{"id":35,"date":"2020-11-25T17:58:31","date_gmt":"2020-11-25T17:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lund-new\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2024-08-29T16:16:36","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T23:16:36","slug":"research-teaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lund\/research-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Research &#038; Teaching Interests"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"35\" class=\"elementor elementor-35\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-662e9a79 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"662e9a79\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5911656b\" data-id=\"5911656b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f502f93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-page-title\" data-id=\"7f502f93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"page-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"hfe-page-title hfe-page-title-wrapper elementor-widget-heading\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tResearch &#038; Teaching Interests  \n\t\t\t<\/h2 > \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66cc0bb3 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"66cc0bb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a535095 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a535095\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jay Lund has research and teaching interests in the application of systems analysis, economic, and management methods to infrastructure and public works problems. His recent work is primarily in water resources and environmental system engineering, but with substantial work in solid and hazardous waste management, dredging and coastal zone management, and some dabbling in urban, regional, and transportation planning. While most of this work involves the application of economics, optimization, and simulation modeling, his interests also include more qualitative policy, planning, and management studies.\u00a0 Examples of this work can be found below.<\/p><p>He has recently become emeritus and takes few graduate students.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavis.box.com\/s\/bi5ph55z5v3m6uq181byb4p85pzu44sl\">Jay&#8217;s CV<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/lund\/#students\">Examples of completed student research<\/a><\/p><h5>Examples of current student research:<\/h5><p>Jay Lund is formally retired and now rarely takes new graduate students.<\/p><p><b>PhD<\/b><\/p><ul><li>Kathy Schaefer &#8211; Flood insurance and risk management<\/li><li>Lindsay Murdoch &#8211; Environmental flows optimization<\/li><\/ul><p><b>MS<\/b><\/p><ul><li>Trevor Kent &#8211; Economics of conjunctive use of groundwater and surface water<\/li><li>Leonard Calvo &#8211; Environmental flow operations for the Stanislaus River<\/li><li>Cameron Carpenter &#8211; Analysis and application of environmental flows in rivers<\/li><\/ul><p><b>UC Davis Graduate Programs<\/b><\/p><p>Jay Lund is formally retired and now rarely takes new graduate students.<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/cee.engr.ucdavis.edu\/graduate\/apply\/\">Civil and Environmental Engineering<\/a>, MS, PhD<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/ggg.ucdavis.edu\/\">Geography<\/a>, MS, PhD<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/hydscigrad.ucdavis.edu\/\">Hydrologic Sciences<\/a>, MS, PhD<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bae.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/graduate\/\">Biological Systems Engineering<\/a>, MS, PhD<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/epm.ucdavis.edu\/\">Environmental Policy and Management<\/a>, MS<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/iad.ucdavis.edu\/\">International Agricultural Development<\/a>, MS<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Other Water System Analysis Faculty Advisers<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/herman\/\">Professor Jonathan Herman<\/a>, Professor Sam Sandova<a href=\"http:\/\/watermanagement.ucdavis.edu\/\">l<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucmerced.edu\/content\/josu%C3%A9-medellin-azuara\">Professor Josue Medellin-Azuara (UC Merced)<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ioes.ucla.edu\/person\/alvar-escriva-bou\/\">Professor Alvar Escriva-Bou (UCLA)<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0468fc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0468fc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Major Research Areas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44a656c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44a656c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Large-Scale Water - Environmental System Management<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83e95d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83e95d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-01c1cae ); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight );\">Large-scale regional water systems provide much of the world&#8217;s water supply, flood control, and hydropower, and have major effects on the environment and recreation. Research in this area has involved several studies in large-scale optimization for water supply, flood control, and conflict resolution among multiple purposes.\u00a0 Both practical and theoretical aspects of this problem are of interest.\u00a0 Combining theory with applied policy is especially interesting.\u00a0 Examples include:<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Managing California&#8217;s Water: from Conflict to Reconciliation, an effort by a group of economists, engineers, lawyers, biologists, and geologists to set out a more productive course for managing water in California and the western US. Available in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ppic.org\/main\/publication.asp?i=944\">pdf format<\/a>\u00a0from PPIC (free)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/calvin.ucdavis.edu\/\">Integrated analysis of California&#8217;s statewide water supply system &#8211; CALVIN<\/a>, a large-scale economic-engineering optimization model for California (now in Python), including various applications to climate change for California,\u00a0\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavis.box.com\/s\/r3m6ufi1q003b7dq57g05ptryyjrrbyt\">see CALVIN and Tom Philp&#8217;s Hetch Hetchy Pulitzer Prize<\/a>\u00a02005;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/science\/la-me-megadrought-20141006-story.html#page=1\">LA Times megadrought article<\/a>\u00a02014 and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rall.com\/2014\/10\/10\/los-angeles-times-cartoon-drought-goes-on-california-goes-on-too\">Editorial Cartoon<\/a>!; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/modelingtalks.org\/entry\/preparing-california-water-policy-for-the-future-calvin?pli=1\">Google Alphabet Lecture<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.