Water and Environmental Research Center

People

Amy Tidwell

Contact

306 Tanana Dr., Duckering Bldg. #485
Water and Environmental Research Center
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775
(907) 474-2783
atidwell@alaska.edu

Research Interests

Watershed hydrology, arctic hydrology, water resources planning and management, climate change impact assessments for water resources, uncertainty characterization.

Education

Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering, 2006.
M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering, 2004.
B.S., University of Alaska Fairbanks, Civil Engineering, 2001, summa cum laude.

Professional Appointments

Assistant Professor of Research, Institute of Northern Engineering/Water & Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2008-present.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Water & Environmental Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2006 - 2008.
Research Associate and Program Coordinator, Georgia Water Resources Institute and Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001 - 2006.
Engineer, Utility Services of Alaska, 2000 - 2001.
Research Assistant, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Civil Engineering, 1999 - 2000.

Awards/Honors

Universities Council on Water Resources, National PhD Dissertation Award in Natural Sciences and Engineering, 2008.
President's International Polar Year Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alaska, 2006 - 2008
Georgia Institute of Technology President's Fellowship, 2001-2005
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2001 - 2004
Marion Frances Boswell Memorial Award, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2001
Gray S.Tilly Memorial Award, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2001
Dodson Scholar, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society (National), 2000
Focht Scholar, Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society (National), 2000
Outstanding Sophomore Engineering Student, Tau Beta Pi (UAF), 1999
Outstanding Freshman Chemistry Student, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 1997

Academic Teaching Experience

Water Resources Engineering (UAF, CE 344), Instructor;
Hydrology (Georgia Tech, CEE 4210), Instructor;
Probability and Statistics for Civil and Environmental Engineers (Georgia Tech, CEE 6231), Teaching Assistant;
Water Resources Management (Georgia Tech, CEE 6241), Teaching Assistant.

Professional Teaching Experience

"Science Teacher Education Program," University of Alaska Fairbanks, July 30-31, 2007.
"Nile Decision Support Tool: Applied Training Workshop," sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Entebbe, Uganda, February 2-20, 2004.
"National Seminar for Strengthening Partnerships and Coordination of Malaria Control Activities in Sudan: Northern State," Khartoum, Sudan, February 9-11, 2004.
"Nile Decision Support Tool: Methods Workshop," sponsored by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, June 2-28, 2002.

Current Research Projects

Principal Investigator: "North Slope Decision Support System for Water Resources Planning and Management," sponsored by the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) of the Department of Energy; October 2008-September 2011; $1,310,000.
Principal Investigator: "Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Flood Frequency Analysis for Transportation Design," sponsored by the Alaska University Transportation Center and the Alaska Dept. of Transportation and Public Facilities; September 2008- February 2010; $100,000.
Co-Investigator: "Updated Precipitation Frequency Analysis for the State of Alaska," sponsored by the Alaska University Transportation Center and the Alaska Dept. of Transportation and Public Facilities; September 2008- August 2011; $440,000.

Additional Research Experience

"Humans and Hydrology at High Latitudes," sponsored by the National Science Foundation; 2006-2008; Senior Scientist.
"The Intersection of Climate Change, Water Resources and Humans in the Arctic," sponsored by the National Science Foundation; participation 2006-2008; Senior Scientist.
"Water Management on the North Slope of Alaska," sponsored by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities, and the US Department of Energy; participation 2006-2008; Senior Scientist.
"Climate Change Impact Assessments for Water Resources in East Africa and the Southeast US," sponsored by the Georgia Water Resources Institute; 2003-2006; Research Associate.
"A Decision Support Tool for the Nile Basin," sponsored by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy; 2001-2006; Research Associate.
"Epidemiological and Environmental Malaria Information System for East Africa," sponsored by the Georgia Institute of Technology and Centers for Disease Control (CDC); 2003-2004; Research Associate.

Publications and Presentations

Tidwell, A., K. Brumbelow, and S. Bourne. "A Decision Support System for Water Resources, Environmental, and Infrastructure Planning for the North Slope of Alaska." Submitted, 2009 Environmental and Water Resources Institute.
Tidwell, A., K. Brumbelow, and S. Bourne. "A Decision Support System for Water Resources Planning for the North Slope of Alaska." Inland Northwest Research Alliance Symposium, March 4-7, 2009, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Mernild, S. H., Hasholt, B., Kane, D. L., and Tidwell, A. C., 2008. "Jökulhlaup Observed at Greenland Ice Sheet." Eos Trans. AGU, 99(35):321-322.
White, D.M., H.M. Cliverd, A.C. Tidwell, L. Little, M.R. Lilly, M. Chambers, and D. Reichardt, 2008. "A Tool for Modeling the Winter Oxygen Depletion Rate in Arctic Lakes." Journal of American Water Resources Association, 44: 293-304.
White, D.M, S.C. Gerlach, P. Loring, and A.C. Tidwell, 2007. "Food and Water Security in a Changing Arctic Climate." Environmental Research Letters, 2 045018.
Georgakakos, A., A. Tidwell, and M. Benedict, 2004. "Epidemiological and Environmental Malaria Information System for East Africa." Project report, Georgia Tech/Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Georgakakos, A., H. Yao, and A. Tidwell, 2006. "Integrated Framework for Water, Energy, and Environmental Resources Assessment, Planning, and Management: Lake Victoria Application." Invited Paper, AGU Fall Meeting, December 19, 2006.
Kimaite, F., A. Tidwell, C. Braneon, M. Kistenmacher, H. Yao, and A. Georgakakos, 2007. "Decision Support Tools for River Basin Planning and Management." Georgia Water Resources Conference, Athens, Georgia, March 27 to 29, 2007.
Visone, L., A. Tidwell, and A. Georgakakos, 2003. "Nile Decision Support Tool (Nile DST): Watershed Hydrology." Technical report, Georgia Water Resources Institute/UN-FAO, pp. 49.

Software Packages

Georgakakos, A., H. Yao, K. Brumbelow, C. Demarchi, S. Bourne, A. Tidwell, L. Visone, 2003. "Nile Decision Support Tool." This decision support system combines extensive hydroclimatic databases with state of the science hydrologic, agricultural, and water resources models to assess the impacts of various development and management scenarios for the Nile Basin. The Nile DST software and associated reports (6 volumes) and user manuals (6 documents) have been developed and provided to the Nile Basin countries.