Over 45 years of experience addressing complex challenges facing our rivers, coast, wetlands, and groundwater—
with a passion for innovation in risk-based decisions
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Recent author of:
Developing High-Definition Flood Inundation Maps (HD-FIMs) Using Raster Adjustment with Scenario Profiles (RASP) to Support Property-Specific Flood Risk Management (2025).
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Twenty Years After Katrina--Ten Fundamental Flood Ri$k Lessons We Must Finish Learning, Louisiana Civil Engineer (2025).
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Started Real Flood Resilience L3C to provide the Real Flood Re$ilience public information service.
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Eight major reports on New Orleans post-Katrina regional storm surge hazard and risk reduction, including first-in-the-nation applications of high-resolution High Performance Computing modeling of Katriana breaches, future breach scenarios, and regional risk-reduction alternatives.
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Ten major reports on Amite River Basin flooding over a period of 40-plus years; most recently the post-2016 Flood evaluation and the first-in-the-nation online High-Definition Flood Inundation Map. The regional 2016 Flood was the nation’s 4th most expensive at the time.
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Detailed hydraulic feasibility study for a Mississippi River diversion to restore the Maurepas Swamp. Included first-in-the-nation application of high-resolution HPC modeling of shallow wetland circulation to evaluate short-circuiting, retention time for denitrification, and upstream flood impacts.
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Advanced research on low-turbulence wetland hydrodynamics.
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Post-Katrina analyses for Lake Pontchartrain circulation with proposed restriction of tidal passes.
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Investigations of contaminated groundwater at dozens of industrial locations and Superfund sites; industrial site remediation planning​, including first-in-the-nation bioremediation for a Superfund site; remediation planning for contaminated estuary incorporating sophisticated quantitative characterization of ecological risks and risk reduction alternatives; industrial wastewater and stormwater management.
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Leadership and Innovation
​Entrepreneur/owner of engineering firm for 15 years; previous profit center, business line, department, and project manager roles for national engineering firms.
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Led efforts on behalf of numerous corporations and their legal/financial teams, federal/state/local agencies, and professional colleagues at all levels from varying disciplines.
Mature sensitivity to the dynamics of both environmental sustainability and client priorities—balancing the application of rapidly evolving methods with practical demands in optimizing highly sensitive risk-based decisions.
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​Authored and presented on flood and environmental topics for a wide range of audiences; provided expert commentary for many national and regional media stories on Louisiana water issues.
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Prepared a study leading to the 1995 reorganization of Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.
Led the Centennial Celebration of the American Society of Civil Engineers Louisiana Section.
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Given numerous presentations for a wide range of audiences; provided expert commentary for many national and regional media stories on Louisiana water issues.
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An enthusiast for advancing the professional practice for numerous aspects of flood and environmental information and applied science, as well as environmental remediation technology​