Veronica L. Webster, PE

Contact

vlweb@mtu.edu
906-487-1079
Dillman 201D

Associate Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering

PhD, Civil Engineering, Cornell University
MS, Civil Engineering, Cornell University
BS, Civil Engineering, University of Vermont

Biography

Dr. Veronica Webster is currently an associate professor of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering. Her teaching interests include probability and statistics, stochastic hydrology, numerical methods, water resources, and risk analysis and management. Her research interests include flood frequency analysis and the evaluation of other extreme events, uncertainty analysis, and impacts of climate variability, climate change, and land use changes on the magnitude, frequency, and timing of flood flows. Dr. Webster is a recent recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER award. She has a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Vermont, and both MS and PhD degrees in Civil Engineering from Cornell University. Dr. Webster is currently active in the organization of the annual ASCE Environmental Water Resources Institute Congress, chair of the ASCE task committee on Statistical Applications in Hydrology, and associate editor of the ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering.

Links of Interest

Faculty Webpage

Teaching Interests

Probability and statistics
Stochastic hydrology
Numerical methods
Water resources
Risk analysis and management

Research Interests

Water resources
Uncertainty analysis
Flood frequency and analysis of extreme events
Impacts of climate and land use changes

Publications **Formerly Veronica Webster Griffis**

Dawdy, D. R., V. W. Griffis, and V. K. Gupta (2012) Regional Flood Frequency Analysis: How We Got Here and Where We are Going. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 17(9), 953-959.
Stedinger, J. R. and V. W. Griffis (2011) Getting From Here to Where? Flood Frequency Analysis and Climate. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 47: 506–513. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00545.x
Griffis, V. W. and J. R. Stedinger (2009) The log-Pearson type 3 distribution and its application in flood frequency analysis, 3. Sample Skew and Weighted Skew Estimators. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 14(2), 209-212.
Stedinger, J. R. and V. W. Griffis (2008) Flood frequency analysis in the United States: Time to Update. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 13(4), 199-204. (editorial)
Griffis, V. W. and J. R. Stedinger (2007) The use of GLS regression in regional hydrologic analyses. Journal of Hydrology, 344(1-2), 82-95.
Griffis, V. W. and J. R. Stedinger (2007) The log-Pearson type 3 distribution and its application in flood frequency analysis, 2. Parameter estimation methods. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 12(5), 492-500.
Griffis, V. W. and J. R. Stedinger (2007) The log-Pearson type 3 distribution and its application in flood frequency analysis, 1. Distribution characteristics. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 12(5), 482-491.
Griffis, V. W. and J. R. Stedinger (2007) Evolution of flood frequency analysis with Bulletin 17. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 12(3), 283-297.
Griffis, V. W., J. R. Stedinger, and T. A. Cohn (2004) LP3 quantile estimators with regional skew information and low outlier adjustments. Water Resources Research, vol.40, W07503, doi:1029/2003WR002697.

Teaching Statement

Dr. Webster teaches uncertainty analysis, advanced hydrology, probabilistic analysis and reliability, environmental engineering, and water resources engineering.