Thomas Wild Email & Phone Number

College Park, MD, US

College Park, Maryland

College Park, Maryland

School Of Civil And Environmental Engineering

Developing decision support tools for identifying and evaluating alternative hydropower dam siting, design and operations opportunities in the Mekong River Basin to improve sediment and fish passage through and around dams while still maintaining significant hydropower production.Research being conducted in partnership with the Natural Heritage Institute.

School Of Civil And Environmental Engineering

Doctoral Dissertation Topic: Development of SedSim, a system simulation model for the preliminary screening of sediment transport and management in river basins, and application of SedSim to evaluate tradeoffs among sediment and water flow regime alteration and energy production for different sediment management options at dams in the Mekong River.

School Of Civil And Environmental Engineering

Course: Engineering Economics and Management (CEE 3230). Taught in Summer 2010 and Summer 2012.Duties: Prepared and delivered lectures, held weekly recitation sections and office hours, and prepared and graded assignments and exams.

School Of Civil And Environmental Engineering

Course: Engineering Economics and Management, Spring Semester (2009-2012)Instructors: Prof. Daniel P. Loucks, Dr. Frances Vanek Duties: Prepared and led weekly recitation sections, held office hours, and graded examsCourse: Uncertainty Analysis in Engineering, Fall Semester (2008)Instructor: Prof. Jery Stedinger Duties: Prepared and led weekly recitation.

School Of Civil And Environmental Engineering

Master’s Thesis Topic: Development and evaluation of the Stream Water Quality (SWQ) Model, which implements a highly flexible, semi-Lagrangian backtracking approach to water quality modeling that permits the use of any time step and segmenting scheme.

Gaithersburg, Maryland

• Coordinated with pump suppliers and performed system hydraulic analyses to recommend appropriate pumping schemes to be integrated into two different wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs).
• Used GIS and TR-55 to help conduct an analysis of the capacity of, and required additions to, storm water infrastructure in and around a WWTP in Hagerstown, MD.
• Responsible for operating the Baltimore City Smoketesting Hotline, which was established to help residents acquire information about smoke tests being performed on their sewer systems.

Baltimore, Maryland

• Prepared suggestions regarding selection of laboratory instruments and online analyzers required for process control and calibration at Patapsco WWTP in Baltimore, MD.
• Analyzed and prepared WWTP effluent data, and recorded meaningful trends in the data.

Washington, DC

• Reviewed District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority’s (DCWASA’s) design drawings and specifications manuals to identify deficiencies and perform quantity takeoff estimates.
• Prepared valve shutdown plans, which directed DCWASA maintenance crews to the appropriate locations of valves to be closed in emergency situations.

Washington, DC

• Participated in research conducted at the DCWASA Fort Reno Reservoir to identify the optimum mixture of chemicals to treat the water supply while reducing harmful lead decay.
• Operated the lead and copper electrochemistry and pipe loop experimentation, monitored experimental conditions, and collected and analyzed samples.
• Conducted field surveying for DCWASA to verify existence of lead pipe replacement sites, measure dimensions of replacement sites, and identify types of excavation materials.

Washington, DC

• Populated a water main break database for DCWASA used for plotting main break trends.
• Aided engineers in inspecting as-built drawings for the prevalence of lead service lines.

Beltsville, Maryland

• Participated in research conducted by a team of scientists at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service regarding the ability of algal turf scrubbers to recover nitrogen and phosphorous from animal manure runoff. Algal.
• Maintained and monitored experimental conditions in the scrubbers, and collected and analyzed samples of algae and effluent.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Civil Engineering

Dissertation Title: "Managing Flow, Sediment and Hydropower in the Mekong River Basin." Description: Development of SedSim, a system.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Civil Engineering

Thesis Title: "Development and Evaluation of the Stream Water Quality (SWQ) Model". Description: Development and evaluation of the Stream.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Civil Engineering

Activities and Societies: Engineers without Borders (EWB): Co-student project manager of a 2-year, four-phase water-supply project in a.