Publications

• Homet, K., Kremer, P., Smith, V., Ampomah, R., (2022) "Mapping Predicted Areas of Common Maintenance Impacts to Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania." Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, Vol. 8, Issue 3 - August 2022.
• Holt, D., Reis, V., Ampomah, R., Smith, C., Smith, V., Sample-Lord, K., Welker, A., Traver, R., (2022) "Underperformance Assessment Framework for BioInfiltration Systems." Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, Vol. 8 Issue 3.
• Mohammed, W., Welker, A., (2022) "Hydrological Performance of a Multicell Vegetated Basin with Different Soil and Outlet Structure Characteristics." Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, Vol. 8, Issue 3.
• Krasowski, D., Wadzuk, B., (2022) "A Method to Assess Plant Behavior in Green Stormwater Infrastructure." Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, Vol. 8, Issue 3.
• Strauss, M., Wadzuk, B., (2022) "Predictive Maintenance of Stormwater Infrastructure Using Internet-of-Things Technology." Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 138, Issue 2.
• Mueller, T., Komlos, J., Lewellyn, C., Welker, A., Traver, R., Wadzuk, B., (2022) "Field-Scale Analysis of a Stormwater Infiltration Trench's Failure Mechanisms." Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, Vol.8, Issue 1.
• Yesiller, N., Hanson, J., Sample-Lord, K., Tong, S., (2021) "Membrane Behavior of an Exhumed Geosynthetic Clay Liner - Preliminary Analysis." Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication, Vol. 9, Issue 2.
• Cotugno, A., Smith, V., Baker, T., Srinivasan, R., (2021) "A Framework for Calculating Peak Discharge and Flood Inundation in Ungauged Urban Watersheds Using remotely Sensed Precipitation Data: A Case Study in Freetown, Sierra Leone." Remote Sensing, Vol. 13, Issue 19.
• Smith, C., Connolly, R., Ampomah, R., Hess, A., Sample-Lord, K., Smith, V., (2021) "Temporal Soil Dynamics in Bioinfiltration Systems." Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Vol. 147, Issue 11.
• Hosseiny, H., Cao, H., Smith, V., Xu, W., (2021)  "Unraveling the Transport and Fate of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Through Coupling Fluvial Geomorphic Modeling and Measured Data." Frontiers in Water.
• Crimmins, M., Park, S., Smith, V., Kremer, P., (2021) "A Spatial Assesment of High-Resolution Drainage Characteristics and Roadway Safety During Wet Conditions." Applied Geography, Volume 133.
• Nichols, W., Welker, A., Traver, R., Tu, M., (2021) "Modeling Seasonal Performance of Operational Urban Rain Garden Using HYDRUS-1D." Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, Vol. 7 Issue 3.
• Ampomah, R., Hosseiny, H., Fares, M., Smith, V., Wadzuk, B., (2021) "Three Dimensional Numerical Modeling of Urban Green Stormwater Infrastructure Curb Inlets." Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Vol. 147, Issue 9.
• Wadzuk, B., Gile, B., Smith, V., Ebrahimian, A., Strauss, M., Traver, R., (2021) "Moving Toward Dynamic and Data Driven GSI Maintenance." Journal of Sustainable World in the Built Environment, Vol. 7 Issue 4.
• Sample-Lord, K., Ahmed, M., Malusis, M., (2021) "Diffusion Through Soil-Bentonite Backfill from a Constructed Vertical Cutoff Wall." Soils and Foundations.
• Krasowski, D., Wadzuk, B., Jacko, B., (2021) "Feasibility of using an energy balance to measure evapotranspiration in green stormwater infrastructure."  PLoS ONE 16(2): e0246286.
• Wadzuk, B., Gile, B., Smith, V., Ebrahimian, A., (2021) "Call for a Dynamic Approach to GSI Maintenance." Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, Vol. 7 Issue 2.
• Hess, A., Wadzuk, B., Welker, A., (2021) "Evapotranspiration Estimation in Rain Gardens Using Soil Moisture Sensors." Vadose Zone Journal.
• Ebrahimian, A., Sokolovskaya, N., Wadzuk, B., (2021) "Modeling dynamic performance of urban infiltration trench systems: Methodology and a case study in Philadelphia." Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 594.
• Martin, R., Carvajal-Sanchez, S., Welker, A., Komlos, J., (2021) "Thermal Effects of Stormwater Control Measures on a Receiving Headwater Stream." Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, Vol 7 Issue 1.
• Wadzuk, B., DelVecchio, T., Sample-Lord, K., Ahmed, M., Welker, A., (2021) "Nutrient Removal in Rain Garden Lysimeters with Different Soil Types." Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, Vol. 7 Issue 1.
• Godshall, S., Smith, V., Hubler, J., Kremer, P., (2020) "A Decision Process for Optimizing Multi-Hazard Shelter Location Using Global Data." Sustainability, Vol. 12 Issue 15.
