McDonald Hydrology
Research Group Director
Dr. Walter McDonald is an associate professor in the Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Department at Marquette University. Dr. McDonald obtained a PhD in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech in 2016 and holds a MS in Civil Engineering (2012) from Texas A&M University and a BS in Civil Engineering (2010) from Texas Tech University.
Graduate Students
Omar Hegazy, Ph.D. Student
Estimating flow rates with distributed temperature sensing
Md Sakib, M.S. Student
PFAS in stormwater systems
Patrick O’Brien, M.S. Student
Remote sensing of water quality
Sasha Razin, M.S. Student
Green stormwater infrastructure design and performance
Former Students
Joe Naughton. M.S. Student
Current: Program Analyst, NOAA OAR's International Activities Office
Nathan Hay. M.S. Student
Current: Civil Engineer, U.S. Forest Service, San Diego, CA
Elizabeth Regier, M.S. Student
Current: Engineer, HNTB
Spencer Sebo, M.S. Student
Current: CEO, Water Intelligence, LLC
Catherine Sullivan, M.S. Student
Current: Engineer, RJN Group
Greg Dieter, M.S. Student
Current: Engineer, Confluency
Charitha Gunawardana, Ph.D. Student
Current: Water Resources Engineer - Sonoma County Water Agency
Kassidy O’Malley, Ph.D. Student
Current: Engineer, Jacobs
Matthew Dupasquier, M.S. Student
Current: Engineer, Strand Associates
Benjamin Bodus, Ph.D. Student
Current: Engineer, Hey and Associates
Joe Branca, M.S. Student
Abhiram Pamula, Postdoc
Current: Postdoctoral Researcher, Baylor University
Undergraduate Students
Current Students.
Dominic Krzeczkowski. Satellite remote sensing of infrastructure
Former Students
Dane Katz. Statistical analysis of GSI data
Oriana Ognar. Drone remote sensing of green stormwater infrastructure
Sasha Razin. Green infrastructure monitoring
Patrick O’Brien. Highway runoff monitoring and PFAS assessment
Camille Nitsch. Machine learning classifications of stormwater infrastructure
Nicole Rupar. Stormwater infrastructure monitoring
Cece Carrillo. Highway runoff monitoring
Claire Connelly. Geospatial assessment of stormwater
Owen Zeisler. Water quality monitoring of stormwater
Casey Carslon. Water quality monitoring of stormwater
Jordan Gastos. Stormwater infrastructure monitoring
Aminata Ndiaye. Inspection of green infrastructure with drones
James Kuchera. Green infrasturcture design standards
Mia Ketelhohn. Stormwater infrastructure and temperature monitoring
Edwin Baiden. Monitoring stormwater land and runoff temperatures with drones
Cesar Aguirre. Modeling of tire wear particles in stormwater runoff
Matt Dupasquier. Temperature mitigation in green infrastructure
Veronika Folvarska. Monitoring green stormwater infrastructure.
Colin Barrington. Evaluation of nation-wide TMDL compliance
Rich Gonzini. Remote sensing of water quality
Denny Malec. Impact of residential hydrology on inflow and infiltration
Yuhan Dai. Thermal land use analysis using GIS and drone imagery
Adam Gottlieb. Assessing the impact of Hurricane Harvey on flood frequency equations
Julian Velazquez. Modeling the Ochomogo River watershed, Nicaragua
Mike Heinz. Synthesis of stormwater regulatory criteria across the U.S.
Kevin Hautzinger. Evaluation of MS4 compliance in southeastern Wisconson