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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

Jorge Luis Sanchez-Lozano Giovanni E. Romero-Bustamante Riley C. Hales Everett James Nelson Gus P Williams Daniel P Ames Norman L Jones Angelica L. Gutierrez C. Cardona-Almeida Ebrahim hamidi Hart Henrichsen Abbie Sandquist Hongyuan Zhang Hamed Moftakhari Daniel P Ames Shaowu Bao Celso Ferreira Kyle Mandli Young-Don Choi Iman Maghami Jonathan L. Goodall Lawrence Band Ayman Nassar Laurence Lin Linnea Saby Zhiyu Li Shaowen Wang Chris Calloway Hong Yi Martin Seul Daniel P Ames David G. Tarboton Darlly Judith Lesmes Jorge Luis Lozano Everett James Nelson Mario German Vela Gus P Williams Daniel P Ames Norman L Jones Angelica L. Gutierrez E. Giovanni Bustamante Riley Hales Kel N. Markert Hyongki Lee Gustavious P. Williams E. James Nelson Daniel P Ames Robert E. Griffin Franz J. Meyer Manoj Lamichhane Abin Raj Chapagain Sushant Mehan Daniel P Ames Sagar Kafle Kel N Markert Gui da Silva Daniel P Ames Iman Maghami Gus P Williams Everett James Nelson James Halgren Arpita Patel Adler Santos Michael J Ames Kel N. Markert Gustavious P. Williams E. James Nelson Daniel P Ames Hyongki Lee Robert E. Griffin Kai Xu Daniel P Ames Albert J. Kettner C. Michael Barton Anthony J. Jakeman Renyu Chen Min Chen 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 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 Tarboton Jeffery S Horsburgh Daniel P Ames Jonathan L Goodall Shaowen Wang Hong Yi Anthony Castronova Martin Seul Maurier Ramirez Scott Black Pabitra K Dash Chris Calloway Jordan S Reed Riley C. Hales Gustavious P. Williams E. James Nelson Robert B. Sowby Daniel P Ames Jorge Luis Lozano 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 Chad Hales Karina Larco E. James Nelson Daniel P Ames Norman L. Jones Maylee Iza 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 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 Travis McStraw Sarva T Pulla Norman L Jones Gus P Williams Cedric David Everett James Nelson Daniel P Ames Michael Barton Daniel P Ames Min Chen Karin Frank H.R.A Jagers Allen Lee Stefan Reis Laura Swantek 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 Riley C. Hales Robert B. Sowby Gustavious P. Williams E. James Nelson Daniel P Ames Jonah B. Dundas Josh Ogden Daniel P Ames Rohit Khattar Everett James Nelson Norman L Jones Gus P Williams Rohit Khattar Riley Hales Daniel P Ames Everett James Nelson Norman L Jones Gus P Williams Norman L Jones Gus P Williams Sarva Pulla Daniel P Ames 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 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 Steven Evans Gus P Williams Norman L Jones Daniel P Ames Everett James Nelson 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 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 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 Elise K. Jackson Wade Roberts Benjamin Nelsen Gustavious P. Williams E. James Nelson Daniel P Ames 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 Gustavious P. Williams Elise Jackson E. James Nelson Daniel P Ames Wade Roberts Gus P Williams Elise Jackson Everett James Nelson Daniel P Ames Michael A. Souffront Alcantara Christian Kesler Michael J. Stealey E. James Nelson Daniel P Ames Norm L. Jones 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 Jiří Kadlec Daniel P Ames 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 Darren Hinton Rollin Hotchkiss Daniel P Ames Daniel P Ames Allen Anselmo Ari Jolma Daniel P Ames Ned Horning Helena Mitasova Markus Neteler Aaron Racicot Tim Sutton Nathan R. Swain Scott D. Christensen Alan D. Snow Herman Dolder Gonzalo Espinoza-Dávalos Erfan Goharian Norman L. Jones E. James Nelson Daniel P Ames Steven J. Burian 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 Jiří Kadlec A Woodruff Miller Daniel P Ames 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 Dustin H. Woodbury Daniel P Ames Stephen Duncan Greg Gault Jeffrey Joe Kelsie Hendrickson Maria Wong Stephanie Kane David Solan Juliet Carlisle David Koehler Daniel P Ames Robert Beazer Jeffrey Sadler Daniel P Ames Shaun J Livingston Jeffrey Sadler Daniel P Ames Rohit Khattar Maosheng Ge Pute Wu Delan Zhu Daniel P Ames Daniel P Ames Daniel P Ames Allen Anselmo Ari Jolma Daniel P Ames Ned Horning Helena Mitasova Markus Neteler Aaron Racicot Tim Sutton Christopher D. Michaelis Daniel P Ames Everett James Nelson Angélica Gutiérrez-Magness Daniel P Ames Norman L Jones Gus P Williams Daniel P Ames David G. Tarboton Justin Brewer Daniel P Ames David Solan Randy Lee Juliet Carlisle Bryson L Webber Keith T Weber Pat E Clark Corey A Moffet Daniel P Ames J Bret Taylor Douglas