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Aris Peter Georgakakos

Teaching and Other Training Activities

Undergraduate:
Hydrology; Applied Hydrology; Stochastic Methods and Applications

Graduate:
Probability and Statistics for Civil and Environmental Engineers; Water Resources Systems I, Statistical Hydrology, Stochastic Hydrology, Environmental Fluid Mechanics & Water Resources Seminars

Course Notes:

  1. Georgakakos, A. P., "Introduction to Hydrology," Lecture notes serving as textbook for undergraduate course CEE4210, Georgia Tech, 1987-2004, 153p.
  2. Georgakakos, A., P., "Probability and Statistics for Civil and Environmental Engineers," Lecture notes serving as textbook for graduate course CEE6231, Georgia Tech, 2005, 220p.
  3. Georgakakos, A. P., "Water Resources Systems," Lecture notes for graduate course CEE6341, Georgia Tech, 2005, 240p.
 

Post Doctoral Associates:

  1. Dr. Angelos Protopapas, “New Methods for Irrigation Management,” 1988. Dr. Protopapas received his Ph.D. degree from MIT; His tenure at Georgia Tech was supported by research funds.
  2. Dr. Huaming Yao, “Decision Support System Technologies for Water Resources Management,” 1994 through present. Dr. Yao received his Ph.D. Degree at Georgia Tech in 1994 and is presently a Senior Research Engineer II at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Yao is also an Associate Director for Research at the Georgia Water Resources Institute, a position supported fully on research funds.
  3. Dr. Kelly Brumbelow, “Agricultural Modeling and Assessments,” 2001 through 2002. Dr. Brumbelow received his Ph.D. Degree at Georgia Tech and is presently an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M.

Ph.D. Students:

  1. Huaming Yao, “New Control Concepts for Water Resources Management,” graduated in 1994, presently a Senior Research Engineer II at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech.
  2. John Kabouris, “Stochastic Control of the Activated Sludge Process,” graduated in 1994, presently with the Miami Water Department.
  3. Kelly Brumbelow, “Decision Support Systems for Agro-economic Planning and Management,” graduated in 2001, NSF Fellow; presently an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M.
  4. Malek Abu-Ruman, “Conjunctive Management of Surface Water and Groundwater Resources,” graduated in 2005, presently an Assistant Professor at the University of Amman, Jordan.
  5. Carlo De Marchi, “Satellite Based Rainfall Estimation,” graduated in 2006, presently a research scientist at the School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, and the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory.
  6. Amy Tidwell, “Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on River Basin Management; Application for the Nile River Basin,” graduated in 2006, NSF Fellow, presently a research scientist at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.
  7. Dongha Kim, “New Parameter Estimation Methods for Hydrologic Models,” in progress.
  8. Martin Kistenmacher, “Uncertainty Management for Water Resources Systems,” in progress.
  9. Fred Kimaite, “Economic Valuation and Optimization of Water Resources,” in progress.
  10. Christian Braneon, “Value of Climate and Hydrologic Forecasts in River Basin Management,” in progress, NASA Fellow, Harriett G. Jenkins Pre-doctoral Fellowship Program (2006-2009).
  11. Chia Jeng Chen, “Long Range Forecasting of Hydrologic Variables Using Sea Surface Temperature Information,” in progress.
  12. Feng Zhang, “Integrated Decision Support Tools for Water Resources Planning and Management,” in progress.    

M.S. Students:

