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John F. England, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., P.H., BC.WRE, F.ASCE
I work as a Lead Civil Engineer (Hydrologic Hazards) at the U.S Army Corps of Engineers Risk Management Center, located in Lakewood, Colorado.
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Short Biography I am currently developing and implementing hydrologic hazard techniques for dam and levee safety at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in collaboration with the Hydrologic Engineering Center and others. My research, project interests, and expertise in hydrology include: extreme flood understanding, estimation and prediction; rainfall-runoff modeling; flood frequency; paleoflood hydrology; stochastic hydrology; and risk analysis. I also have experience and interests in extreme storm rainfall, stochastic storm transposition, rainfall frequency, Probable Maximum Precipitation, and hydrometeorology. From 1997 to 2015, I developed and applied probabilistic flood hazard techniques to evaluate the risk and safety of Bureau of Reclamation dams, and oversaw implementation of risk-based flood methods for the Reclamation dam safety program. From 1991-1997, I worked as a hydrologist in consulting and performed research while in graduate school. Details are listed on my CV/Resume.
I am also heavily involved in ongoing Federal efforts to improve guidelines and techniques for flood frequency and extreme storm rainfall, in collaboration with NOAA and others. Along with colleagues at USGS, USACE, and Cornell University, I revised the US National Flood Frequency Guidelines to Bulletin 17C. I am also working on improving extreme storm rainfall data bases and precipitation frequency methods for evaluating critical infrastructure.
One purpose of this website is to share information (articles, reports, software, etc.) and communicate ongoing activities on extreme floods and hydrologic hazards. The goal is to improve tools and data sets used in hydrologic engineering practice. See the Resources page for some training courses, software, and data.
Resume
Experience
Lead Civil Engineer (GS-15) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Risk Management Center , Lakewood, Colorado June 2016 – present
Civil Engineer (Hydraulics) (GS-14) (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Risk Management Center July 2015 – June 2016
Civil Engineer (Hydrologic) (Flood Hydrology Technical Specialist) (GS-14) Bureau of Reclamation, TSC, Flood Hydrology, Denver, CO August 2010 – July 2015
Hydraulic Engineer Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Service Center, Flood Hydrology, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO March 1997 – August 2010
Engineer/Technical Specialist (Hydrologist), GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc., Newton Upper Falls, MA October 1996 – February 1997
Research Hydrologist Colorado Climate Center Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO January 1996 – May 1996
Research Hydrologist U.S. Geological Survey, National Research Program, Paleohydrology and Climate Change, Lakewood, CO May 1995 – September 1996
Engineer/Technical Specialist (Hydrologist) GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc., Newton Upper Falls, MA July 1991 – July 1994
Education
Ph.D. (2006), Civil Engineering (Hydraulics), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
M.S. (1998), Civil Engineering (Hydrology and Water Resources), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
B.S. (1991), Civil Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
B.A. (1991), Liberal Arts/Engineering, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut
Professional Registrations and Certifications
Professional Engineer, Colorado, No. 33907, July 1999-present
Professional Hydrologist, Surface Water, American Institute of Hydrology, No. 1569, July 2002-present
Board Certified Water Resources Engineer, American Academy of Water Resources Engineers, No. 00036, March 2005-present
Contact
John F. England, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., P.H., BC.WRE, F.ASCE
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Risk Management Center
12596 W. Bayaud Ave, Ste 400
Lakewood, Colorado 80228 USA
Phone: (303) 963-4524
Emails: [replace 'dot' with '.' and 'at' with '@' and delete spaces]
john 'dot' f 'dot' england 'at' usace 'dot' army 'dot' mil
jengland 'at' alumni 'dot' colostate 'dot' edu
Elsewhere