DAVID H. DUPRE Civil Engineer

EDUCATION
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Agricultural Engineering Department
Soil and Water Division
M.S., Agricultural Engineering, May 2003
Thesis: Modeling the Effects of Land-Use Change and Dredging on Wonder Lake, Illinois

University of Wisconsin - Madison
Agricultural Engineering Department (Biological Systems Engineering as of 1996)
B.S. -Agricultural Engineering, 1996
Emphasis: Natural Resources and Environment

WITH THE USGS SINCE: June, 1994

CURRENT PROJECTS

• Upper Illinois River Basin (UIRB) - National Water Quality Assessment
  • Surface Water Data Collection
  • Nutrient and Sediment Loads to Wonder Lake, McHenry Co., IL
  • Trophic Status and Trend Modeling of Wonder Lake, McHenry Co., IL
• Lower Illinois River Basin (LIRB) - National Water Quality Assessment
  • Surface Water Data Collection

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Society of Agricultural Engineers
• Licensed Engineering Intern
• Alpha Epsilon

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Hydrology & Hydraulics
  • Surface water, open channels
• Technical Methods
  • Water Quality sampling
  • Statistical Methods
  • Surface Water Transport Modeling
  • Motorboat operation and safety (US Dept. of Interior Certification)
  • Streamflow measurements
  • Water-quality monitor installation and maintenance
• Computers
  • PC, Apple, UNIX operating systems
  • Laptop/notebooks
  • Database entry/retrieval and software manipulation

PUBLICATIONS

Antweiler, R.C., Smith, R.L., Voytek, M.A., Bohlke, J., and Dupre, D.H., 2005, Water-Quality Data from Two Agricultural Drainage Basins in Northwestern Indiana and Northeastern Illinois: III. Biweekly data, 2000-2002. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1197.

Dupre, D.H., and Robertson, D.M., 2004, Water Quality of Nippersink Creek and Wonder Lake, McHenry County, Illinois, 1994-2001, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5085.

Groschen, G.E., Arnold, T.L., Harris, M.A., Dupre, D.H., Fitzpatrick, F.A., Scudder, B.C., Morrow, W.S., Terrio, P.J., Warner, K.L., and Murphy, E.A., 2004, Water Quality in the Upper Illinois River Basin, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, 1999-2001, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1230.