David Brandes, Associate Professor
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
320 Acopian Engineering Center
Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042
(610) 330-5441 brandesd@lafayette.edu
Ph.D. Civil Engineering (Water Resources), The Pennsylvania State University, 1998
M.S. Environmental Systems Engineering, Clemson University, 1992
B.S. Civil Engineering (Environmental/Water Resources) with Honors, University of Maryland, 1988
Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Lafayette College, 2008-
Visiting Scientist, Acopian Center for Conservation Learning, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, 2007-08
Associate Professor & Acting Head, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Lafayette College, 2006-07
Assistant Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Lafayette College, 1999-05
Postdoctoral Scholar and Instructor, Penn State University, 1998-99
Graduate Research Assistant, Environmental Science Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1994-97
Consulting Engineer, ENVIRON Corp., 1989-90, 1992-94
Graduate Fellow and Co-Investigator, Clemson University, 1990-92
ES 101 Introduction to Engineering
ES 225 Engineering Professionalism and Ethics
CE 201 Civil Engineering Computing
CE 221 Introduction to Environmental Engineering
CE 251 Fluid Mechanics
CE 351 Water Resources Engineering
CE 372 Junior Design
CE 421 Hydrology
CE 424 Groundwater Hydrology
Impacts of urbanization on streamflow regimes, particularly baseflow; Hydrologic sensitivity of carbonate watersheds to urbanization; Sustainable stormwater management; Hydrologic impacts of energy development; Mathematical modeling of raptor migration based on fluid flow principles
Member, American Geophysical Union, Hydrology Section
Member, American Water Resources Association
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Environmental & Water Resource Institute (EWRI)
Member, Raptor Research Foundation
Reviewer, ASCE J. of Hydrologic Eng, ASCE J. of Water Resources Planning and Management, Water Resources Research, Hydrological Processes, Environmental Science & Techn., Journal of the Am. Water Res. Assoc., Journal of Raptor Research
Board of Directors, Hawk Migration Association of North America
Board of Directors, Bushkill Stream Conservancy
Technical Advisor, Lafayette College Chapter of Engineers Without Borders
Advisor, Lafayette Organic Garden
Kney, A.D., and D. Brandes, 2007. A Graphical Screening Method for Assessing Stream Water Quality Using Specific Conductivity and Alkalinity Data. J. Environ. Management, 82(4):519-528.
Brandes, D., Cavallo, G.J., and M.L. Nilson, 2005. Baseflow trends in urbanizing watersheds of the Delaware River basin. J. Am. Water Res. Assoc. 41(6):1377-1391. PDF version.
Brandes, D., Hoffmann, J.G., and J.T. Mangarillo, 2005. Correlation of baseflow recession rates, low flows, and hydrologic features of small watersheds in Pennsylvania. J. Am. Water Res. Assoc. 41(5):1177-1186.
Duffy, C.J., and D. Brandes, 2001. Dimension reduction and source identification for multispecies groundwater contamination. J. Contam. Hydrol., 48(1-2), 151-165.
Brandes, D., 2001. Calibration of conceptual stormwater runoff models using the genetic algorithm: a preliminary study. In Urban Drainage Modeling, Proceedings of the Specialty Symposium, ASCE World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, 808-817.
Brandes, D., and B.P. Wilcox, 2000. Evapotranspiration and soil moisture dynamics on a semiarid ponderosa pine hillslope. J. Am. Water Res. Assoc. (JAWRA), 36(5), 965-974.
Brandes, D., Duffy, C.J. and J.P. Cusumano, 1998. Stability and damping in a nonlinear dynamical model of hillslope soil moisture. Water Resour. Res., 34, 3303-3313.
Wilcox, B.P., Newman, B.D., Brandes, D., Davenport, D.W., and K. Reid, 1997. Runoff from a semiarid ponderosa pine hillslope in New Mexico. Water Resour. Res., 33, 2301-2314.
Brandes, D., and K.J. Farley, 1993. Importance of phase behavior on the removal of residual DNAPLs from porous media by alcohol flooding. Wat. Environ. Res. 65(7):869-878.
Barlow, W., Hendrickson, B, and D. Brandes. An experimental study of stage-discharge relationships for thick-walled concrete orifices. Abstract submitted to 2010 ASCE World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, Providence, RI.
Thompson, M., Brandes, D, and A.D. Kney. Using electronic conductivity and hardness data for rapid assessment of stream water quality. Abstract submitted to 2010 ASCE World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, Providence, RI.
