San Diego State University Self-Study Report - Civil Engineering

CURRICULUM VITAE
Victor Miguel Ponce
Professor
Department of Civil, Construction &
Environmental Engineering

EDUCATION

InstitutionYears attendedDegreeMajor Field
National University of Engineering, Lima, Peru1963-1967B.S.C.E.Civil Engineering
Colorado State University1968-1970M.S.Civil Engineering
Colorado State University1973-1976Ph.D.Civil Engineering

YEARS OF SERVICE AT SDSU

1980-present (34.5 years)

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

2007-present: Professor, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, San Diego State University.
1992-2007: Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, San Diego State University.
1983-1992: Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, San Diego State University.
1980-1983: Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, San Diego State University.
1976-1980: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University.
1973-1976: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University.
1970-1973: Project Engineer, Michelena Associates, Lima, Peru.
1968-1970: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, Colorado State University.

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

None.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

Life Member, American Society of Civil Engineers.

PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING ACTIVITIES

Backcountry Against Dumps, Groundwater sustainability study, 2014.
Backcountry Against Dumps, Groundwater sustainability studies (3), 2013.
World Bank, National Institute of Hydrology, India, 2012.
Thompson Creek Citizens Group, San Diego County, Groundwater Sustainability Study, 2012.
URS Corp., Hydrology of San Diego River, 2011.
Backcountry Against Dumps, Comments to Draft Supplemental EIS, Campo Landfill, San Diego County, 2010.
U.S. Trade and Development Agency, Flood Hydrology of La Leche River, Peru, 2008, 2009.
Southern Peru Cooper Corporation, Cuajone, Peru, Groundwater sustainability and others, 2006, 2007, 2012.
Interamerican Development Bank, Cajamarca, Peru, 2007.
Backcountry Against Dumps, Boulevard, San Diego County, Groundwater sustainability studies, 2005, 2006, 2007.
Interamerican Development Bank, Guyana, 2006.
South Florida Water Management District, Panel review of models, 2005.
United Nations Development Programme, Brazil, Wetland conservation, 1995.
United Nations Development Programme, India, Watershed modeling, 1992, 1993.
U.S. Geological Survey, Stream channel routing, 1987.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Stream channel routing, 1985, 1987.
Organization of American States, Brazil, Watershed modeling, 1979, 1986.

HONORS AND AWARDS

2013: Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizan, Huanuco, Peru.
2013: Honorary Professor, Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizan, Huanuco, Peru.
2008: Recipient, Medal of Merit, awarded by the Colegio de Ingenieros del Peru, Consejo Departamental Puno, Peru.
2000: Honorary Professor, Universidad Catolica Santa Maria, Arequipa, Peru.
2005: Recipient, Outstanding International Scholar Award, φ β Δ Honor Society for International Scholars, San Diego State University.
2004: Recipient, Most Influential Civil Engineering Faculty Award [in the career of John Washington], San Diego State University.
2000: Honorary Professor, Universidad Nacional San Agustin, Arequipa, Peru.
1992: Recipient, Alumni and Associates Award, San Diego State University.
1989: Recipient, Outstanding Engineering Faculty Award, Associated Engineering Student Council, San Diego State University.
1989: Recipient, Most Influential Civil Engineering Faculty Award [in the career of Carl Spier], San Diego State University.
1984: Recipient, Award for Outstanding Service, American Society of Civil Engineers, San Diego Section.
1979: Recipient, Karl E. Hilgard Hydraulics Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers.
1968: Recipient, Fulbright-Hays Fellowship.

