Dr Michael Leonard
Associate Professor
School of Architecture and Civil Engineering
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
I have experience in many areas of water engineering: hydrologic modelling, hydraulic modelling, flooding, water security and multivariate extremes.
- My Research
- Career
- Publications
- Grants and Funding
- Teaching
- Supervision
- Professional Activities
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Research Interests
I am interested in application of numerical and statistical modelling to environmental engineering problems. Many applications require an understanding of the risk of hazardous impacts, for example flooding from complex man-made or natural systems. My background is in stochastic modelling of rainfall fields at subdaily timescales, and I am keen to develop methods for improved assessment of flood risk.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2024 - ongoing Associate Professor University of Adelaide 2019 - 2023 Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide 2016 - 2018 Education Specialist University of Adelaide 2015 - 2018 Scholarly Teaching Fellow University of Adelaide 2007 - 2015 Research Associate / Lecturer University of Adelaide -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2015 Award GN Alexander Medal Engineers Australia Australia - 2014 Award Research Spotlight Award from American Geophysical Union (top 5% of papers in AGU) for Westra et al (2014) American Geophysical Union United States - 2009 Research Award Best presentation by a student or recent graduate Australian Mathematical Society Australia - 2008 Research Award Best presentation by a student or recent graduate Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium Australia - 2006 Research Award Postgraduate Research Award, AWA AWA Australia - 2002 Research Award CAMWE prize for best honours Civil & Environmental project thesis University of Adelaide Australia - -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2015 - 2017 University of Adelaide Australia Graduate Diploma in Education 2003 - 2010 University of Adelaide Australia PhD in Civil Engineering (Hydrology) 1999 - 2002 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Engineering (Hons 1) -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Books
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2016 Westra, S., Leonard, M., & Zheng, F. (2016). Interaction of coastal and catchment flooding. In J. Ball, M. Babister, R. Nathan, W. Weeks, E. Weinmann, M. Retallick, & I. Testoni (Eds.), Australian Rainfall and Runoff: A guide to flood estimation (ARR) (2016 ed.). Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2016. -
Conference Papers
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Conference Items
Year Citation 2021 Leigh, R., Knowling, M., Westra, S., Bennett, B., Zecchin, A., Maier, H., . . . Devanand, A. (2021). A multi-modelling framework to stress-test water resource systems under change. Poster session presented at the meeting of 24th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2021) Book of Abstracts. Sydney, Australia: Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc.. 2018 Gudmundsson, L., Seneviratne, S., Do, H. X., Westra, S., & Leonard, M. (2018). Investigating hydrological change using the Global Streamflow Indices and Metadata (GSIM) archive. Poster session presented at the meeting of EGU General Assembly 2018. Vienna, Austria. 2018 Do, H. X., Westra, S., Leonard, M., Gudmundsson, L., & Senerivatne, S. (2018). Global-scale prediction of flood timing using atmospheric reanalysis and
the Global Streamflow Indices and Metadata (GSIM) archive. Poster session presented at the meeting of EGU General Assembly 2018.2018 Do, H. X., Gudmundsson, L., Leonard, M., & Westra, S. (2018). The Global Streamflow Indices and Metadata (GSIM) archive – A Collection of 30,959 Streamflow Records across the Globe. Poster session presented at the meeting of AGU Fall Meeting 2018. 2018 Gudmundsson, L., Do, H. X., Gosling, S., Leonard, M., Liu, J., Schmied, H. M., . . . Zhao, F. (2018). Using big data to detect and attribute global hydrological change. Poster session presented at the meeting of AGU Fall Meeting 2018. 