Engineering Management
Resume:
Kirk R. Barrett, Ph. D., P. E., P. W. S.
Research Assistant Professor
Center for Information Management,
Integration and Connectivity
Research Director, Meadowlands
Environmental Research Institute
Rutgers, The
State University of New Jersey
180 University Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Fax: 973-***-**** Phone: 973-***-****
Email: ********@*****.*******.***
Web site: http://cimic.rutgers.edu/~kbarrett/
EXPERTISE AND INTERESTS
environmental engineering, modeling and research; ecological engineering and
treatment wetlands; stormwater runoff and wastewater management and treatment;
surface and wetland hydrology, hydraulics and water quality; urban non-point
source water pollution control, watershed management, data management and
analysis, software development, technical graphics, writing, presentations and
teaching
EDUCATION
PhD, Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, December,
1996;
Dissertation: Two-dimensional modeling of flow and transport in treatment
wetlands: Development and testing of a new method for wetland design and
analysis (Read
abstract)
MS, Computer Science, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, May, 1985
BS, Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, May,
1982
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION/CERTIFICATION
Professional Engineer, Wisconsin and Massachusetts
Professional Wetland Scientist, Society of Wetland
Scientists
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
(authored or co-authored)
Barrett, K. R., A. Mirza, R. Holowczak. An automated validation and alert
system for continuous environmental monitoring data (abstract). National Water Quality Monitoring
Conference. Madison, WI. May 2002.
Artigas, F. J., K. R. Barrett, and R. Holowczak. Digital Meadowlands: A
Web-Based Decision Support System for an Urban, Estuarine Watershed.
Proceedings of the Integrated Decision-Making for Watershed Management
Symposium: Processes and Tools. Virginia Tech. 2001. pp 1-8.
Barrett, K. R. Adding value to continuous, WWW-based environmental
monitoring data (abstract). Proceedings, Annual Conference of the American
Water Resources Association. November, 2000.
Barrett, K. R. Urban stormwater management and nonpoint source pollution
control. Standard Handbook of Environmental Science, Health and Technology, J.
Lehr, editor. McGraw-Hill. 2000. pp 9.42-9.76.
McBrien, M. A. and Barrett, K. R. Wetlands. Standard Handbook of
Environmental Science, Health and Technology, J. Lehr, editor. McGraw-Hill.
2000. pp 19.20-19.47.
Barrett, K. R. Digital Meadowlands: A web-based information system for
environmental education, planning, decision-making and research. Presented at
the 4th meeting of the Digital Earth Community Meeting, January 12-13, 2000,
Santa Barbara, CA.
K. R. Barrett, R. Holowczak and F. J. Artigas. A database of
environmental documents about an Urban Estuary, with a WWW-based, geographic
interface. Proceedings, Symposium on Water Resources and the World Wide
Web. American Water Resources Association. 1999. (Read abstract)
Barrett, K. R. Ecological engineering in water resources: The
benefits of collaborating with nature. Water International, The
Journal of the International Water Resources Association. v 24, n 3,
pp 182-188. September, 1999.(Read abstract)
Barrett, K. R. Two-Dimensional Flow and Transport Modeling for Hydraulic
Design and Analysis of Treatment Wetlands. Water Resources
Engineering 98: Proceedings of the 1998 International Water Resources
Engineering Conference (S. Abt, Editor), ASCE. pp 520-525. 1998. (Read abstract)
Barrett, K. R. and W. Goldsmith. Bioengineered wetlands and ponds in an
existing stream channel for stormwater management and ecological enhancement. Engineering
Approaches to Ecosystem Restoration: Proceedings of the 1998 Wetlands
Engineering and River Restoration Conference. 1998. (Read
abstract)
Goldsmith, W., K. R. Barrett, M. Larson and W. Lattrell. Stabilization
and restoration of an urban incised channel: Design, construction and
monitoring. Engineering
Approaches to Ecosystem Restoration: Proceedings of the 1998 Wetlands
Engineering and River Restoration Conference. 1998.
Barrett, K. R. Implications of two-dimensional modeling of flow and
transport on the design and analysis of wetlands for water quality improvement.
Wetlands: An Interdisciplinary Student Symposium. October, 1995. Yale
University, New Haven, CT.
Hey, D. L., K. R. Barrett and C. Biegan. The hydrology of four
experimental constructed marshes. Ecological Engineering. v 3, pp 319-343,
1994.
Hey, D. L., A. Kenimer and K. R. Barrett. Water quality improvement by
four experimental wetlands. Ecological Engineering. v 3, pp 381-397, 1994.
Barrett, K. R. Ecological engineering research at the Des Plaines River
Wetland Demonstration Project. Agricultural Engineering Departmental Seminar.
Univ. of Maryland, College Park. December, 1992.
Barrett, K. R. Hydrologic, water quality and meteorologic studies. in The
Des Plaines River Wetlands Demonstration Project: Final Report to the Illinois
Dept. of Natural Resources. Wetlands Research, Inc. Chicago, IL. 1991.
Mitsch, W. J., R. H. Kadlec, D. L. Hey, K. R. Barrett and M. S. Fennessy.
Chemical mass balances of constructed riverine wetlands: The role of hydrologic
and seasonal conditions. Symposium on Biogeochemistry of Wetlands. Baton Rouge,
LA. February, 1991.
Barrett, K. R. Systems Models of the Des Plaines River Wetlands
Demonstration Project. submitted to the US EPA. Wetlands Research, Inc.
Chicago, IL. February, 1989.
INVITED SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
Drexel University, School of Environmental Science, Engineering and
Policy, Philadelphia, PA, 2000
Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, Biology Department, 1999
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, Department of Ecology and
Environmental Science, 1999
"Treatment Wetlands: Tools for Watershed Management and
Protection", a pre-conference workshop at the Water Environment Federation
conference "Watershed Management: Moving from Theory to
Implementation", 1998.
10 one-day training workshops (both classroom and field components) on
erosion and sediment control for road construction and maintenance for the King
County (Washington) Department of Transportation, 1998.
University of Maryland, Agricultural and Bioresource Engineering, College
Park, MD, 1992.
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS AND GRANTS
Kearny NJ Board of Education, Environmental Science Education Project,
2001.
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection/Bergen County Health
Dept., Watershed Management Plan Development for WMA5, 2000.
Grant from US Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station,
Vicksburg, MS, 1992 .
Infrastructure Fellowship, US Department of Education, 1989, 1990.
Walter P. Murphy Fellowship for Graduate Study in Environmental
Engineering, Northwestern University, 1988.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
Technical reviewer for the following journals: Ecological Engineering;
Water Environment Research; Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.
Book reviewer for the following journals: Wetlands, Ecological
Engineering, Water Environment Technology
American Society of Civil Engineers, (member Task Committee on Monitoring
Wetland Hydrology)
Society of Wetland Scientists
American Water Resources Association (former Chair of Wetlands Technical
Committee; Chair of the 2000 Annual Conference of the New Jersey section)
International Society for Ecological Engineering
Association of Environmental Engineering Professors
American Geophysical Union
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Essex County NJ Sierra Club, (Rahway River coordinator)
Saugus River Watershed Association, Massachusetts (Former board member
and volunteer monitor)
Earthworks Projects, Boston, Mass. (Former board member)
Ipswich River Watershed Association, Massachusetts (Former water quality
monitoring advisor and coordinator)
Citizens Alliance for Liveable Municipalities, Wakefield, Mass. Chapter
(Co-founder and former president)
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