PRINCIPAL PUBLICATIONS (LAST 5 YEARS)

1. Ponce, V. M. 2015. The right of Nature to dispose of its own salts http://ponce.sdsu.edu/the_right_of_nature.html
2. Ponce, V. M. 2014. La isoyeta de 800 mm, Salud y esperanza. A+C, Revista de la Facultad de Ingeniería Civil y Arquitectura, Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán, Huánuco, Perú, Vol. 1, p. 23-24.
3. Ponce, V. M. 2014. Chow, Froude, and Vedernikov. EWRI Conference, Portland, Oregon, 2014.
4. Ponce, V. M. and R. D. Aguilar. 2014. Sustainable groundwater resource evaluation in Boulevard, San Diego County, California. EWRI Congress: International Perspectives on Water Resources and the Environment, Quito, Ecuador, January 8-10, 2014.
5. Ponce, V. M. and R. D. Aguilar. 2014. The 800-mm isohyet: Health and hope. EWRI Congress: International Perspectives on Water Resources and the Environment, Quito, Ecuador, January 8-10, 2014.
6. Ponce, V. M., R. D. Aguilar, and M. Teal 2014. Efecto de la fricción de forma en la curva de gasto de sedimentos. EWRI Congress: International Perspectives on Water Resources and the Environment, Quito, Ecuador, January 8-10, 2014.
7. Ponce, V. M. 2014. Effect of groundwater pumping on the health of arid vegetative ecosystems http://ponce.sdsu.edu/effect_of_groundwater_pumping.html
8. Ponce, V. M. 2014. Ecohydroclimatological research: The case for geomorphology http://ponce.sdsu.edu/geomorphology.html
9. Ponce, V. M. 2014. Plants and animals: How many are they? http://ponce.sdsu.edu/plants_and_animals.html
10. Ponce, V. M. 2014. El método de Penman-Monteith http://ponce.sdsu.edu/el_metodo_de_penman_monteith.html
11. Ponce, V. M. 2014. La difusión de la escorrentía http://ponce.sdsu.edu/la_difusion_de_la_escorrentia.html
12. Ponce, V. M. 2014. Runoff diffusion reexamined http://ponce.sdsu.edu/runoff_diffusion_reexamined.html
13. Nuccitelli, N. R., and Ponce, V. M. 2014. The dynamic hydraulic diffusivity reexamined http://ponce.sdsu.edu/ the_dynamic_hydraulic_diffusivity_reexamined.html
14. Nuccitelli, N. R., and Ponce, V. M. 2014. The limiting contraction ratio revisited http://ponce.sdsu.edu/the_limiting_contraction_ratio_revisited.html
15. Ponce, V. M. 2014. Chronology of the Mississippi river geomorphology http://ponce.sdsu.edu/mississippi_river_geomorphology.html
16. Ponce, V. M. 2014. The Penman-Monteith method. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/penman_monteith_method.html
17. Ponce, V. M. 2014. Critical shear stress versus critical velocity. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/critical_shear_stress_versus_critical_velocity.html
18. Ponce, V. M. 2014. The psychrometric constant. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/psychrometric_constant.html
19. Ponce, V. M. 2014. The Pfasftetter coding system for watershed identification. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/pfafstetter_system_revised_presentation.html
20. Ponce, V. M. 2013. Impact of Soitec solar projects in Boulevard and surrounding communities, San Diego County, California. San Diego County, California. boulevardsoitec.html
21. Ponce, V. M. 2013. Rendimiento sostenible del agua subterránea. El Ingeniero, Revista del Colegio de Ingenieros del Peru, Consejo Departamental Puno, Año VI, Edición No. 10, 2013. p. 21-23.
22. Ponce, V. M. 2013. La isoyeta de 800 mm, Salud y esperanza --- Con mención especial al departamento de Huanuco, Peru. International Conference on Civil Engineering, Huanuco, Peru, December 5-7, 2013.
23. Ponce, V. M., R. D. Aguilar, and S. Kumar. 2013. Estimación de parámetros de acuíferos utilizando la recesión del flujo de base. IV National Water Congress, Lima, Peru, June 13-14, 2013.
24. Aguilar, R. D., and V. M. Ponce. 2013. Calculo de curvas de remanso utilizando pendiente crítica y calculadores en línea. IV National Water Congress, Lima, Peru, June 13-14, 2013.
25. Ponce, V. M., R. D. Aguilar, and D. S. Smith. 2013. Efecto de la fricción de forma en la curva de gasto de sedimentos. IV National Water Congress, Lima, Peru, June 13-14, 2013.
26. Ponce, V. M. 2013. Comparison of sharp-crested weirs for discharge measurement in open-channel flow. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/comparison_of_weirs.html
27. Ponce, V. M. and N. R. Nuccitelli. 2013. Comparison of two Clark unit hydrographs http://ponce.sdsu.edu/comparison_of_two_clark_unit_hydrographs.html
38. Ponce, V. M. 2013. La isoyeta de 800 mm: Salud y esperanza La isoyeta de 800 mm: Salud y esperanza
29. Ponce, V. M. 2013. Creager and flood diffusion. creager_and_flood_diffusion.html