2018 Leonard, M., Wu, W., & Westra, S. (2018). Censored Continuous Simulation for Flood Probability Estimation in Estuarine Regions. Poster session presented at the meeting of Floodplain Management Australia,. Gold Coast. 2018 Westra, S., Bennett, B., Evans, J., Johnson, F., Leonard, M., Sharma, A., . . . Wu, W. (2018). Impact of Climate Change on Australian Flood Risk: A Review of Recent Evidence. Poster session presented at the meeting of Floodplain Management Australia. Gold Coast. 2018 Makarewicz, A., Leonard, M., & Westra, S. (2018). Investigating the relationship of low flows to local scale hydrology. Poster session presented at the meeting of DEWNR-NRM Science Conference. Adelaide. 2018 Makarewicz, A., Leonard, M., & Westra, S. (2018). Improving the understanding of runoff generation at the hillslope scale with low-cost instream sensors. Poster session presented at the meeting of EGU General Assembly 2018. Vienna, Austria. 2018 Le, P., Leonard, M., & Westra, S. (2018). Joint probability and conditional probability of flooding in complex systems. Poster session presented at the meeting of EGU General Assembly 2018. Vienna, Austria. 2018 Wu, W., Westra, S., & Leonard, M. (2018). A comparison of flood estimation methods in estuarine regions. Poster session presented at the meeting of EGU General Assembly 2018. Vienna, Austria. 2018 Do, X., Westra, S., Leonard, M., Gudmundsson, L., & Seneviratne, S. (2018). Global-scale prediction of flood timing using atmospheric reanalysis and the Global Streamflow Indices and Metadata (GSIM) archive. Poster session presented at the meeting of EGU General Assembly 2018. Vienna, Austria. 2018 Zscheischler, W., Westra, S., van den Hurk, B., Seneviratne, S., Ward, P., Pitman, A., . . . Zhang, X. (2018). Future climate risk: The challenge of compound events. Poster session presented at the meeting of EGU General Assembly 2018. Vienna, Austria. 2017 Makarewicz, A., Leonard, M., & Westra, S. (2017). Improving the understanding of runoff generation at the hillslope scale with low-cost instream sensors. Poster session presented at the meeting of Goyder Institute Water Forum 2017. Adelaide. 2017 Wu, W., Westra, S., Leonard, M., & McInnes, K. (2017). Mapping dependence between extreme rainfall and storm surge across the Australian coastline using ROMS. Poster session presented at the meeting of EGU General Assembly 2017. Vienna, Austria. 2017 Leonard, M., Wu, W., & Westra, S. (2017). A Basis Function Approach to Simulate Storm Surge Events for Coastal Flood Risk Assessment. Poster session presented at the meeting of EGU General Assembly 2017. Vienna, Austria. 2017 Le, P., Leonard, M., & Westra, S. (2017). Conditional probability of rainfall extremes across multiple durations. Poster session presented at the meeting of EGU General Assembly 2017. Vienna, Austria. 2017 Do, X. H., Westra, S., Leonard, M., Gudmundsson, L., & Seneviratne, S. (2017). The Global Streamflow Indices and Metadata archive (G-SIM): A compilation of global streamflow time series indices and meta-data. Poster session presented at the meeting of EGU General Assembly 2017. Vienna, Austria. 2017 Bennett, B. S., Thyer, M., Leonard, M., Lambert, M., Bates, B., Evin, G., . . . Hingray, B. (2017). A comprehensive and systematic evaluation framework for evaluating spatio-temporal rainfall models. Poster session presented at the meeting of 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand. Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. 2016 Bennett, B. S., Thyer, M., Leonard, M., Lambert, M., & Bates, B. (2016). Parsimonious simulation of daily rainfall fields. Poster session presented at the meeting of DEWNR-NRM Science Conference. University of Adelaide, SA, Australia. 2016 Bennett, B. S., Thyer, M., Leonard, M., & Lambert, M. (2016). Continuous simulation of spatial daily rainfall fields. Poster session presented at the meeting of EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. Vienna, Austria. 2016 Do, X. H., Westra, S., & Leonard, M. (2016). A global-scale investigation of trends in annual maximum streamflow. Poster session presented at the meeting of OzEWEX 3rd National Workshop. Canberra, Australia. 2016 Do, X. H., Westra, S., & Leonard, M. (2016). Are worldwide floods changing? Evidence from global high-quality annual maximum streamflow records. Poster session presented at the meeting of EGU General Assembly 2016. Vienna, Austria. 