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- 2002: Webpublished the textbook entitled
Fortran for Scientists and Engineers.
- 1998:
Dr. Ponce's version of the Muskingum-Cunge method,
published in 1978 in the ASCE Journal of the
Hydraulics Division, was incorporated as one of the
flood routing methods of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers'
HEC-HMS (Hydrologic Modeling System).
- 1995: Released the study entitled
"Hydrologic and Environmental
Impact of the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway
on the Pantanal of Mato Grosso, Brazil." The study documents the hydrologic and environmental impact
of the proposed five-country waterway project on the world's largest wetland. The study was funded by the
Charles S. Mott Foundation, of Flint, Michigan.
- 1990: Dr. Ponce's version of the
Muskingum-Cunge method,
published in 1978 in the ASCE Journal of the
Hydraulics Division, was incorporated as one of the
flood routing methods of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers'
HEC-1 Flood Hydrology Package.
- 1989: Published the textbook
entitled
Engineering Hydrology, Principles and Practices,
(Prentice Hall).
This texbook is being used in several universities in the United States, Canada, and Asia.
- 1979: Received the American
Society of Civil Engineers' Karl E. Hilgard Hydraulics Prize. This
prestigious prize is awarded to the author(s) of the best paper published in the Journal
of Hydraulic Engineering
in the year prior to the competition. The paper is entitled
"Shallow wave propagation in open channel flow," published in the December 1977 issue.
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Amazon tidal wave, or pororoca, on the estuary of the Araguari river,
Amapa, Brazil, at 8 am, January 22, 1989. The pororoca coincides with
new and full moons, and it is strongest during the equinoctial months (See "What a bore!") (Photo by V. M. Ponce).
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