\u00a0Major books and reports:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucpress.edu\/books\/pages\/11530.php\">Comparing Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta<\/a>(UC Press 2010,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Comparing-Futures-Sacramento-Joaquin-Freshwater\/dp\/0520261976\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1259272580&amp;sr=1-1\">amazon.com<\/a>),<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ppic.org\/main\/publication.asp?i=810\">\u00a0Comparing Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta<\/a>(PPIC 2008) and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ppic.org\/main\/publication.asp?i=671\">Envisioning Futures for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta<\/a>(PPIC 2007 and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Envisioning-Futures-Sacramento-San-Joaquin-Delta\/dp\/1582131260\/ref=sr_1_1\/103-0227341-0429457?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1188714128&amp;sr=1-1\">at Amazon.com<\/a>)\u00a0 See also Short Video on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CrarpQGAWpA\">Delta&#8217;s future with climate change<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Economically-driven simulation of California&#8217;s Friant-Kern System, using MODSIM software (<a href=\"https:\/\/ascelibrary.org\/doi\/10.1061\/%28ASCE%290733-9496%282006%29132%3A6%28468%29\">FREDSIM<\/a>)<\/li><li>Reservoir operating rules from long-term deterministic optimization models or derived from explicit performance objectives,<\/li><li>Use of optimization models for seasonal water system operation studies,<\/li><li>Application of the network optimization model HEC-PRM to the Missouri River system and the Columbia River system,<\/li><li>Flood control optimization studies (Lower American River, California; Iowa and Des Moines Rivers, Iowa; and theory),<\/li><li>Conflicts among interested parties related to the operation of large water resource systems (California and the Truckee-Carson system), and<\/li><li>How computer modeling and data can help structure, clarify, and resolve conflicts, and the limitations of modeling in these roles.<\/li><\/ul><p>The most ambitious of these projects is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watershed.ucdavis.edu\/shed\/lund\/CALVIN\/\">CALVIN<\/a>\u00a0project, developing a California-wide economic-engineering optimization model for water supply and environmental purposes.\u00a0 This project is in collaboration with Richard Howitt of the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.\u00a0 It has found numerous applications.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a6c587 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a6c587\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Integrated Urban Water Supply Planning and Management<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb9a26b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fb9a26b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-01c1cae ); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight );\">Urban water supply planning, in California, the U.S., and the rest of the world, requires integrated design and management of often diverse water supplies (including water transfers and wastewater reuse) and various water conservation measures. Research in this area has involved:<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Integration of household and utility scale decisions with regional water management decisions in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavis.box.com\/s\/qmrvc7lavf34nn5h8ol6l52921bqgw7c\">California\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavis.box.com\/shared\/static\/4i4h8eyfn8va4er6mwdrrkkdvhmb9peb.pdf\">Jordan<\/a>,<\/li><li>Household water conservation decisions and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watershed.ucdavis.edu\/shed\/lund\/papers\/Garcia2006.pdf\">modeling<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watershed.ucdavis.edu\/shed\/lund\/papers\/RosenbergWRR2007.pdf\">applications<\/a>, and more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watershed.ucdavis.edu\/shed\/lund\/students\/CahillMSThesis.pdf\">applications<\/a>.<\/li><li>Assessing the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/41310979\">costs of urban water shortages<\/a>,<\/li><li>Optimizing the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watershed.ucdavis.edu\/shed\/lund\/papers\/Wilchfort1997.pdf\">integration of water conservation and water supply<\/a>\u00a0measures in a risk analysis context,<\/li><li>Integrated planning and operation\u00a0of water storage and supply systems with water transfer and demand management measures given uncertainties in supply system yields,<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ascelibrary.org\/doi\/10.1061\/%28ASCE%290733-9496%282000%29126%3A5%28288%29\">Integrated Urban Water Supply and Demand Modeling Paper (2000)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavis.box.com\/s\/043q0djrak92m9ucv6z7uc75du2tpt0x\">Integrated Urban Water Supply and Demand Modeling report (1998)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Comparative economics of water conservation activities, and<\/li><li>Least-cost planning for implementing water conservation.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5275575 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5275575\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Water Transfers and Markets<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ffe361 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ffe361\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-01c1cae ); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight );\">Water transfers or markets have become a commonly-suggested solution for water problems, particularly in the western U.S. Recent work in this areas has:<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Least-cost water purchases for California&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1029\/2005WR004228\">Environmental Water Account<\/a><\/li><li>Use of large-scale optimization models for investigating the value of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watershed.ucdavis.edu\/shed\/lund\/papers\/Calvin2.pdf\">water markets in California<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/watershed.ucdavis.edu\/shed\/lund\/CALVIN\/\">CALVIN<\/a>)<\/li><li>Reviewed the variety of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ascelibrary.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1061\/%28ASCE%290733-9496%281995%29121%3A2%28193%29\">water transfer forms<\/a>\u00a0in California,<\/li><li>Examined the several roles that water transfers can have in urban water supplies,<\/li><li>Explored the potential for transferable drought water rations for urban systems,<\/li><li>Applied optimization modeling for finding the least-cost mix of various types of water transfers for urban water supplies, given variability in supply system yields, and<\/li><li>Developed planning methods for integrating various forms of water transfers with demand management and traditional supplies for urban water systems.