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Faculty
Emeritus Faculty
Part-Time Lecturer
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Staff |
Paul H. Kirshen
Research Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Director, Water:
Systems, Science, and Society (WSSS) Interdisciplinary
Graduate Education Program
Education
| 1975 |
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Division of Water Resources.
(Thesis – "Spatial and Temporal Aggregation Issues
in a Water Supply Planning Model for West Africa",
advisors David Marks and David Major). |
| 1972 |
M.S. Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Division of Water Resources.
(Thesis – "Screening Model for Management of
Combined Sewer Overflows", advisors David Marks,
John Schaake, and Frank Perkins). |
| 1970 |
Sc.B. Engineering, Brown University.
(Engineering Project – "Possible Use of Ferro
Magnetism to Measure Stress in Structures", advisor
Barton Roessler). |
Experience
| 2002- Present |
Tufts University, Medford, MA. Director,
Co-Chair, Co-founder of the Water: Systems,
Science, and Society (WSSS) Interdisciplinary
Research and Graduate Education Program.
Research Professor, Civil and Environmental
Engineering Department and Fletcher School of
Law and Diplomacy. Co-founder and Steering
Committee Member of Mystic Watershed
Collaborative. Conducting research in developed
and developing countries on integrated water
resources management, climate change impacts and
adaptation, water resources operations, decision
support systems, and urban water systems.
Teaching of water resources engineering and
integrated water resources management. Thesis
advising. |
| 1996- 2002 |
Tufts University, Medford, MA.
Research Associate Professor, Civil and
Environmental Engineering Department and the
International Environment and Resource Policy
Program of the Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy. Co-Founder and Director of Tufts
Water, Sustainability, Health, and Ecological
Diversity (WaterSHED) Center. Co-Founder and
Steering Committee Member of Mystic Watershed
Collaborative. |
| 1994- 1996 |
Stockholm Environment
Institute-Boston/Tellus Institute. As Water
Program Manager, responsible for coordinating
all water projects, and managing and developing
water research and consulting program. Provided
expertise in global climate change and water
resources, watershed/river basin planning and
analysis, water quality assessment, decision
support systems, water resources engineering,
policy analysis, hydropower systems, hydrology,
optimization and simulation modeling, and global
water issues. |
| 1986-1994 |
Private Consultant. Provided
consulting services and management of other
consultants and projects. Projects included
decision support systems for reservoir
operations, application of computer tools to
manage sewer systems and restoration of Boston
Harbor, impacts of global climate change on
water resources, and environmental site
assessment. Much of the consulting was
proprietary. International consulting. |
| 1984-1986 |
Principal Engineer,
Environmental Research and Technology. Inc.
Developed decision support tools for real time
reservoir operations and designed real time
hydrologic data collection systems and
applications for water resources and
environmental management. |
| 1981-1984 |
Private Consultant. Projects
included decision support tools for real time
reservoir operations, real time hydrologic data
collection systems and applications, small-scale
hydropower assessment, water resources planning.
International consulting. Part-time teaching at
Clark University. |
| 1980-1981 |
Assistant Professor, Civil and
Environmental Engineering Department, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Research on social impact assessment, and
on-farm water management. Teaching undergraduate
and graduate courses. Advising students.
Consulting on water resources planning.
International consulting.
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| 1978-1980 |
Assistant Research Professor,
Thayer School of Engineering and Resource Policy
Center, Dartmouth College. Research on water
resources planning methodologies, and
small-scale hydropower policy analysis. Teaching
graduate course on water resources systems.
Consulting on water resources. |
| 1976-1978 |
Senior Engineer, Environmental
Research and Technology. Inc. Managed Water and
Wastewater Engineering Group. Conducted water
quality and water resources studies. |
| 1975-1976 |
Research Associate,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Field
manager for development of simulation model for
Vardar/Axios River Basin in Macedonia and
Greece. |
Professional and Other Memberships
American Geophysical Union, American Society of Civil
Engineers (Member and Past Chair of Operations
Management Committee, Chair of the 1996 Operations
Management Workshop, Steering Committee of several
Operations Management Workshops including for 2006,
Member of Water Resources and Environmental Systems
Committee, Member of Integrated Water Resources
Management Task Committee), International Water
Resources Association, Sigma Xi, Member of Advisory
Board for Brown University Civil Engineering Program,
Roxbury Latin School Class Agent.
Journal Reviewing
Environmental Management, Water International,
various journals of American Society of Civil Engineers,
Environment International, Journal of Coastal Research,
Journal of Applied Meteorology, Water Policy,
Agricultural Systems, Water Resources Research, Natural
Resources Forum, Resources, Conservation & Recycling.
Other
Undergraduate citations as "influential faculty
member who made impacts on their educational experience"
(2005 (2), 2002)
Expert Reviewer, Working Group II, Fourth Assessment,
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2006.