2016 Leonard, M., Westra, S., Deng, Y., & Lambert, M. (2016). The role of antecedent moisture conditions on flood response. Poster session presented at the meeting of EGU General Assembly. Vienna, Austria. 2016 Le, P., Leonard, M., & Westra, S. (2016). Calibrating max-stable models of rainfall extremes at multiple timescales. Poster session presented at the meeting of EGU General Assembly 2016. Vienna, Austria. 2016 Leonard, M., & Westra, S. (2016). Estimating flood exceedance probabilities in estuarine regions. Poster session presented at the meeting of EGU General Assembly 2016. Vienna, Austria. 2015 Johnson, F., White, C., Van Dijk, A., Ekstrom, M., Evans, J., Jakob, D., . . . Westra, S. (2015). Past and future trends in Australian floods: what are the causes?. Poster session presented at the meeting of 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand. Gold Coast. 2015 Le, P., Leonard, M., & Westra, S. (2015). Demonstration of max-stable models for estimating catchment flood risk. Poster session presented at the meeting of 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand. Gold Coast. 2015 Bennett, B. S., Leonard, M., Thyer, M., & Lambert, M. (2015). Simulation of daily rainfall across a range of space and time scales. Poster session presented at the meeting of 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. 2013 Leonard, M., & Westra, S. (2013). A compound event framework. Poster session presented at the meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society. Brisbane. 2013 Leonard, M., & Need, S. (2013). A latent variabel kriging method for spatial rainfall. Poster session presented at the meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Conference. Brisbane. -
Report for External Bodies
Year Citation 2022 Leonard, M., Westra, S., & Nguyen, D. C. H. (2022). Multi-site Rainfall, Evapotranspiration and Temperature Generation for the Southern Region: Evaluation Report (2022/1). 2022 Westra, S., Leigh, R., Knowling, M., Beh, E., Devanand, A., Thyer, M., . . . McInerney, D. (2022). Assessment of current and future water security in the Barossa and Eden Valleys. 2021 Leonard, M., Westra, S., & Devanand, A. (2021). Methodology Report for Multisite Rainfall and Evapotranspiration Data Generation of the Northern Basin, ANNEX F –Western region stochastic evaluation. (2021/01). 2020 Devanand, A., Leonard, M., & Westra, S. (2020). Implications of Non-Stationarity for Stochastic Time Series Generation in the Southern Basins. 2020 Leonard, M., Westra, S. P., & Bennett, B. (2020). Methodology Report for Multisite Rainfall and Evapotranspiration Data Generation of the Northern Basin (2020/01). 2020 Leonard, M., Westra, S. P., & Bennett, B. (2020). Data Generation of the Northern Basin, ANNEX A –Gwydir region stochastic evaluation (2020/02). 2020 Leonard, M., Westra, S. P., & Bennett, B. (2020). Methodology Report for Multisite Rainfall and Evapotranspiration Data Generation of the Northern Basin, ANNEX B –Border region stochastic evaluation (2020/03). 2020 Leonard, M., Westra, S. P., & Bennett, B. (2020). Methodology Report for Multisite Rainfall and Evapotranspiration Data Generation of the Northern Basin, ANNEX C –Namoi region stochastic evaluation (2020/04). 2020 Leonard, M., Westra, S. P., & Devanand, A. (2020). Methodology Report for Multisite Rainfall and Evapotranspiration Data Generation of the Northern Basin, ANNEX D –Far North Coast region stochastic evaluation. 2020 Leonard, M., Westra, S. P., & Devanand, A. (2020). Methodology Report for Multisite Rainfall and Evapotranspiration Data Generation of the Northern Basin, ANNEX E –North Coast region stochastic evaluation. 2019 Leonard, M., Westra, S., & Bennett, B. (2019). Multisite Rainfall and Evaporation Data Generation for the Macquarie Water Infrastructure Project (2019/01). 2018 Westra, S., Leonard, M., & Bennett, B. (2018). Accounting for climate change in the management and development of South Australia’s stormwater infrastructure. 2018 Wu, W., Westra, S., & Leonard, M. (2018). A unified approach for estimating coastal flood risk. 2014 Westra, S., Zheng, F., & Leonard, M. (2014). Joint Probability Analysis of Rainfall events and tidal levels at Fremantle. 