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Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering
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Dan Ames

Professor
Curriculum Vitae
Full-Time Faculty
Website: https://cce.byu.edu/directory/dan-ames
Email: dan.ames@byu.edu

EB 430N
Provo, UT 84602

801-422-3620

Biography

Dr. Ames came to Brigham Young University in Fall 2012. Previously he was an Associate Professor at Idaho State University and a Research Assistant Professor at Utah State University. Dr. Ames is the original developer and project manager of several open source GIS based software tools including the widely used MapWindow GIS (www.mapwindow.org), DotSpatial Library (www.dotspatial.org) and HydroDesktop data management system (www.hydrodesktop.org). Dr. Ames’ research interests and publications include geospatial and hydrologic web services, hydrologic information systems, probabilistic watershed modeling, uncertainty characterization, terrain analysis, evapotranspiration, immersive virtual reality visualization, and open hardware data sensor networks. Dr. Ames has conducted and overseen numerous GIS and engineering software development projects funded by NSF, EPA, USGS, NASA, and various state and local agencies and private industry. He is presently the Editor-in-Chief of two academic journals, Environmental Modelling & Software and Open Water and is past president of the International Environmental Modelling & Software Society.

Research Interests

Geospatial data analysis, hydroinformatics, engineering software applications for hydrology, alternative energy, uncertainty analysis, GIS programming.

Teaching Interests

geographic information systems, programming, simulation modeling, hydrology, hydroinformatics, water resources