Received 2004 award from the Mystic Watershed
Collaborative (the partnership of Tufts University and
the Mystic River Watershed Association) for
"demonstrated qualities of leadership, active
citizenship and community engagement in his work in the
Mystic River Watershed".
Received 2004 award from the Journal of Water
Resources Planning and Management for best practice
oriented paper (Westphal, K., Vogel, R., Kirshen, P.,
and Chapra, S., An Integrated Real Time Water Supply
Decision Support System, Journal of Water Resources
Planning and Management, May 2003).
Funded Research at Tufts
University
- Improved Water Resources Management in the
Sahel-Sudan, a Case Study of Burkina Faso, NOAA,
(Principal Investigator, 2006-2008, $340,000 with others
at Tufts and University of Georgia).
- Training Program in Water and Health from National
Institute for Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases, NIH, (Co-Director, 2004-2009, $1.1 million
with others at Tufts).
- The Quito Integrated Environment and Policy Study
for the National Institute of Health, (Co-Principal
Investigator, 2003-2005, approximately $317,000 with
others at Tufts).
- Improved Science and Decision Support for Managing
Watershed Nutrient Loads for US Environmental Protection
Agency, (Co-Principal Investigator, 2003-2005,
approximately $750,000, with others at Tufts and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
- Pilot Studies to Evaluate Interpretation Methods,
Intermediary Effectiveness, and Appropriate Levels of
Intervention in the Provision of Climate Forecasts in
the Sahel-Sudan: Climate Forecasting for Agricultural
Resources (CFAR) Project-Phase 2, for Economics and
Human Dimensions Program, Office of Global Programs, US
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(Co-Principal Investigator and Project Manager,
2002-2005, approximately $500,000, with others at Tufts
and University of Georgia).
- EMPACT Grant: Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring and
Modeling for Equitable Recreation on the Mystic River,
US EPA, subcontract to the City of Somerville,
(Technology and Science Manager, 2001-2003, with others
at Tufts, Tufts share is $339,000, total value is
approximately $359,000).
- The Natural Cities Program: Restoring Critical
Ecosystems Resources in the Greater Boston Harbor
Region, US Department of Agriculture, subcontract to The
Urban Ecology Institute at Boston College (2001-2003,
with others at Tufts, Tufts share is $27,305, total
value is $180,000).
- Impact of the Delivery of the Year 2000 Climate
Forecast to Farmers and Pastoralists in Burkina Faso for
Economics and Human Dimensions Program, Office of Global
Programs, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (Co-Principal Investigator and Project
Manager, 2001, $46,166, with others at Tufts and
University of Georgia).
- Infrastructure Systems, Services and Climate Change:
Integrated Impacts and Response Strategies for the
Boston Metropolitan Area for US Environmental Protection
Agency (Co-Principal Investigator and Project Manager,
1999-2004, $899,000, with others at Tufts, University of
Maryland, Boston University and others).
- A Hydro-Economic Approach to Representing Water
Resources Impacts in Integrated Assessment Models for US
Department of Energy (Co-Principal Investigator and
Project Manager, 1998-2003, $450,000, with others at
Tufts, University of Colorado and others).
- Opportunities and Constraints to Using Seasonal
Precipitation Forecasting to Improve Agricultural
Production Systems and Livelihood Security in the
Sahel-Sudan Region, West Africa: Climate Forecasting for
Agricultural Resources (CFAR) Project-Phase1, for
Economics and Human Dimensions Program, Office of Global
Programs, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (Co-Principal Investigator and Project
Manager, 1997- 2002, $440,000, with University of
Georgia).
Teaching at Tufts University
- CEE 294K Integrated Water
Resources Management - Policy Review and the
Planning Process (Spring 2006)
- CEE 193K Water Science and
Technology (Fall 2005)
- CEE 294K, DHP P255 Public
Policy of Water (Spring 2005)
- CEE 193K Water Science and
Technology (Fall 2004)
- CEE 294/UEP 294 Integrated
Assessment of Water Resources. (Spring 2004, 2002, 2001,
2000, 1999)
- Center for Interdisciplinary
Studies (CIS) 99A/100A, The New Century
Environmental Leadership Institute: An
Experiential Inquiry into Watershed Restoration,
with Dale Bryan (Summer 2003, 2001, 2000)
- Independent Study on Integrated
Resources Water Management (resulted in paper
being submitted to Water International Journal
and presentation in Netherlands). (Spring 2003)
- CEE 81, CEE Senior Capstone
Design Project, The Effects of Climate Change on
Bridge Scour. (Spring 2001)
- EC-17F, Bringing the Real World
to High School Science: Water Pollution Issues
of the Mystic River, with J. Durant and
assistance of D. Bryan. (Fall 1999)
- CEE 81, CEE Senior Capstone Design Project,
Management of Arsenic Contamination in Spy Pond,
with J. Durant. (Spring 1999)
- CEE 81, CEE Senior Capstone
Design Project, Rain Harvesting System for Tufts
University, with R. Vogel (students won ASCE
award). (Spring 1998)
Recent Supervision/Reading of
Theses
- Hall, P., Getting with the Program: Rural Radio and
Water Resource Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa, UEPP MA,
2006. (Reader)
- Schilz., B., Does Integrated Water Resources
Management Need Private Sector Participation in
Developing Countries? UEPP MA, 2006. (Reader)
- Walsh, S., DCRA: Formulation of a Cost-Risk Tradeoff
Model for Selection of Environmental Dredging
Operations, CEE MS Thesis, 2006. (Advisor)
- Ray, Patrick, Least Cost Water Supply Planning for
Lebanon, CEE MS Thesis, 2005. (Advisor)
- Fernandes, Ana Martha, Management of Domestic Fecal
Sludge: St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, CEE MS Thesis, 2005.
