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   Laura J. Harrell

    
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.

B.S.C.E., Old Dominion University
M.S.C.E., Old Dominion University
Ph.D., North Carolina State University, Raleigh

Office) Room 130B, Kaufman Building
Phone) 757.683.6052
Fax) 757.683.5354
e-mail) LHarrell@odu.edu
   Research Interests
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  1. Hydraulics and Hydrology
  2. Watershed Modeling and Management
  3. Optimization of Water Resources and Environmental Systems
  4. Mathematical Modeling of Stormwater Best Management Practices

   Recent and Current Research Projects
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  1. City of Newport News, "Oyster Point Industrial Park Stormwater Drainage and Retention Study," 2001, $20,966, PI

  2. HDR Engineering, Inc., "Portsmouth, VA Vacuum Pump Station Computer Model Development," 2001, $19,500, Co-Principal Investigator (with Bill Drewry)

   Publications
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  • Journal Articles

    1. Akan, A. Osman, Gary C. Schafran, Peter Pommerenk and Laura J. Harrell, "Modeling Storm-Water Runoff Quantity and Quality from Marine Drydocks," ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 126, No. 1, January 2000, pp. 5-11.

  • Technical Reports

    1. TBA

  • Conference Proceedings

    1. Howard, Laura J., A. Osman Akan and Seshadri Suryanarayana, "Soil Variability Effects on Watershed Runoff," Watershed Management, Planning for the 21st Century, Proceedings of the International Symposium, ASCE, August 1995, pp. 1-10.

    2. Howard, Laura J. and A. Osman Akan, "Two-Dimensional Detention Pond Routing Model," Water Resources Engineering, Proceedings of the First International Conference, Vol. 1, ASCE, August 1995, pp. 825-828.

    3. Harrell, Laura J. and S. Ranji Ranjithan, "Generating Efficient Watershed Management Strategies Using a Genetic Algorithm-based Method," Proceedings of the ASCE 24th Annual Water Resources Planning and Management Conference, April 1997, pp. 272-277.

    4. Harrell, Laura J. and S. Ranji Ranjithan, "Evaluation of Alternative Penalty Function Implementations in a Watershed Management Design Problem," GECCO-99: Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, July 13-17, 1999, pp. 1551-1558.

    5. A. Osman Akan, Gary C. Schafran, Peter Pommerenk and Laura J. Harrell, "Simulation of Stormwater Runoff from Marine Drydocks," Proceedings of the Oceans ’99 Conference for Treatment of Regulated Discharges from Shipyards and Drydocks and Organotin (TBT) Special Sessions, 2000, pp. 1-16.

    6. Harrell, Laura J., "Evolutionary Algorithm-based Design of a System of Wet Detention Basins Under Uncertainty for Watershed Management," Proceedings of the ASCE World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, May 2001.

  • Other Presentations

    1. Harrell, L. J., and S. Ranjithan, "Generation of Alternative Strategies for Insightful Decision Making in Watershed Management," 25th Annual Water Resources Planning and Management Conference (ASCE), Chicago, IL, June 7-10, 1998.