CURRENT EMPLOYMENT AND POSITIONS Gigi A. Richard Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences Colorado Mesa University 1100 North Avenue Grand Junction, CO 81501 970-248-1689 Office grichard@coloradomesa.edu Colorado Mesa University (formerly Mesa State College), Associate Professor of Geology, Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Aug. 2006 present, Assistant Professor of Geology, 2002 2006. Courses taught: Basic Hydrology, Introduction to Ground Water, River Dynamics with Lab, Environmental Geology, Renewable Energy, Natural Hazards and Environmental Geology, Introduction to Environmental Science, Engineering Geology, Online Introduction to GIS and Cartography, GPS for GIS, Cartography for GIS, Chemistry and Society, and Weather and Climate. Research interests include human impacts on river systems and GIS applications. The Water Center at Colorado Mesa University, Director, May 2011 present. Oversee administration of the Water Center including financial management, grant administration, communication with Advisory Council, education and outreach activities, and research funds. Assisted in coordination of annual Upper Colorado River Basin Water Conference since 2011. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, 2001, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Hydraulic Engineering Program. M.S. in Civil Engineering, 1997, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Hydraulic Engineering Program. B.S. in Civil Engineering, 1989, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Concentration in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering. PAST EMPLOYMENT AND POSITIONS Mesa State College, Faculty Coordinator, Mesa State College/University of Colorado at Boulder Mechanical Engineering Partnership Program, Jan. 2008 May 2011. Coordinated implementation of new Mechanical Engineering program at Mesa State College. Developed curriculum, and coordinate new facilities, equipment, library access, recruiting, admissions and transfer, and advising for all engineering students. Colorado State University, Post-doctoral Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, 2002. Lincoln University, New Zealand, Post-doctoral Research Assistant and Fulbright Fellow, Department of Natural Resources Engineering, 2001. Colorado State University, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, 1997-2000. U.S. Geological Survey, Field Technician, part-time field data collection, 1992 1996, Montezuma, CO. Beaton and Associates, Project Engineer, 1995 1996, Dillon, CO. Pearson-Richard, Inc., Partner and Project Engineering, 1994, Frisco, CO.
Page 2 OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE Colorado State University, NR 220 Natural Resources Ecology and Measurements, (Summer 2011) GPS Workshops for Faculty, Mesa State College developed and taught three Garmin GPS and GPS for GIS faculty workshops (2007). Research Experience for Undergraduates, Mesa State College taught GIS and GPS for summer field research students (2005-2007). Western State College, Natural History of the Gunnison River, summer field class (2005). Colorado State University, CE 261 Engineering Mechanics Dynamics (1999). PUBLICATIONS Richard, G.A. and Anderson, R.M., 2007, Channel-Forming Discharge on the Dolores River and Yampa River, Colorado, Technical Publication No. 44, Colorado Division of Wildlife, 42 p. Richard, G.A., Julien, P.Y. and Baird, D.C., 2005, Statistical Methods of Modeling Lateral Movement of the Rio Grande, New Mexico, Geomorphology, v. 71, pp. 139-155. Richard, G.A., Julien, P.Y. and Baird, D.C., 2005, Case Study: Lateral Mobility Modeling of the Rio Grande below Cochiti Dam, New Mexico, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, v. 131, n. 11, pp. 931-941. Julien, P.Y., G. Richard and J. Albert, 2004. "Stream Restoration and Environmental River Mechanics", Proc. First International Conference on Managing Rivers in the 21st Century, Rivers '04, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, September 21, 2004, pp. 62-78. Richard, G., 2004. Flash Flooding at the Colorado National Monument 1921-2003. Final Report for Association of Women Geoscientists Geologist in the Park Program. Richard, G.A. and Julien, P.Y., 2003, Dam Impacts and Restoration on an Alluvial River Rio Grande, New Mexico, Invited Paper at the U.S.-Chinese Joint Workshop on Sediment Transport and Environmental Studies, Milwaukee, WI, July 21-28, 2002, International Journal of Sediment Research, v. 18, n. 2, pp. 89-96. Schmidt, J.C., Everitt, B. L. and Richard, G. A., 2003, Hydrology and geomorphology of the Rio Grande and implications for river restoration, in Aquatic Fauna of the Northern Chihuahuan Desert, edited by G.P. Garrett and N. L. Allan: Museum of Texas Tech University, Special Publication Number 46, pp. 25-45. Richard, G. A. 2002. Human Carrying Capacity of the Earth. ILEA Leaf, Institute for Lifecycle Energy Analysis, v. 1, Winter 2002. Julien, P.Y. and G. Richard, 2002. Reservoirs, Stream Restoration and Environmental River Mechanics, Invited Paper at the International seminar on instream flow and self-purification in urban stream, Korean Institute for Construction Technology, Seoul, Korea, May 9, 2002, pp. 3-26. Richard, G., Leon, C., and Julien, P. 2000. Rio Puerco Reach Geomorphic Analysis, Middle Rio Grande, New Mexico, Colorado State University: Fort Collins, CO. Bauer, T., Leon, C., Richard, G., and Julien, P. 1999. Middle Rio Grande, Bernalillo Bridge to San Acacia - Hydraulic Geometry, Discharge and Sediment Data Base and Report, Colorado State University: Fort Collins, CO.
