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Book Chapter Hodges BR, Yu CW, Liu F. New approaches to solving the Saint-Vernant equations. In:RIver Flow 2020 Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, Delft, Netherlands, July 7-10, 2020, pp. 1089-1096.. Taylor & Francis Group, London, UK. R835950 (2020)
Dissertation/Thesis Tiernan, E., Developing SWMMCALPY:an automated genetic approach to calibrating the storm water management model. Master's Thesis, Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, June 2018. R835950 (2018)
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Journal Article Abokifa AA, Maheshwari A, Gudi RD, Biswas P. Influence of dead-end sections of drinking water distribution networks on optimization of booster chlorination systems. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 2019;145(12):04019053. R835950 (2019)
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Journal Article Abokifa A A, Xing L, Sela L. Investigating the impacts of water conservation on water quality in distribution networks using an advection-dispersion transport model. Water 2020;12(4):1033 R835950 (2020)
Journal Article Abokifa A, Sela L. Integrating spatial clustering with predictive modeling of pipe failures in water distribution systems. URBAN WATER JOURNAL 2023;20(4):465-476 R835950 (2021)
Journal Article Berglund EZ, Pesantez JE, Rasekh A, Shafiee, ME, Sela L, Haxton T. Review of modeling methodologies for managing water distribution security. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 2020;146(8):03120001 R835950 (2020)
Journal Article Hodges B. Conservative finite-volume forms of the Saint-Venant equations for hydrology and urban drainage. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 2019;23(3):1281-1304. R835950 (2021)
Journal Article Hodges B, Sharior S, Tiernan E, Jenkins E, Rano-Briceno G, Davila-Hernandez C, Madadi-Kandjani E, Yu C. Introducing SWMM5+. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 2024;150(10) R835950 (Final)
Journal Article Hodges BR, An artificial compressibility method for 1D simulation of open-channel and pressurized-pipe flow. Wate2020;12:6:1727. R835950 (2020)
Journal Article Morales-Hernandez M, Sharif MB, Gangrade S, Dullo TT, Kao S, Kalyanapu A, Ghafoor SK, Evans KJ, Madadi-Kanjani E, Hodges BR. High performance computing in water resources hydrodynamics. Journal of Hydroinformatic 2020;22(5):1217–1235 R835950 (2020)
Journal Article Riaño-Briceño G, Sela L, Hodges B. Distributed and vectorized method of characteristics for fast transient simulations in water distribution systems. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering 2021;37(2):163-184 R835950 (2022)
Journal Article Salomons E, Sela L, Housh M. Hedging for privacy in smart water meters. Water Resources Research 2020;56(9):e2020WR027917 R835950 (2020)
Journal Article Tiernan ED, Hodges BR. A topological approach to partitioning flow networks for parallel simulation. Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering 2022;36(4):04022010. R835950 (2021)
Journal Article Wang S, Taha A, Sela L, Giacomoni M, Gatsis N. A new derivative-free linear approximation for solving the network water flow problem with convergence guarantees. WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH 2020;56(3). R835950 (2021)
Journal Article Xing L, Sela L. Unsteady pressure patterns discovery from high-frequency sensing in water distribution systems. Water Research 2019;158:291-300. R835950 (2019)
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Journal Article Yu C, Hodges BR, Liu F. A new form of the Saint-Venant equations for variable topography. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 24:4001-4024, August 2020. R835950 (2020)
Journal Article Zhuang J, Sela L. Impact of emerging water savings scenarios on performance of urban water networks. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 2019;146(1):04019063. R835950 (2019)
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Journal Article Abokifa AA, Sela L. Identification of spatial patterns in water distribution pipe failure data using spatial autocorrelation analysis. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 2019;145(12):04019057. R835950 (2019)
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Journal Article Abokifa AA, Katz L, Sela L. Spatiotemporal trends of recovery from lead contamination in Flint, MI as revealed by crowdsourced water sampling. Water Research 2019:115442. R835950 (2019)
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Journal Article Abokifa A, Biswas P, Hodges BR, Sela L. WUDESIM:a toolkit for simulating water quality in the dead-end branches of drinking water distribution networks. Urban Water Journal 2020;17(1):54-64. R835950 (2020)
Journal Article Hodges BR, Liu F. Timescale interpolation and no-neighbour discretization for a 1D finite-volume Saint-Venant solver. Journal of Hydraulic Research 2019:1-7. R835950 (2019)
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Journal Article Riaño-Briceño G, Hodges BR, Sela L. PTSNet:A Parallel Transient Simulator for Water Transport Networks based on vectorization and distributed computing. Environmental Modelling & Software 2022;158:105554. R835950 (2022)