30. Ponce, V. M. 2013. Cumulative impacts on water resources of large-scale energy projects in Boulevard and surrounding communities, San Diego County, California. boulevardenergy.html
31. Ponce, V. M. 2013. Chow, Froude, and Vedernikov. chow_froude_and_vedernikov.html
32. Ponce, V. M., S. Kumar, and R. D. Aguilar. 2013. Regional aquifer parameters using baseflow recession. regional_aquifer_parameters.html
33. Ponce, V. M. and R. D. Aguilar. 2013. Gradually varied flow profiles using critical slope and online calculators. gvfprofiles_criticalslope.html
34. Ponce, V. M. 2013. Shu'luuk Wind Project DEIS: Comments - Water Issues. shuluuk.html
35. Ponce, V. M., D. S. Smith, and R. D. Aguilar. 2013. Effect of form friction on the sediment rating curve. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/effecto_of_from_friction.html
36. El Grupo de Investigación Arenas Valle de Guadalupe, 2012. Estudio del Componente Arenas en el Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California, México. Informe en linea (Online report)
37. Ponce, V. M. 2012. Benchmarking of the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India. Interim Report
38. Ponce, V. M. 2012. Benchmarking of the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India. Inception Report
39. Ponce, V. M. 2012. Thompson Creek groundwater sustainability study. Thompson Creek groundwater sustainability study
40. Ponce, V. M. 2012. Evaluación del estado de las fuentes de agua Evaluación del estado de las fuentes de agua
41. Ponce, V. M. 2012. The salinity of groundwaters. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/the_salinity_of_groundwaters.html
42. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Unsteady flow with HEC-RAS. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/unsteady_flow_with_hec_ras.html
43. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Sequestering all runoff. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/sequestering_all_runoff.html
44. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Initiation of motion based on Froude number. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/initiation_of_motion_froude.html
45. Ponce, V. M. 2011. Synthetic unit hydrographs explained. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/synthetic_uh_explained.html
46. Ponce, V. M. 2011. El sentido incomún. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/sentido_incomun.html
47. Ponce, V. M. 2011. La isoyeta de 800 mm anuales: Salud y esperanza. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/800_m_isoyeta.html
48. Ponce, V. M. 2011. The 800-mm isohyet: Health and hope. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/800_mm_isohyet.html
49. Ponce, V. M. and H. Bakoobehi. 2010. Sustainable yield of ground water. 3rd International Perspective on Current & Future State of Water Resources & the Environment, Chennai, India, January 5-7, 2010.
50. Chua, J. H., and V. M. Ponce. 2010. Drainage basin of the Altiplano. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/chua/altiplano_drainage_basin.html
51. Ponce, V. M. 2010. The age of impermanence. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/the_age_of_impermanence.html
52. Ponce, V. M. 2010. Is vegetation paying its own way?. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/is_vegetation_paying_its_own_way.html
53. Ponce, V. M. 2010. Catchment wetting and water balance. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/catchment_wetting_and_water_balance.html
54. Ponce, V. M. 2010. The source of the Missouri river. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/source_of_missouri_river.html
55. Ponce, V. M. 2010. Milestones in global warming. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/global_warming_milestones.html
56. Ponce, V. M. 2010. The facts about river basin salinity. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/the_facts_about_river_basin_salinity.html
57. Ponce, V. M. 2010. HTML table tags advanced. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/html_table_tags_advanced.html
58. Ponce, V. M. 2010. HTML table tags explained. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/html_table_tags_explained.html
59. Ponce, V. M. 2010. HTML Basics for Everyone http://ponce.sdsu.edu/html_basics.html
60. Ponce, V. M. 2010. La relacion de Lane modificada. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/la_relacion_de_lane_modificada.html
61. Ponce, V. M. 2010. Comments to the DSEIS, Campo landfill project http://ponce.sdsu.edu/comments_to_dseis_100505.html

