Jae Ryu, Ph.D., P.E.

Suite 242 Idaho Water Center, University of Idaho, ID 83702
208-332-4402 (O), 208-332-4400 (F), jryu [at] uidaho.edu

[Jae's CV in pdf]


EDUCATION

Jae's portrait Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2006
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Dissertation: The management of water resources using a mid-range climate forecast model
Advisor: Richard N. Palmer (Supervisor), Stephen J. Burges

Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Master of Science in Agricultural Engineering, 1998
Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering, 1996
Konkuk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

Professional Engineer, Water Resources Engineer since 2004
The State of Idaho, Registration No. 15009
The State of Nebraska, Registration No. E-12894
The State of Washington, Registration No. 41416

APPOINTMENTS

Associate Professor of Water Resources Engineering, University of Idaho, 2016-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Idaho, 2010-2016
Adjunct Faculty, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, since January 2010

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

5/2006 - 2016: Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Idaho, USA
Assistant Professor, Water Resources Engineering

Developing System Dynamic Model for the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer (ESPA) Working with Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR), a system dynamic model being developed to better manage the ESPA under uncertain future climate. Various management options and planning alternatives will be identified to minimize impacts driven by future climate change and to pursue adaptive management strategies for reliable agricultural productivity in the state of Idaho.

Developing Seasonal Predictive Capability for Drought Mitigation Decision Support System (DSS)
A state-of-the-art forecast tool in the Decision Support System (DSS) is utilized to improve seasonal drought predictive capability using Earth Science Models, such as GMAO, CFS, CAM, CWRF, and NARR. The research focus on providing real-time decision support information regarding "what to do now" and "when to wait and see"

Drought Information System for National Drought Disaster Reduction
Drought continues to result in significant economic, social, and environmental impacts, not only in developing countries, but also in developed countries, such as United States and South Korea. This research will promote drought knowledge networks and collaboration to share data, information, technologies, tools and good practices on drought disaster reduction, mitigation and preparedness. Working with international collaborators in Korea, the National Drought Midigation Center and W3R2 group supports to build the initial nation-wide drought monitoring system and shares sound technologies and tools learned from previous successful practices worldwide.

5/2006 - 2010: School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Hydrologist, National Drought Mitigation Center
Appointment: 70% research and 30% scholarly service.

8/2004 - 5/2006:Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Ph.D candidate (Graduate Research Assistant)

8/2004 - 5/2005:Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Ph.D candidate (Graduate Teaching Assistant)

8/2002 - 7/2004:Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow (Graduate Research Assistant)

6/2001 - 7/2002:Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Graduate Research Assistant

3/1995 - 3/1999:Department of Agricultural Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea
Graduate Research Assistant

PEEsR-REVIEWED JOURNAL PAPER (*,# indicates Ph.D. student and Postdoc, respectively)

  1. Jae H. Ryu, Mohammad Sohrabi*, Anil Acharaya#, 2013. Toward mapping gridded drought indices to evaluate local drought in a rapidly changing global environment: Water Resources Management, under review.
  2. Jungjin Kim*, Jae H. Ryu, 2013. Basin discretization effects in HSPF simulations with NEXRAD inputs, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, doi:10.106/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000918.[download]
  3. Anil Acharya#, Jae H. Ryu, 2013. A simple method for streamflow disaggregation, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (in press), doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000818 [download]
  4. Mohammad Sohrabi*,Jae H. Ryu, B. Alijani, 2013. Spatial and temporal analysis of climatic extremes in the Mountainous regions of Iran International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, 4(4), 18-36. [download]
  5. David Hoekema*,Jae H. Ryu, 2013. Evaluating Economic Impacts of Water Conservation and Hydrological Forecasts in the Salmon Tract, Idaho American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 56(4), 1399-1410. [download]
  6. Mohammad Sohrabi*,Jae H. Ryu, J. Abatzoglou, J. Tracy, 2013. Climate extreme and its linkage to regional drought over Idaho, USA Natural Hazards, 65:653-681. [download]
  7. Jae H. Ryu, B. Contor, G. Johnson, R. Allen, J. Tracy 2012. System Dynamics to Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer under Water Supply Uncertainty, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 48(6), 1204-1220 [download]
  8. Smith, M.B., V. Koren, Z. Zhang, Y. Zhang, S. Reed, Z. Cui, F. Moreda, B. Cosgrove, N. Mizukami, E. Anderson, E.A., DMIP 2 Participants (Ryu, J.H.), 2012. Results of the DMIP 2 Oklahoma experiments, Journal of Hydrology, 418-419, 17-48
  9. Jae H. Ryu, Sangman Jeong, Seon K. Park, Jooheon Lee, Kyuha Han, 2011. “The impacts of climate change on local hydrology and low flow frequency in the Geum River Basin, Korea”, hydrological processes, 25(22), 3437-3447
    10. [download]
  10. Jae H. Ryu, Mark D. Svoboda, John D. Lenters, Tsegaye Tadesse, Cody L. Knutson, 2010. “Finding Potential Extents for ENSO-Driven Hydrologic Drought Forecasts in the United States”, Journal of Climatic Changes, 101(3), 579-597[download]
  11. Jae H. Ryu, 2009. “The application of HSPF to the Distributed Model Intercomparison Project (DMIP): Case Study”, ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 14(8), 847-857 [download]
  12. Jae H. Ryu, Richard N. Palmer, Sangman Jeong, Jooheon Lee, Young-Oh Kim, 2009. “Sustainable Water Resources Management in the Conflict Resolution Framework”, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 45(2),485-499 [download]
  13. Jae H. Ryu, Richard N. Palmer, Matthew W. Wiley, Sangman Jeong, 2009. “Mid-Range Streamflow Forecasts Based on Climate Modeling-Statistical Correction and Evaluation”, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 45(2),355-368 [download]

