• 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.