Page 3 Leon, C., Richard, G., Bauer, T., and Julien, P. 1999. Middle Rio Grande, Cochiti to Bernalillo Bridge, Hydraulic Geometry, Discharge and Sediment Data Base and Report, Colorado State University: Fort Collins, CO. POSTER PRESENTATIONS Richard, G.A. and Anderson, R., 2007, Case Study: Channel-forming discharge on the Dolores River and Yampa River, Colorado, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. Becker, A., DiPema, L, Ladig, K, Wellik, J, and Richard, G., 2007, Channel morphology and channelforming discharge of No Thoroughfare Canyon, Colorado, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 306 ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS 2011, Historic Channel Change of the Middle Rio Grande Below Cochiti Dam, New Mexico, April 11, 2011, International Conference on the Status and Future of the World s Large Rivers, Vienna, Austria. 2011, Flash Flooding in the Colorado National Monument: Geomorphic Process and Neighborhood Nuisance, October 31, 2011, Upper Colorado River Basin Water Forum, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO. 2007, Channel-forming discharge on the Dolores River and Yampa River, Colorado, American Geophysical Union, Hydrology Days, Fort Collins, CO. 2007, Flash Flooding History at the Colorado National Monument 1921-2003, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 194. 2002, Statistical Methods of Modeling Lateral Movement of the Rio Grande, New Mexico, Binghamton International Geomorphology Symposium, invited. 2002, Dam Impacts and Restoration on an Alluvial River Rio Grande, New Mexico, U.S. China Joint Workshop on Sediment Transportation and Environmental Studies, Marquette University, invited. SELECTED PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS 2012, The Colorado River: Human Impacts and Drought, June 6, 2012, CEREGE Aix-Marseille Université, France. 2011, Flash Flooding at the Colorado National Monument 1921-2003, Colorado National Monument Walks and Talks Program, invited. 2011, Hydrology 101, Water Course for the Water Center at Mesa State College, invited. 2008, Western Colorado s Last Free-Flowing River? The Yampa, Audobon Society, Fort Collins, CO, invited 2007, Rivers of Western Colorado: Hydrology & Geology, Palisade Academy, Gateway Canyons Resort. 2007, Panelist on managing family and a career in the Geosciences, Association of Women Geoscientists, Annual National Meeting, Glenwood Springs, CO, invited. 2006, Geology and Hydrology of the Grand Valley, CO, for Rails, Trails & Tales, University of Wisconsin Richland, invited. 2006, Mathematical Wonder of Rivers, Math Seminar, Mesa State College, invited. 2005, Hydrology of the Gunnison River, Western State College, Gunnison, CO, invited. 2004, Flash Flooding at the Colorado National Monument 1921-2003, Southwest User Group Annual Conference, Telluride, CO, invited.
2004, Flash Flooding at the Colorado National Monument 1921-2003, Colorado National Monument Walks and Talks Program, invited. 2003, Flash Flooding at the Colorado National Monument 1921-2003, Colorado National Monument Walks and Talks Program, invited. 2003, Convective shear stress and lateral confinement: A Case Study on the Waiho River, NZ, Physics Seminar, Mesa State College, invited. Gigi A. Richard, Ph.D. Page 4 2003, 10,000 Shades of Green, An Environmental Education in the South Pacific and New Zealand, Faculty Colloquium, Mesa State College. 2002, Downstream Impacts of Dams, Colorado Water Workshop, Western State College, Gunnison, CO, invited. 2002, Human Impacts on River Systems: Perspectives from New Mexico and New Zealand, Sigma Xi, Mesa State College, invited. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Director, Water Center at Colorado Mesa University (2011 to present). Organized and coordinated, Upper Colorado River Basin Water Forum, October 31, 2011 and November 7-8, 2012, Colorado Mesa University, Grand Junction, CO. Manuscript reviewer: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (2010), River Research and Applications (2004), Environmental Management (2004), Journal of Hydraulic Research (2003, 2004), Global and Planetary Change (2007). Texbook Reviewer, Pearson Prentice Hall, reviewed Natural Hazards 1 st Edition, Keller and Blodgett (2007). Field trip chairperson (2005) Geological Society of American (GSA) Rocky Mountain Section Meeting at Mesa State College. Coordinated 11 different field trips throughout Western Colorado and Utah. Organized symposium Water Resources in the Colorado River Basin and the Western U.S. as part of the Geological Society of American (GSA) Rocky Mountain Section Meeting at Mesa State College on Monday 23 May 2005 from 8am-12pm. Included water experts from throughout the western United States, including a Colorado State Supreme Court Justice. Open to the public as well as to attendees of the GSA meeting. COLLEGE SERVICE Faculty Advisor: Sigma Gamma Epsilon, earth science student honor society (2010 present) GIS Committee, Mesa State College maintain GPS units and sitewide software license agreement and support GIS curriculum (2003 present). Faculty Senate President, Colorado Mesa University (Fall 2012 Spring 2013). Faculty Senate, Colorado Mesa University, Physical and Environmental Sciences Department Senator (2010 to 2013). Tenure and Promotion Committee, Colorado Mesa University, Physical and Environmental Sciences Department representative (2009-2011). Curriculum Committee, Mesa State College, Physical and Environmental Sciences, Department Representative (2007 2010).
