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  • Constant flow rates out of the parallel ponds in Scenario Theta are chosen using BOUC.

    Bayesian Optimization with Unknown Constraints for the Design and Real-Time Control of Stormwater Systems

    Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Volume 152, Issue 9

  • Connected reservoir model of a watershed

    Performance-Guaranteed Reference Tracking With Power Directionality Constraints: Application to Controlled Stochastic Watersheds

    arXiv

  • City scene at night

    Resilient Infrastructures via Digital Unification

    Communications of the ACM, Volume 69, Issue 1

  • Screenshot of the web-based stormwater modeling interface used by Detroit community organizers and practitioners to explore green infrastructure scenarios

    Democratizing Sewer Data: Customized Interfaces Allow Non-engineers to Take Action Against Urban Flooding

    COMPASS ‘25: Proceedings of the ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference

    2025

  • Diagram mapping the social and technical barriers dam operators face coordinating flow releases across a shared watershed

    Barriers to Coordination and the Role of Technology in Community-Managed Watersheds

    COMPASS ‘25: Proceedings of the ACM SIGCAS/SIGCHI Conference

    2025

  • Diagram comparing centralized vs. distributed control architectures for an urban drainage network during a communications outage

    Teamwork without talking: distributed system estimates maintain approximately centralized control of smart urban drainage systems during communications outages

    Water Research X

    2025

  • Diagram of the automated workflow that discovers interpretable rainfall-runoff models directly from sensor data

    Generating interpretable rainfall-runoff models automatically from data

    Advances in Water Resources

    2024

  • Map of stream gage locations across a 200,000 km2 region used for automated open-source hydrologic forecasting

    Automated hydrologic forecasting using open-source sensors: Predicting stream depths across 200,000 km2

    Environmental Modelling & Software

    2024

  • Block diagram of the tunable linear feedback controller used to regulate flows in an urban drainage system model

    Tunable linear feedback control of urban drainage systems using models defined purely from data

    Water Science & Technology

    2024

  • Graphical abstract showing oxidation-reduction potential and temperature sensors used to detect stagnant water in building plumbing

    Toward the autonomous flushing of building plumbing: Characterizing oxidation-reduction potential and temperature sensor dynamics

    Water Research

    2024

  • Photo or schematic of a bioretention cell used to study real-time control effects on stormwater hydrology

    Real-Time Control and Bioretention: Implications for Hydrology

    Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment

    2024

  • Animated diagram of the machine-learning quality-control process for flagging compromised environmental sensor data

    Machine Learning-Assisted, Process-Based Quality Control for Detecting Compromised Environmental Sensors

    Environmental Science & Technology
    2023

  • Chart comparing stormwater control strategies identified using Bayesian Optimization and their associated uncertainty bounds

    Identification of stormwater control strategies and their associated uncertainties using Bayesian Optimization

    arXiv preprint
    2023

  • Map of Detroit showing internet-connected sensors used to measure green infrastructure drawdown dynamics

    Measuring city-scale green infrastructure drawdown dynamics using internet-connected sensors in Detroit

    Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
    2023

  • Diagram of the data-driven method for automatically generating interpretable rainfall-runoff models

    Generating interpretable rainfall-runoff models automatically from data

    Ess Open Archive
    2023

  • Chart showing phosphorus removal performance in bioretention cells with and without real-time control

    Improvement of phosphorus removal in bioretention cells using real-time control

    Urban Water Journal
    2022

  • Photo of the camera-based sensing device used to automatically measure chlorine residual in drinking water

    An Automated Toolchain for Camera-Enabled Sensing of Drinking Water Chlorine Residual

    ASC ES&T Engineering
    2022

  • Journal cover or thumbnail for a themed issue on data-intensive water systems management and operation

    Editorial: Themed issue on data-intensive water systems management and operation

    Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
    2022

  • Graphical abstract of StormReactor, an open-source Python package for modeling urban water quality and water balance

    StormReactor: An open-source Python package for the integrated modeling of urban water quality and water balance

    Environmental Modelling & Software
    2021

  • Animated diagram of wireless sensors measuring drinking water quality in building plumbing under continuous and intermittent supply

    Wireless Sensors for Measuring Drinking Water Quality in Building Plumbing: Deployments and Insights from Continuous and Intermittent Water Supply Systems

    ACS ES&T Engineering
    2021

  • Diagram of the pystorms simulation sandbox architecture for developing and testing stormwater control algorithms

    pystorms: A simulation sandbox for the development and evaluation of stormwater control algorithms

    arXiv
    2021

  • Screenshot of the Pipedream interactive digital twin model for natural and urban drainage systems

    Pipedream: An interactive digital twin model for natural and urban drainage systems

    Environmental Modeling & Software
    2021

  • Map of a river network showing optimized sensor placements for tracing contaminant sources

    Observability-Based Sensor Placement Improves Contaminant Tracing in River Networks

    Water Resources Research
    2021

  • Photo of a stationary or portable multipollutant air quality monitor used for high-resolution measurements

    Stationary and portable multipollutant monitors for high-spatiotemporal-resolution air quality studies including online calibration

    Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
    2021

  • Diagram of the hybrid data-driven method for extracting reliable signals from flawed environmental sensor data

    Extracting useful signals from flawed sensor data: Developing hybrid data-driven approaches with physical factors

    Water Research
    2020

  • Diagram of the deep reinforcement learning architecture used for real-time control of a stormwater system

    Deep reinforcement learning for the real time control of stormwater systems

    Advances in Water Resources
    202

  • Chart comparing water quality and flow outcomes in a combined sewer system with and without real-time control

    Balancing water quality and flows in combined sewer systems using real-time control

    Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
    2020

  • Map of the Detroit River watershed showing monitoring locations for tracing phosphorus loading sources

