Bob’s work in coastal and riverine flooding over the last two decades has advanced the state-of-the-practice
in 2D modeling, GIS technology, as well as hazard and risk analysis for hurricane storm surge and river flooding.
New Orleans Region
Preliminary 2D Hydraulic Feasibility Evaluation of Bayou Bienvenue Sector Gate Diversion of IHNC Basin Flood Water into the Central Wetlands, Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority—East, author (2018).
Hydraulic Analysis for SLFPA-E HSDRRS Gate Failures, Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority—East, author (2016).
New Orleans East-Bank Hurricane Surge Residual Risk Reduction Report, Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority—East, author (2016); included the first-in-the-nation high-resolution High Performance Computing modeling of breach scenarios to support evaluation of risk reduction alternatives.
Four Priority Issues with the USACE Surge Hazard and HSDRRS Overtopping Analysis, Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority—East and Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, author (2015).
Hurricane Surge Hazard Analysis: The State of the Practice and Recent Applications for Southeast Louisiana, Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority—East and Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, author (2013).
The Direct Impact of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet on Hurricane Surge, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (then Dept of Natural Resources), author (2006).
Interaction of Hurricanes and Coastal Landscape Features: A Literature Review, US Army Corps of Engineers, co-author (2006).
Alliance Louisiana Refinery Storm Surge Analysis, Conoco-Phillips, author (2006).
Amite River Basin
High-Definition Flood Inundation Map for the August 2016 Flood, Version 1 Desktop, Amite River Basin Commission, author (2022); the first-in-the-nation Online HD-FIM; the regional 2016 Flood was the nation’s 4th most expensive at the time.
August 2016 Flood Preliminary Report, (App A), Amite River Basin Commission, author (2017).
August 2016 Flood High Water Mark Survey, Amite River Basin Commission, author (2016).
Amite River Diversion Canal Swamp Restoration, Hydrology and Hydraulics Report, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, co-author (2010).
Amite River Basin Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study Hydrology and Hydraulics Report, Pontchartrain Levee District, co-author (2010).
Bayou Manchac Flood Risk Reduction Feasibility Study, Hydrology and Hydraulics Report, Pontchartrain Levee District, co-author (2009).
Comite River Watershed Modeling Phase 1 Study, Amite River Basin Commission, co-author (2008).
Amite River Basin Floodplain Management Plan, Amite River Basin Commission, author (2006).
Amite River Basin Flood Mitigation Plan, Federal Emergency Management Agency, co-author (2004).
Evaluation of Livingston Parish Roads following 1983 Flood, Alvin Fairburn & Associates for Livingston Parish, assisted (1983).
Other Louisiana
Mississippi River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp, Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (then Dept of Natural Resources), author (2006); addressed the flooding impact of diversion with a first-in-the nation linked analysis of 1D modeling for upstream community gravity drainage with the 2D diversion modeling, including for Lake
Maurepas storm surge events.
Evaluation of the 1983 Mississippi River levee failure near Darrow Louisiana, Old Inger Superfund Site Remediation Feasibility Study, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, author (1984).
Central Louisiana Regional Water Resource Study, Kisatchie-Delta Regional Planning District, author (1982).
Other Regions
Technical Assistance for Hazard Mitigation, Winchester VA FEMA Consolidated Resource Center, reviewed a wide range of infrastructure repairs throughout the Midwest (2018-19).
Surge Study Needs Analysis, Florida and Georgia: I. Land Use and Other Significant Features and II. ADCIRC Model Requirements, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Flood Insurance Study, Preliminary Phase, author (2010).