Brandes, D. and T.J. Voltz, 2008. Patterns of Streamflow Response to Urbanization in the Northeast U.S. Megalopolis, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H11E-0805
Brandes, D. and F.C. Lott, 2007. A case study of differing effects of urbanization on streamflow from two proximate watersheds, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H43D-1613
Brandes, D., and D.A. Kucz, 2007. Effect of recurring flood events on estimated base flood elevations along the Delaware River. ASCE World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, Tampa, FL.
Brandes, D, 2006. Using electrical conductivity measurements as a stream assessment tool: A case study in watershed education and research. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 38(7).
Brandes, D, 2006. (invited) Impacts of land development on stream flow. Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference, Lehigh University.
Jones, S.A., Garcia, M., and Brandes, D, 2006. Facilitating an undergraduate service-learning effort to provide sustainable rural infrastructure in developing countries. 5th Annual ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education, Rio, Brazil.
Lott, F. and Brandes, D, 2006. A tale of two creeks: investigating hydrologic response to urbanization in carbonate watersheds. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 38(2), p. 90.
Brandes, D., and C.A. Brandes, 2005. Quantifying baseflow declines due to increased imperviousness in urbanizing watersheds. Eos. Trans. Am. Geophys. U., 86(18):JA278
Nilson, M., and D. Brandes, 2004. Long-term baseflow trends in urbanizing watersheds of the northeast U.S. AWRA Annual Conference, Orlando.
Yaindl, C., Root, M., Brandes, D., Kney, A.D., Iwadra, M., and L. Kajubi, 2004. Assessment of agricultural techniques on wetland processes - Uganda, Africa. AWRA Annual Conference, Orlando.
Brandes, D., Salvage, K.M., and C.J. Duffy, 2003. (invited) Nonlinearity in storage-discharge relationships of heterogeneous hillslopes and implications for baseflow recession. Eos. Trans. Am. Geophys. U., 84(46):F668.
Brandes, D. 2003. Is baseflow decreasing in southeast Pennsylvania? Proceedings of the 2003 Pennsylvania Stormwater Management Symposium, Villanova, PA.
Brandes, D., and A.D. Kney, 2003. Improving environmental and water resources engineering education at Lafayette College using watershed-based field studies. Proceedings of the 2003 ASCE EWRI World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Philadelphia, PA.
Hoffmann, J.G., Mangarillo, J.T., and D. Brandes, 2003. Correlation of Multiple Baseflow Recession Constants with Watershed Hydrogeomorphic Parameters. Proceedings of the 2003 ASCE EWRI World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Philadelphia, PA.
Brandes, D. 2003. Development of baseflow recession models for ungaged watersheds during drought periods. Proceedings of the AWRA 2003 International Conference; Watershed Management for Water Supply Systems, New York, NY.
Chui, T.F., and D. Brandes, 2003. Laboratory investigation of alcohol flushing strategies for dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) removal from aquifers. Proceedings of The National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Salt Lake City, UT.
Brandes, D., and D. Germanoski, 2002. (Invited) A Comprehensive Watershed Instrumentation Program for Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Education at Lafayette College. Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal.
Sanford Bernhardt, K.L., Mary J.S. Roth, M.J.S., Brandes, D. and A. D. Kney, 2002. Engineering Ethics: Teaching Moral Theories to Engineers. Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Montreal.
Hoffmann, J., and D. Brandes, 2002. Effect of watershed properties on baseflow recession in Pennsylvania streams. Proceedings of the ASCE Conference on Water Resources Planning and Management, Roanoke, VA.
O'Brien, E., Brandes, D., and R. Ruggles, 2002. Development of a Hydrologic Information System for the Bushkill Creek Watershed. Proceedings of the ASCE Conference on Water Resources Planning and Management, Roanoke, VA.
Brandes, D., Doyle, S., and M. Chui, 2001. Experiments in Miscible Cosolvent Flushing for DNAPL Displacement. Sixth Canadian/American Conference on Hydrogeology, Banff, Alberta.
Doyle, S., and D. Brandes, 2001. Laboratory Studies of Contaminant Mobilization from Aquifers by Cosolvent Flushing, Proceedings of The National Conference On Undergraduate Research (NCUR), University of Kentucky.
Brandes, D., and D. Germanoski, 2000. Automated discharge and water quality measurements on a developing suburban watershed: a cooperative effort among education, government, and environmental advocacy. In Proceedings of the ASCE Joint Conference on Water Resources Engineering and Water Resources Planning and Management, Minneapolis, MN.
Brandes, D., and C.J. Duffy, 1999. Simulation of macroporous hillslope hydrology using a composite hydraulic conductivity function. EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. U. 80(17):S156.