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: TEACHING (LAST 5 YEARS)

  • Continued to maintain and improve the website http://ponce.sdsu.edu, created in 1999. This website, with 13,000+ links, may well be the largest personal academic website in U.S. academia.
  • Developed 200 scripts for free online hydraulic and hydrologic calculations; a first on a worldwide basis.
  • Developed the series of videos Engineering Hydrology, a collection of 40 videos for teaching Engineering Hydrology online.
  • Developed the series of videos Open Channel, a collection of 40 videos for teaching Open-channel Hydraulics online.
  • Developed more than 100 other online videos for specialized applications.
  • Taught a new preparation for a graduate course: Sedimentation and River Engineering, CIVE 638. The course was taught Fall 2012, with an enrollment of 11 students.
  • Taught a new preparation for a graduate course: Advances in Hydraulic Engineering, CIVE 796. The course was taught Fall 2013, with an enrollment of 3 students.

    PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES (LAST 5 YEARS)

  • 13 November 2014 -- Invited Lecture, Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas, Tampico, Mexico: Ecohydroclimatological research:  The case for geomorphology  (60 participants).
  • 12-14 November 2014 -- Lecturer, Short Course, Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas, Tampico, Mexico: Hydraulics of open channels  (28 participants).
  • 09 October 2014 -- Invited Lecture, Technical University of Loja, Ecuador: Hydraulics of open channels  (60 participants).
  • 29 September 2014 -- Invited Lecture, Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Riobamba, Ecuador: Formulas for evaporation/evapotranspiration (42 participants).
  • 29 September 2014 -- Invited Lecture, Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Riobamba, Ecuador: Hydraulics of open channels (42 participants).
  • 03 July 2014 -- Invited Lecture, Technical University of Loja, Ecuador: The Shuttleworth-Wallace formula for evapotranspiration  (80 participants).
  • 02 July 2014 -- Invited Lecture, Technical University of Loja, Ecuador: Sustainable use of groundwater  (80 participants).
  • 01 July 2014 -- Invited Lecture, Technical University of Loja, Ecuador: Diffusion in runoff calculations  (80 participants).
  • 04 June 2014 -- Invited Paper: Chow, Froude, and Vedernikov ASCE EWRI World Water Congress, Portland, Oregon, June 1-5, 2014.  (30 participants).
  • 16-17 January 2014 -- Invited Lecture, Universidad Nacional de Cajamarca, Peru: Computational Hydraulics  (82 participants).
  • 13-14 January 2014 -- Invited Lecture, Technical University of Loja, Ecuador: Sedimentation Engineering  (40 participants).
  • 11 January 2014 -- Invited Lecture, Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, Riobamba, Ecuador: The 800-mm isohyet: Health and hope, with special reference to Ecuador  (36 participants).
  • 07 January 2014 -- Invited Lecture, Hidroconsulta S.A.S., Bogota, Colombia: Desarrollo sostenible del agua subterránea  (18 participants).
  • 06 December 2013 -- Invited Lecture, Internacional Conference on Civil Engineering and Architecture, Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizan, Huanuco, Peru: Hydraulic Engineering Online  (720 participants).
  • 05 December 2013 -- Invited Lecture, Internacional Conference on Civil Engineering and Architecture, Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizan, Huanuco, Peru: Hydraulic Engineering in the 21st Century  (720 participants).
  • 28 October 2013 -- Invited Lecture, October 2013 Meeting, AWWA Student Chapter: Water Quality  (10 participants).
  • 11 October 2013 -- Invited Lecture, EDIFICA 2013, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, México: El Agua Frente al Cambio  (420 participants).
  • 21 June 2013 -- Invited Lecture, Cesar Vallejo University, Chiclayo, Peru: Water in view of change  (300 participants).
  • 17 June 2013 -- Invited Lecture, National University Herminio Valdizan, Huanuco, Peru: Water in view of change  (200 participants).