2014 Leonard, M. (2014). Review of Supplementary Report: Ipswich Flood Frequency Analysis. 2014 Westra, S. P., Thyer, M., Leonard, M., Kavetski, D., & Lambert, M. (2014). Impacts of climate change on surface water in the Onkaparinga catchment - Final report volume 1: hydrological model development and sources of uncertainty (14/22). Goyder Institute for Water Research. 2014 Westra, S. P., Thyer, M., Leonard, M., & Lambert, M. (2014). Impacts of climate change on surface water in the Onkaparinga catchment - Final report volume 2: hydrological evaluation of the CMIP3 and CMIP5 GCMs and the Non-homogenous Hidden Markov Model (NHMM) (14/23). Goyder Institute for Water Research. 2014 Westra, S. P., Thyer, M., Leonard, M., & Lambert, M. (2014). Impacts of climate change on surface water in the Onkaparinga catchment - Final report volume 3: impact of climate change on runoff in the Onkaparinga catchment (14/27). Goyder Institute for Water Research. 2014 Zheng, F., Westra, S. P., & Leonard, M. (2014). Australian Rainfall and Runoff: Revision project 18: Coincidence of fluvial flooding events and coastal water levels in estuarine areas (Stage 3 Report) (P18/S3/011). 2012 Leonard, M., Jordan, P., Seed, A., Nathan, R., Pierce, C., & Kordomenidi, E. (2012). Brisbane River Dams Operations and Alternatives Study, Briefing Document for Workshop. 2011 Leonard, M. (2011). Review of: Brisbane River 2011 Flood Frequency Analysis. 2011 Leonard, M., Thyer, M., Lambert, M., Maier, H., & Dandy, G. (2011). Task 4 Milestone 1 Report, Application Test Bed, Onkaparinga Catchment Case Study: Surface Water Hydrological Modelling. 2009 Leonard, M., Lambert, M., & Metcalfe, A. (2009). Step Change Analysis of Rainfall in Southern Australia. 2003 Leonard, M., Lambert, M., & Metcalfe, A. (2003). Seasonal IFD Analysis of Adelaide Rainfall. -
Theses
Year Citation 2010 Leonard, M. (2010). A stochastic space-time rainfall model for engineering risk assessment. (PhD Thesis, University of Adelaide). -
Working Paper
Year Citation 2012 Leonard, M., & Westra, S. (2012). Discussion paper: A typology of compound events?. CSIRO workshop, 11th April, Melbourne. 2009 Leonard, M. (2009). Patterns of rainfall in space and time for use in flood risk estimation, discussion paper. ARR Technical Committee Workshop, Melbourne. -
Internet Publications
Year Citation 2015 Leonard, M., Zheng, F., & Westra, S. (2015). Sydney storm: are extreme rains and flash floods increasing?. The Conversation. -
Datasets
Year Citation 2018 Do, H. X., Gudmundsson, L., Leonard, M., & Westra, S. (2018). The Global Streamflow Indices and Metadata Archive - Part 1: Station catalog and Catchment boundary.
DOI2018 Gudmundsson, L., Do, H. X., Leonard, M., & Westra, S. (2018). The Global Streamflow Indices and Metadata Archive (GSIM) - Part 2: Time Series Indices and Homogeneity Assessment.
DOI- Thyer, M., Westra, S., & Leonard, M. (n.d.). Onkaparinga Catchment Climate Change Modelling.
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Software
Year Citation 2016 Leonard, M., Westra, S., Zheng, F., & Stensmyr, P. (2016). Interaction of River and Coastal Flooding, http://p18.arr-software.org/ (Version 0.1.0) [Computer Software]. Engineers Australia. 2016 Leonard, M., Bennett, B., Thyer, M., Marchi, A., Guo, D., Visintin, P., & Wright, D. (2016). Algorithmik Apps, http://www.algorithmik.org.au/ [Computer Software]. 2014 Zheng, F., Leonard, M., & Westra, S. P. (2014). jointPm: Risk estimation using the joint probability method, https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/jointPm/index.html (Version 2.3.1) [Computer Software]. The Comprehensive R Network. 2004 Frost, A., Heneker, T., Jennings, S., Kuczera, G., Lambert, M., & Leonard, M. (2004). Stochastic Climate Library: DRIP, subdaily rainfall generation, https://toolkit.ewater.org.au/Tools/SCL/ [Computer Software]. eWater. - Leonard, M., Bennett, B., Thyer, M., Marchi, A., Visintin, P., Wright, D., & Guo, D. (n.d.). Algorithmik Apps [Computer Software]. - Leonard, M., Bennett, B., Thyer, M., Marchi, A., Visintin, P., Wright, D., & Guo, D. (n.d.). Algorithmik Apps [Computer Software]. - Leonard, M., Bennett, B., Thyer, M., Marchi, A., Visintin, P., Wright, D., & Guo, D. (n.d.). Algorithmik Apps [Computer Software].
