotiations phase of this project, Mr. Trungale calculated instream flow requirements according to Lyons method (permit/regulatory method) environmental flow consensus


criteria (planning method) as well as several additional criteria to 1.) limit diversions to some percentage of total flow or 2.) relax instream flow requirements during drought. In addition, he calculated reservoir yield, including iterative calculation of monthly evaporation, when meeting different instream flow requirements and bank full flow (1.5 year recurrence flow) using log-Pearson’s Type III statistic. Once an agreement was made between TPWD and the applicant, he began an instream flow study on the Brazos River, which included, collecting bathymetry data using echosounder and GPS for the approximately 2 mile segment downstream of Allen’s Creek. Mr. Trungale corrected this data based on changes in water surface elevation over the two day data collection period, developed TIN and GRID models of the bathymetry for use in a 2-D hydrodynamic model and began developing and testing the model.

Evaluation of Spring Flows to Support the Upper San Marcos River Spring Ecosystem, Hays County, Texas

Mr. Trungale characterized flow regime by reviewing and comparing historical stream flow records, calculating flow statistics, and producing cumulative frequency graphs. He also developed a 1-D hydraulic-habitat model (PHABSIM) including calculating stage-discharge relationship (rating curve), by performing log-log regression between observed stage and discharge pairs at 28 cross sections, calculating velocities at each station within each cross section at a range of discharges using Manning’s equation to solve for “n” at each station (in this context “n” acts as a roughness distribution factor across the cross section), calculating weighted usable area as a function of flow for target species (in this case five native plant species) by relating habitat suitability indices to modeled depths and velocities, and performing time series analysis to calculate weighted usable area over period of record to access historical variable and duration of “good” habitat conditions. In addition, Mr. Trungale developed a stream temperature model (SNTEMP) using results from hydraulic modeling and additional observed data to create inputs for a stream temperature model including latitude, elevation, travel time, stream width, shading data, and historical meteorological data (used for alternative scenarios). Finally, he modeled net heat flux = solar radiation + atmospheric radiation + vegetative radiation + evaporation + convection + conduction + friction-water’s back radiation on a monthly time step, validated results against observed water temperatures, and predicted flow rates at which temperature thresholds might be violated.

Project Engineer 1997 - 1999 HDR Engineering, Inc. Austin, Texas

As a Project Engineer for HDR Engineering, Inc., Mr. Trungale developed water availability models and regional water plans. He was a principle programmer for state water availability models for the Guadalupe and San Antonio River Basins. Mr. Trungale was a project manager for new reservoir alternatives in the South Central Texas Regional Planning Study. He integrated long-range water supply plans for state sponsored regional planning studies based on demand projections, availability of new supplies, cost and environmental impacts. He modified reservoir yield simulation models for analysis and assessment of water supply alternatives on a daily time step. Models were evaluated for both the reliability of these alternatives to supply water as well as their impact on natural and aquatic resources downstream. Other projects included sizing and laying out potential pipeline routes and accessing costs for municipal water, sewer and drainage structures.

Guadalupe River Basin Water Availability Model

Serving as a Principle Modeler for the Guadalupe San Antonio Water Availability Model (GSA WAM), Mr. Trungale built a GSA water rights dataset which included reviewing permits, assigning priority dates and a diversion location to a geographical coordinate. He calculated monthly distribution factors, created storage area curves, and estimated historical evaporation rates. Mr. Trungale modified


naturalized flow sets including updated spring flow sets. Basin specific modifications were made to the WAM source code to calculate daily operations for Canyon Reservoir to meet FERC and hydropower daily flow requirements, including modifications to handle special permits (Braunig/Calveras/Victoria), and Medina/Diversion Lake leakage. Alternative scenarios were devised to evaluate changing return flow assumptions, exclusion of cancelable and term permits, and accounting for reservoir sedimentation. Model runs were performed to validate and present results.

South Central Texas (Region L) Water Planning

Mr. Trungale was a Project Manager for the SB1 Region L planning study for five new reservoir alternatives in the GSA. He managed a $20,000 budget and supervised the work of other project engineers. He calculated availability for water diversion into storage facilities with the constraints of meeting downstream senior water rights and bay and estuary flow requirements. He calculated reservoir yields subject to local evaporation and meeting a three-tiered environmental flow pass through, the impact of diversion at the site and at the mouth of the bay and the unit cost of water for the project. Mr. Trungale summarized yield estimates, costs and implementation/feasibility issues.

Corpus Christi Water Supply Update

The City of Corpus Christi’s main water supply sources include the Choke Canyon-Lake Corpus Christi reservoir system and the recently completed Mary Rhodes pipeline from Lake Texana. Mr. Trungale updated evaporation calculations based on new estimates from the Texas Water Development Board. He also made model modifications to experiment with different source blending options and meeting the instream flow requirements of the 1995 Agreed Order.