Courses Taught

Publications

Steven J Burian Thomas M Graziano Edward P Clark Fred L Ogden Sagy Cohen Mike Gremillion Jocelyn Burston Samuel Contorno James Halgren Ryan Johnson Nels Frazier Daniel P Ames Dylan Lee David Vallee Katie van Werkhoven Andy Wood David G. Tarboton Daniel P. Ames Jeffery S. Horsburgh Jonathan L. Goodall Alva Couch Richard Hooper Jerad Bales Shaowen Wang Anthony Castronova Martin Seul Ray Idaszak Zhiyu Li Pabitra Dash Scott Black Maurier Ramirez Hong Yi Chris Calloway Clara Cogswell Riley C Hales Gus P Williams Everett James Nelson Robert Bryan Sowby Daniel P Ames Jorge Luis Sanchez Lozano Sergio A. Barbosa Norman L Jones Gus P Williams Bako Mamane Jamila Begou Everett James Nelson Daniel P Ames Min Chen Zhen Qian Niklas Boers Anthony J. Jakeman Albert J. Kettner Martin Brandt Mei-Po Kwan Michael Batty Wenwen Li Rui Zhu Wei Luo Daniel P Ames C. Michael Barton Susan M. Cuddy Sujan Koirala Fan Zhang Carlo Ratti Jian Liu Teng Zhong Junzhi Liu Yongning Wen Songshan Yue Zhiyi Zhu Zhixin Zhang Zhuo Sun Jian Lin Zaiyang Ma Yuanqing He Kai Xu Chunxiao Zhang Hui Lin Guonian Lü Saul G. Ramirez Gus P Williams Norman L Jones Daniel P Ames Jani Radebaugh J Enoch Jones Riley C Hales Karina Larco Everett James Nelson Daniel P Ames Norman L Jones Maylee Iza S Mehan Daniel P Ames Upmanu Lall T Partridge Jenny Byrd Melissa Gallagher Emad Habib Daniel P Ames David Tarboton Michael Barton Daniel P Ames Min Chen Karin Frank H.R.A Jagers Allen Lee Stefan Reis Laura Swantek Kai Xu Min Chen Albert Kettner C. Michael Barton Barry Croke Anthony Jakeman Daniel P Ames Hsiao-Hsuan Wang Susan Cuddy Songshan Yue Yongning Wen Fengyuan Zhang Yixuan Zhang Guonian Lü Riley Hales Everett James Nelson Michael Souffront Angelica Guitierrez Christel Prudhomme Steve Kopp Daniel P Ames Gus P Williams Norman L Jones Ren Nishimura Norman L Jones Gus P Williams Daniel P Ames Bako Mamane Jamila Bagou Riley C Hales Robert Bryan Sowby Gus P Williams Everett James Nelson Daniel P Ames Jonah B Dundas Josh Ogden Daniel P Ames Rohit Khattar Everett James Nelson Norman L Jones Gus P Williams Travis McStraw Sarva T Pulla Norman L Jones Gus P Williams Cedric David Everett James Nelson Daniel P Ames Norman L Jones Gus P Williams Sarva Pulla Daniel P Ames Rohit Khattar Riley Hales Daniel P Ames Everett James Nelson Norman L Jones Gus P Williams Fengyuan Zhang Min Chen Albert Kettner Daniel P. Ames Quilon Harpham Songshan Yue Yongning Wen Guonian Lu Riley Hales Everett James Nelson Gus P Williams Norman L Jones Daniel P Ames Jon Enoch Jones Giovanni Romero Bustamante Everett James Nelson Daniel P Ames Gus P Williams Norman L Jones Enrico Boldrini Igor Chernov Jorge Luis Sanchez Lozano Danisa Dolder Gus P Williams A Woodruff Miller Everett James Nelson Norman L Jones Daniel P Ames Kyler Ashby Riley Hales Everett James Nelson Daniel P Ames Gustavious P Williams Tylor Bayer Daniel P Ames Theodore Cleveland Abhishek Amalaraj Daniel P Ames Xiaohui Qiao Zhiyu Li Fengyuan Zhang Daniel P Ames Min Chen Everett James Nelson Rohit Khattar Jorge Luis Sanchez Lozano E. Giovanni Romero Bustamente Riley Hales Everett James Nelson Gus P Williams Daniel P Ames Norman L Jones Jonathan L. Goodall Jeffrey M. Sadler Anthony M. Castronova Andrew Bennett Zhiyu Li Bart Nijssen Shaowen Wang Martyn P. Clark Daniel P Ames Jeffery S. Horsburgh Hong Yi Christina Bandaragoda Martin Seul Richard Hooper David G. Tarboton Steven W Evans Norman L Jones Gus P Williams Daniel P Ames Everett James Nelson Steven Evans Gus P Williams Norman L Jones Daniel P Ames Everett James Nelson Min Chen Alexey Voinov Daniel P Ames Albert J Kettner Jonathan L Goodall Anthony J Jakeman Michael Barton Quillon Harpham Susan M Cuddy Cecelia DeLuca others C. Michael Barton Marina Alberti Daniel P Ames Jo An Atkinson Jerad Bales Edmund Burke Min Chen Saikou Y. Diallo David J.D. Earn Brian Fath Zhilan Feng Christopher Gibbons Ross Hammond Jane Heffernan Heather Houser Peter S. Hovmand Birgit Kopainsky Patricia L. Mabry Christina Mair Petra Meier Rebecca Niles Brian Nosek Nathaniel Osgood Suzanne Pierce J. Gareth Polhill Lisa Prosser Erin Robinson Cynthia Rosenzweig Shankar Sankaran Kurt Stange Gregory Tucker Rohit Khattar Daniel P Ames Michael A. Souffront Alcantara Everett James Nelson Kiran Shakya Christopher Edwards Wade Roberts Corey Krewson Daniel P Ames Norman L Jones Angelica Gutierrez Everett James Nelson Sarva T. Pulla Mir A. Matin Kiran Shakya Norman L Jones Daniel P Ames W. Lee Ellenburg Kel N. Markert Cédric H. David Benjamin F. Zaitchik Patrick Gatlin Riley Hales Xiaohui Qiao Everett James Nelson Daniel P Ames Z. Li Cédric H. David Gus P Williams Wade Roberts Jorge Luis Sánchez Lozano C. Edwards Michael Souffront M. A. Matin Elise K. Jackson Wade Roberts Benjamin Nelsen Gustavious Paul Williams Everett James Nelson Daniel P Ames Serena H. Hamilton Baihua Fu Joseph H.A. Guillaume Jennifer Badham Sondoss Elsawah Patricia Gober Randall J. Hunt Takuya Iwanaga Anthony J. Jakeman Daniel P Ames Allan Curtis Mary C. Hill Suzanne A. Pierce Fateme Zare Jennifer Badham Sondoss Elsawah Joseph H.A. Guillaume Serena H. Hamilton Randall J. Hunt Anthony J. Jakeman Suzanne A. Pierce Valerie O. Snow Meghna Babbar-Sebens Baihua Fu Patricia Gober Mary C. Hill Takuya Iwanaga Daniel P. Loucks Wendy S. Merritt Scott D. Peckham Amy K. Richmond Fateme Zare Daniel P Ames Gabriele Bammer Xiaohui Qiao Zhiyu Li Daniel P Ames Everett James Nelson Nathan Swain Fengyuan Zhang Min Chen Daniel P Ames Chaoran Shen Songshan Yue Yongning Wen Guanian Lü Wade Roberts Gus P Williams Elise Jackson Everett James Nelson Daniel P Ames Wade Roberts Elise Jackson Gus P Williams Everett James Nelson Daniel P Ames Jake Nelson Daniel P Ames David Blodgett Fernando Salas Everett James Nelson Daniel P Ames Daniel Siegel Michael A Souffront Christian Kesler Michael J Stealey Everett James Nelson Daniel P Ames Norman L Jones Shawn Crawley Daniel P Ames Zhiyu Li David Tarboton Michael A Souffront Shawn Crawley Michael J Stealey Everett James Nelson Daniel P Ames Norman L Jones Jiří Kadlec Daniel P Ames Nathan Swain Scott D. Christensen Alan D. Snow Herman Dolder Gonzalo Espinoza-Dávalos Norman L Jones Everett James Nelson Daniel P Ames Steven J. Burian Alan D. Snow Scott D. Christensen Nathan R. Swain Everett James Nelson Daniel P Ames Norman L Jones Deng Ding Nawajish Noman Cedric H. David Florian Pappenberger Jiří Kadlec A Woodruff Miller Daniel P Ames Daniel P Ames Jeffery S Horsburgh Yang Cao Kadlec Jiří Timothy Whiteaker David Valentine Christopher Michaelis Daniel P Ames Sudhanshu S Panda Daniel Steele Daniel P Ames Mansoor Raza Keith Weber Sylvio Mannel Daniel P Ames Robin Patillo G A Alexandrov Daniel P Ames G Bellocchi M Bruen N Crout M Erechtchoukova A Hildebrandt A Hoffman C Jackisch P Khaiter G Mannina T Matsunaga S T Purucker M Rivington L Samaniego Christopher Michaelis Daniel P Ames

