Mark Morris

Experience

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  The Ohio State University

  Jun 2003 - Jul 2003

  Conservation Ecology Field Assistant

  Large woody debris sampling, longitudinal river corridor survey, riparian tree survey.

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  Brigham Young University

  May 2004 - Jun 2004

  Evolutionary Genetics Laboratory Assistant & Mentorship, Integrative Biology

  Native and invasive crayfish in southern Oregon.

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  Utah Division of Wildlife Resources

  Jun 2004 - Aug 2004

  Wildlife Technician

  Population studies: boreal toads, spotted frogs, least chub, and leatherside chub.

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  Williamsburg Environmental Group, Inc.

  Jun 2005 - Aug 2005

  Water Resources Engineering Intern

  Municipal storm-water: small lake bathymetric survey, field surveys for culvert re-sizing, golf-course ponding, report preparation.

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  Brigham Young University

  May 2006 - Aug 2006

  Research Assistant, Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Preparation for the stream restoration of Hobble Creek in Springville, Utah, targeting the June Sucker habitat.• Tasks related to stream hydrology, geomorphology, and biology including a longitudinal river corridor survey, discharge, bedload, and sediment sampling, lake recruitment of fish larvae, benthic plankton and macroinvertebrate survey.

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  St Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2012

  Research Assistant, Civil Engineering

  Field and laboratory data collection, processing, and presentation related to the hydrodynamics of aquatic ecosystems.

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  University of Minnesota

  Sept 2008 - May 2013

  • Course: Hydrologic Design, a senior level Civil Engineering course. • Subject matter: water budget, hydrographs, channel design, flood frequency analysis, intro to HEC-HMS. • River hydraulics and aquatic ecology• Quantifying natural hydraulic and bathymetric characteristics, simplifying the complicated mix of potentially mediating abiotic variables, and creating physically meaningful scaling relationships that predict caddisfly spatial density as the attached publications illustrate• Predictive relationships developed that point to the physical and biological mechanisms underlying the abiotic components of optimal habitat for the target caddisfly genus. • Course taught: Hydrologic Design, a senior level Civil Engineering course. • Subject matter: water budget, hydrographs, channel design, flood frequency analysis, intro to HydroCAD.

  • Teaching Assistant, Hydrologic Design

    Jan 2013 - May 2013

  • Graduate Student, Water Resources Engineering

    Sept 2006 - May 2013

  • Teaching Assistant

    Sept 2008 - Dec 2009
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  23rd Street Partners

  Jan 2014 - Jun 2014

  Handyman

  Water damage repair, floor stabilization and installation (ceramic tile, laminate flooring), window removal and installation, ceiling and wall repair and painting, deck construction. General renovation.

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  Salt Lake Community College

  Mar 2014 - Jun 2014

  Adjunct Faculty, Mathematics

  Taught an elementary algebra course.

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  US Forest Service

  Jul 2014 - Mar 2015

  Volunteer Hydrologist

  • Shallow monitoring well installation in the Strawberry River valley to set up a long-term study on seasonal groundwater / surface water interaction• Soil sampling and analysis • Alpine wetland delineation using hydrologic, vegetative, and soil characteristics• Surface water discharge measurements• Air quality reporting• Redesign of logging road stream crossing N side of Uintahs•Met with contractor on site to discuss options for nature-like channel construction in a large culvert to prevent landlocked sockeye salmon spawning run obstruction Show less

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  Western-Enviro Resources

  Sept 2014 - Mar 2015

  Environmental Scientist

  • Plant community composition surveys and habitat characterization related to federally listed threatened species • Monitoring data analysis and presentation

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  US Army Corps of Engineers

  Mar 2015 - now

  Hydraulic Engineer

  • Hydraulic design and engineering projects mainly related to salmon and steelhead passage at hydroelectric dams. • Teamwork using physical (at the Engineering Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi) and computational (basic CFD using STAR-CCM+) modeling, as well as GIS, Microstation, and AutoCAD basics. • Extensive field data collection via acoustic Doppler velocimetry (both water column and point measurements).• Flow routing and flood inundation mapping with HEC-RAS• Project Management and Basic NEPA exposure Show less