Course Instructors

Kelly Brumbelow Kelly Brumbelow
Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University

Kelly Brumbelow, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University. Dr. Brumbelow has more than 14 years experience in water resources engineering, planning, and management. His professional and research expertise includes auditing of water utilities, homeland security assessment of water systems, physical modeling of hydraulic structures, and decision support systems for water resources planning and management. His research and consulting projects have been sponsored by the San Antonio Water System, Clark County (Nevada) Water Reclamation District, and the South Florida Water Management District, among others.

Richard Hoffpauir Richard Hoffpauir
Water Resources Consultant; Ph.D. Research Assistant

Richard Hoffpauir has several years of consulting experience in applying WRAP both in Texas and abroad. He is nearing completion of his doctorate at Texas A&M University with his dissertation research focusing on expanding WRAP modeling capabilities.

Francisco Olivera Francisco Olivera
Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University

Francisco Olivera, Ph.D., P.E., is an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University. Dr. Olivera has more than 25 years of experience in water resources engineering and more than 12 years on the use of geographic information systems (GIS) for hydrologic and hydraulic modeling. Dr. Olivera is the developer of CRWR-PrePro, a GIS pre-processor for the HEC software program Hydrologic Modeling System (HMS) and the predecessor of HEC-GeoHMS; a co-developer of Arc Hydro, a GIS data model for water resources engineering; and the developer of ArcGIS-SWAT a pre-processor for the USDA Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT). He has taught short course and given seminars on the use of GIS in water resources engineering in Argentina, Brazil, Finland, Morocco, Peru, Portugal and Spain, as well as in the United States.

Dr. Raghavan Srinivasan Raghavan Srinivasan
Director, Spatial Sciences Laboratory, Texas A&M University

Dr. Srinivasan is the Director of the Spatial Sciences Laboratory at Texas A&M University and a professor in the Departments of Ecosystem Sciences and Management, and Biological and Agricultural Engineering. Dr. Srinivasan is one of the developers of Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) and travels around the world teaching SWAT workshops.

Srinivasan received the Vice Chancellor's Award in Excellence in recognition of outstanding contributions and performance as a member of a research team for 2001 (SWAT Team). For more information about the Spatial Sciences Laboratory or Srinivasan, visit: ssl.tamu.edu.

Dr. Ralph Wurbs Ralph Wurbs
Professor, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University; Associate Director for Engineering, Texas Water Resources Institute

Dr. Ralph Wurbs, P.E., Professor of Civil Engineering and TWRI Associate Director of Engineering, is the primary developer of the Water Rights Analysis Package (WRAP). He has served on the Texas A&M University faculty since 1980 and has been involved with the development and application of WRAP since its inception in the late 1980's.

Wurbs has worked closely with water agencies and consulting firms for many years in developing and applying WRAP and other water-related computer models. He has also taught numerous other continuing education courses for practicing engineers around the world, including, River Basin and River/Reservoir System Analysis with Hydrologic Engineering Center Simulation Models, Water Distribution System Analysis, Stream Hydrology and Hydraulics, and more.

For more information about Wurbs or TAMU Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, visit: www.civil.tamu.edu

Matthew Zeve Matthew Zeve
Senior Project Manager, TCB/AECOM., Houston, Texas

Matthew Zeve, P.E. CFM, is a Senior Project Manager in the Houston, Texas office of TCB/AECOM., a multi-disciplinary consulting firm. Mr. Zeve has more than seven years of experience in water resources analysis and planning. He has worked on numerous large and complex hydrologic and hydraulic projects. His hydrology and hydraulics experience includes: Floodplain management studies and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) submittals, transportation-related drainage analyses, major hydrologic and hydraulic studies, channel improvements projects, master drainage studies, drainage criteria manual development, watershed impact analyses, flooding forensic analysis, and drainage analysis for new developments.

In addition to his project responsibilities, Mr. Zeve has four years of experience in teaching hydrologic and hydraulic software and technical material to public and private entities including the Harris County Flood Control District, the City of Austin Public Works Department, the City of Charlotte Storm Water Services, the District of Columbia Emergency Management Agency, and several private engineering firms.