Page 5 Sustainability Council, Mesa State College founding member of campus organization including faculty, staff and students dedicted to promote, recognize and support sustainability throughout the campus lifestyle, operations and curriculum (2006 2009). Search committees at Mesa State College: Mechanical Engineering (chair of committee, 2009, 2010), Chemistry (2007, 2004, 2003), Construction Management (2007), Physics (2006), Environmental Science (2005) Faculty Advisor: Western Colorado Action Network (WeCAN) student organization, (2005 2007). Served on Graduate Committee, MS Student in Watershed Science, Colorado State University (2007). CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT COLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY (FORMERLY MESA STATE COLLEGE) Designed and created Water, People and Environment a general-education science course to be offered Spring 2014. Developed Watershed Science Minor Program serve as faculty advisor for program (2004 present). Redesigned Geographic Information Science and Technology Minor and Certificate Program (2006). Redesigned Geology and Environmental Geology B.S. Major Programs (2005). Designed and created River Dynamics including a weekly lab session. Course is intended for upper-division science majors. Weekly hands-on labs allow students to conduct field data collection and analysis and computer modeling of river dynamics problems. Redesigned curriculum for Introduction to Ground Water an upper-division ground-water course for geology and environmental science majors. Redesigned course to focus more on ground water occurrence and movement, including weekly hands-on lab sessions. Lab includes a semester-long field project at a local wetland where students collect data for analysis. Data collection has continued since 2003 at the same site. Designed and created Basic Hydrology an upper-division course for science majors. Course introduces physical and applied hydrology and includes several in-class problem-solving and computer-based lab activities. Designed and created Cartography for GIS an introductory course for students beginning to study Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Course includes hands-on labs during with students use maps and Global Positioning System (GPS) units to understand the components necessary to create an effective map. Redesigned curriculum for GPS for GIS course to introduce GIS students to field data collection and mapping using GPS. Developed curriculum utilizing new GPS units. Course is comprised of a series of data collection and mapping labs that build through the semester. Students also develop an individual project through the semester that culminates in a presentation and a final map. Developed hydrology segment for existing geology field camp (2004).
Page 6 COMMUNITY SERVICE Natural Resources of the West Seminar Series, organized every fall semester, 2002 present. Community Supported Agriculture Project and Main Street Community Garden Advisory Board, 2008-2011. Science Fair Judge, Regional Science Fair, Grand Junction, CO, 2002-06, 2008, 2011, 2013. Watershed 101 presentation, Water Course sponsored by MCWA and Water Center held at Ute Water for ~80 people, Feb 15, 2011 Careers in GIS-T, Presentation for Palisade High School Computer Applications class hour, March 4, 2011. Colorado National Monument Walks and Talks 100th Anniversary Celebration, Saturday May 14, 2011, hike in No Thoroughfare Canyon Engineering Career Presentation, STEM Career Day on March 24, 2010 for High School students. "Beyond a Ph.D. in Engineering Teaching at a Small State College", Presentation for CU-Boulder PhD Engineering Students GAANN Fellows, Friday, May 21, 2010. Watershed 101 presentation for the Middle Colorado River Watershed Partnership in Rifle, CO, September 21, 2010. Guest Lecture, Global Climate Change for Lithography Class, Art Department, Mesa State College, 2008. Developed and taught Geology Unit for Girl Scout Troop at New Emerson Elementary School, 2005. Presentation to the Western Colorado Conservation Corps at-risk high-school students about water in western Colorado and in particular related to the work the students doing on trails in western Colorado, 2005. Developed, organized and taught River Unit for 3 rd and 4 th graders including curriculum and field trip, Deep River School of Expeditionary Learning, 2004. Colorado College 1/2-day field class about Colorado River, 2003. Developed, organized and taught Stream Ecology Unit for 1 st and 2 nd graders including curriculum and field trip, Tope Elementary School, 2003. Technical Advisor: North Fork Cache la Poudre River and Phantom Canyon Preserve Riparian Restoration Team, The Nature Conservancy, 1999-2001. Commissioner: Summit Water Quality Commission, Summit County, CO, 1994-1996. Representative on local government commission whose goal was to protect water quality. Commissioner: Snake River Planning Commission, Summit County, CO, 1991-1996. Served as representative on eight member regional planning and zoning commission. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Geophysical Union European Geosciences Union ACCREDITATIONS Engineer in Training, State of Colorado, 1990. OTHER SKILLS Conversant in French. Familiar with ESRI ArcGIS, Trimble TerraSync and Pathfinder Office, and HEC-RAS software.