Brandes, D., and C.J. Duffy, 1998. Spatio-temporal analysis of simulated hillslope soil moisture dynamics. EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. U. 79(17):S154.
Brandes, D., Duffy, C.J., and J.P. Cusumano, 1998. A nonlinear dynamical model for hillslope soil moisture: conditions for stable oscillations. AGU Chapman Conference on Fractal Scaling, Non-linear Dynamics, and Chaos in Hydrologic Systems, Clemson, SC.
Brandes, D., and C.J. Duffy, 1997. Modal analysis of soil moisture fields from a semiarid hillslope: dimension, patterns, and process. EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. U. 78(46):F264.
Brandes, D., Duffy, C.J., and J.P. Cusumano, 1997. Stability analysis and self-excited oscillation in a two-state variable dynamical model of hillslope soil moisture. EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. U. 78(17):S177.
Brandes, D., and C.J. Duffy, 1996. Visualization of soil moisture and shallow water table dynamics on stratified hillslopes. EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. U. 77(17):S124.
Brandes, D., and B.P. Wilcox, 1995. Water balance and soil moisture-limited evapotranspiration on a semiarid ponderosa pine hillslope. EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. U. 76(46):F240.
Brandes, D., and K.J. Farley, 1992. Effect of phase behavior on displacement of residual dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) from porous media by alcohol flooding. EOS, Trans. Am. Geophys. U. 73(14): 134-135.
Boyd, G.R., Brandes, D., and K.J. Farley, 1992. Laboratory investigations of residual DNAPL removal from heterogeneous groundwater by alcohol flooding. AGWSE educational program "Aquifer Restoration: Pump-and-Treat and the Alternatives", Las Vegas, NV.
Brandes, D., Miller, T.A., and T.E. Katzner, 2009. "Wind Power Mortality" in Avian Ecology and Conservation: A Pennsylvania Focus with National Implications, Pennsylvania Academy of Science, in press.
Miller, T.A., Brandes, D., Lanzone, M.J., Ombalski, D., Maisonneuve, C., and T.E. Katzner, 2009. "Golden Eagle Migration and Winter Behavior in Pennsylvania" in Avian Ecology and Conservation: A Pennsylvania Focus with National Implications, Pennsylvania Academy of Science, in press.
Ombalski, D. and D. Brandes, 2009. "Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)" in Terrestrial Vertebrates of Concern in Pennsylvania: A Guide to Conservation, Management, and Research , Johns Hopkins University Press, in press.
Brandes, D., Katzner, T.E., Miller, T.A., Lanzone, M.J., and G. Bohrer, 2009. Simulation of Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) Migration Pathways through the Central Appalachians. Raptor Research Foundation Annual Meeting, Pitlochry, Scotland.
Miller, T.A., Brandes, D., Lanzone, M.J., Ombalski, D., Maisonneuve, C., Brooks, R., and T.E. Katzner, 2009. Modeling Migratory Flight Characteristics of Eastern North American Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) Using High Frequency Telemetry Data. Raptor Research Foundation Annual Meeting, Pitlochry, Scotland.
Miller, T., D. Brandes, M. Lanzone, D. Ombalski, C. Maisonneuve, R.P. Brooks and T. Katzner. 2009. Flight behavior of migrating golden eagles in the eastern USA: insights from high-frequency telemetry. Third Annual Conference of the Eagle Conservation Alliance, Ainsa, Spain.
Brandes, D. 2009. Appalachian Wind Energy and Raptors: Moving Forward in a Data Vacuum. Invited presentation, University of Maryland Appalachian Laboratory.
Brandes, D. 2008. FlightPath Terrain-based Raptor Migration Model. Final report for Pennsylvania DCNR Wild Resource Conservation Program Grant. Available for download at: ww2.lafayette.edu/~brandesd/FlightPath/
Brandes, D., 2008. Maryland Record Golden Eagle Flight, Dans Rock, Allegany County. Maryland Yellowthroat, Newsletter of the Maryland Ornithological Society, Vol 28, No 3
Brandes, D. 2008. Unusual Golden Eagle photographed at Hawk Mountain. Hawk Migration Association of North America Hawk Migration Studies 24(2):12
Brandes, D. 2008. Appalachian wind energy development and migrating raptors: a collision course? invited presentation, Conservation through Education Lecture Series, East Stroudsburg University.
