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Lab Affiliates

Lab Alumni

  • Sarah Bates, MS Student (2021-2022). Current Affiliation: RTI International
  • Sarah Brannum, Undergraduate Researcher (2020-2021).
  • Yi (Victor) Wang, Post-doctoral Researcher (2020-2021). Current Affiliation: Chapman University

Rice University

  • Garner, M. (2020). Understanding the Impact of Changes to Coastal Prairie Landscapes on Watershed Response and Urban Flood Mitigation: A Case Study of the Katy Prairie in Houston, Texas. Masters Thesis.

  • Maulsby, F. (2019). Quantifying risk reduction of flood mitigation measures for an urban watershed in Houston, Texas. Masters Thesis.

Finalized theses can be found on the Rice educational repository.

TU Delft​

  • Bader, D. (2019). Including stochastic rainfall distributions in a probabilistic modelling approach for compound flooding due to tropical cyclones: A case study for Houston, Texas. Masters Thesis.

  • Sanchez Gomez, P. (2018). Risk-based Optimization of Reservoir Emergency Operations. Masters Thesis.

  • Torres Dueñas, L.T. (2018). Flood Risk Assessment of the Clear Creek Watershed considering compound events. Masters Thesis. Nominated for the 2019 Waterbouwprijs

  • Liu, F. (2017). Analyzing the Influence of a Proposed Storm Surge Barrier on Flood Frequencies in the Houston Ship Channel. Masters Thesis.

  • Couasnon, A. (2017). Characterizing Flood Hazard at Two Spatial Scales using Stochastic Models: An Application to the Contiguous United States and the Houston Ship Channel. Masters Thesis.

  • Schlepers, M.H. (2015). A Conceptual Design for the Houston Ship Channel Barrier. Masters Thesis.

Finalized theses and reports can be found on the TU Delft repository.

Interdisciplinary Student Teams​

  • Gandara, I., Horrillo, F., Li, T., Wheeler, J. (2019). Urban Density and Flood Mitigation Study. Rice University Engineering Senior Design Project.

  • Brussee, A., van der Doef, L., Jansen, L., Oostrum, N. (2017). Addicks and Barker Dams: An optimization to minimize damage due to flooding. Delft Multidisciplinary Project.

  • Patel, S., Tang, T., Tibaldi, M., Zook, M. (2016). Houston Public Library Customer Choice Model. Rice University Center for Civic Leadership Houston Area Research Team (HART). Awards: School of Social Sciences Prize (1st Place) at the Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium

  • Dudek, J., Jaffe, J., Osuna, C., Venkateswar, M. (2014). Secondary Collision Modeling for City of Houston Freeways. Rice University Center for Civic Leadership Houston Area Research Team (HART). Awards: School of Social Sciences Prize (1st Place), Center for Civic Leadership Prize (1st Place), Shell Center for Sustainability: Sustainable Development Award (3rd Place) at the Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium

  • Foringer, K., Patel, S., Petersen, N., van Schilfgaarde, K., Zook, M. (2014). Houston Public Library Master Plan. Rice University Center for Civic Leadership Houston Area Research Team (HART). Awards: Baker Institute for Public Policy Prize (1st Place), Center for Civic Leadership Prize (1st Place) at the Rice Undergraduate Research Symposium

​Finalized reports available upon request.