Civil Engineer
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| TIMOTHY D.
STRAUB Civil Engineer |
EDUCATION
University
of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign-BS Civil/Environmental Engineering,
1995
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign-MS Civil/Hydrosystems
Engineering, 2000
STARTED WITH THE USGS --
Dec. 1994
AREAS OF
EXPERTISE
Modeling watershed runoff
River
mechanics
Performing statistical tests on hydrologic data
Collecting and
quality assuring hydrologic data
CURRENT PROJECTS
PUBLICATIONS
Soong, T.W., and Straub, T.D., 2004, Hydrology and flood hazards in Blackberry Creek Watershed in Kane County, Ill., U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, in review
Sierra, C.S., and Straub, T.D., 2004, Geotechnical evaluation of bank stability on Judy's Branch near Glen Carbon, Illinois and the St. Louis Metro East Region, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, in review
Straub, T.D., Soong, T.W., and DiStefano, C.E., 2003, Application of a continuous simulation hydrologic model (HSPF) in floodplain delineation: a case study Blackberry Creek watershed in Kane County, Ill., Abstract, Association of State Floodplain Managers 27th Annual Conference, St. Louis, Missouri.
Straub, T.D., Bednar, R.J., 2002, Bias in runoff parameter estimation induced by rainfall data, Proceedings of the Second Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Straub, T.D., Melching, C.S., and Kocker, K.E., 2000, Equations for estimating Clark Unit-hydrograph parameters for small rural watersheds in Illinois, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4184.
Straub, T.D., and Parmar, P.S., 1998, Comparison of rainfall records collected by different rain-gage networks, Proceedings of the First Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada
Straub, T.D., Hornewer, N.J., Duncker, J.D., 1998, Rainfall in and near Du Page County, Illinois, October 1991-September 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-582
Mill, P.C., Yeskis, D.J., Straub, T.D., 1997, Geologic, hydrologic, and water-quality data from selected boreholes and wells in and near Belvidere, Illinois, 1989-96: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-242.
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