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GERALD T. ORLOB
Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of California Davis

PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Mathematical modeling of hydromechanics, water quality, and ecology of
natural and managed hydrosystems, hydrology, atmosphere-hydrosphere
interactions, environmental quality management, transport and fate of
hazardous substances in surface and ground waters, ecological modeling,
design and application of computer-aided support systems for environmental
decision making, application of models in management of water quality and
ecology in surface waters, including rivers, lakes, reservoirs, estuaries
and the coastal environment.

EDUCATION

B.S. in Civil Engineering (cum laude), University of Washington, 1948
M.S. in Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 1949
Ph. D in Hydraulic Engineering, Stanford University, 1959

AWARDS AND HONORS

National Academy of Engineering 1992
American Society of Civil Engineers
Honorary Member, 1997; Hilgard Hydraulic Prize, 1963; Herring
Medal, 1963; Hinds Award, 1987; Outstanding Research, 1991
American Academy of Environmental Engineers
Award for Excellence in Research, 1991; Gordon Fair Award, 1998
Fulbright-Hayes Lectureship, 1973

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

Professor, Principal Investigator, University of California; teaching and
research on water resource and quality management; research funding
totaling in excess of $20 million; 1952-date
Chief Executive Officer, professional engineering firms; responsible for
original development of mathematical models of aquatic systems; funding up
to $3.5 million per year; 1965-1974
Consulting Engineer; research, development, planning and direction of
engineering projects in water management, expert testimony, 1975-date

CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITY

o Modeling three-dimensional, unsteady, stratified flows in lakes,
reservoirs, and estuaries; Salton Sea, Whiskeytown reservoir,
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, coastal waters
o Salinity management in irrigated agriculture; San Joaquin Basin,
Salton Basin, New and Alamo river systems
o Modeling temperature and salinity effects on aquatic species;
Sacramento and Feather river systems, Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta
o Optimal allocation of limited water resources;
Tahoe-Truckee-Pyramid lake system, Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys
o Decision support for assessment of combined stresses on ecosystems;
Sacramento River, Delta and San Francisco Bay, Klamath River
o Modeling thermal stratification, and water quality in lakes,
reservoirs and coastal waters; Salton Sea, Clear Lake, Whiskeytown, Shasta,
Oroville and Iron Gate reservoirs, Bay-Delta system

PUBLICATIONS

Author and/or co-author of more than 200 contributions to technical and
scientific literature in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings,
and books. Topics include mathematical modeling of hydrodynamics, water
quality and ecology of natural and managed hydrosystems, hydrology,
atmosphere-hydrosphere interactions, environmental quality management,
transport and fate of hazardous substances in surface and ground waters,
and ecological modeling. Selected recent publications concerned with
issues addressed in this proposal are:

Anderson, J. D., G. T. Orlob and I. P. King, "Modeling Combined Stresses on
Ecosystems," Proc. ASCE Congress on Water Resources, Global '96, Anaheim,
CA, June 1996, 6p, (In Proc. CD ROM)

Cook., C. B., and G. T. Orlob, "Two- and Three-dimensional Hydrodynamic
Modeling of the Salton Sea, California," Proc. ASCE Congress on Water
Resources, Global '96, Anaheim, CA, June 1996, 6p, (In Proc. CD ROM)

Saviz, C. M., J. DeGeorge, G. T. Orlob, and I. P. King, "Modeling the Fate
of Metam Sodium and MITC in the Upper Sacramento River: The Cantara -
Southern Pacific Spill," Center for Water Resources and Environmental
Engineering, UC Davis, March 1995, Rep. No. 95-2, 45 pp.

Anderson, J. D., G. T. Orlob and I. P. King, "Linking Hydrodynamic, Water
Quality and Ecological Models to Simulate Aquatic Ecosystem Response to
Stress", Proc. 27th IAHR Congress, Water for a Changing Global Community,
San Francisco, August, 1997, pp 1084-1089

Lowney, C., and G. T. Orlob, Diurnal Temperature Variation in the
Sacramento River, California," Proc. 27th IAHR Congress, Water for a
Changing Global Community, San Francisco, August, 1997

Saviz, C. M., G. T. Orlob and I. P. King, "Modeling the Transport and Fate
of Copper in Keswick Reservoir, Shasta County, California," Proc. 27th IAHR
Congress, Water for a Changing Global Community, San Francisco, August,
1997, 6 pp.

Cook, C. B., and G. T. Orlob, "Field Monitoring and Hydrodynamic Modeling
of the Salton Sea, CA." "Proc. 27th IAHR Congress, Water for a Changing
Global Community, San Francisco, August, 1997, pp. 659-664

Cook, C. B., G. T. Orlob and D. W. Huston, "Simulation of Wind-driven
Circulation in the Salton Sea, Implications for Indigenous Ecosystems",
Hydrobiologica, April, 2000, (In Press)