Brandes, D., Katzner, T., Miller, T., Lanzone, M., Bildstein, K., and D. Ombalski. 2007. A Terrain-based Dynamic Model for Simulating Raptor Migration through the Applachians. Raptor Research Foundation & Hawk Migration Association of North America 2007 Joint Meeting.
Miller, T., Brandes, D., Lanzone, M., Ombalski, D., Mulvihill, R., Brooks, R., and T. Katzner. 2007. Flight Characteristics of Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) Migrating Through Eastern North America as Determined by GPS Telemetry. Raptor Research Foundation & Hawk Migration Association of North America 2007 Joint Meeting.
Lanzone, M., Miller, T., Brandes, D., Ombalski, D., Mulvihill, R., and T. Katzner. 2007. Golden Eagle(Aquila chrysaetos) Wintering Behavior in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern North America using GPS Data from Satellite Telemetry. Raptor Research Foundation & Hawk Migration Association of North America 2007 Joint Meeting.
Brandes, D. 2007. Raptor migration and the siting of utility-scale wind energy plants in Pennsylvania. Invited presentation, Pennsylvania Wind-Wildlife Collaborative Technical Workshop, Ft. Indiantown Gap.
Brandes, D. 2006. Wind Power Development and Raptor Migration in the Central Appalachians. HMANA Hawk Migration Studies 31(2): 20-25. PDF version.
Ombalski, D., and D. Brandes. 2006. Pennsylvania Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy (CWCS) Species Assessment for Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos.
Brandes, D. 2005. Trickles of raptors: modeling migration with a fluid flow analogy. Invited presentation, Raptor Society of Metropolitan Washington, Falls Church, VA.
Brandes, D. and D.W. Ombalski, 2004. Modeling raptor migration pathways using a fluid flow analogy. J. Raptor Res. 38(3): 195-207. PDF version.
Brandes, D. 2001. College Hill, Pennsylvania hawkwatch: a campus site in the middle Delaware River Valley, In Hawkwatching in the Americas (Bildstein and Klem, Eds.), p. 53-57.
Brandes, D., 1999. Solving the puzzle of the spring golden eagle migration through Pennsylvania. Invited presentation, Pennsylvania Society of Ornithology Annual Meeting, Reading, PA.
Brandes, D. 1999. Goldens at my wingtips, Birdwatchers Digest, V22(1), Sept/Oct.
Brandes, D., 1998. Spring golden eagle passage through the northeast U.S. - evidence for a geographically concentrated flight? HMANA Hawk Migration Studies 23(2): 38-42.
"A locally sustainable food-loop for Lafayette College", Clinton Global Initiative Grant. With Geology major Jenn Bell
"Assessing risks of wind energy development for a priority "umbrella" species: Pennsylvania's special responsibility for conservation of eastern golden eagles", PA Game Commission State Wildlife Grant (2008-2009), Co-Investigator.
"Assessing Conservation Needs of Eastern Golden Eagles in Pennsylvania", PA Game Commission State Wildlife Grant (2007-2008), Co-Investigator.
"FlightPath: A Computer Program for Simulating Potential Risk of Wind Power Sites to Migrating Raptors in Pennsylvania", PA DCNR WRCP-06210 (2007-2008), Principal Investigator.
"Community-Oriented Design and Evaluation Process for Sustainable Infrastructure", U.S. Environmental Protection Agency P3 Phase II Grant (2006-2007), Co-Principal Investigator.
"Development of Sustainable Water Systems in Yoro, Honduras", U.S. Environmental Protection Agency P3 Phase I Award (2005-2006), Co-Principal Investigator.
"U.S.-Uganda Cooperative Research: Undergraduate Research Investigating Wetlands Adjacent to Lake Victoria", National Science Foundation 0353236 (2004-2006), Co-Investigator.
"Effect of Heterogeneity on Groundwater Baseflow Recession: A Numerical Modeling Study", ACS Petroleum Research Fund Summer Research Fellowship in collaboration with K. Salvage, Binghamton Univ (2003)
"MRI/RUI Proposal for Instrumentation of Environmental Research Laboratories", National Science Foundation 0215809 (2002-2003), Co-Investigator.
"A comprehensive watershed instrumentation program for multidisciplinary undergraduate education at Lafayette College", National Science Foundation DUE-0088770 (2001-2003), Principal Investigator.
"Bushkill Creek Watershed Assessment" (joint with Bushkill Stream Conservancy), PADEP Growing Greener Grant (2001-2003), Principal Investigator.
"Remediation of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Groundwaters by Alcohol Flooding", South Carolina Universities Research and Education Foundation, Hazardous Waste Management Research Fund (1992-1993), Co-Investigator.