Faculty and Staff
Norm L. Jones
Emphasis: Geotechnical Engineering
Professor
Ph.D. University of Texas, 1990.
Contact Information:
Email: njones@byu.edu
Telephone: (801) 422-7569
Office: 430Q EB
Personal Website: Norm L. Jones
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Dr. Jones’s expertise includes groundwater modeling, decision support, and sustainability. He directed the development of the Groundwater Modeling System (GMS) software which is used by thousands of organizations around the world. His current research is focused on web-enabled modeling and groundwater resource management.
E. James Nelson
Emphasis: Hydrology & GIS
Professor
Ph.D. Brigham Young University, 1994
Contact Information:
Email: jimn@byu.edu
Telephone: (801) 422-7632
Office: 430P EB
Personal Website: E. James Nelson
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Through his study abroad program to the Dominican Republic, Dr. Nelson developed the first world water project for data sharing that caught the attention of the Group on Earth Observations and has led to much of the current activities with NASA, NOAA, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and the World Bank.
Daniel P. Ames
Emphasis: Water Resources Engineering and Geospatial Technologies
Professor
Ph.D. Utah State University, 2002
Contact Infomation:
Email: dan.ames@byu.edu
Telephone: (801) 422-3620
Office: 430I EB
Personal Website: Daniel P. Ames
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Dr. Ames developed the widely used MapWindow and DotSpatial open source GIS libraries and has been involved in the development of the CUAHSI Hydrologic Information System, HydroShare, HydroDesktop, BASINS, and the Tethys Platform for developing GIS enabled environmental web applications.
Gus Williams
Emphasis: Environmental Engineering & Hydrology
Associate Professor
P.hD. Northwestern University, 1994
Contact Infomation:
Email: gwilliams@et.byu.edu
Telephone: (801) 422-7810
Office: 430L EB
Personal Website: Gus Williams
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James Halgren
Emphasis:
Operational Hydrologic Forecasting and Flood Modeling
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Colorado State University, 2012
Contact Information:
Email: james.halgren@byu.edu
Telephone: (801)-422-6307
Dr. Halgren is an associate professor of engineering with two decades of experience leading hydroinformatics and operational hydrology projects. At BYU, he trains the next generation of engineers and explores research in real-time system integration and operational prediction to advance flood modeling and water resources management.