Journal Article Wang S, Taha AF, Sela L, Gatsis N, Giacomoni MH. State Estimation in Water Distribution Networks through a New Successive Linear Approximation. In2019 IEEE 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) 2019 Dec 11 (pp. 5474-5479). IEEE. R835950 (2020)
Presentation Arctur D, Rowney AC. The National Center for Infrastructure Modeling and Management -- use cases. Presented at OGC TC - Smart Cities, St Johns, Canada, June 29, 2017. R835950 (2017)
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Presentation Bayer T. Building a web ecosystem for EPANET: leveraging the power of open source technologies. Master's Thesis. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 2020. R835950 (2020)
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Presentation Hodges BR. Future SWMM: new capabilities and challenges with a faster solver. Presented at the SWMM Visioning Summit, Reston, VA, April 4-5, 2018. R835950 (2019)
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Presentation Hodges BR, Madadi-Kandjani E. Parallel code and cloud computing for water resources--building models for the next generation of computers. Presented at the International Workshop on Modelling Hydrodynamics for Water Resources, Zaragoza, Spain, June 17-20, 2019. R835950 (2020)
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Presentation Hodges BR, Schmidt KM. Progress on a new engine for the Storm Water Management Model (SWMM). Presented at the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, May 19-23, 2019. R835950 (2019)
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Presentation Hodges BR, Madadi-Kandjani E, Tiernan ED, Riaño-Briceño GA, Sharior S. Recent developments towards a new hydraulic solver for SWMM. Presented at the 54th International Conference on Water Management Modeling, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February 26-27, 2020. R835950 (2020)
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Presentation Hodges, B.R., and A.C. Rowney, “Foundations for multi-thread parallel computation in stormwater network models,” 51st International Conference on Water Management Modeling (ICWWM), Toronto, Canada, Feb. 28 – Mar. 1, 2018. https://www.icwmm.org/2018-C027-10. R835950 (2018)
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Presentation Madadi-Kandjani, E., L. Sela, K. Faust, F. Leite, and B.R. Hodges, “Generating residential water demand profiles through EPANET plugin development,” International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs 2018), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, Jun. 24-28, 2018. R835950 (2018)
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Presentation Riaño-Briceño G, Sela L, Hodges B. Distributed parallel computing for pressurized-flow dynamic simulations. Presented at SciPy 2020, Austin, TX, July 6-12, 2020. R835950 (2020)
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Presentation Rowney AC, Sela L, Faust KM, Hodges BR. Research at the National Center for Infrastructure Modeling and Management. Presented at the Defense Innovation Summit, Tampa, Florida, October 3-5, 2017. R835950 (2018)
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Presentation A.C. Rowney, and B.R. Hodges, SWMM and EPANET:Fostering a community development strategy, International Conference on Water Management Modeling, Toronto, Canada, March 1-2, 2017. R835950 (2017)
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Presentation Rowney AC, Hodges BR. SWMM and EPANET: fostering a community development strategy. Presented at the International Conference on Water Management Modeling, Toronto, Canada, March 1-2, 2017. R835950 (2018)
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Presentation Wang S, Taha AF, Sela L, Gatsis N, Giacomoni MH. State estimation in water distribution networks through a new successive linear approximation. Presented at the IEEE 58th Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Nice, France, December 11-13, 2019. R835950 (2020)
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Presentation Tiernan E., and B. Hodges, “A python-based autocalibration routine supporting the stormwater management model,” World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2018, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Jun. 3-7, 2018. R835950 (2018)
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Presentation Hodges BR, Liu F, Rowney AC. A new Saint-Venant solver for SWMM. Presented at the New Trends in Urban Drainage Modeling, 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling, Palermo, Italy, September 23-26, 2018. R835950 (2019)
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Presentation Tiernan E, Hodges B. A python-based autocalibration routine supporting the stormwater management model. Presented at the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2018, Minneapolis, MN, June 3-7, 2018. R835950 (2019)
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Presentation Tiernan E, Hodges B. Calibrating the stormwater management model:an automated, genetic approach. Presented at the 51st International Conference on Water Management Modeling (ICWWM), Toronto, Canada, February 28-March 1, 2018. R835950 (2019)