Environmental Criteria Refinement Study

Mr. Trungale modified the Texas Water Development Board's reservoir yield model (SIMDLYYD) to accept monthly flows, pass throughs for senior downstream water rights, bay and estuary flows, daily flows from a nearby reference gage, and to convert the daily values to monthly values. The model performs a mass balance on a proposed reservoir, passing flows to meet environmental targets based on triggers and iterating on storage to calculate evaporative losses. He calculated reservoir yield by increasing diversions until reservoir volume goes to zero. Options were also included for "stacking" pass throughs for instream flows on top of flows for bays and estuaries. Mr. Trungale performed this analysis on 7 proposed reservoirs in the South Central region. At one site, Sandies Creek, he made additional model runs to examine the effects of changing pipeline capacity. He compared resulting flows at the diversion site and the bay inflow with pre-project flow by calculating cumulative exceedence and monthly medians. Mr. Trungale ran fish production and salinity models to evaluate bay and estuary impacts.

Western Comal County Pipeline

Western Comal County includes a number of growing communities within the Guadalupe Blanco River Authority service area. These communities project small water supply shortfalls in the near term growing to larger shortfalls in the longer term. To meet these demands they contracted with GBRA to provide 2000 acft per year immediately growing to approximately 7000 acft by 2050 from Canyon Lake Reservoir. Mr. Trungale laid out 6 alternative pipeline routes to deliver the water, calculated the necessary pipeline lengths and sizes, and used the Darcy-Wisbac equation to calculate head loss due to friction and elevation. He sized the pumps that would be required to overcome the head loss and developed estimates for capital expenditures (pipes and pumps), operating costs based on energy requirements, environmental mitigation expenses and financing.


City of Austin Circle C MUD Reimbursement

In the late 1990's the City of Austin annexed a number of developments to the southwest of the city, including the Circle C MUD. State law requires reimbursement for water wastewater and storm water projects financed by Municipal Utility Districts. HDR was hired to review these projects and provide the city with an estimate of their value. Mr. Trungale collected, indexed, and organized bid estimates, required permits, records of payment and change orders for close to 100 separate projects in 4 MUDs. Mr. Trungale accepted or disqualified all or portions of these cost estimates based on whether they met legal and engineering guidelines, he applied compounded interest from the dates of payment and provided final estimates for repayment.

North Central Trans Texas Phase II Report

In North Central Texas (Travis and Williamson Counties) the North Central Trans Texas Water Program was initiated to access water demand and supply conditions and develop plans to meet water supply needs. Having evaluated current conditions, Mr. Trungale selected among 18 water supply alternatives to develop plans for individual entities as inter-regional cooperation plans. Alternatives were grouped into three general categories (Conservation and Reuse, Brazos River Basin Sources, and Colorado River Basin Sources). Mr. Trungale selected and scheduled alternatives based on available supply, unit cost, feasibility and environmental issues, and special concerns.

Water Resource Systems Engineer 1996 - 1997 Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin Rockville, Maryland

During this period, Mr. Trungale managed raw water supply sources and planned for future water supply needs for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. He designed and maintained a hydrologic computer simulation model of the Potomac River Basin for use in long term planning of water supply needs. He issued monthly water supply outlook forecasts to alert Washington area water suppliers as to the likelihood of drought. He was responsible for scheduling water supply releases from storage facilities in the event that natural stream flow in the Potomac would be insufficient to meet current water supply demands. Mr. Trungale provided technical support and participated in planning efforts related to a range of water supply issues including yield analysis of current and future projects, management of water supply agreements across state lines, development of alternatives to meet future water supply needs, maintenance of historic flow and demand databases, development of local watershed groups and investigation of threats to future safety of area water supply.

Engineering Technician 1994 - 1996 ACT-ACF Comprehensive Water Resource Study Seattle, Washington

Serving as an Engineering Technician, Mr. Trungale developed a user-friendly computer simulation model to develop and analyze alternatives to manage water resources shared between three states and a wide range of stakeholders. He designed and programmed an object oriented computer simulation model using Stella™ software for use by local and regional stakeholders, Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) river basin. Mr. Trungale incorporated surface and ground water resources as well as findings from 14 concurrent studies. He met with public and private contractors and with representatives of environmental and planning departments from Georgia, Alabama, Florida and the federal government. Mr. Trungale consulted with these and other groups and developed measures of performance for municipal, industrial, and agricultural demands, hydro and thermal power production, environmental impacts on streams and reservoir lakes, and navigation and economic impacts. As a working group member, he had an extensive role interacting with stakeholders and making public presentations.


COMPUTER EXPERIENCE

• Surface Water Modeling (TxBLEND, WRAP, HEFR, RMA-2, River-2D, HEC-RAS) • Statistical Software Packages (S-Plus, R, Conoco, Primer) • Productivity (MS Excel, Word, Power Point) • GIS (ArcView/ArcInfo, Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst) • Database (Access, SQL) • HTML, FORTRAN, VB, C


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