@JWolfand

Assistant Prof. in Civil Eng @UPortland. Interests in urban hydrology, stormwater, plastic pollution, STEM ed. she/her

 Portland, OR
sites.up.edu/wolfand
Joined February 2016
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Really proud of our new(ish) paper in the special issue on Women in Hydrology in JoH! We developed a framework for balancing water management decisions to support ecological goals in urban rivers @terri_hogue @KrisTaniguchi @re_abdi @Hydro_E_Gallo + others doi.org/10.1016/j.hydroa.202…
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Yay, so proud of my research student Maya!
University Of Portland@UPortland27 Jan 2023
Pilots are changing the world: Civil Engineering major Maya Struzak '24 is collaborating with professors to bridge inequalities by building bioretention systems for stormwater treatment.
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Megan Konar@MeganKonar17 Jan 2023
Hydropower can be increased within strict environmental constraints. Global hydropower potential is 5.27 PWh yr−1, mostly in the Himalayas. Africa’s potential is 0.60 PWh yr−1, four times larger than its developed hydropower. nature.com/articles/s44221-0…
National developed hydropower as a percentage of full profitable potential. The green areas represent countries in which hydropower development can be continued, the red areas represent countries whose developed hydropower exceeds the full profitable potential and the red hatched areas indicate countries whose developed hydropower exceeds the full feasible potential. The bar charts represent the full feasible, full profitable and developed hydropower (in TWh yr−1) of each continent.

ALT National developed hydropower as a percentage of full profitable potential. The green areas represent countries in which hydropower development can be continued, the red areas represent countries whose developed hydropower exceeds the full profitable potential and the red hatched areas indicate countries whose developed hydropower exceeds the full feasible potential. The bar charts represent the full feasible, full profitable and developed hydropower (in TWh yr−1) of each continent.

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the Big Pipe is almost full 😕 portland.gov/bes/big-pipe-tr…
Jeff Forgeron@WeatherJefe26 Dec 2022
SOAKER TODAY & TUESDAY: Subtropical moisture will stream into the PNW over the next 2 days, resulting in impressive rain totals + high elevation snow (along & west of Cascades). Many will see 1.5-3” of rain, with 4-6” along parts of coast, Coast Range & Cascades. #PDX #ORwx #WAwx
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No joke had a student do this 100+ times on a final project. They were super proud of their code (I mean, it worked, which is sometimes all you need!)
Sean Leonard@spleonard113 Dec 2022
Sure I could write a ‘loop’ or a ‘function’ but what if I just copy and paste and replace all 20 times, instead. Who’s gonna stop me?
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If you’re at #AGU22, check out @hydro_kyleb sharing our cool (pun intended) educational lab/demo on urban heat tomorrow! #STEMeducation
Kyle Blount@hydro_kyleb11 Dec 2022
Replying to @hydro_kyleb
Tomorrow I'll be sharing about work @pigyachty, @JWolfand & I have done on developing an quantitative ET lab and informal urban heat demo (w/ @OMSI Sci Comm Fellows Program). 10:15 in N246c.
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Found this nugget hidden in student code comments😭
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Great photos and read on the LA river, which having studied it for the last 5 years is near and dear to my hydrologic heart
The New York Times
@nytimes12 Nov 2022
At 51 miles long, it’s one of America’s largest infrastructure projects. Angelenos live along it, but know little of its origins — nor its role in protecting them from devastating floods. Is it time for the Los Angeles River to serve the city in a new way? nyti.ms/3O53LSC

Remaking the River That Remade L.A. (Published 2022)

Over the past century it has been channeled, subdued, blighted. Is it time for the Los Angeles River to serve the city in a new way?

nytimes.com
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Yes and yes. The struggle is real :/
The New York Times
@nytimes1 Nov 2022
U.S. colleges are welcoming students who missed a lot of high school instruction in the pandemic. Many students are behind, especially in math, and getting a degree could be harder. nyti.ms/3STcojK

The Pandemic Generation Goes to College. It Has Not Been Easy. (Published 2022)

Students missed a lot of high school instruction. Now many are behind, especially in math, and getting that degree could be harder.

nytimes.com
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NWS Seattle
@NWSSeattle11 Oct 2022
Oct 11th 2022 vs Oct 11 2021 from space over the Pacific NW using NASA Modis imagery.
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Jeff Forgeron@WeatherJefe7 Oct 2022
A preliminary magnitude 4.2 #earthquake just rattled northwest Oregon. It occurred about 9 miles east southeast of Lacomb, Oregon. Did you feel it? I sure did in Portland.
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First flush storm today, and I couldn’t be more excited! Circle back to me in late May when it’s still raining #pdxwx
Mark Nelsen@MarkNelsenWx27 Sep 2022
Be VERY careful Wednesday morning during the first few hours of rain. A summer's worth of oils, dirt, & grease will combine with rain to make for slippery spots. It happens every time we have a long dry spell and then rain returns
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Interested in doing a postdoc in Duluth, MN? Come join us! We are looking for an environmental engineer with a background in environmental microbiology, biotechnology, and an interest in developing biological treatment technologies. hr.myu.umn.edu/psc/hrprd/EMP…
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NWS Portland
@NWSPortland12 Sep 2022
615 am | The Portland Airport recorded 0.02" of rain ending it's streak of days without measurable rain at 67...just 4 days shy of the longest streak on record set in 1967. Other recent long dry streaks include 57 days in 2017 & 51 in 2012 & 2021. #pdxtst #orwx #wawx
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Anna O'Brien@anna_mobrien29 Aug 2022
New! We illustrate harnessing plant-microbiome variation for bioremediation. Microcosms w/ rural duckweed genotypes, diverse microbiomes & algae transformed more model contaminant benzotriazole @EPasseport @LeFevreLab @ME_Frederickson Eric Yu, Clara Pencer doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.202…
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Woohoo, first day of school!
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Excited to meet my students, but the struggle to keep up with research begins
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Sarah Cooley@sarahwcooley22 Aug 2022
🚨Job Alert🚨 Come work at @uoregon! We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Climatology/Climate Change Impacts (broadly defined). I can attest that Eugene is a fantastic place to live and work, with many wonderful colleagues in @uogeog and @UO_Geology. careers.uoregon.edu/en-us/jo…
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gretabinford@gretabinford12 Aug 2022
The Biology Dept. at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, OR, is looking for a tenure-track Ecologist. This is one of 7 tenure track searches at LC, 4 in STEM fields. Please share this broadly and help us recruit an awesome new colleague. #ESA2022
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Hoori Ajami@AjamiHoori28 Jul 2022
Postdoc position in Integrated Watershed Modeling @ UC Riverside! Join our team and work with Jirka Simunek, Scott Bradford, @AjamiHoori, and Menberu Meles @UCR @USDA ARS
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