Folsom, California April 22nd, 2019 CWEMF 2019 Awards Hugo B. Fischer Career Achievement Distinguished Life Membership Folsom, California April 22nd, 2019

2019 Hugo B. Fischer Award California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum

Hugo B. Fischer Award In honor of Dr. Fischer’s pioneering work on San Francisco Bay-Delta water quality modeling Conceived and endowed by Lyle Hoag Retired Executive Director of CUWA co-founder of CWEMF Supported by the Fischer family

Hugo B. Fischer B.S (1958), M.S. (1963) & Ph.D. (1966) from California Institute of Technology Professor of Civil Engineering at UC Berkeley until 1983 World-renowned authority in: Salt water intrusion Water pollution Heat dispersion in waterways Mixing of rivers, lakes, and oceans

Hugo B. Fischer Award The Hugo B. Fischer Award recognizes pioneering contribution(s) to the use of modeling for understanding or solving California water problems The innovative development, refinement or application of a computer model, or Significant furtherance of the effective use of models in open forums for planning or regulatory functions

Past Fischer Award Winners 1995 – Dr. Alan Jassby (UCD) and Dr. Richard Denton (CCWD) 1996 – Dr. Ralph Cheng (USGS) 1997 – Dr. Greg Gartrell (CCWD) and Dr. Francis Chung (DWR) 1999 – Walter Bourez III (SWRI) and Jack Rowell (USBR) 2000 – Dwight Russell (DWR) and Kamyar Guivetchi (DWR) 2001 – Armin Munevar (DWR) 2002 – Dr. Gerald Orlob (UCD) 2003 – Dr. Emin Dogrul (DWR) 2004 – Tom Heinzer (USBR) 2006 – Dr. Carl Chen (Systech) and Dr. Paul Hutton (MWDSC) 2007 – Dr. John DeGeorge (RMA) 2008 – Dr. Jay Lund (UCD) and Dr. Richard Howitt (UCD)

Past Fischer Award Winners 2009 – Dr. Peter Smith (USGS) 2011 – Dr. Russell Brown (ICF) 2012 – Nancy Parker (USBR) 2013 – Dr. Nigel Quinn (LBNL, USBR) 2014 – Dan Easton (MBK Engineers) 2015 – Dr. Mike Deas (Watercourse Engineering, Inc.) 2016 – Dr. Eli Ateljevich (DWR) 2017 – Rich Juricich (DWR) 2018 – Ali Taghavi and Saquib Najmus (Woodard and Curran, Inc.) 2019 ???

2019 Hugo B. Fischer Award Winners Dr. Andy Draper Dr. Charles Young

Dr. Andy Draper Professional Highlights Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering, U.C. Davis M.S., Irrigation Engineering, University of Southampton, UK B.A., General Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK Professional Highlights Principal Engineer at Stantec 36 years of experience in water resources planning particularly in California Development/application of models for integrated water resources planning such as CALVIN, CalSim, CalLite, the WEAP System, C2VSim, and DSM2. Current collaboration with the California Department of Water Resources and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to develop hydrology models of the Central Valley’s water supplies and water demands

Dr. Charles Young Professional Highlights Ph.D., Agricultural and Biological Engineering, U.C. Davis M.S., Agricultural and Biological Engineering, U.C. Davis B.S., Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University of Newark, Delaware Professional Highlights Senior Scientist Stockholm Environment Institute 25 years of professional and research experience in water management issues Leading development of a WEAP model for use in analysis of water rights Plant Growth Model for climate change impacts on crop water demand Rainfall runoff models for the wester Sierra Nevada

Andy Draper and Charles Young In recognition of your innovative contributions in the development and use of the Sacramento Water Allocation Model (SacWAM), which in the last few years has evolved into an effective modeling tool employed in regulatory processes for California. The CWEMF Awards Committee also recognizes your outstanding contributions to the advancement of model applications in California through numerous platforms and tools, and your track record of collaboration, excellence, and service to the California water and environmental modeling community.