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Presentation Faure J, Faust KM. Exogenous human-infrastructure interactions: the operational effects of gentrification on water networks. Poster presented at the ASCE EWRI World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, Minneapolis, MN, June 3-7, 2018. R835950 (2019)
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Presentation Madadi Kandjani E, Sela L, Faust K, Leite F, Hodges BR. Extending the capabilities of EPANET user interface with the optimal design plugin tool. Presented at the Proceedings of the 1st International WDSA/CCWI Joint Conference, Kingston, Canada, July 23-25, 2018. R835950 (2019)
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Presentation Hodges BR, Rowney AC. Foundations for multi-thread parallel computation in stormwater network models. Presented at the 51st International Conference on Water Management Modeling (ICWWM), Toronto, Canada, February 28-March 1, 2018. R835950 (2019)
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Presentation Madadi Kandjani E, Sela L, Faust K, Leite F, Hodges BR. Generating residential water demand profiles through EPANET plugin development. Presented at the International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs 2018), Fort Collins, CO, June 24-28, 2018. R835950 (2019)
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Presentation Hodges BR, AC Rowney. How can NCIMM help support EPANET?. Presented at the EPANET Summit, Reston, VA, April 3-4, 2018. R835950 (2019)
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Presentation Zhuang J, Sela L. Network effects of evolving water demand patterns. Presented at the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Minneapolis, MN, June 3-7, 2018. R835950 (2019)
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Presentation Hodges BR, Madadi Kandjani E. An artificial compressibility method for slow transient modeling in water distribution piping. Presented at the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Pittsburgh, PA, May 19-23, 2019. R835950 (2019)
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Presentation Tiernan E, Madadi-Kandjani E, Riano-Breceno G, Hodges BR. Network partitioning to address fundamental limitation of explicit, parallelized SWMM5 engine. Presented at the 21st Annual Storm Water Conference, Lower Rio Grande Valley, South Padre Island, TX, May 24, 2019. R835950 (2019)
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Presentation Hodges BR. New algorithms for stormwater modeling hydraulics. Presented at the International Symposium on Sustainable Urban Drainage, Ningbo, China, October 17-19, 2019. R835950 (2019)
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Presentation Hodges BR, Rowney AC, Madadi-Kandjani E. Outline of a new computational engine for SWMM. Presented at the 53rd International Conference on Water Management Modeling, Toronto, Canada, February 26-27, 2019. R835950 (2019)
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Presentation Xing L, Sela L. Pressure transient detection and pattern discovery in water distribution systems. Presented at th 2019 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, Atlanta, GA, June 17-19, 2019. R835950 (2019)
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Presentation Hodges, B.R., “New algorithms for stormwater modeling hydraulics,” International Symposium on Sustainable Urban Drainage, Ningbo, China, Oct. 17-19, 2019. R835950 (2020)
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Presentation Abofika A, Sela L. Spatial autocorrelation analysis for the identification of pipe failure hotspots in drinking water distribution networks. Presented at the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Pittsburgh, PA, May 19-23, 2019. R835950 (2019)
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Presentation Abofika A, Sela L. Spatiotemporal scan statistics for the identification of density-based clusters of pipe failure events in drinking water distribution systems. Presented at the 2019 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, Atlanta, GA, June 17-19, 2019. R835950 (2019)
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Presentation Tiernan, E., B. Hodges, "A new partitioning algorithm for optimizing parallelization of flow networks," SciPy 2020, Austin, Texas USA, July 6-12, 2020. R835950 (2020)
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Presentation Hodges BR. To the cloud and beyond--a future of integrated continuous simulation. Presented at the 55th International Conference on Water Management Modeling (Keynote Address), Virtual Event, March 2-3, 2022. R835950 (2022)
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Presentation Arctur D, Rowney AC. The National Center for Infrastructure Modeling and Management -- data management as a fundamental driver. Presented at OGC TC - Smart Cities, St Johns, Canada, June 29, 2017. R835950 (2017)
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Presentation Hodges, B.R., "A new look at some old equations:re-thinking the traditional Saint-Venant solvers for shallow-water flow," Technical seminar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Computational Science and Engineering Division, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Jan. 31, 2020. R835950 (2020)