  1. Talal Sadaka, “Optimal Regulation of the Equatorial Lakes,” 1989.
  2. Christopher T. West, “Hydro chemical Modeling During Snowmelt at Emerald Lake, Sequoia National Park, California,” 1989.
  3. Dimitra Vlatsa, “Stochastic Control of Groundwater Systems,” 1989.
  4. Regina Garza, “Forecasting Models for Lake Lanier,” 1989.
  5. Jonathan W. Musser, “A Comparison of Optimal and Suboptimal Reservoir Control Methods,” 1989.
  6. L. Elliott Jones, “A Real-Time Aquifer Management Tool,” 1990.
  7. Edgar Abu-Jawdeh, “On the Muskingum-Cunge Routing Method,” 1990.
  8. Thomas W. Barr, “A Graphical Interface for the Savannah River Management Model, 'SAVRES',” 1992.
  9. Owen McQuen, “Interaction of Surface and Ground Water in the ACF River Basin,” 1993.
  10. Franklin P. Broadhurst, “Anaerobic Digestion: Parameter Estimation in Dynamic and Steady-State Models,” 1994.
  11. Hugo E. Socorro, “A Study on Pump and Treat Systems Performance,” 1994.
  12. Teresa Veal, “Impacts of Reservoir Management on Riverine Ecosystems,” 1996.
  13. Constantinos G. Noutsopoulos, “A Decision System for the Acheloos River Basin,” 1996.
  14. Fair Miller, “Assessment of ENSO Information in the Management of the Nile River,” 1996.
  15. Mary Mullusky, “A Remote Sensing Approach to Rainfall Estimation,” 1999.
  16. Frederic Shmurak, “Flood Plane Analysis for Georgia Basins,” 1999.
  17. Martina Novak, “A Neural Network Approach for Simulation and Forecasting of Hydrologic Time Series,” 2002.
  18. Lori Visone, “Hydrologic Modeling of East African Basins,” 2003.
  19. Casey Porter, “Water Balance Study of the Upper Chattahoochee River,” 2005.
  20. Ku Ye, “Hydro-climatic Forecasting of the Yangtze River,” in progress.
  21. Ana Maria Hagan, “Value of Hydro-climatic Forecasting for the South east US,” in progress.
  22. Xi Chen, “Simulation of Hydrologic Time Series Persistence,” in progress.

National and International Professional Training Workshops:

  1. “OPTIMAL CONTROL OF WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS.” Sponsored by the National Science Foundation of Portugal, Lisbon, University of Lisbon, July 25 29, 1988.
  2. “DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR WATER RESOURCES.” Sponsored by the National Science Foundation of Portugal, Lisbon, New University of Lisbon, May 12-15, 1995.
  3. “DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE HIGH ASWAN DAM.” Sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Ministry of Public Works and Water Resources, Egypt, July 19-23, 1995.
  4. “ACF-DSS: A WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR THE ACF RIVER BASIN.” Sponsored by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Atlanta, Georgia, July 12-16, 1999.
  5. “LAKE VICTORIA DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM.” Sponsored by the World Bank, August through December, 2000. Under this technology transfer program, 6 engineers from water and environmental agencies in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda were trained at Georgia Tech on the theory and use of the Lake Victoria Decision Support System.
  6. “DECISION SUPPORT TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE NILE RIVER (NILE DST): METHODS.” Sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, June 2-28, 2002. The aim of this workshop was to develop the understanding of the Nile Basin engineers and scientists on the methods of the Nile DST (data management, river simulation and reservoir management, agricultural planning, hydrologic modeling, and remote sensing). Workshop participants included 20 modelers, two from each Nile Basin country, and consisted of a three-hour morning session on methods and tools and a three-hour afternoon session on hands-on applications, daily for three weeks. Workshop lectures and exercises were based on 951 pages of training material developed for the Nile workshop series and distributed to participants. Instruction was provided by Dr. Georgakakos and several of his associates and graduate students (Huaming Yao, Kelly Brumbelow, Stephen Bourne, Carlo DeMarchi, Lori Visone, and Amy Tidwell).
  7. “NILE DECISION SUPPORT TOOL (NILE DST): APPLICATIONS I.” Sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, February 15-28, 2003, Entebbe, Uganda. The aim of this workshop was to provide hands-on training on the Nile DST. The workshop was attended by 20 modelers, two from each Nile Basin country, and was conducted by Dr. Georgakakos’ research team.
  8. “NILE DECISION SUPPORT TOOL (NILE DST): APPLICATIONS II.” Sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, February 17 – March 2, 2004, Entebbe, Uganda. Hands-on training on the Nile DST. The workshop was attended by 20 modelers, two from each Nile Basin country, and was conducted by Dr. Georgakakos’ research team.
  9. “INFORM DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM.” Sponsored by NOAA, the California Energy Commission, and CalFed, April 19-21, 2006, Sacramento, California.   The Workshop aimed at transferring the INFORM DSS to the engineers and scientists of the California Department of Water Resources, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the California-Nevada River Forecast Center.
  10. “DECISION SUPPORT FOR THE APALACHICOLA-CHATTAHOOCHEE-FLINT (ACF) RIVER BASIN.” Sponsored by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD), March 15 and April 26, 2006, Atlanta, Georgia.
  11. “OPERATIONAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE THREE GORGES DAM, YANGTZE RIVER, CHINA.” Sponsored by the Three Gorges Authority, August 25-30, 2006, Yichang, China.
  12. “NILE DECISION SUPPORT TOOL (NILE DST): APPLICATIONS III.” Sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, scheduled for September 20 to October 3, 2006, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The aim of this workshop is to train Nile Basin engineers and scientists in modern methods of water resources planning and management.