Career Achievement Award The CWEMF Career Achievement Award is given to individuals for significant and sustained contributions during their career in developing, using or promoting computer modeling to analyze California’s water-related problems. Specifically, nominations should recognize significant contribution(s) in: Increasing the usefulness of models in water management analyses in California Promoting sound quantitative analyses in water management decisions Raising public awareness and improving public acceptance of the role of modeling

Past Career Achievement Award Winners Lyle Hoag 2004 Maury Roos 2005 George Barnes Jr. 2006 Darryl W. Davis 2007 Lloyd Peterson 2008 Ray Hoagland 2009

Past Career Achievement Award Winners Richard Denton 2010 Miguel Mariño 2011 Sushil Arora 2013 Don Smith 2015 Bill Fleenor 2017 Francis Chung 2018

2019 Career Achievement Award Winner Dr. Jobaid Kabir U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Dr. Jobaid Kabir Chief, Decision Analysis Branch, US Bureau of Reclamation 40 years of professional and research experience in the field North-of-the-Delta Off-stream Storage Leading and promoting development CalSim 2, Calsim 3 and real time water management programs Delta Mendota Canal Recirculation Plan Formulation Report Quality Control Manager, at Urban Levee Geotechnical Evaluations San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency, Sacramento, California, 2008-2009 Senior Engineer, Water Resources Planning Department, Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), Austin, Texas, 1996-2002 Senior Engineer, Water Resources Planning Department, LCRA, Austin, Texas, 1987-1996 International public policy research, Canada, Mexico, Turkey, Israel, Italy, China and Japan Academia, adjunct faculty and lecturer, UT Austin

Jobaid Kadir In recognition of your significant and sustained contributions for more than three decades to the California modeling community by leading and promoting development of publicly available modeling tools including CalSim and CalSim 3, and real time water management programs. CWEMF also recognizes your longstanding support of the Forum as a Reclamation representative, session moderator, and presenter, and for encouraging and advocating the use of modeling tools in supporting water and environmental management decisions at various roles and capacities including academia, consulting, and as an agency official.

Distinguished Life Membership Award CWEMF’s Distinguished Life Membership Award is given annually to active or past members who, through long and distinguished service, have made a major contribution to CWEMF and to the California water and environmental modeling profession. The recipient must have been a CWEMF member for at least ten years (not necessarily in a row) and been a regular attendee at the CWEMF Steering Committee Meetings and/or Annual Meetings or have other significant contributions to the organization.

2019 Distinguished Life Membership Award Winner Dr. Stacy K. Tanaka

Dr. Stacy K. Tanaka CWEMF and Other Professional Highlights Ph.D. Civil & Environmental Engineering (2007) U.C. Davis M.S. Civil & Environmental Engineering (2001) U.C. Davis B.S. Civil & Environmental Engineering (2000) U.C. Davis CWEMF and Other Professional Highlights CWEMF member since early 2000s and a Treasurer since 2008 Session moderator, pop-up talks, posters, meeting organizer, steering committee member, and photojournalist Senior Engineer, Watercourse Engineering, Inc. since 2003 CALVIN model development and documentation with WYs 2020, 2050, and 2100 water demands and infrastructure Stakeholder processes facilitation in Mono Basin Development of the Tuolumne River Gaming Tool, Regional temperature equilibrium model for the Sierra Nevada, water quality studies in the Klamath River, Watershed model review for Scott River Watershed Council FORTRAN model of Delta island consumptive use

Stacy K. Tanaka In recognition of your many years of outstanding service to the CWEMF organization as a Treasurer and the active Steering Committee member, being instrumental in the organization of the CWEMF Annual Meetings, and serving as a session moderator and presenter. The committee also recognizes your valuable input and relentless pursuit of excellence in CWEMF fundamental organizational functions and activities.

THANK YOU!