Daniel Wright
I am a hydrologist and water resources engineer, specializing in flood hazards and mitigation strategies in both urban areas and larger watersheds
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering College of Engineering Work: 608-262-1978 danielb.wright@wisc.edu Home page
Topics
- Flood hazard and risk assessment in urban areas and larger river systems
- Hydrologic design, including innovative use of modern data (radar, satellites) and computing resources (supercomputers, cloud computing, statistical analysis)
- Climate, weather, land use, and other impacts on floods and other hydrologic phenomena
Achievements
- Creator of RainyDay, a modern data-driven approach to understanding the frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall and flooding