• Tong, S., Sample-Lord, K., Bohnhoff, G., (2020) "Diffusion through Sodium and Polymer Enhanced Bentonites Exposed to Dilute and Aggresive Solutions."  Canadian Geotechnical Journal.
• Crimmins, M., Park, S., McCarthy, L., Smith, V., (2020) "Exploring the Application of LiDAR for Flooded Roadway Management." 
• Tu, M-C, Wadzuk, B., Traver, R., (2020) "Methodology to simulate unsaturated zone hydrology in Storm Water Management Model (SWMM) for green infrastructure design and evaluation." PLOS ONE, Vol. 15 Issue 7. 
• Ampomah, R., Hosseiny, H., Zhang, L., Smith, V., Sample-Lord, K., (2020) "A Regression-Based Prediction Model of Suspended Sediment Yeild in the Cuyahoga River in Ohio Using Historical Satellite Images and Precipitation Data." Water, Vol. 12 Issue 3.
• Tu, M-C., Caplan, J., Eisenman, S., Wadzuk, B., (2020) "When Green Infrastructure Turns Grey: Plant Water Stress as a Consequence of Overdesign in a Tree Trench System." Water, Vol. 12 Issue 5.
• Hosseiny, H., Crimmins, M., Smith, V., Kremer, P. (2020), "A Generalized Automated Framework for Urban Runoff Modeling and Its Application at a Citywide Landscape." Water, Vol. 12 Issue 2.
• Crookston, B., Smith, V., Welker, A., Campbell, D.,(2020) "Teaching Hydraulic Design: Innovative Learning in the Classroom and the Workplace." Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 143 Issue 3.
• Tu, M-C., Traver, R., (2019)"Water Table Fluctuation from Green Infrastructure Sidewalk Planters in Philadelphia." Journal of Irrigation and Drainage, Vol. 145 Issue 2.
• Smith, V., Mason, J., Mohrig, D., (2019) "Reach-Scale Changes in Channel Geometry and Dynamics due to the Coastal Backwater Effect: the Lower Trinity River, Texas." Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 
• Ebrahimian, A., Sample-Lord, K., Wadzuk, B., Traver, R., (2019) Temporal and spatial variation of infiltration in Urban Green Infrastructure. Hydrological Processes, Vol. O Issue O.
• DelVecchio, T., Welker, A., Wadzuk, B., (2019) "Exploration of Volume Reduction via Infiltration and Evapotranspiration for Different Soil Types in Rain Garden Lysimeters," Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, Volume 6, Issue 1.
• Hosseiny, H., Smith, V., (2019) "Two Dimensional Model for Backwater Geomorphology: Darby Creek, PA."
• Smith, V., Mason, J., Mohrig, D., (2019) "Reach‐scale changes in channel geometry and dynamics due to the coastal backwater effect: the lower Trinity River, Texas." 
• Tu, M., Traver, R., (2019) Performance of a hydraulically linked and physically decoupled stormwater control measure (SCM) system with potentially heterogeneous native soil, Water (Switzerland), Volume 11, Issue 7.
• Lewellyn, C., Wadzuk, B., (2019) “Risk Based Methodology for Evaluation of Bioinfiltration Design and Performance,” Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, Volume 5, Issue 1.
• Hess, A., Wadzuk, B., Welker, A., (2019) Predictive Evapotranspiration Equations in Raid Gardens, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Volume 145, Issue 7
• Sample-Lord, K., Welker, A., (2019) Building EML Foundations in Geotechnical Engineering, ASEE Prism, Volume 28, Issue 7.       
• Tu, M.-C., Traver, R., (2019) Water table fluctuation from green infrastructure sidewalk planters in Philadelphia, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Volume 145, Issue 2, Article number 05018008.
• Tu, M.-C., Traver, R., (2018) Clogging impacts on distribution pipe delivery of street runoff to an infiltration bed, Water (Switzerland), 10(8), art. no. 1045.
• Park, S., Smith, V., Saldutti, T., Zoccoli, N., (2018) Exploring Spatial Relationship between Roadway Safety and Wet Condition Risk Factors Based on Systemic Safety Analysis Approach, Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Volume 24 Issue 4.
• Zarzar, C.M., Hosseiny, H., Siddique, R., Gomez, M., Smith, V., Mejia, A., Dyer, J., (2018) Hydraulic MultiModel Ensemble Framework for Visualizing Flood Inundation Uncertainty, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, Volume 54, Issue 4, pp. 807-819.
• Smith, V.B., Mohrig, D., (2018) Geomorphic signature of a dammed Sandy River: The lower Trinity River downstream of Livingston Dam in Texas, USA.  Geomorphology, 297, pp. 122-136.
• Xu, W., Grannas, A., Bridge, J., Byrnes, C., Ding, K., (2018) Surface-promoted hydrolysis of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene and 2,4-dinitroanisole on pyrogenic carbonaceous matter, Chemosphere, Volume 197, pp. 603-610.
• Wadzuk, B., Lewellyn, C., Lee, R., Traver, R., (2018)  Green Infrastructure Recovery: Analysis of the Influence of Back-to-Back Rainfall Events, Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, Volume 3, Issue 1.
