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Fred Ogden
Dr. Fred Ogden
Professor of Engineering
Cline Distinguished Chair of Engineering
WRESE (Water Resources/Environmental Science and Engineering)
Environment & Natural Resources
Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering
Room 3029, Engineering Building

University of Wyoming
College of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering
Dept. 3295
1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071
e-mail:
phone: (307) 766-6171
Fax:    (307) 766-2221



Education:

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Colorado State University 1992
  • M.S. Civil Engineering, Colorado State University 1989
  • B.S. Civil Engineering, Colorado State University 1987

Registered Professional Engineer:

  • Wyoming
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut

Registered Professional Hydrologist, American Institute of Hydrology

Research Interests:

  • Runoff Generation in Tropics, Arid, and Semi-Arid Regions
  • Hydrologic Modeling & Engineering
  • Watershed Scale Erosion/Deposition Modeling
  • Hydrological Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing of Rainfall
  • Computational Hydraulics
  • Physical Hydraulic Modeling


Academic and Professional Experience:

Jan. 2005- Present       Professor and Cline Distinguished Chair of Engineering, Environment
                                    and Natural Resources, Dept. of Civil and Architectural Engineering,
                                    Ruckelshaus Institute and Haub School of Environment and Natural
                                    Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming

Aug 2002-Dec. 2005    Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
                                    University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut

Jan 2002-July 2002     Honorary Visitor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
                                   University of Melbourne, Australia

Aug 2001-Dec 2001    Visiting Research Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
                                   Engineering Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi

2000-2001                  Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
                                    University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.

1994-2000                 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
                                    University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut.

1992-1994                 Post-Doctoral Associate, Adjunct Asst. Professor and Research Engineer,
                                   Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research, The University of Iowa

1989-1992                  U.S. Army Research Office Fellow, Ph.D. Candidate,
                                   Center for  Excellence in the Geosciences, Colorado State University
Publications, Fred L. Ogden


Powder River Basin Recharge Estimation Project


Fort Collins 1997 Flash Flood Data Page


Gridded Surface Subsurface Hydrologic Analysis (GSSHA)- Model Development


Studies of Runoff Generation in the seasonal tropics of Panama


Research Activities

  • Hydrologic Modeling & Engineering
  • Hydrological Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing of Rainfall
  • Computational Hydraulics
  • Physical Hydraulic Modeling
  • Watershed Scale Erosion/Deposition Modeling


Links to Hydrological Data and Research Sites.


Other Links


University of Wyoming
College of Engineering and Applied Science
Dept. 3295
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071
(307)766-4253
email: enginfo@uwyo.edu
College of Engineering & Applied Sciences