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

2. 2019 Hugo B. Fischer Award
California Water and Environmental Modeling Forum

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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)

7. 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 ???

8. 2019 Hugo B. Fischer Award Winners
Dr. Andy Draper
Dr. Charles Young

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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.

13. 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

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

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

16. 2019 Career Achievement Award Winner
Dr. Jobaid Kabir
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

17. 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,
Senior Engineer, Water Resources Planning Department, Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), Austin, Texas,
Senior Engineer, Water Resources Planning Department, LCRA, Austin, Texas,
International public policy research, Canada, Mexico, Turkey, Israel, Italy, China and Japan
Academia, adjunct faculty and lecturer, UT Austin

18. 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.

20. 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.

21. 2019 Distinguished Life Membership Award Winner
Dr. Stacy K. Tanaka

22. 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 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

23. 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.

24. THANK YOU!