Competitive Research Funding
| Date | Project/No. | Investigators | Funding Body | Amount |
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| 2015-2017 | A unified approach for estimating coastal flood risk | Westra, S. & Leonard, M. | ARC Linkage | AUD $156,905 |
Consultancies
| Date | Project Title | Client Agency |
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| 2018-2021 | Stochastic modelling of NSW regions | NSW DPIE |
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Joint Probability Analysis of Rainfall events and tidal levels at Fremantle |
WA WaterCorp |
| 2012 |
Brisbane River Dams Operations and Alternatives Study, Workshop 1 |
SEQ Water |
| 2012 |
2-week, Geostatistics teaching intensive to Iraqi delegates |
AusAID |
| 2011 |
Expert Witness, Queensland Flood Commission of Inquiry |
Queensland Flood Commission of Inquiry |
| 2009 |
Step Change Analysis of Rainfall in Southern Australia |
Dept. Water, Land & Biodiversity Conservation, SA Gov. |
Teaching Activities
Courses Developed
| Date | Course Title | Institution | Class Size | Course Level/ Code | URL |
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2007-2009; |
Engineering Modelling & Analysis IA |
University of Adelaide |
200+ |
First Year |
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| 2010-2016 |
Computing for Geostatistics |
University of Adelaide |
~10 |
Masters |
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| 2019-ongoing |
Resources and Energy in the Circular Economy |
University of Adelaide |
~30 |
First Year |
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| 2019,2021 |
Programming (Matlab and Excel) |
University of Adelaide |
100+ |
First Year |
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| 2020-2022 |
Transportation Engineering and Surveying |
University of Adelaide |
100+ |
Second Year |
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| 2022 | Design Practice (Hydraulic design) | University of Adelaide | 100 | Fourth Year | CEME 4050 |
Courses Taught
| Date | Course Title | Institution | Class Size | Course Level/ Code | URL |
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| 2022 | Special Studies, Vietnam Tour | University of Adelaide | 30 | Mixed cohort | - |
| 2022 | Introduction to Infrastructure (water module) | University of Adelaide | 100 | First Year | CEME 1002 |
| 2021-2022 | Introduction to Engineering | University of Adelaide | 400 | First Year | ENG 1001 |
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2020 |
Introduction to Environmental Engineering |
University of Adelaide |
100 |
First Year |
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2018 |
Water Engineering IIA |
University of Adelaide |
180 |
Second Year |
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| 2015-2018 |
Final Year Research Project (Coordination) |
University of Adelaide |
~200 |
Fourth Year |
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| 2014-2020 |
Engineering Management IV |
University of Adelaide |
200-250 |
Fourth Year |
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| 2010-2019 |
Introduction to Geostatistics |
University of Adelaide |
50-100 |
Fourth Year / Masters |
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| 2004, 2008 |
Water Engineering III B |
University of Adelaide |
100-150 |
Third Year |
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2024 Principal Supervisor Influence of Catchment-Scale Characteristics on Residual Model Selection and Parameters Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Jason Hunter 2024 Principal Supervisor Development off Flash Flooding Adaptation Strategy under Climate Change for Jeddah City Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Obaid Mohammad O Alharbi 2021 Co-Supervisor Extending the virtual hydrological framework for stochastic rainfall model evaluation. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Truong Huy Thien Nguyen -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2018 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Multivariate Modelling of Geological and Geometallurgical Variables Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Emmanuel Addo Junior 2016 - 2020 Principal Supervisor Quantifying Intermittent Streamflow with Low-cost Sensors and Fully Integrated Hydrological Modelling of Upstream Runoff Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Alicja Natalia Makarewicz 2015 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Flood Hazard Characteristics at the Global Scale: An Observation-based Perspective Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Hong Do 2014 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Stochastic Spatial Rainfall Modelling for Hydrological Design: Development of a Parsimonious Simulation Approach and Virtual Hydrological Evaluation Framework Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time APrf Bree Sarah Bennett 2014 - 2018 Co-Supervisor A new flood estimation paradigm for the design of civil infrastructure systems Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Phuong Dong Le -
