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Julie Coonrod

Dept. of Civil Engineering

MSC01 1070

1 University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

(505) 277-3233

(505) 277-1988 fax

jcoonrod@unm.edu

Julia E. Allred Coonrod
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of New Mexico

Prof. Coonrod obtained her BE in Civil Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1987, her MS in Civil Engineering from the University of New Mexico in 1991, and her PhD in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1998 under Dr. Ed Holley and Dr. David Maidment.

Prior to her doctoral work, Julie spent 5 years working as a consultant with Scanlon & Associates in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico. She worked on a variety of projects (drainage plans, open channels, roads, dams) around the state. She is a registered professional engineer in the state of New Mexico.

Since starting at the University of New Mexico in 1997, Julie’s research has focused on issues relating to the Middle Rio Grande. She initiated 12 new teaching experiments in the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory. She started a research program with GIS and is teaching a graduate level course that emphasizes the modeling capabilities of GIS.

Dr. Coonrod is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Water Resources Association. She serves as the faculty advisor for Society of Women Engineers.

Courses:

· CE 202 Statics

· CE 331 Fluid Mechanics

· CE 442 Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Fall, 07

· CE 491C Rio Grande Seminar, Fall, 06

· CE 499 Design of Civil Engineering Systems, Spring, 06

· CE 542 Intermediate Hydrology

· CE 545 Open Channel Flow

· CE 547 GIS in Water Resources Engineering, Spring 08

· CE 598 Advanced GIS in Water Resources Engineering

Research Projects:

· Urban Flood Demonstration Program

· Middle Rio Grande Evapotranspiration

· Open Channel Modeling for AMAFCA

· Scaling Middle Rio Grande Evapotranspiration

· Atrisco Burn Site

Recent Publications:

Cleverly, J.R., C.N. Dahm, J.R. Thibault, D.E. McDonnell, J.E.Allred Coonrod. “Riparian ecohydrology: Regulation of water flux from the ground to the atmosphere in the Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico,” Hydrological Processes, 20, 3207-3225 (2006).

Weiss*, J.L., D.S. Gutzler, J.E. Allred Coonrod, C.N. Dahm. “Using NDVI to Characterize Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Six Vegetation Communities in Central New Mexico, USA,” Journal of Arid Environments JUL 2004; v.58, no.2, p.249-272.

Weiss*, J.L., D.S. Gutzler, J.E. Allred Coonrod, C.N. Dahm. “Seasonal and Interannual Relationships Between Vegetation and Climate in Central New Mexico, USA,” Journal of Arid Environments JUN 2004; v.57, no.4, p.507-534.

Cleverly, J.R., C.N. Dahm, J.R. Thibault, D.J. Gilroy and J.E. Allred Coonrod. Seasonal estimates of actual evapotranspiration from Tamarix ramosissima stands using 3-dimensional eddy covariance. Journal of Arid Environments, October, 2002; v.52,no.2, p.181-197

Dahm, C.N., J.R. Cleverly, J.E. Allred Coonrod, J.R. Thibault, D.E. McDonnell and D.J.Gilroy. Evapotranspiration at the land/water interface in a semi-arid drainage basin. Freshwater Biology, special issue on “Riverine Landscapes”.(2002) 47, 831-843

Coonrod, J., J. Stormont, L. Van Tassell, Evaluation of Alternative Cover Systems Using GIS, Environmental and Engineering Geoscience, Vol. VII, No. 4, November, 2001. pp.343-355.

Allred Coonrod, J.E. Suspended Sediment in Texas Rivers, - Center for Research of Water Resources, Texas Water Development Board, 1998.

Coonrod, J.E. Safety Grates in Supercritical Channels, - Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Vol. 120, No 1, January/February 1994, ASCE

Graduate Students:

Alicia Paz (MWR, anticipated 2008)

Isaiah Pedro (MSCE, anticipated 2008)

Kelly Isaacson (MSCE, anticipated 2008)

Anna Caffrey (MSCE, anticipated 2007)

Andrew Robertson (MWR, anticipated 2007)

Clint Moore (MSCE, anticipated 2008)

J.T. O'Brien (MSCE, anticipated 2008)

Graduates:

Keith Reed (MSCE, 1999)

Lisa VanTassell (MSCE, 1999)

Zhu Zhongqiang (MSCE, 2001)

Mark VanEeckout (MWR, 2002)

Orlando Romero (MWR, 2002)

Cody Stropki (MWR, 2003)

Kerry Bassore (MWR, 2003)

Carolyn Donnelly (MSCE, 2003)

Nathaniel Todea (MSCE, 2003)

Stephen Kolk (MWR, 2004)

Drew Baird (Ph.D. CE, 2004)

Ann Demint (MWR, 2005)

Christy Jones (MSCE, 2005)

Pete Martinez (MWR, 2005)

Dianne McDonnell (Ph.D. Biology 2006; co-supervised with Cliff Dahm)

Jungseok Ho (Ph.D. CE, 2006)

Andrew Funk (MWR, 2006; co-supervised with Janie Chermak)

Todd Marti (MSCE, 2007)

Alandren Etlantus (MSCE, 2007)