Dr. Victor Miguel Ponce is professor of civil engineering
at San Diego State University (SDSU).
His areas of expertise are:
(1) hydrology, (2) surface water hydrology, (3) flood hydrology,
(4) computational hydrology, (5) environmental hydrology,
(6) drought hydrology, (7) hydrosedimentology, and (8) sustainable
development.
He earned M.S. (1970) and Ph.D. (1976) degrees at
Colorado State University, reached the rank of full professor at (SDSU) in
1983, and held the office of department chair
during the period 1989-92.
Dr. Ponce teaches
Engineering Hydrology
and
Open-channel Hydraulics
at the undergraduate level, and
Computational Hydraulics and Hydrology,
Environmental Hydrology and
Surface Water Hydrology at the graduate level.
His extensive experience led to the
publication of Engineering Hydrology:
Principles and Practices (Prentice Hall, 1989).
This textbook is being used in many universities in the United States,
Canada, and other countries.
Dr. Ponce's current research activity is in the field of
environmental hydrology.
He has been recently funded by
SCERP (Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy)
to study the hydroecological characterization of Arroyo Alamar,
in Baja California, Mexico (2002-2003).
He is currently leading a study of three issues of
sustainable management in the Ojos Negros valley, Baja California (2001-02).
He has recently completed an interdisciplinary study of
groundwater depletion in the Ojos Negros valley,
in Baja California (1999-2002).
He has completed the design
of a constructed wetland for the city of Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico (2001).
He has completed a study of the flood hydrology
of the Binational Cottonwood Creek- Arroyo Alamar, in Southern California and Baja California (2000-2001).
In 1995, Dr. Ponce completed
a study of the
hydrologic and environmental impact of the Parana-Paraguay
Waterway, which comprises five countries in South America.
Other research interests
are in the fields of surface water hydrology and
computational hydrology,
with projects that have been funded by the USDA Soil
Conservation Service,
the National Science Foundation, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Dr. Ponce's international consulting experience
has been with the
United Nations Development Program (UNDP),
the Commission of European Communities (CEC),
and the Organization of American States (OAS),
and several private engineering firms.
Dr. Ponce's collaboration with foreign universities include the
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (Cuiaba, Brazil),
Universidad Nacional de San Agustin (Arequipa, Peru),
Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria (Lima, Peru),
Instituto Tecnologico de Oaxaca (Oaxaca, Mexico),
Universidad Autonoma de Baja California (Mexicali and Ensenada, Mexico) and
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (Lima, Peru).
Dr. Ponce's service includes his membership in the
SDSU Faculty Senate (1999-2005), referee for several
scientific and professional journals,
and advisor for Ingeniería
Hidráulica en México and
Revista de Estudos Ambientais.
Over the past 32 years, Dr. Ponce has authored more than
200 publications,
including 2 textbooks, 49
publications in refereed journals,
65
proceedings papers, and 90
technical reports.
He has received several awards, including
the prestigious National ASCE Karl E. Hilgard Hydraulics Prize.
He has lectured extensively in the United States, Europe, Asia, and
Latin America, and is fluent in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