Other Supervision Activities
Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2023 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Monitoring and Analysis of a Wetland for Environmental Flows University of Adelaide BE(Civil) Honours Full Time Mitchell Odegaard, Somil Boora, Toby Costi, Patrick Doddridge 2023 - ongoing Co-Supervisor Use of alternative water sources University of Adelaide - Doctorate Full Time Caleb Gray 2022 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Multi-objective optimisation of transportation networks The University of Adelaide - Honours - Zihao Xu, Wenhao Xiao 2022 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Comparison of continuous simulation and event based modelling for flood design The University of Adelaide - Master - Hang Zheng, Ruikun Xiam Zehao Zhang 2022 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Evaluation of historical and naturalised floods on the Murray River The University of Adelaide - Honours - Zhixin Barnett, Yimeng Zhuo, Hong Tang 2021 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Determining the impact of sensor layout on the locatability of pipe bursts University of Adelaide - Honours - Junlin Liu, Shixiao Sun 2021 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Using microsimulation to assess traffic impacts on the Belair-Blackwood road corridor University of Adelaide - Honours - Andrew Iuliano, Bang Ao Qin 2021 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Using microsimulation to determine flood evacuation outcomes for the 2021 Sydney flood University of Adelaide - Honours - Phong Tran, Myo Zaw Aung 2021 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)To Infer Water Availability and Behaviour on Mars University of Adelaide - Honours - Yufan Liu, Yiding You, Dongbo Wei 2021 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Water balance modelling for riverland wetland operations University of Adelaide - Master - Xiaoyi Ma, Ummi Ahmat 2020 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Improving techniques to estimate design floods in ungauged catchments Australia-wide University of Adelaide - Honours - Piotr Grodecki, Jeruben Jude, Titus John, Matthew Dutton 2019 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Evaluating minor losses in networks University of Adelaide - Honours - Siyuan Ding, Jiahua Huo, Priya Saravanah, Huiyu Xu 2019 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Improving hydrological models rainfall-runoff predictions in Australian semi-arid catchments University of Adelaide - Honours - Ty Edwards, Congyun Huang, Yin Mo Marco Lau, Saeed Safavi Arjmand 2019 - 2019 Co-Supervisor : Improving hydrological predictions through robust numerical models University of Adelaide - Master - Joe Mario Jacob, Xiang Lyu, Xiuling Su 2018 - ongoing Principal Supervisor Using digital imagery and cheap sensors to estimate water levels University of Adelaide - Master - Duy Vuu, Aidian Lin, Yingwen Xu 2018 - ongoing Principal Supervisor Evaluation of the Aqualibrium network with estimation of minor losses University of Adelaide - Honours - Wenfeng Liu 2018 - ongoing Co-Supervisor Exploiting spatial correlation in the estimation of conceptual hydrological models University of Adelaide - Honours - Samuel Hack, Paul Hawkins, Lachlan Cotton, Ben Mullin 2017 - 2017 Principal Supervisor Estimating the intermittency of flow in semi-arid catchments using cheap sensors University of Adelaide - Honours - Marco du Bruyn, Matthew Bell, Renae Hawke, Daniel Woods 2017 - 2017 Principal Supervisor Assessing the performance of conceptual models at multiple sites within a region and for contrasting time periods University of Adelaide - Master - Hao Yuan, Thi Hai Duong Ninh, Yunjie Li 2017 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Investigating numerical artefacts of differential solvers for hydrological models University of Adelaide - Honours - Athena Jiang 2017 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Optimal placement of sensors for calibration of unknown pipe network parameters University of Adelaide - Honours - Jason Hunter 2016 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Quantifying the residual capacity of reinforced concrete members with corroded reinforcement University of Adelaide - Honours - Athan Varvaris, Scott Parkinson, Domenico Zerella, Nestor Sequera 2016 - 2016 Principal Supervisor Joint probability in estuarine regions: uncertainty and climate change estimation University of Adelaide - Honours - Dominic McDevitt, Samuel Sexton, Ciaran Hoare, Stefan O'Toole 2016 - 2016 