(Advisor)
- Rader, M., Incorporating Risk into a Decision
Support System for Burkina Faso Farmers , CEE MS Thesis,
2005. (Advisor)
- Curtis, L., Watershed Management, UEPP MA, Summer
2005. (Reader).
- Kossida, M., Effect of Sea Level Rise on Groundwater
Resources: A Case Study of Southwest Coastal Rhode
Island, CEE MS Thesis, 2005. (Advisor)
- Moore, David. Thirst for Certainty: Adapting to
Climate Change in Water Supply Planning, UEP MA Thesis
2003. (Advisor)
- Heberger, Matthew, Modeling Nonpoint Source Bacteria
in Urban Rivers, CEE ME Thesis, 2003. (Reader).
- Forrester,R.N., Indicators of Regional Water Stress
in Massachusetts, CEE MS Thesis, 2003. (Reader)
- Knee, K., The Impacts of Climate Change on Coastal
Metro Boston, CEE MS Thesis, 2003. (Advisor)
- Wilson, C.R., The Impacts of Global Climate Change
on Water Quality in the Boston Metropolitan Area: A Case
Study of the Assabet River, CEE MS Thesis, 2002.
(Advisor)
- Luftig, J.L., Paving the Way: Urban Adaptation to
Climate Change, UEPP MA Thesis, 2002. (Reader
- Levine, T.T., The Columbia River Basin Tribes and
the All-H Paper, A Critique of a Government-to-
Government Consultation Process, UEPP MA Thesis, 2002.
(Advisor)
- Douglas, E.M., The Behavior of Floods and Low Flows
in the United States, CEE PhD Thesis, 2002. (Reader)
- Alonge, J., Modeling the Effects of Soil-Structure
Interaction on a Fifty Story Building, CEE M.S. Thesis,
2001. (Reader)
- Sankarasubramanian, A., Annual Hydro-Climatology of
the Continental United States, CEE Ph.D. Thesis, 2001.
(Reader)
- Ney, L., An Empirical Assessment of Virtual Water:
The Impact of Liberalization of Agricultural Subsidies
and International Trade on Irrigation Water Demand,
Fletcher School Ph.D. Thesis, 2001. (Reader).
- Higgins, E., Development of a Pathogen Model for
Alewife Brook, CEE M.S. Thesis, 2001. (Reader)
- Westphal, K., A Real-time Decision Support System
for Operating the Eastern Massachusetts Water Supply
System, CEE M.S. Thesis, 2001. (Reader)
- Berhanu, H., An Evaluation of the Occurrence of
Trihalomethanes in the Greater Boston Drinking Water
Supply, CEE M.S. Thesis, 2000. (Reader).
- Zafirakou-Koulouris, A., Statistical Analysis
Techniques in Water Resources Engineering, CEE Ph.D.
Thesis, 2000. (Reader)
- Fernandez, W., Optimal Allocation of Regional Water
Resources Under Climate Change, CEE M.S. Thesis, 2000.
(Advisor)
- McCluskey, M., Development of River Basin Water
Supply Cost Curves for Integrated Assessment Models: A
Case Study of China, CEE M.S. Thesis, 2000. (Advisor)
- Pak, D., A Pilot Study to Investigate the
Relationships of Selected Hydrological, Meteorological,
and Environmental Variables That May Affect the
Frequency of Cryptosporidium Oocysts in the Merrimack
River Watershed, CEE M.S. Thesis, 1999. (Reader)
- Lane, M., The Use of Indicators to Evaluate Climate
Change Impacts on the Water Resources of the United
States, CEE M.S. Thesis, 1998. (Advisor)
- Larsen, A., Relationships Among Water Supply Cost,
Quantity, and Climate for the United States, CEE M.S.
Thesis, 1998. (Advisor)
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