• Komlos, J., Vacca, K., Wadzuk, B., (2018) “Phosphate Retention in a Constructed Stormwater Wetland with Low Total Suspended Solid Concentrations,” Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, Volume 4, Issue 1.
• Sample-Lord, K., Shackelford, C., (2018) Membrane Behavior of Unsaturated Sodium Bentonite, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Volume 114, Issue 1.
• Sample-Lord, K. M., Shackelford, C., (2017) Apparatus for Measuring Coupled Membrane and Diffusion Behavior of Unsaturated Sodium Bentonite. Vadose Zone J. 16.
• Barr, C., Gallagher, P., Wadzuk, B., Welker, A., (2017) Water Quality Impacts of Green Roofs Compared with other Vegetated Sites, Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, Volume 3, Issue 3.
• Traver, R.G. & Ebrahimian, A. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng. (2017) 11: 15., Dynamic Design of Green Stormwater Infrastructure.
• Hess, A., Wadzuk, B., Welker, A., (2017) Evapotranspiration in Rain Gardens Using Weighing Lysimeters, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Volume 143 Issue 6.
• Lee, R., Traver, R., Welker, A., (2016), Evaluation of Soil Class Proxies for Hydrologic Performance of in Situ Bioinfiltration Systems, Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, Volume 2 Issue 4.
• Zaremba, G., Traver, R., Wadzuk, B., (2016) Impact of Drainage on Green Roof Evapotranspiration, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Volume 142, Issue 7.
• Fassman-Beck, E., Hunt, W., Wadzuk, B., (2016) Curve Number and Runoff Coefficients for Extensive Living Roofs, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, Volume 21, Issue 3.
• Garza, P., Welker, A., Rife, S., (2016) Forensic Analysis of Two Failed Rain Gardens in a Tract Development in Glasgow, Delaware, Geoenvironmental Engineering, pp. 60-68.
• Lewellyn, C., Lyons, C., Traver, R., and Wadzuk, B. (2015) Large Storm and Seasonal Performance of a Green Infrastructure Treatment Train, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 21(1):04015047.
• Lee, R., Welker, A., Traver, R., (2015) Modeling Soil Matrix Hydraulic Properties for Variably-Saturated Hydrologic Analysis, Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, Volume 2 Issue 2.
• Pluimer, M., McCarthy, L., Welker, A., Musselman, E.,(2015) Evaluation of Corrugated HDPE Pipes Manufactured with Recycled Content underneath Railroads, Pipelines 553:563.
• Wadzuk, B., Hickman M., Traver, R., (2014) Understanding the Role of Evapotranspiration in Bioretention: A Mesocosm Study, Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment.
• Dovel, E., Kemp, S., Welker, A., (2014) Predicting Ecological Effects of Watershed-Wide Rain Garden Implementation using a Low-Cost Methodology, Journal of Environmental Engineering, Volume 141, Issue 3.
• Nemirovsky, E., Lee, R., Welker, A., (2016) Vertical and Letral Extent of the Influence of a Rain Garden on the Water Table, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Volume 141, Issue 3.
• Wadzuk, B., Schneider, D., Feller, M., Traver, R., (2013) Evapotranspiration from a Green-Roof Storm-Water Control Measure, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, Vol. 139, No. 12, pp. 995-1003
• Ali, H., McCarthy, L., Welker, A.,(2013) Performance of Hot In-Place Recycled Superpave Mixtures in Florida, Construction and Building Materials, Volume 49 pages 618-626.
• Jones, G., and Wadzuk, B. (2013). Predicting Performance for Constructed Storm-Water Wetlands. J. Hydraul. Eng., 139(11), 1158-1164.
• Lee, R., Traver, R., and Welker, A. (2013). Continuous Modeling of Bioinfiltration Storm-Water Control Measures Using Green and Ampt. J. Irrig. Drain. Eng., 139(12), 1004-1010.
• Komlos, J., Welker, A., Punzi, V., and Traver, R. (2013). Feasibility Study of As-Received and Modified (Dried/Baked) Water Treatment Plant Residuals for Use in Storm-Water Control Measures. J. Environ. Eng., 139(10), 1237-1245.
• Gaitan, L., Mehta, Y., Nolan, A., Dubois, E., Coffey, S., Welker, A., McCarthy, L., (2013) Evaluation of the Degree of Blending and Polymer Degradation of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) for Warm mix Asphalt, Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management, Volume 39, Issue 2 – Jan 2013.
• Flynn, K., Traver, R., (2013) Green Infrastructure Life Cycle Assessment: A Bio-Infiltration Case Study, Journal of Ecological Engineering, Volume 55, pp 9-22
• Komlos, J. and Traver, R. (2012). Long-Term Orthophosphate Removal in a Field-Scale Storm-Water Bioinfiltration Rain Garden. J. Environ. Eng., 138(10), 991–998.