Principal Supervisor Groundwater and surface-water modelling in semi-arid regions University of Adelaide - Honours - Xinyi Mao, Yufeng Zhou, Yayao Wang 2015 - 2017 Co-Supervisor A unified approach for estimating coastal flood risk University of Adelaide - Postdoctorate - Wu W 2015 - 2015 Principal Supervisor Salinity modelling of Lake Hawdon Catchment using MIKE-SHE University of Adelaide - Honours - Alicja Makarewicz, Christian Bell, Liupengfei Wu, Zhihao Jiang 2015 - 2015 Co-Supervisor Estimating low flows in semi-arid regions University of Adelaide - Honours - Timothy Rowland, Declan Warda, Andrew Clarkson, Hayley Whitington 2015 - 2015 Co-Supervisor The performance of infiltration equations using rain-on-grid flood methodology University of Adelaide - Honours - Dylan Bone, Jordan Franks, Henry Moore, Rory Owen 2014 - 2014 Co-Supervisor Economic impact assessment of flooding under a future climate University of Adelaide - Honours - Matthew Matricciani, Gianni Marchetti, Nicholas Boniciolli, Martin Pappas 2013 - 2013 Principal Supervisor Determining Correlated Tributary Flows Using a Distributed Model University of Adelaide - Master - Hien Tran 2013 - 2013 Principal Supervisor Joint Probability Flood Modelling of Brisbane City University of Adelaide - Master - Zhu Jin 2013 - 2013 Co-Supervisor Implications of Global Rainfall Inequality University of Adelaide - Honours - Rajah, K., O'Leary, T., Turner, A., Petrakis 2012 - 2012 Principal Supervisor Comparison of Point and Spatial Rainfall Input Using Distributed Models University of Adelaide - Master - Siyuan Chang
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2023 - 2024 Chair National Commitee on Water Engineering Engineers Australia Australia 2019 - ongoing Chair Hydrological Society South Australia Hydrological Society South Australia Australia 2016 - ongoing Member Hydrological Society South Australia - Australia 2016 - ongoing Member National Committee of Water Engineering Engineers Australia Australia -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2013 - ongoing Member Engineers Australia Australia 2003 - ongoing Member Hydrological Society of South Australia Australia -
Community Engagement
Date Title Engagement Type Institution Country 2020 - 2020 Open Day Talk Public Community Engagement University of Adelaide Australia 2020 - 2020 STEM Academy - Environmental Engineering Public Community Engagement University of Adelaied - 2019 - 2019 Open Day Talk Public Community Engagement University of Adelaide Australia 2019 - 2019 SAASTA Stem Academy Scientific Community Engagement SAASTA, Univerity of Adelaide Australia 2019 - 2019 Ingenuity SACE Research Project Scientific Community Engagement University of Adelaide Australia 2018 - 2018 Young Women in Technology - Highschool outreach seminar Public Community Engagement University of Adelaide Australia 2018 - 2018 Tertiary Studies & Careers Expo Adelaide - Aqualibrium Activity Public Community Engagement University of Adelaide - 2017 - 2017 Open Day Talk Public Community Engagement University of Adelaide Australia 2017 - 2020 Oliphant Science Awards Scientific Community Engagement SASTA Australia 2016 - 2016 Open Day Talk Public Community Engagement University of Adelaide - 2016 - 2016 ECMS highschool outreach talks Public Community Engagement University of Adelaide Australia -
Editorial Boards
Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country 2016 - ongoing Associate Editor Australian Journal of Water Resources Engineering Australia Australia -
Expert Witness
Date Case Institution Country 2012 - 2012 Queensland Flood Commission of Inquiry University of Adelaide Australia -
Presentation
Date Topic Presented at Institution Country 2018 - 2018 Impact of Climate Change on Australian Flood Risk: A Review of Recent Evidence University of Adelaide, Charles Hawker Hydrological Society SA Australia 2018 - 2018 Management Systems for Water Stress, to delegates from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Stamford Plaza Adelaide Icewarm Australia 2018 - 2018 Interview - Cape Town's Disaster Drought Radio Adelaide Interview University of Adelaide Australia 2017 - 2017 Invited talk - A typology of compound events WCRP Workshop ETH Zurich Switzerland 2016 - 2016 Proposal pitch - A typology of compound events Ozewex Symposium Ozewex Australia 2016 - 2016 Overview of Australian Rainfall and Runoff 2016 Inkgarni Wardli Hydrological Society SA Australia 2014 - 2014 Workshop - Interaction of Coastal Processes and Severe Weather Events Practical Responses to Climate Change Confererence Australian Rainfall & Runoff, Engineers Australia Australia 2014 - 2014 Workshop - Joint Probability Modelling in Estuarine Regions Hydrology & Water Resources Symposium Australian Rainfall & Runoff Australia
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