VICTOR M. PONCE

Faculty Activity Report for Calendar Year 2009

I. Teaching

A. Courses taught

Spring 2009

1. CIVE 445 Applied Hydrology, 3 units, 25 students

2. CIVE 632 Computational Hydraulics and Hydrology, 3 units, 4 students

3. CIVE634 Surface-water Hydrology, 3 units, 15 students

Fall 2009

1. CIVE 401 Civil Engineering and Society, 2 sections, 1 unit each, 2 units total, 40 students total

2. CIVE 444 Applied Hydraulics, 3 units, 60 students

3. CIVE 633 Environmental Hydrology, 3 units, 10 students

B. Students supervised

1. Leila Geramipour. M.S. thesis, chair of committee

C. Undergraduate advising

1. 20 students, expected graduation 2009 and 2010.

D. Laboratory development

1. Developed a capability in the Visualab to create and post videos online, for teaching and demonstration applications.

2. A total of $10,000 were spent.

3. Fifteeen (15) videos were completed in 2009. http://all.sdsu.edu

II. Professional Growth

A. Referred journal publications

1. None.

B. Papers in referred conference proceedings in 2009

1. Ponce, V. M. 2009. Sustainable yield of ground water. International Conference of Water, Environment, and Health Sciences, Universidad de las Americas, Cholula, Puebla, Mexico, April 13-17, 2009.

2. Ponce, V. M. 2009. The necropolis of Otuzco, Northern Peru. South American Explorer, 89.

C. Other publications.

1. Ponce, V. M. 2009. The science of global warming: Good, bad, or ugly? http://ponce.sdsu.edu/global_warming_science.html

2. Ponce, V. M. 2009. Harding's "Tragedy of the Commons" revisited. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/tragedy_revisited.html

3. Ponce, V. M. 2009. Escorrentía sostenible para el balance de sales. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/escorrentia_sostenible_para_el_balance_de_sales.html

4. Ponce, V. M. 2009. El problema de las sales en la irrigación. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/el_problema_de_las_sales_en_la_irrigacion.html

5. Ponce, V. M. 2009. La función natural de los ríos. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/la_funcion_natural_de_los_rios.html

6. Ponce, V. M. 2009. El balance de nutrientes bajo el pulso de inundación. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/el_balance_de_nutrientes_bajo_el_pulso_de_inundacion.html

7. Ponce, V. M. 2009. Nutrient balance under flood pulse. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/nutrient_balance_under_flood_pulse.html

8. Ponce, V. M. 2009. Machiavelli remembered. http://mach.sdsu.edu/

9. Ponce, V. M. 2009. The Reynolds number revisited. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/reynolds_number_revisited.html

10. Ponce, V. M. 2009. Estudio de impacto ambiental del proyecto de control de inundaciones en el río La Leche. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/tarea5_eia_parte2_090724a.html

11. Ponce, V. M. 2009. Environmental impact assessment of the La Leche river flood control project. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/task5_eia_part2_090724a.html

12. Khoury, F. and V. M. Ponce. 2009. History of the Froude Number. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/froude_history.html

13. Ponce, V. M. 2009. Intelligent video. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/intelligent_video.html

14. Ponce, V. M. 2009. The human experience: A vector-raster roller coaster. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/the_human_experience

15. Ponce, V. M. 2009. Fauna of the la Leche river basin. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/fauna_of_the_la_leche_river_basin.html

16. Ponce, V. M. 2009. Fauna de la cuenca del río La Leche. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/fauna_de_la_cuenca_del_rio_la_leche.html

17. Ponce, V. M. 2009. Cascade and convolution: One and the same. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/cascade_and_convolution.html

18. Ponce, V. M. 2009. A general dimensionless unit hydrograph. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/general_dimensionless_unit_hydrograph.html

19. Ponce, V. M. 2009. Sustainable runoff for basin salt balance. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/sustainable_runoff_for_basin_salt_balance.html

20. Ponce, V. M. 2009. The salt predicament. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/the_salt_predicament.html

21. Ponce, V. M. 2009. The natural function of rivers. http://ponce.sdsu.edu/the_natural_funtion_of_rivers.html

D. Online programs

1. The development of a family (110) online programs for hydraulic and hydrologic engineering. http://onlinecalc.sdsu.edu

E. Online videos

1. The development of a family (15) online videos for hydraulic and hydrologic engineering. http://all.sdsu.edu

F. Invited lectures, short courses

1. 19-21 October 2009 -- Lecturer, Università degli studi di Salerno, Salerno, Italy: Workshop on web-based computation in hydraulics and hydrology (20 participants).

2. 02 October 2009 -- Invited Speaker, Colloquium to strengthen comprehensive water resources planning in the Guadalupe valley, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico: Hydrology of El Barbon Creek, Guadalupe River Basin (45 participants).

3. 8 June 2009 -- Invited Speaker, Day of the Architect, College of Architects, Lambayeque, Peru: Global Warming and Architecture (250 participants).

4. 19-21 March 2009 -- Invited Speaker, First National Congress on Water, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru: Hydraulics Online (500 participants).

5. 18 March 2009 -- Lecturer, One-day seminar, on conjunction with the First National Congress on Water, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru: Computational hydraulics (30 participants).

6. 15 January 2009 -- Invited Lecture, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, Puno, Peru: Hydraulic Engineering Online. (80 participants).

7. 15-17 January 2009 -- Three-day short course, Doctoral Program in Science, Technology, and Environment, Universidad Nacional del Altiplano, Puno, Peru: Sustainable management of water. (25 participants)

III. Service

A. Commitee Service

1. Member, Finance Committee, SDSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

2. Member, Personnel Committee, SDSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

3. Member, Bylaws Committee, SDSU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

4. Member, Constitution & Bylaws Committee, SDSU College of Engineering.

5. Member, Computer Policy Committee, SDSU College of Engineering.

6. Member, Awards Committee, SDSU College of Engineering.