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Laura J. Harrell

 

Associate Professor, Ph.D.

B.S.C.E., Old Dominion University
M.S.C.E., Old Dominion University
Ph.D., North Carolina State University, Raleigh

Office:  130B, Kaufman Building
Phone: 757.683.6052
Fax:      757.683.5354
E-mail:  LHarrell@odu.edu
 

Research Interests

  • Hydraulics and Hydrology
  • Watershed Modeling and Management
  • Optimization of Water Resources and Environmental Systems 

Recent and Current Research Projects

  • City of Newport News, "Oyster Point Industrial Park Stormwater Drainage and Retention Study," 2001, $20,966, PI
  • HDR Engineering, Inc., "Portsmouth, VA Vacuum Pump Station Computer Model Development," 2001, $19,500, PI
    National Science Foundation, "CAREER: Toward Efficient Evolutionary Algorithm Methodologies for Surface Water Systems Management," 2003 - 2008, $400,000, PI

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Akan, A. Osman, Gary C. Schafran, Peter Pommerenk and Laura J. Harrell, "Modeling Storm-Water Runoff Quantity and Quality from Marine Drydocks," ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol. 126, No. 1, January 2000, pp. 5-11.
  • Harrell, Laura J. and S. Ranji Ranjithan, "Detention Pond Design and Land Use Planning for Watershed Management," ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, Vol. 129, No. 2, March/April 2003, pp. 98-106.
  • arrell, Laura J. and S. Ranji Ranjithan, "Generating Watershed Management Alternatives Using Genetic Algorithms," ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, (tentatively accepted pending revisions), 2003.
  • S.D. Rajan, D.T. Nguyen, M.D. Deshpande, and L. Harrell, "Optimal Design of Engineering Systems Using MPI-enabled Genetic Algorithm," Journal of Computer Assisted Mechanics and Engineering Sciences (CAMES Journal), Issue 2-3, 2004.


Conference Proceedings

  • Howard, Laura J., A. Osman Akan and Seshadri Suryanarayana, "Soil Variability Effects on Watershed Runoff," Watershed Management, Planning for the 21st Century, Proceedings of the International Symposium, ASCE, August 1995, pp. 1-10.
  • Howard, Laura J. and A. Osman Akan, "Two-Dimensional Detention Pond Routing Model," Water Resources Engineering, Proceedings of the First International Conference, Vol. 1, ASCE, August 1995, pp. 825-828.
  • Harrell, Laura J. and S. Ranji Ranjithan, "Generating Efficient Watershed Management Strategies Using a Genetic Algorithm-based Method," Proceedings of the ASCE 24th Annual Water Resources Planning and Management Conference, April 1997, pp. 272-277.
  • Harrell, Laura J. and S. Ranji Ranjithan, "Evaluation of Alternative Penalty Function Implementations in a Watershed Management Design Problem," GECCO-99: Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, July 13-17, 1999, pp. 1551-1558.
  • A. Osman Akan, Gary C. Schafran, Peter Pommerenk and Laura J. Harrell, Simulation of Stormwater Runoff from Marine Drydocks, Proceedings of the Oceans '99 Conference for Treatment of Regulated Discharges from Shipyards and Drydocks and Organotin (TBT) Special Sessions, 2000, pp. 1-16.
  • Harrell, Laura J., "Evolutionary Algorithm-based Design of a System of Wet Detention Basins Under Uncertainty for Watershed Management, Proceedings of the ASCE World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, May 2001.
  • El-Gamel, Talaat and Laura J. Harrell, "Genetic Algorithm-based Method for Determination of Efficient Water Supply and Irrigation Canal Operation," Proceedings of ASCE Water Resources Planning and Management Conference, Symposium on Environmental and Water Resources Systems Analysis, Roanoke, VA, 2002.
  • Nguyen, D. T., M. D. Deshpande, S. D. Rajan and L. Harrell, "Optimal Design of Engineering Systems Using Genetic Algorithms," Proceedings of NMCM2002, A Euro Conference on Numerical Methods and Computational Mechanics, University of Miskolc, Miskolc, Hungary, July 15-19, 2002.
  • El-Gamel, Talaat and Laura J. Harrell, "Chance-Constrained Genetic Algorithm for Water Supply and Irrigation Canal Network Management," Proceedings of EWRI World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Philadelphia, PA, 2003.
  • El-Gamel, Talaat and Laura J. Harrell, "Constraint-Handling Techniques for Evolutionary Algorithm-Based Management of Water Supply and Irrigation Canal Networks," Proceedings of EWRI World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Salt Lake City, UT, 2004.
  • Yu, Kwisun Park and Laura J. Harrell, "Evaluation of Constraint-Handling Techniques for Evolutionary Algorithm-Based Watershed Management," Proceedings of EWRI World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, Salt Lake City, UT, 2004.
  • Yu, Kwisun Park and Laura J. Harrell, "Chance-Constrained Watershed Management Using Evolutionary Algorithms," Proceedings of ASCE Watershed Management Conference, Williamsburg, VA, 2005.

 

Other Presentations

  • Harrell, Laura J. and S. Ranji Ranjithan, "Methods for Generating Alternatives to Manage Water Quality in Watersheds," Poster presentation, 1998 Quadrangle Environmental Conference, UNC-Chapel Hill, January 1998.
  • Harrell, L. J., and S. Ranjithan, "Generation of Alternative Strategies for Insightful Decision Making in Watershed Management," 25th Annual Water Resources Planning and Management Conference (ASCE), Chicago, IL, June 7-10, 1998.