    Detroit River phosphorus loads: Anatomy of a binational watershed

    Journal of Great Lakes Research
    2019

  • Map of urban land use contributing total phosphorus loads to the St. Clair-Detroit River System

    Urban total phosphorus loads to the St. Clair-Detroit River System

    Journal of Great Lakes Research
    2019

  • Journal cover of WE&T showing Digital Atomoshpere feature

    Open-Storm Detroit Dynamics

    WE&T Magazine
    2019

  • Map comparing high-resolution hydrologic forecasts across a large urban area

    High-resolution hydrologic forecasting for very large urban areas

    Journal of Hydroinformatics
    2019

  • Diagram of the graph-theoretic algorithm used to optimally place hydraulic control structures in a stormwater network

    Hydrograph peak-shaving using a graph-theoretic algorithm for placement of hydraulic control structures

    Advances in Water Resources
    2019

  • Windshield wipers on connected vehicles produce high-accuracy rainfall maps

    Scientific Reports
    2019

  • Real time control schemes for improving water quality from bioretention cells

    Blue-Green Systems
    2019

  • Animated chart comparing measurements from the low-cost Plantower particulate matter sensor against reference instruments

    Field and Laboratory Evaluations of the Low-Cost Plantower Particulate Matter Sensor

    Environmental Science & Technology
    2018

  • Are all data useful? Inferring causality to predict flows across sewer and drainage systems using directed information and boosted regression trees

    Water Research
    2018

  • Map of an urban headwater catchment showing real-time control site selections for the study

    Real-Time Control of Urban Headwater Catchments Through Linear Feedback: Performance, Analysis, and Site Selection

    Water Resources Research
    2018

  • Diagram of the reinforcement learning framework used for autonomous control of an urban stormwater network

    Autonomous Control of Urban Storm Water Networks Using Reinforcement Learning

    EPiC Series in Engineering
    2018

  • Chart comparing National Water Model forecasts with site-scale sensor data used to dynamically correct them

    Using Sensor Data to Dynamically Map Large-Scale Models to Site-Scale Forecasts: A Case Study Using the National Water Model

    Water Resources Research
    2018

  • Chart showing streamflow shaped in real time using a network of stormwater control assets

    Shaping Streamflow Using a Real-Time Stormwater Control Network

    Sensors
    2018

  • Map showing high-accuracy rainfall estimates derived from windshield wiper measurements on a fleet of vehicles

    Vehicles as sensors: high-accuracy rainfall maps from windshield wiper measurements

    arXiv
    2018

  • Diagram of the Open-Storm sensing and control framework architecture for urban watersheds

    Open storm: a complete framework for sensing and control of urban watersheds

    Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
    2018

  • Diagram illustrating how a water distribution system's pipe network is used to transmit wireless data signals

    Awa: Using water distribution systems to transmit data

    Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies
    2017

  • Diagram of the automated toolchain for data-driven and dynamical modeling of a combined sewer system

    An automated toolchain for the data-driven and dynamical modeling of combined sewer systems

    Water Research
    2017

  • Chart illustrating the distance-penalized active learning algorithm used for quantile search

    Distance-Penalized Active Learning Using Quantile Search

    IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
    2017

  • Map of the Great Lakes showing vessel routes used to collect temperature and wind speed measurements

    Big Ship Data: Using vessel measurements to improve estimates of temperature and wind speed on the Great Lakes

    Water Resources Research
    2017

  • Diagram outlining a proposed theoretical framework for smart stormwater systems

    Emerging investigators series: building a theory for smart stormwater systems

    Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
    2016

  • Chart showing adaptive sampling results for measuring urban runoff water quality

    Adaptive measurements of urban runoff quality

    Water Resources Research
    2016

  • Diagram of the web-service architecture used to deliver real-time environmental sensor data for water quality applications

    Real-time environmental sensor data: An application to water quality using web services

    Environmental Modelling & Software
    2016

  • Diagram illustrating the components of a smarter, sensor-enabled stormwater system

    Smarter Stormwater Systems

    Environmental Science & Technology
    2016

  • Diagram of the crystal-free network synchronization protocol used for wireless sensor nodes

    Crystal-free network synchronization

    Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies
    2016

  • Diagram of the CHORDS cloud-hosted real-time data service architecture for geoscience sensor networks

    EDITORIAL Cloud Hosted Real-time Data Services for the Geosciences (CHORDS)

    Geoscience Data Journal
    2016

  • Diagram illustrating sensing and cyberinfrastructure concepts for smarter, ubiquitous water management

    Sensing and Cyberinfrastructure for Smarter Water Management: The Promise and Challenge of Ubiquity

    Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management
    2014

  • Map of the American River basin showing sensor placement strategies for estimating snow water equivalent

    Sensor placement strategies for snow water equivalent (SWE) estimation in the American River basin

    Water Resources Research
    2013

  • Image of the TDMA-based dual-mode communication protocol used for mobile wireless sensor networks

    TDMA-Based Dual-Mode Communication for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks

    Sensors
    2012

  • Map of a wireless sensor network deployed across a catchment for snow and soil moisture measurements

    Design and performance of a wireless sensor network for catchment-scale snow and soil moisture measurements

    Water Resources Research
    2012

  • Diagram of the OpenWSN low-power wireless network stack architecture

    OpenWSN: a standards-based low-power wireless development environment

    Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies
    2012

  • Screenshot of a mobile app interface for real-time transit trip planning

    Mobile Transit Trip Planning with Real-Time Data

    University of California Transportation Center
    2011

  • Map illustrating sampling strategies used in forest hydrology and biogeochemistry research

    Sampling Strategies in Forest Hydrology and Biogeochemistry

    Forest Hydrology and Biogeochemistry
    2011

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