8th International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering: Geotechnical Materials, Modeling, and Testing, Geo-Congress 2019; Philadelphia; United States; 24 March 2019 through 27 March 2019

Volume 2019-March, 2019

Mohammed, W., Welker, A., Press, J., Effect of Geotechnical Parameters on the Percolation Performance of an Established Rain Garden in Pennsylvania, Issue GSP 310,  pp. 733-742.

Meehan, C., Kumar, S., Pando, M., Coe, J., Tong, S., Sample-Lord, K., Bohnoff, G., Balken, A., Ahmed, M., Dialysis Method to Measure Diffusion in Sodium and Enhanced Bentonites, Issue GSP 312, pp. 12-21.

Meehan, C., Kumar, S., Pando, M., Coe, J.,  Kugel, J., Carambelas, E., Welker, A., Kemp, S., Monitoring Stream Geometry at Headwaters in a Densely Developed Watershed, Issue GSP 313, pp. 44-52.

Meehan, C., Kumar, S., Pando, M., Coe, J., Gallagher, P., Yerk, W., Getty, P., Sample-Lord, K., Vanderkluysen, L., Swan, R., Developing an Engineering Geology Field Trip to Enhance Student Learning: A Case Study,  Issue GSP 314, pp. 48-58.

Zaremba, G., Bryant, S., VonAlt, L., Wadzuk, B., Traver, R., Performance Review of a Real Time Control Equipped Irrigated Green Roof: Comparing Pre-Retrofit, Modeled, and Actual Performance, EWRI Congress, June 2018

Traver, R., Wadzuk, B., Schmidt, N., Rindosh, S., Instrumentation, Lessons Learned, and Benefits from Hydraulic Monitoring of Urban SMPs, EWRI Congress, June 2018.

Nichols, B., Welker, A., Traver, R., Tu, M., Modeling Performance of an Operational Urban Rain Garden Using HYDRUS-ID, EWRI Congress, June 2018.

Farnsworth, M., Welker, A., Traver, R., Investigation of the Hydrologic Budget within a Rain Garden, EWRI Congress, June 2018.

Carvajal-Sanchez, S., Komlos, J., Welker, A., Impact of a Rain Garden on the Headwaters of Jenkintown Creek, EWRI Congress, June 2018.

Lewellyn, C., Wadzuk, B., Risk Based Comparison of Green Infrastructure Design Under Present Day and Climate Change Scenarios, EWRI Congress, June 2018.

Tu, M., Traver, R., A Simple Methodology to Incorporate Vadoze Zone Mechanism into EPA SWMM (Storm Water Management Model) Model Building, EWRI Congress, June 2018.

Welker, A.L., Sample-Lord, K.M., Yost, J.R. (2017). Weaving entrepreneurially minded learning throughout a civil engineering curriculum, ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings, 2017-June

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