Chris Duffy

• Professor of Civil Engineering
• 231G Sackett Building
• University Park
• Telephone: (814) 863-4384
• FAX: (814) 863-7304
• E-mail: cxd11@psu.edu
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• Department faculty webpage

Keywords:

• Deserts and Arid Zones
• Environmental Engineering
• Geochemistry
• Groundwater
• Hydrology
• Mathematical Modeling
• Modeling/Simulation
• Stochastic Processes
• Surface Hydrodynamic Processes
• Transport Phenomena
• Water Resources
• Watershed Management

Active Research Projects:

• A Synthesis of Community Data and Modeling for Advancing River Basin Science - the evolving Susquehanna River Basin Experiment
• A synthesis of community data and modeling for advancing river basin science: the evolving Susquehanna River Basin experiment
• Critical Zone Observatories
• Hydrologic Forecasting for Characterization of Non-linear Response of Freshwater Wetlands to Climatic and Land Use Change in the Susquehanna River Basin
• Integrated Modeling and Basin-Scale Water Budgets
• Integrated modeling of snow, soil moisture, groundwater, and lake-levels for long range forecasting of water resources the Great Salt Lake Basin

Completed Research Projects:

• A community-based consortium for the advancement of hydrologic science
• Center for Sustainability of Water Resources in Semi-Arid Regions
• GIS-Based Groundwater Modeling for Well-Head Protection: Delineation of Groundwater Contributing Areas for Large Water Systems in Pennsylvania
• Integrated Modeling and Basin-Scale Water Budgets
• Integrated modeling of precipitation-recharge-runoff at the river basin scale: the Susquehanna
• Role of Soil Moisture & Water Table Dynamics in Ungaged Runoff Prediction in Mountain Front Systems: The Rio Grande of Southern Colorado & New Mexico
• Seasonal to Decadal Variability in Discharge and Dissolved Solids in the Colorado River Basin: The Climate-Groundwater System
• Sustainability of Water Resources in Semi-Arid Regions
• Water Cycle Research Support