  • 11-12 June 2013 -- Keynote Lecture, IV National Water Congress, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru: Water in view of change (240 participants).
  • 11-12 June 2013 -- Lecturer, Two-day short course, IV National Water Congress, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru: Sedimentation Engineering (40 participants).
  • 10 June 2013 -- Invited Lecture, National Hydraulics Laboratory, Lima, Peru: Online Hydraulic Engineering  (12 participants)
  • 10 June 2013 -- Invited Lecture, National Hydraulics Laboratory, Lima, Peru: Unsteady flow in open channels  (12 participants)
  • 20-22 February 2013 -- Lecturer, Three-day short course, Doctoral Program in Water Resources, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru: Advanced environmental hydrology (16 participants).
  • 19 February 2013 -- Invited Lecture, National Hydraulics Laboratory, Lima, Peru: Water Engineering  (8 participants)
  • 16 February 2013 -- Invited Lecture, National University Hermilio Valdizan, Huanuco, Peru: Hydraulic Engineering  (60 participants)
  • 8 December 2012 -- Project technical presentation: Estudio del Componente Arenas en el Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico  (10 participants)
  • 6-10 August 2012 -- Short course, National Hydraulics Laboratory, Lima, Peru: Water 2012 (20 participants)
  • 18-19 May 2012 -- Short course, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India: Hydrology online (17 participants)
  • 29 March 2012 -- Invited lecture, Southern Peru Copper Corporation, Cuajone, Peru: Research and work online (10 participants)
  • 26 August 2011 -- Invited lecture, Third National Meeting, Federacion Mexicana de Colegios de Ingenieros Civiles, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico: Online resources for hydraulic engineering (200 participants)
  • 17 June 2011 -- Invited lecture, Escuela Superior de Ingenieria Mecanica y Electrica, Unidad Culhuacan, Mexico, D.F., Mexico: Online resources for teaching and research (10 participants)
  • 1 June 2011 -- Invited lecture, Colegio de Ingenieros Civiles de Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico: Online resources for teaching and research (30 participants).
  • 19 January 2011 -- Invited lecture, Colegio de Ingenieros del Peru, Consejo Departamental Arequipa, Peru: The earth slope slides in the Vitor valley, Arequipa, Peru (65 participants).
  • 13-15 January 2011 -- Lecturer, Three-day short course, Doctoral Program in Water Resources, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru: Advanced environmental hydrology (15 participants).
  • 6-7 January 2011 -- Lecturer, Two-day short course, Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Loja (Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja), Loja, Ecuador: Environmental hydrology (74 participants)
  • 29 November 2010 -- Invited lecture, Escuela Superior de Ingenieria Mecanica y Electrica, Unidad Culhuacan, Mexico, D.F., Mexico: Hybrid teaching with webvideos (15 participants)
  • 10 March 2010 -- Invited Lecture, Faculty of Engineering of Natural Resources, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal: Water and Territory (20 participants).
    15-16 January 2010 -- Lecturer, Two-day short Course, Doctoral Program in Water Resources, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru: Advanced environmental hydrology (25 participants).
  • 7 January 2010 -- Invited Lecture, Proyecto Especial Olmos-Tinajones, Lambayeque, Peru: Environmental impact analysis for the La Leche river flood control project (15 participants).

    INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE (LAST 5 YEARS)

    2010-15: Chair, Personnel Committee, two years, SDSU Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering.
    2010-15: Member, Computer Policy Committee, three years, SDSU College of Engineering.
    2010-15: Member, Constitution & Bylaws Committee, two years, SDSU College of Engineering.
    2013-15: Chair, Website Committee, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, SDSU College of Engineering.