E Johnson John G Kie Jian Wang Delan Zhu Lin Zhang Daniel P Ames Jiri Kadlec Bryn StClair Daniel P Ames Richard Angus Gill Nathan R. Swain Kilisimasi Latu Scott D. Christensen Norman L Jones Everett James Nelson Daniel P Ames Gus P Williams Carlos A. Osorio-Murillo Matthew Over Heather Savoy Daniel P Ames Yoram Rubin Edward W Kern Rollin Hull Hotchkiss Daniel P Ames Mansoor Baloch Daniel P Ames Aysegul Tanik Fernando Fan Ayan S Fleischmann Walter Collischonn Daniel P Ames Daniel Rigo Shane Hayden Daniel P Ames Derrick Turner Thomas Keene David Andrus Ping Yang Daniel P Ames André Fonseca Danny Anderson Rupesh Shrestha Nancy F Glenn Yang Cao Derrick Turner Daniel P Ames Carlos Osorio-Murillo Daniel P Ames Heather Frystacky Yoram Rubin Cuyler Frisby Daniel P Ames Nicholas Martin Brant Peery Sam Alessi Randy D Lee Leng Vang Scott Brown David Solan Daniel P Ames David G Tarboton Ray Idaszak Jeffery S. Horsburgh Jefferson Heard Daniel P Ames Jonathan L. Goodall Larry Band Venkatesh Merwade Alva Couch Jennifer Arrigo Richard Hooper David Valentine David Maidment Ping Yang Daniel P Ames Andre Fonseca Danny Anderson Rupesh Shrestha Nancy F Glenn Yang Cao Rohit Khattar Daniel P Ames Daniel P Ames Kasem Pinthong Michael Scott Rohit Khattar David Solan Randy D Lee Jeffrey M Sadler Daniel P Ames Rohit Khattar Ralf Denzer Peter Fitch Ioannis N Athanasiadis Daniel P Ames Danny Anderson Daniel P Ames Ping Yang André R Fonseca Daniel P Ames Ping Yang Cidália Botelho Rui Boaventura Vítor Jorge Vilar Lafe Conner Daniel P Ames Richard Angus Gill Stephen Bolster Daniel P Ames Everett James Nelson Steven J Burian Jeffery S Horsburgh David E Rosenberg Daniel P Ames Laura G Hunter Courtenay Strong James Kuiper Daniel P Ames David Koehler Randy Lee Ted Quinby Daniel P Ames Jeffery S Horsburgh Yang Cao Kadlec Jiří Timothy Whiteaker David Valentine Yang Cao Daniel P Ames Carlos Osorio-Murillo Matthew Over Daniel P Ames Yoram Rubin Daniel P Ames Jeffery Horsburgh Yang Cao Jiri Kadlec Timothy Whiteaker David Valentine Eric Fritzinger Sergiu M. Dascalu Daniel P Ames Karl Benedict Ivan Gibbs Michael J McMahon Frederick C Harris Jiří Kadlec Daniel P Ames Everett James Nelson Kadlec Jiří Daniel P Ames Yang Cao Daniel P Ames Ping Yang Christopher Michaelis Daniel P Ames Sudhanshu S Panda Daniel Steele Daniel P Ames Ari Jolma Daniel P Ames Ned Horning Helena Mitasova M Neteler Aaron Racicot Timothy Sutton Mansoor Raza Keith Weber Sylvio Mannel Daniel P Ames Robin Patillo David G Tarboton David Maidment Ilya Zaslavsky Daniel P Ames Jonathon Goodall Jeffrey Horsburgh David Valentine Timothy Whiteaker Kim Schreuders 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 Brian Marchionni Daniel P Ames Harold A Dunsford Daniel P Ames Danny Anderson Daniel P Ames Mansoor A Baloch Daniel P Ames Aysegul Tanik Jiří Kadlec Daniel P Ames David G Tarboton David Maidment Ilya Zaslavsky Daniel P Ames Jon Goodall Jeffery Horsburgh Michael Piasecki Daniel P Ames Jonathon Goodall Richard Hooper Jeffrey Horsburgh David Maidment David G Tarboton Ilya Zaslavsky Tevaganthan Veluppillai Daniel P Ames Linda Ondrej Milos Manic Mansoor Baloch Daniel P Ames Sudhanshu Panda Suranjan Panigrahi Daniel P Ames Sudhanshu Panda Daniel P Ames Suranjan Panigrahi Vitit Kantabutra John Owens Daniel P Ames C N Burns Barbara Stephenson Vitit Kantabutra Daniel P Ames Daniel P Ames Jeffery Horsburgh Jonathon Goodall Timothy Whiteaker David Tarboton David Maidment Wisam Mohammad Daniel P Ames Ahmed Aburizaiza Harold A Dunsford Daniel P Ames Daniel P Ames Eric Rafn Robert Van Kirk Benjamin Crosby Christopher Michaelis Daniel P Ames Ahmad O. Aburizaiza Daniel P Ames John B Owens May Yuan M Wachowicz Vitit Kantabutra E. A. Coppola Daniel P Ames A Gangemi Eric B. Rafn Bryce Contor Daniel P Ames Christopher D. Michaelis Daniel P Ames Daniel P Ames Upmanu Lall Daniel P Ames Daniel P Ames Allen Anselmo Ari Jolma Daniel P Ames Ned Horning Helena Mitasova Marcus Neteler Aaron Racicot Timothy Sutton Ari Jolma Daniel P Ames Ned Horning Helena Mitasova Marcus Neteler Aaron Racicot Timothy Sutton Daniel P Ames Christopher Michaelis Allen Anselmo Lailin Chen Harold A Dunsford Christopher Michaelis Daniel P Ames Daniel P Ames Allen Anselmo Ari Jolma Daniel P Ames Ned Horning Helena Mitasova Markus Neteler Aaron Racicot Tim Sutton Daniel P Ames Christopher Michaelis Daniel P Ames Gary Watry Daniel P Ames Daniel P Ames Daniel P Ames Daniel P Ames Bethany Neilson David K Stevens Upmanu Lall Daniel P Ames Daniel P Ames Bethany T. Neilson David G Tarboton Daniel P Ames Daniel P Ames

Presentations

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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