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Dr. Mark Ross, PhD, PE
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor
4202 E. Fowler Avenue
ENG 307
Tampa, FL 33620-5350
Phone: (813) 974-5838
Fax: (813) 974-2957
E-mail: mross@usf.edu

 

Education
Ph.D., Civil Engineering-Coastal Hydraulics, University of Florida, 1988.
MSE, Civil Engineering-Water Resources, University of South Florida, 1982.
BSE, Civil Engineering-Water Resources, University of South Florida, 1982.

 

Professional Experience
Associate Professor, University of South Florida, September 1994-present
Director, Center for Modeling Hydrologic and Aquatic Systems, USF, 1998-present
President, Hydrosystems Associates Inc., 1999-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, USF, 1990-1994
Associate Director, Center for Modeling Hydrologic and Aquatic Systems, USF, 1988-1998
Consultant and Engineer, Hydrosystems Associates Inc., 1984-1999
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering & Mechanics, USF, 1987-1990
Research Assistant, Department of Coastal and Oceanographic Engr., Univ. Florida, 1985-1987
Hydrologist, Hydrosystems Associates Inc., 1982-1984
Research & Teaching Assistant, USF, 1981-1982

 

Areas of Interest : Water Resources, Hydraulic and Water Quality Modeling, GIS in Hydrology, Development of Lake and Estuary Water Quality Management Models and Estuary Sediment Dynamics

 

Selected Publications

  • Zhang, J., Said, A., Ross, M.A. (2009). Approach Using Active groundwater Storage for HydrologicModel Calibration in West-Central Florida. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 136, No. 1, February 2010.
  • Zhang, J., Ross, M.A., Trout, K. and Zhou, D. (2009). Calibration of the HSPF model with a new coupled FTABLE generation method. Progress in Natural Science, Vol. 19, pp1747-1755, Elsevier Press Limited. July 2009.
  • Shah, N. and Ross. M. A. (2009). Variability in Specific Yield under Shallow Water Table Conditions. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 14, No. 12, pp 1290-1299, December 2009.
  • Kathryn E. Murphy, Mark C. Rains, Michael G. Kittridge, Mark T. Stewart, and Mark A. Ross (2008) "Hydrology of Clay Settling Areas and Surrounding Landscapes in the Phosphate Mining District, Peninsular Florida," Journal of the American Water Resources Association (JAWRA), Vol 2, No.11, pgs 980-995.
  • Nilsson, K., Mark A. Ross, and Kenneth E. Trout, Analytical Method to Derive Wetland Stage-Storage Relationships Using GIS areas (2008). Journal of Hydrologic Eng. ,Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 278-282.