Dr. Cara Poor
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Clinical Assistant Professor Phone: (509) 335-4547 |
EDUCATION
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 2006, Oregon State University .
- M.S., Environmental Engineering, 1999, University of California at Davis .
- B.S., Civil Engineering, 1997, Oregon State University .
REGISTRATION
- Professional Civil Engineer, State of California, License #62400
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, WSU, 2006– Present
- Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Civil Engineering Department, Oregon State University, 2001 - June 2006
- Associate Engineer, Montgomery Watson Harza, 1998 - 2001
AWARDS
- Outstanding Teaching Faculty Award, CEE, WSU, 2010
- Best Zone Paper, ASEE Pacific Northwest Regional Conference, 2009
- EPA Cooperative Program, 2004-2006
- Professional Performance Award, Montgomery Watson Harza, 1999
- National Science Scholar, Oregon State University, 1993 - 1996
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Watershed Nutrient Dynamics
- The Effects of Land Use on Stream Nutrients
- Development of a Model to Predict Stream Nitrate Concentrations Using Land Use and a Simple Hydrologic Measure
- Development of Educational tools for Improving Concept Understanding and Retention in Engineering Courses
TEACHING
- Water Resources Engineering
- Open Channel Flow
- Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory
- Mechanics of Materials
- Ethics
- Introduction to Environmental Engineering
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Poor, C.J., and Ullman, J. (2010) "Using Regression Tree Analysis to Improve Predictions of Low-Flow Nitrate and Chloride in Willamette River Basin Watersheds", Environmental Management, 46, p. 771-780.
- Poor, C.J., McDonnell, J.J., and Bolte, J. (2008) “Testing the hydrological landscape unit classification system and other terrain analysis measures for predicting lowflow nitrate and chloride in watersheds”, Environmental Management, 42, p.877-893.
- Poor, C.J. and McDonnell, J.J. (2007) "The Effects of Land Use on Nitrate Dynamics", Journal of Hydrology, 332, p. 54-68.
- Poor, C., Vache, K., Godwin, D., Bennett, J., Blatchford, D., Cox, M., Dewey, M., Kizito, F., Melick, J., Mitchell, R., Mutti, J., Nicholas, J., Parker, L., Pennington, J., Schmalenberg, J., Spelts, McDonnel, J. (2004) "Improvement of Process Description in Conceptual Runoff Models in the Ungauged Basins: A Case Study of Landuse Effects on Water Quality", EOS Trans. AGU, 85 (17), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract H53B-04.
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