SELECTED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND PRESENTATIONS(*,# indicates Ph.D. student and Postdoc, respectively)

  1. Ryu, J.H., 2013, Toward Visualizing Big Drought Data for Data-Intensive Decision Making, ASCE World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, May 19-23, Cincinnati, Ohio
  2. Ryu, J.H., 2013, Decision Support Tools for Conflict resolution and Sustainable Water Resources Planning and Management: After Pete's approach, ASCE World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, May 19-23, Cincinnati, Ohio
  3. Kim, Jungjin*, Ryu, J.H., 2013, Mapping Drought Vulnerability Driven by Future Climate Change and Variability in South Korea", ASCE World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, May 19-23, Cincinnati, Ohio
  4. Sohrabi, Mohammad*, Ryu, J.H., 2013, Development of Multi Scalar-Soil Moisture Drought Index, ASCE World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, May 19-23, Cincinnati, Ohio
  5. Kim, Jungjin*, Hoekema, David*., Ryu, J.H., 2013, Validating Local Droughts to Enhance Climate-Resilient Agricultural Water Management in Idaho, 2013 NSF EPSCoR Tri-State Meeting, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, March 27-28, Las Vegas, Nevada
  6. Ryu, J.H., 2012, Decision Support Tools for Drought Monitoring Management and Forecasting in the State of Idaho, American Water Resources Association, Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront, November 12-15, Jacksonville, Florida
  7. Ryu, J.H., 2012, Toward Mapping Gridded Drought Indices to Mitigate Drought Impacts in a Rapid Changing Global Environment, 3rd Annual Pacific Northwest Climate Science Conference, October 1-2, Boise Centre, Boise, Idaho
  8. Ryu, J.H., Kim, Jungjin*, 2012, Development of Sustainable Water Resources System Against Uncertain Future Climate and Drought for the Seomjin River System, Korea, 18th Congress of the Asia and Pacific Division of the International Association for Hydro-Environment engineering and Research , August 19-23, Jeju Island, Korea
  9. Hoekema, David*., Ryu, J.H., 2012, Using Satellite Imagery to Estimate Aquifer Recharge from Irrigated Agriculture, ESRI International User Conference, July 23-27, San Diego, California
  10. Ryu, J.H., 2012, A Decision Support Systems to Mitigate Water Conflicts amongst Agriculture, Hydro, and Municipal Water Users, Universities Council on Water Resources, July 17-19, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  11. Sohrabi, Mohammad*., Ryu, J., 2012, Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Climatic Extremes in the Mountainous Regions of Iran, International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, University of Washington, July 12-13, Seattle, Washington
  12. Hoekema, David*., Ryu, J.H., 2012, Calculator: Optimized Surface Water Allocation in Drought (OSWAD), 93rd Annual Meeting of the AAAS Pacific Division, Boise Convention Center, June 24-27, Boise, Idaho
  13. Acharya, Anil#., Ryu, J.H., 2012, Impacts of Climate Change on Hydrologic Drought in an Agriculture-dominated Watershed in the United States, ASCE World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, May 20-24, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  14. Hoekema, David*., Ryu, J.H., 2012, Investigating Economic Impacts of Agricultural Drought Using System Dynamics, ASCE World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, May 20-24, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  15. Ryu, J.H., 2012, Drought Monitoring, Forecasting, and Management in the 21st Century: Issues and Challenges, ASCE World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, May 20-24, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  16. Ryu, J.H., Palmer, R., Jeong, S., Kim, Y.-O., 2003, An optimization model to mitigate conflicts in the Geum River Basin, Korea, ASCE World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Philadelphia, PA
  17. Richard N. Palmer, Ryu, J.H., Jeong, S., Kim, Y.-O., 2002, An Application of water conflict resolution in the Geum River Basin, Korea, ASCE World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Roanoke, Virginia

RESEARCH INTERSTS