A second year Master’s student at the University
of Washington, Lee graduated from Stanford
University in June, 2005. She earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering with a
curriculum anchored in environmental and water studies. During this time, Lee became interested in (water
resources) infrastructure design, construction, and management in developing
countries, low-impact conservation, recycling, and reuse technologies, and
simulation modeling of water resources systems.
In September, 2005, Lee began her pursuit of an MSCE degree
in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s water resources and
hydrology program. She is working with
Professor Richard Palmer as a research assistant on the King County Population
and Climate Change Impacts project.
The King County Population and Climate Change Impacts
project will generate a single simulation model to forecast regional water
supply and demand, and wastewater flows.
This is a complex undertaking as the four overlapping subregional water
supply models currently in existence must be combined into one consistent,
regional model. Once completed, climate
change and population growth expectations will be incorporated into the model
in order to forecast the impacts of these two factors on regional water
supplies. Conclusions drawn from the
results of these exercises will help water supply planning officials to
successfully manage King County’s
water resources.
Updated
04/27/2006
