Education Duke University Dissertation title: Effects of vegetation and infiltration feedbacks on hydrologic partitioning and droughts Certificate in Wireless Sensor Networks, requiring courses in Environmental Sensing, Artificial Intelligence, and Intelligent Sensors, along with participation in the annual WISeNet workshop. Certificate in College Teaching Program, requiring practical teaching experience and peer evaluation, two courses relating to topics in college teaching, and development of an online teaching portfolio. Research interests: Semiarid hydrology and ecohydrology, evolution of soil moisture, effects of changing seasonality of precipitation and temperature on vegetation and the water cycle. Relevant Courses: Land Atmosphere Interactions, Ecohydrology, Hydrology Modeling for Water Quality and Quantity Assessment, Groundwater Hydrology, Intermediate and Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Pollutant Transport Systems, The Climate System, Scientific Computing, Numerical Analysis.
Princeton University Completed certificate in Geological Engineering Undergraduate Thesis: Effects of Climate Change on the New York City Water Supply GPA: 3.57 departmental, 3.38 cumulative Relevant courses: Hydrology, Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Rivers and the Regional Environment, Earth Surface Processes, Water Quality, Environmental and Civil Engineering Systems Planning and Design, Structural Geology Teaching Experience Hydrology and Water Resources, Graduate Teaching Assistant Fluid Mechanics, Graduate Teaching Assistant
SAT Solutions, Teacher and Tutor Publications Wilson, T. G. and Albertson, J. D.: Effects of drought timing and severity on grassy vegetation in a semi-arid climate with temporally variable saturated hydraulic conductivity (in prep). Prueger, J. H., Parry, C., Kustas, W. P., Alsina, M. M., Hipps, L. E., Alfieri, J. G., Nieto, H., Anderson, M. C., Gao, F., Wilson, T. G., Hatfield, J. L., McKee, L. G., McElrone, A. (2018). Crop Water Stress Index of an Irrigated Vineyard in the Central Valley of California. Irrigation Science (in press). Kustas, W. P., Anderson, M. C., Alfieri, J. G., Knipper, K., Torres-Rua, A., Parry, C. K., Nieto, H., Agam, N., White, A., Gao, F., McKee, L., Prueger, J. H., Hipps, L. E., Los, S., Alsina, M., Sanchez, L., Sams, B., Dokoozlian, N., McKee, M., Jones, S., Yang, Y., Wilson, T. G., Lei, F., McElrone, A., Heitman, J. L., Howard, A. M., Post, K., Melton, F., and Hain, C. (2018). The Grape Remote sensing Atmospheric Profile and Evapotranspiration eXperiment (GRAPEX). Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, BAMS-D-16-0244.1. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0244.1 Kustas, W. P., Alfieri, J. G., Nieto, H., Wilson, T. G., Gao, F., & Anderson, M. C. (2018). Utility of the two-source energy balance (TSEB) model in vine and interrow flux partitioning over the growing season. Irrigation Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-018-0586-8 Wilson, T. G., Cortis, C., Montaldo, N., and Albertson, J. D.: Development and testing of a large, transportable rainfall simulator for plot-scale runoff and parameter estimation, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 4169-4183, doi:10.5194/hess-18-4169-2014, 2014. Vico, G; Thompson, SE; Manzoni, S; Molini, A; Albertson, JD; Almeida-Cortez, JS; Fay, PA; Feng, X; Guswa, AJ; Liu, H; Wilson, TG; Porporato, A, Climatic, ecophysiological, and phenological controls on plant ecohydrological strategies in seasonally dry ecosystems, Ecohydrology, 8(4), pp. 660-681, doi:10.1002/eco.1533, 2015. R. Corona, T.G. Wilson, L.P. D’Adderio, F. Porcu, N. Montaldo, and J.D. Albertson, 2013. On the estimation of surface runoff through a new plot scale rainfall simulator in Sardinia, Italy. Procedia Environmental Sciences, 19, pp. 875-884, doi:10.1016/j.proenv.2013.06.09, 2013. Industry Experience US Dept. of Agriculture Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Research Physical Scientist Analyzed over five years of continuous soil moisture, energy flux, and micrometeorological data to gain insights on and inform decision making in the irrigation of industrial vineyards. Designed two types of soil moisture sensor arrays for the variable rate drip irrigation (VRDI) GRAPEX vineyard site, followed by installing the sensors and performing monitoring and initial analysis of the data. Contributed to the overall monitoring of the new VRDI site by generating brief reports of soil moisture and evapotranspiration data to team members at a minimum frequency of once per week, which were critical in monitoring the impact of irrigation scheduling decisions on vine stress. Malcolm Pirnie, Inc, Engineer Contributed to projects and reports for the Municipal Water Environment business unit of an Environmental Engineering consulting firm. Project experience: water treatment plant chemical system design, development of water conservation plans, water supply planning, emergency groundwater remediation, gravity sanitary sewer design, and regulatory compliance. Regularly analyzed data using Excel, Access and ArcMap to produce graphs, charts, and maps for consulting reports. Awards Duke University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Jeffrey Taub Award, 2015 Participation in Conferences and Workshops 2018 BARC Poster Day Workshop on Wireless Intelligent Sensor Networks (WISeNet) Workshop on Wireless Intelligent Sensor Networks (WISeNet) GradX Talks Ecohydrology and Sustainability in Seasonally Dry Ecosystems
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Programming and Markup Languages: Python, C/C++, LaTeX, JavaScript Service CEE Students Advocating for Graduate Education (SAGE) Inaugural Member, August 2015 - July 2016 Group of faculty-nominated students tasked with representing graduate students, bringing concerns to the faculty, and participating in the implementation of improved CEE graduate student development. GPSC Basketball Committee Duke University Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring Selection Committee Duke University Graduate School, 2015 Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Council
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