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Presentation Hodges BR, Tiernan E, Sharior S, Riaño-Briceño G, Yu CW, Jenkins E., Brashear C. "New modeling capabilities with the SWMM5+ parallel hydraulic solver. Presented at the12th Urban Drainage Modeling Conference, Costa Mesa, California, USA, Jan. 10-12,2022. R835950 (2022)
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Presentation Hodges BR. Challenges and opportunities for AI with physics-based models of river networks and urban flooding. Presented at the AIRES 3:Machine Learning for Robust Digital Twins Workshop, Artificial Intelligence for Robust Engineering & Science Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, April 26-28, 2022. R835950 (2022)
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Presentation Bayer T, Ames DP, Van de Graaff A, Arctur D, Rowney AC, Brashear R, Luypaert M, Hodges BR. Building an open source modeling community for EPANET. Presented at the International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software (iEMSs 2018), Fort Collins, CO, June 24-28, 2018. R835950 (2018)
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Presentation Madadi-Kandjani, E., L. Sela, K. Faust, F. Leite, and B.R. Hodges, “Extending the capabilities of EPANET user interface with the optimal design plugin tool,” 1st International WDSA / CCWI 2018 Joint Conference, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Jul. 23-25, 2018. R835950 (2018)
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Presentation Tiernan E., and B.R. Hodges, “Calibrating the stormwater management model:an automated, genetic approach,” 51st International Conference on Water Management Modeling (ICWWM), Toronto, Canada, Feb. 28 – Mar. 1, 2018. https://www.icwmm.org/2018-C027-24. R835950 (2018)
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Presentation Abokifa, A., and L. Sela. “Spatial Autocorrelation Analysis for the Identification of Pipe Failure Hotspots in Drinking Water Distribution Networks.” World Environmental and Water Resources Congress, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. May 19-23, 2019. R835950 (2020)
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Presentation Abokifa, A., and L. Sela. “Spatiotemporal Scan Statistics for the Identification of Density-Based Clusters of Pipe Failure Events in Drinking Water Distribution Systems.” The 2019 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. June 17-19, 2019. R835950 (2020)
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Presentation Hodges BR. Creating stable Saint-Venant models for large river networks. Presented at the Comprehensive Water Risk Management (CWRM) Conference, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Engineering Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA Aug. 22-23, 2022. R835950 (2022)
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Presentation Hodges, B.R., and R.W. Brashear, “Data structure for the new SWMM parallel computational engine,” Technical seminar at Innovyze Inc., Wallingford, UK, Nov., 21-22, 2019. R835950 (2020)
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Proceedings Abokifa A, Sela L. Spatiotemporal scan statistics for the identification of density-based clusters of pipe failure events in drinking water distribution systems. In: ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, June 17-19, 2019, Atlanta, GA. Computing in Civil Engineering 2019: Smart Cities, Sustainability, and Resilience 2019;306-313. R835950 (2021)
Proceedings Hodges B, Liu F, Rowney A. A New Saint-Venant Solver for SWMM In:New Trands in Aurban Drainage Modeling, Palermo, Italy, 23-26 September, 2018, pp. 582-586. NEW TRENDS IN URBAN DRAINAGE MODELLING, UDM 2018 2019;582-586. R835950 (2021)
Proceedings Xing L, Sela L. Pressure Transient Detection and Pattern Discovery in Water Distribution Systems. In:ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering, Atlanta, GA, June 17-19, 2019. COMPUTING IN CIVIL ENGINEERING 2019:DATA, SENSING, AND ANALYTICS 2019;59-65. R835950 (2021)
Proceedings Hodges BR, Vasconcelos JG, Sharior S, Geller VG. Hyperbolic numerical models for unsteady incompressible, surcharged stormwater flows. Proceedings of the 39th IAHR World Congress, pp. 4061-4066, Granada, Spain June 19-24, 2022. R835950 (2022)
Report Hodges BR. PipeAC code and supporting data. Technical Report and Open-access digital data, Texas Data Repository Dataverse, May 2020. R835950 (2020)
Report Hodges BR, Liu F. Algorithms in the SvePy solver for the unsteady Saint-Venant equations. Austin, TX:University of Texas at Austin, Texas Data Repository Dataverse, V1, July 2019. R835950 (2019)
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Video EPANET on EPANET in a Box at https://youtu.be/D6VPSfFMQvw EPANET on AWS Lightsail (part1) at https://youtu.be/NTs8syyPDa0 EPANET on AWS Lightsail (part 2) at https://youtu.be/ZTyyk6Cq3d8 SWMM in a Box at https://youtu.be/HXrxiycDMmo. R835950 (2020)
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