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Department of Civil Engineering
 

Locations

Moscow

Civil Engineering
Phone: (208) 885-6782
Toll-free: 88-88-UIDAHO
Fax: (208) 885-6608
Email: civilengr@uidaho.edu

Buchanan Engineering (BEL)
Room 102

875 Perimeter Drive MS 1022
Moscow, ID 83844-1022

Boise

Contact Denise Engebrecht
Phone: (208) 364-6123
Fax: (208) 364-3160
Email: denisee@uidaho.edu

Idaho Water Center
322 E. Front Street
Boise, ID 83702

Idaho Falls

Contact Debbie Caudle
Phone: (208) 282-7983
Fax: (208) 282-7929
Email: debrac@uidaho.edu

1776 Science Center Drive, Suite 306
Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402

Distance Education

Engineering Outreach
Phone: (208) 885-6373
Toll-free: (800) 824-2889
Fax: (208) 885-9249
E-mail: outreach@uidaho.edu

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Fritz Fiedler

Fritz Fiedler, Ph.D., P.E.

Office: Buchanan 100
Phone: 208-885-2980
Email: fritz@uidaho.edu
Mailing Address: c/o Civil Engineering Department
P.O. Box 441022
Moscow, ID 83844-1022

College of Engineering
Civil Engineering
Associate Professor

Campus Locations: Moscow
With UI Since 2000
  • Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1997
  • M.S., University of New Hampshire, 1989
  • B.S., University of New Hampshire, 1987

Research/Focus Areas

  • Mathematical modeling of flow and transport processes
  • Effects of scale and spatial variability on hydrologic response

Biography

My research interests are in the broad area of measurements and modeling of hydrologic and environmental systems. As such, I have worked on a variety of projects, including developing subsurface hydrocarbon measurement techniques, analyzing the effects of tillage and reconsolidation on soil-water retention characteristics, exploring the effects of scale and spatial variability of soil properties on hydrologic response, and developing numerical methods for routing discontinuous surface water flows over infiltrating surfaces.

Selected Publications

  • Elger, D., B. Williams, R. Budwig, K. DenBraven, S. Beyerlein, M. Dixon, E.C. Lemmon, F.R. Fiedler, D. Cordon, B. Stephens, T. Armstrong, and C. Flowers. Changing educational practices--uncovering the real issues, in proceedings, 2003 ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boulder, Colorado, November 2003.
  • Fiedler, F.R., S. Taylor, M. Dixon, E. Schmeckpeper, and S. Sharma, EdUI: A nascent educational informatics system at the University of Idaho, Department of Civil Engineering, in proceedings, E-Learn 2004, Washington, D.C., November 2004.
  • Conn, M.R., and F.R. Fiedler, Increasing hydraulic residence time in constructed stormwater treatment wetlands with designed bottom topography, Water Environment Research, 78(13), 2006
  • Reister, M.S. and F.R. Fiedler, A simplified analysis method for natural dispersion of highway stormwater runoff, Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1983, 33-41, 2006.
  • Sheldon, Shane, and F. R. Fiedler, Direct numerical simulation of Hortonian runoff resulting from heterogeneous hydraulic conductivity, ASCE J. of Hydrologic Engineering, submitted July 2007 (invited paper for special edition of journal).

Research Projects

  • High-resolution simulation of flood flows over complex terrain
  • Developing distributed infiltration estimates to support two-dimensional hydraulic routing for flood hazard analysis at INEEL
  • Surface interactions in Hortonian overland flow
  • Characterizing southwest Snake River organic matter to establish water quality model boundary conditions and assess TMDL implementation strategies

Fritz's Links

My Courses

  • CE 325
    Fundamentals of Hydrologic Engineering
  • CE 330
    Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering
  • CE 421
    Engineering Hydrology
  • CE 433
    Water Quality Management

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