Presentations

Daniel P Ames
Daniel P Ames Gus P Williams Norman L Jones Everett James Nelson Nathan Swain
Daniel P Ames Nathan Swain Ibrahim Demir
Daniel P Ames
Daniel P Ames Iman Maghami E Giovanni Romero Gui da Silva Jacob Anderson Kel Markert
Iman Maghami Easton Perkins Jacob Anderson Jerson Garcia Roja Najafi Daniel P Ames
Iman Maghami Easton Perkins Jacob Anderson Jerson Garcia Roja Najafi Daniel P Ames
Daniel P Ames
Gui da Silva Iman Maghami Kel Markert Daniel P Ames
Sushant Mehan Daniel P Ames Upmanu Lall Trevor Partridge
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Daniel P Ames Easton Perkins Justin Hunter Olivia Neeley Martin Seul
Emad Habib Daniel P Ames HydroLearn Development Team
David Tarboton Daniel P Ames HydroShare Development Team
Daniel P Ames Hart Henrichsen Rohit Khattar Martin Seul David Tarboton
Rohit Khattar Daniel P Ames Nathan Swain Riley Hales Norman L Jones Everett James Nelson
Riley Hales Everett James Nelson Daniel P Ames
Rollin Hull Hotchkiss Daniel P Ames Sam Oldham Salvador Vinay
Daniel P Ames
Riley Hales Everett James Nelson Rohit Khattar Daniel P Ames Angelica Gutierrez
Daniel P Ames David G. Tarboton
Daniel P Ames Rohit Khattar Everett James Nelson Norman L Jones Gus P Williams
Everett James Nelson Jorge Luis Sanchez Elkin Giovanni Romero Bustamante Riley Hales Daniel P Ames
Norman L Jones Gus P Williams Sarva Pulla Daniel P Ames