Synthesizing technology and observations for runoff management (storm) group

Welcome

The combined impacts of ongoing urbanization, deteriorating water infrastructure, and climate change result in more frequent, damaging, and costly floods and degraded water quality, increasing the need for a new paradigm for urban water management. However, despite the large investment in urban drainage systems (UDS), there remain large uncertainties in the role of UDS on urban water balances and non-point source pollution (NPS) control. This largely owes to the deficiency in monitoring and modeling the hydrologic impact of UDS and the lack of understanding of the interaction between the hydro-environmental system and decision-making.

Our Synthesizing Technology and Observations for Runoff Management (STORM) group resolves around offering a tech-data integrated approach to evaluate the impact of urbanization, climate change, and UDS on urban watershed hydrology and water quality, develop efficient sampling strategies, and optimize watershed management actions for runoff management and water quality improvement.

We are always seeking highly self-motivated graduate (PhD and MS) and undergraduate students to join our group. See more about who we are, our current and past research projects, recent publications, and info about joining the lab.