Jairo N. Diaz-Ramirez, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

P.O. Box 9546
224 Walker Engineering Building
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mississippi State, MS 39762

Phone: 662-325-9885
Fax: 662-325-7189

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Research Interests

• watershed modeling
• soil erosion
• sediment transport
• water quality monitoring
• geographical information systems and remote sensing applications in water resources engineering
• lumped and gridded hydrology modeling
• soil and water conservation
• source, fate, and transport of fecal bacteria in watersheds

Education

• Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, 2007
• M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, 2004
• B.S. Agricultural Engineering Universidad Nacional de Colombia & Universidad del Valle, Colombia, 1997

Courses Taught
CE 3811 - Water Resources and Environmental Lab II.

Publications: Journals

1. McAnally, W.H., and J.N. Diaz-Ramirez. Watershed Modeling Improvements to Enhance Coastal Ecosystems ($417,504). NOAA - Northern Gulf Institute, 01/2008 - 01/2010. Co-Principal Investigator.
2. Truax, D., J.L. Martin, B. Magbanua, and J.N. Diaz-Ramirez. Analysis of WMD Materials in Waste and Storm Water Treatment Infrastructures in Southeastern U.S. Cities. Activity 4. Model the Fate of Materials within the Wastewater and Stormwater Treatment and Handling Facilities ($80,000). DOE - Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 01/2009 - 12/2009. Co-Principal Investigator.
3. Diaz-Ramirez, J.N., L.R. Perez-Alegria, and W.H. McAnally. 2008. Hydrology and Sediment Modeling Using HSPF/BASINS in a Tropical Island Watershed. Transactions of the ASABE 51(5):1555-1565.
4. Diaz-Ramirez, J.N., V. Alarcon, Z. Duan, M.L. Tagert, W. H. McAnally, J. L. Martin, and C.G. O'Hara. 2008. Impacts of Land Use Characterization in Modeling Hydrology and Sediments for the Luxapallila Creek Watershed, Alabama/Mississippi. Transactions of the ASABE 51(1): 139-151.
5. Diaz-Ramirez, J.N., Z. Duan, W. McAnally, and J. Martin, 2008. Sensitivity of the HSPF Model to Land Use/Land Cover Datasets. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 52: 89-94
6. Duan Z., J.N. Diaz, J.L. Martin, and W.H. McAnally. 2008. Effects of Land-Use Changes on Saint Louis Bay Watershed Modeling. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 52: 117-124
7. Alarcon V. J., W. McAnally, J. Diaz-Ramirez, J. Martin, and J. Cartwright, 2008. A Hydrological Model of the Mobile River Watershed, Southeastern USA. Proceedings ICCMSE 2008, American Institute of Physics.
8. Wilkerson G.W., W.H. McAnally, J.L. Martin, J.A. Ballweber, K. Collins Peavy, J. Diaz-Ramirez, and A. Moore. Latis: A Spatial Decision Support System to Assess Low Impact Site Development Strategies. Submitted to the ASCE Journal of Hydrological Engineering for the Special Issue: Low Impact Development, Sustainability Science, and Hydrological Cycle. [In review since November, 2008]
9. Diaz-Ramirez, J.N., E. Martinez-Martinez, G.A. Suárez-Narváez, L.R. Perez-Alegria, C. Villalta, and J.J. Ramirez-Avila. Evaluation of Storm Sediments in Río Grande de Arecibo Watershed, Puerto Rico. Submitted to Ecohydrology for the Special Issue: NSL 50th Anniversary Symposium. [In review since January, 2009].
10. Diaz-Ramirez, J.N., B.E. Johnson, W.H. McAnally, J.L. Martin, V.J. Alarcon, and J.J. Ramirez-Avila. Global Parameter Sensitivity and Uncertainty of the USEPA HSPF Model: A Hydrology Model Evaluation in Alabama and Mississippi. Submitted to Environmental Modelling and Software [In review since March, 2009]

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