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Sue Niezgoda

Sue L. Niezgoda


Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
3054 Engineering Building
University of Wyoming
College of Engineering
Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering
Dept. 3295
1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071
e-mail:

Office: 307.766.3120
Fax: 307.766.2221

Education:

  • B.A. 1996, Engineering, Elizabethtown College
  • B.S. 1997, Civil Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
  • M.S. 1998, Civil Engineering (water resources), The Pennsylvania State University
  • Ph.D. 2004, Civil Engineering (water resources), The Pennsylvania State University

Principle Research Interests:

    Water resources engineering, open channel flow, river hydraulics, bridge scour, sediment transport, stream restoration, alluvial channel modeling, geomorphology, watershed assessment

Specific Research Topics:

  • Improving the urban stream restoration effort: identifying critical form and processes relationships
  • Investigating the implication of using rigid channel structures in stream restoration
  • A cost-based risk assessment method for identifying and selecting design alternatives for stream restoration

Academic Experience:

    The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Undergraduate Instructor, Short Course Instructor, Research Assistant

    Elizabethtown College, Physics and Engineering Department
    Undergraduate Tutor, Open House Official, Prospective Student Mentor

Professional Experience:

    Skelly and Loy, Inc., Engineers and Consultants
    Water Resources Engineer

    US Army Corps of Engineers, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
    Research Civil Engineer

    The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
    Engineering, Scientific, Technical Intern

List of Publications:

    Niezgoda, S.L., and Johnson, P.A. 2005. A cost based risk assessment method for selecting stream restoration design alternatives. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, (tentatively accepted, under second review).

    Niezgoda, S.L., and Johnson, P.A. 2005. Rigid structures in stream channel design: a case for alluvial channel modeling. Journal of the American Water Resources Association (tentatively accepted, under second review).

    Niezgoda, S.L., and Johnson, P.A. 2005. Improving the urban stream restoration effort: identifying critical relationships between form and processes. Environmental Management, 35(5): 579-592.

    Niezgoda, S.L., and Johnson, P.A. 2005. Stream restoration design using sediment transport modeling and risk assessment. Proceedings of ASCE World Water and Environmental Resource Congress, Impacts of Global Climate Change, Anchorage, Alaska.

    Johnson, P.A., and Niezgoda, S.L. 2004. Risk-based method for selecting scour countermeasures. Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE, 130(2): 121-128.

    Niezgoda, S.L., and Johnson, P.A. 2004. Restoring form and processes in urban streams: the state-of-the-art. Proceedings of ASCE World Water and Environmental Resource Congress, Critical Transitions in Water and Environmental Resources Management, Salt Lake City, Utah.

    Niezgoda, S.L., and Johnson, P.A.1999. Abutment scour at small, severely contracted bridges. Proceedings of the ASCE 10th International Conference on Cold Regions Engineering, Lincoln, New Hampshire.

Professional Service:

    American Society of Civil Engineers, 1996 - present
    Society of Women Engineers, Penn State Chapter, 1996-1998
    American Society of Highway Engineers, 2001
    ASCE River Restoration Committee, 2003 - present
    ASCE National Urban Stream Restoration Sub-Committee, 2003 - present
    American Geophysical Union, 2004
    Review Papers for ASCE World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, 2004
    Review Papers Submitted to Environmental Management, Springer Publications, 2004
    National Science Foundation Hydrologic Science Review Panel, 2004
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