<\/li><\/ul><p><a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavis.box.com\/s\/p8rfknllncrcdwvzn9qk60tynit4ibu1\">California Drought Water Transfer Report (1992) (579 kb)<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/ascelibrary.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1061\/%28ASCE%290733-9496%281995%29121%3A2%28193%29\">Water Transfers in Water Resource Systems (1995)<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalrepository.unm.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1752&amp;context=nrj\">Recent California Water Transfers: Implications for Water Management (1995)<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8907d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8907d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reservoir Operation\n\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcee2ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcee2ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-01c1cae ); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight );\">Reservoirs are a major component of water management systems.\u00a0 Their operation has substantial effects on the performance of overall water systems.\u00a0 Research in this area focuses on the development of operating rules which are derived to be optimal in terms of operating objectives and the integration of reservoir operations into the policy, planning, and operations of integrated water resource systems:<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Rules for\u00a0reservoirs in series and in parallel,<\/li><li>Water quality rules\u00a0for reservoirs in parallel,<\/li><li>Optimal rules for conjunctive use of surface and groundwater storage,<\/li><li>Optimal\u00a0hedging rules\u00a0for drought operations,<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/retrocee.engr.ucdavis.edu\/faculty\/lund\/papers\/SheerRule.pdf\">H<\/a>ydropower operating rules,<\/li><li>Drought storage allocation rules,<\/li><li>Integrated reservoir operations (see preceeding headings),<\/li><li>Reservoir operations with climate change<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavis.box.com\/s\/ptagj5mf74ooiws6i9p1x3npynerw4k3\">Still more reservoir operating rules<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d52a74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d52a74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Economic Design and Evaluation of Stormwater Quality Management<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0776c4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0776c4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-01c1cae ); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight );\">(Currently inactive in this area) Non-point sources, such as stormwater, have come to dominate water quality concerns for the environment. Non-point sources also are expensive and difficult to manage, monitor, and evaluate in terms of technical performance. Our work has applied contemporary methods in cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost analysis to evaluate the desirability of different stormwater quality control measures, including both their costs and their likely water quality benefits. Specific products include:<\/span><\/p><ul><li>Review of methods for estimating the economic value of water quality benefits from stormwater management.<\/li><li>An economic evaluation of the benefits and costs of stormwater quality management for a major urban creek in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bac826 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6bac826\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Systems Engineering for Municipal Solid and Hazardous Waste Management<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c39baf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c39baf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-01c1cae ); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, 'Noto Sans', sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Noto Color Emoji'; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight );\">(Currently inactive in this area)\u00a0 Municipal solid waste management has become more complex in recent years with increases in disposal costs and environmental concerns and legislation. In trying to apply systems analysis and economic techniques to this engineering problem, we have:<\/span><\/h5><ul><li>Examined the potential role of pricing for optimally depleting existing landfill capacity,<\/li><li>Developed methods for least-cost planning of recycling measures to extend landfill lifetimes,<\/li><li>Examined the least-cost sizing of modules within landfills,<\/li><li>Applied linear programming to the least-cost preliminary design of central material recovery facilities (CMRFs),<\/li><li>Developed a spreadsheet-based software package for integrated solid waste management (<a href=\"https:\/\/watershed.ucdavis.edu\/shed\/lund\/default.htm#Gigo\">GIGO<\/a>), composed of a web of modular models of individual solid waste management operations, and<\/li><li>Developed Economic Risk Analysis for Evaluation of Industrial Waste Minimization.<\/li><\/ul><p>GIGO Solid Waste Management Model (Compressed EXCEL and WORD files):\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watershed.ucdavis.edu\/shed\/lund\/ftp\/gigo.zip.hqx\">Spreadsheets (1993)<\/a>\u00a0,<a href=\"https:\/\/watershed.ucdavis.edu\/shed\/lund\/ftp\/gigoman.zip.hqx\">Documentation (1993)<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ccc83d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0ccc83d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Economic and Risk-based Planning of Dredging and Beach Nourishment Systems<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9eb36e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9eb36e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><span style=\"background-color: var( --e-global-color-01c1cae ); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Arial, &quot;Noto Sans&quot;, sans-serif, &quot;Apple Color Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Emoji&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Noto Color Emoji&quot;; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight );\">(Currently inactive in this area)&nbsp; Waterborne commerce&nbsp; relies on effective and efficient maintenance of ports and waterways.&nbsp; The economic design of beach nourishment turn out to have similar physical processes and mathematical forms.&nbsp; Several projects with various Corps of Engineers offices examined these issues.<\/span><br><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research &#038; Teaching Interests Jay Lund has research and teaching interests in the application of systems analysis, economic, and management methods to infrastructure and public works problems. 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