Audrey L. Ishii, P.E.
Hydrologist

EDUCATION

BS, Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois
BS, Secondary Education, Mathematics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

PROJECTS AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Professional Engineer, State of Illinois
Certified Floodplain Manager, Illinois Association for Floodplain and Stormwater Management
American Geophysical Union
American Society of Civil Engineers

CONTACT INFORMATION

Phone Number:  (217) 344-0037 ext. #3026
Fax Number:     (217) 344-0082
E-mail Address: alishii@usgs.gov

PUBLICATIONS

USGS Reports

Ishii, A.L., and Turner, M.J., 1997, Verification of a one-dimensional, unsteady flow model for the Fox River in Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2477, 65 p.

Turner, M.J., Pulokas, A.P., and Ishii, A.L., 1996, Implementation and verification of a one-dimensional, unsteady-flow model for Spring Brook near Warrenville, Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2455, 35 p.

Balding, G.O., and Ishii, A.L., 1992, Floods of September 26-October 4, 1986, and August 14-17, 1987 in Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, 92-4149, 104 p.

Ishii, A.L., 1989, Floods of June 13-14, 1981, and December 2-7, 1982, in Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4062, 109 p.

Ishii, A.L., Healy, R.W., and Striegl, R.G., 1989, A numerical solution for the diffusion equation in hydrogeologic systems: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4027, 86 p.

Weiss, L.S., and Ishii, A.L., 1987, Investigation of techniques to estimate rainfall-loss parameters for Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4151, 60 p.

Weiss, L.S., Galloway, D.L., and Ishii, A.L., 1986, Techniques for predicting ground-water drainage to surface coal mines: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4156, 187 p.

Journal Articles

Striegl, R.G., and Ishii, A.L., 1989, Transport of methane in the unsaturated zone in north-central Illinois, USA: Journal of Hydrology, 111 (November 1989) pp. 133-143.

Abstracts and Proceedings

Ishii, A.L., Ortel, T.W., Over, T.M., Murphy, E.A., 2003, Nexrad and rainfall-gage precipitation inputs for near real-time flood simulation of Salt Creek in Du Page County, Illinois (abstract) in 2003 National Hydrologic Warning Council/Southwestern Association of ALERT Systems Abstracts, Dallas, p. 43.

Ishii, A.L., Charlton, T.J., Ortel, T.W., Vonnahme, C.C., 1998, Modeling System for near real-time flood simulation for Salt Creek in Du Page County, Illinois (extended abstract) in proceedings of Subcommittee on Hydrology First Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference, Las Vegas, p. 8.51-8.58.

Vonnahme, C.C., Ortel, T.W., Ishii, A.L., and Charlton, A.J., 1999, Near Real-Time Flood-Simulation System for Salt Creek in Du Page County, Illinois, (paper) in Planning Ahead: Flood-Loss Reduction for the 21st Century, Association of State Floodplain Managers, Portland, Oregon, 6 p.

Ishii, A.L., Charlton, T.J., Ortel, T.W., Vonnahme, C.C., 1998, Operational modeling with dynamic-wave routing (paper) in Water Resources and the Urban Environment, American Society of Civil Engineers 25th annual conference on Water Resources Planning and Management, Chicago, p. 147-152.

Ishii, A.L., and Wilder, J.E., 1993, Effect of boundary condition selection on unsteady-flow model calibration, (paper) in Proceedings of the XXV Congress of International Association for Hydraulic Research, Tokyo, pp. 193-200.

Weiss, L.S., and Ishii, A.L., 1986, Rainfall-loss parameter estimation for Illinois, (paper) in Water Forum '86 World Water Issues in Evolution, proceedings, American Society of Civil Engineers, Long Beach, California, 8p.

Striegl, R.G., Healy, R.W., and Ishii, A.L., 1988, Geochemistry and transport of 14CO2 near buried low-level radioactive waste (abstract) in Abstracts of Papers-196th American Chemical Society, National Meeting, p. 106.

Striegl, R.G., and Ishii, A.L., 1987, Methane diffusion in the unsaturated zone near buried low-level radioactive waste (abstract) in EOS, Journal of the American Geophysical Union, vol. 68, no. 16, p. 318.

Presentations (no paper)

Great Lakes Seminar Series, May 5, 2004, "Nexrad and rainfall-gage precipitation inputs for near real-time dynamic-wave flood simulation of Salt Creek in DuPage County, Illinois," Lansing, Michigan.

Fox River Ecosystem Partnership Noon Network, January 21, 2004, "USGS Studies in the Fox River Watershed," Yorkville, Illinois.

USGS National Surface Water Conference, November 19, 2003, "Nexrad and rainfall-gage precipitation inputs for near real-time dynamic-wave flood simulation of Salt Creek in DuPage County, Illinois," [poster] Austin, Texas.

Hydraulic Enginnering Luncheon, October 21, 1999, "Verification, documentation, and application of the Full Equations one-dimensional, unsteady flow model," Champaign, Illinois.

Chief Hydrologist's Seminar, October 20, 1998, "Verification, documentation, and application of the Full Equations one-dimensional, unsteady flow model," Reston, Virginia.

Northeastern Region District Chief's meeting, November 5, 1997, "Surface Water Modeling for Program Development," Rosemont, Illinois.

University of Illinois, Hydrosystems Seminar, December 7, 1996, "One-dimensional unsteady-flow modeling with FEQ, " Urbana, Illinois

USEPA/USGS TMDL Workshop, "Linked unsteady flow modeling tools," April 25, 1998, Louisville, Kentucky.

Northeastern Region Surface Water Modeling Workshop, "Effect of boundary condition selection on unsteady-flow model calibration," September, 1995, Baltimore Maryland.

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