István
BOGÁRDI
Education:
- Ph.D. Risk Analysis,
Technical University of Budapest
- M.S. Economics, Budapest
University of Economics
- M.S. Hydraulic Engineering,
Technical University of Budapest
- B.S. Civil Engineering,
Technical University of Budapest
Areas of Interest:
- Space-time analysis
of precipitation
- Climate change
- Risk and reliability
- Multicriterion decision
making and flood management
Academic Experience:
- 1985-present Professor,
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln,
Nebraska. Teaching hydrology and water resources systems analysis and conducting
research on applied systems analysis to water resources.
- 2000-2001 Fulbright
professor in Europe
- 1993-1994 Invited professor,
Department of Water Resources, University of Natural Resources, Vienna, Austria
- 1982-1985 Invited professor,
Agricultural Water Management, Godollo University of Agriculture, Hungary.
- 1976-present Lectures
on systems analysis application in postgraduate courses organized by the U.N.
and its specialized agencies.
- 1972-present Special
lectures at European, United States and Canadian Universities (Columbia, UBC,
Seattle, Colorado, Illinois, UCLA, University of Arizona, Princeton, Rutgers,
New York Institute of Technology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, etc.).
- 1970-present Professor
of Hydrology, Water Resources Systems and Flood Control, UNESCO. Postgraduate
course on Hydrology, Budapest, Hungary.
Selected Other Professional Experience:
- Director, NATO Advanced
Research Workshop: Nitrate Contamination: Exploration, Consequence and Control,
1990.
- Codirector, NATO Advanced
Research Institute: Transboundary Water Resources Management, 1994.
- Consultant, UNESCO,
Water Resources Systems, 1985-Present.
- U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Environmental and health risk assessment, 1988- Present.
- U.S. Soil Conservation
Service, Soil classification, 1990-Present
- Joint research on systems
analysis with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg,
Austria, 1975-present.
- Water resources expertise
in U.N. mission for several developing countries, 1975 - present.
Professional Affiliations:
- Member, Hungarian Academy
of Engineers
- Member, American Geophysical
Union
- Member, Society for
Risk Analysis
- Member, International
Geostatistical Society
- Member, International
Water Resources Association
- Member, Hungarian Hydrological
Society
- Secretary, Water Management
Section, Int. Association for Hydraulic Research
Research Projects:
- Fuzzy Regression and
Interpolation with Application to Fuzzy Reliability. Sponsored by the National
Science Foundation, 1988-1990, $64,390.
- Practical Choice of
Multicriterion Decision Making Techniques. Sponsored by the National Science
Foundation, 1987-1990, $10,000 (in cooperation with L Duckstein).
- Evaluation and Design
of Geophysical Monitoring Network for Groundwater Contamination. W.E. Kelly,
Co-Principal Investigator. Sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1987-1990,
$70,362.
- Risk Management for
Nitrate-Contaminated Groundwater Supplies. M. Dahab, Co-Principal Investigator.
Sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1988-1990, $96,338.
- A Conceptual Model for
Risk-Cost Analysis. W.E. Kelly, Co-Principal Investigator. Sponsored by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, May-December 1988, $13,563.
- Analysis of Dredged
Material Management; Test Application. W.E. Kelly, Co-Principal Investigator.
Sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, April 1989-March 1990, $76,720.
- Groundwater Contamination
Control: Monitoring and Design. Sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1988-1990,
$30,000.
- Advanced Research Workshop;
Nitrate Contamination: Exploration, Consequence and Control. Sponsored by
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, January-December 1990, $40,000.
- Geoelectrics and Geostatistics
for Characterizing Ground Water Protection Zones and Soil Liners. W.E. Kelly,
Co-Principal Investigator. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, October
1990-September 1992, $250,000.
- Uncertainty Analysis
of Dredged Material Risk Assessment. W.E. Kelly, Co-Principal Investigator.
Sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, April 1990-March 1991, $76,000.
- Incorporation of Fuzzy
Set Techniques to Account for Uncertainties in Extremes under Changing Climatology.
L. Duckstein, Co-Principal Investigator. Sponsored by the National Science
Foundation, January 1991-December 1993, $200,000.
- Integrating Engineering,
the Humanities and the Social Sciences, Sponsored by the U.S. Information
Agency, August 1, 1991-Sept. 1996, $80,000
- Effect of Global Climate
Change on Regional Hydrology, National Science Foundation, July 1, 1992-Dec.31,
1994, $150,000
- Prediction of Local
Hydrology under Global Climate Change, National Science Foundation, Aug.1,
1992-Jan.31, 1997, $35,000
- Space-Time Local Hydrology
Influenced by Changing Climatology, Dept. of Energy, June 1, 1993-Dec. 31,
1996, $160.000
- Effect of Climate Change
on Water Quality, NATO, Sept.1, 1992-Aug. 31,1997, $11.000
- Fuzzy Rule-Based Modeling
of Extremes under Climate Change, NSF, June, 1997-May, 1999, $101,000
- Development and Implementation
of a Comprehensive Lake and Reservoir Strategy, January, EPA, 2001 - December
2003, $1,226,000.
Publications