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ANDREW GUSWA, PH.D.

Associate Professor of Engineering

Area of Expertise

Civil and environmental engineering
   

Education

Ph.D., Stanford University, 2000
   

Professional Experience

Director, Smith College Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability (CEEDS)
Princeton Environmental Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
Research Associate, Monteverde Institute, Monteverde, Costa Rica
   

Selected Recent Publications

Guswa, Andrew J., 2008. The influence of climate on root depth: A carbon cost-benefit analysis, Water Resources Research, 44, W02427, doi:10.1029/2007WR006384.
Guswa, Andrew J., A. L. Rhodes, and S. E. Newell ‘04, 2007. Importance of orographic precipitation to the water resources of Monteverde, Costa Rica, Advances in Water Resources, 30, 2098-2112, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2006.07.008.
Puma, Michael J., I. Rodriguez-Iturbe, M. A. Celia, and A. J. Guswa, 2007. Implications of rainfall temporal resolution for soil-moisture and transpiration modeling, Transport in Porous Media, 68(1), 37-67.
Rhodes, Amy L., A. J. Guswa, and S. E. Newell ‘04, 2006. Seasonal variation in the stable isotopic composition of precipitation in the tropical montane forests of Monteverde, Costa Rica, Water Resources Research, 42, W11402, doi:10.1029/2005WR004535.

Guswa, Andrew J., 2005. Soil-moisture limits on plant uptake: An upscaled relationship for water-limited ecosystems, Advances in Water Resources, 28(6), 543-552.

   

Selected Honors and Awards

New Century Scholar Workshop for Junior Faculty in Engineering, National Science Foundation
National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associateship (awarded but declined)
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Fellowship, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University

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