Current projects:

1. Formulation of a stochastic dynamic programming model for the city of Seattle to aid in decision making regarding long-term water resources capacity expansion under uncertainty.  The model’s objective is to minimize the present value of planning, construction, and operation and maintenance costs, as well as penalties for shortfalls in meeting demand.  Several supply augmentation and demand management projects will be considered.  Current stochastic components of the model include project yield and cost, and future formulations are expected to include variable planning and construction completion times and demand uncertainty.

2. Coding a linear program of the Snake River Basin that maximizes revenues from crop production, water sales, and hydropower while minimizing losses from flooding.  Constraints include fish flow requirements, cropping areas, and water rights.

Previous projects:

1. Created a linear model of the Seattle water supply system to analyze the system’s yield subject to storage capacity, fish flow requirements, and groundwater flows.  Compared optimal solutions to results from a simulation model that directly specifies current operating rules.

2. Designed an optimization model of agricultural districts in the Rio Bravo Basin that can assist in making planting decisions based on projected inflows and irrigation, municipal, and international treaty water demands.

She is currently an engineer with a firm in the Washington, DC area.