McDonald Hydrology
Research Group Director
Dr. Walter McDonald is an assistant 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
Benjamin Bodus, PhD Student
Pollutant mitigation of green stormwater infrastructure
Kassidy O’Malley, PhD Student
Antibiotic resistance genes in stormwater systems
Co-advised with Dr. Patrick McNamara
Matthew Dupasquier, MS Student
Remote sensing of green infrastructure
Joe Branca, MS Student
Improving green infrastructure design
Omar Hegazy, MS Student
Estimating flow rates with dstributed temperature sensing
Post-docs
Abhiram Pamula
Remote sensing of stormwater
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
Undergraduate Students
Current Students.
Nicole Rupar. Stormwater infrastructure monitoring
Jordan Gastos. Stormwater infrastructure monitoring
Former Students
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