Academic Qualification
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Master’s in Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering, Arizona State University
Teaching Area
Water Pollution Control Engineering
Urban Hydrology and Stormwater Management
Applied Hydrology
Engineering Principles of Water Resources Design
Hydraulic Engineering
Introduction to Environmental Engineering
River Engineering
Water Quality Modeling and Management
Watershed Management
Probabilistic Approaches to Water Resources Engineering
Research Area
Water Quality Modeling and Management
Modeling Uncertainty Analysis
Surface Water Hydrology
River Hydraulics
Stormwater Management
Watershed Management
Statistical Methods
Professional Services
Associate Editor, International Journal of Sediment Research, since 2002
Associate Editor, Water Science and Engineering, since 2018
Working Experience
Mar. 2024 ~ Present, Visiting Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Faculty of Innovation Engineering, MUST
Jun. 2012 ~ Present, President, Melching Water Solutions LLC, Environmental Engineering Consulting Company, Greenfield, WI, USA
Jan. 2021 ~ Present, Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, USA
Aug. 2009 ~ Jun. 2012, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Aug. 1999 ~ Jul. 2009, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Aug. 2005 ~ Jul. 2006, Visiting Professor, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Jan. 1992 ~ Jul. 1999, Hydraulic Engineer/Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Urbana, IL, USA
Sep. 1997 ~ Mar. 1998, Visiting Scholar, Laboratory of Hydrology, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel, Belgium
Aug. 1989 ~ Dec. 1991, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
Oct. 1987 ~ Jul. 1989, Visiting Lecturer, Laboratory of Hydrology, Vrije Universiteit, Brussel, Belgium
Academic Publications (selected)
1. Melching, C.S., Wasik, J., Staudacher, E., and Minarik, T. 2023. “Operational Guidance for Aeration and Flow Augmentation for the Chicago Area Waterway System—A Case Study,” Water Science and Engineering, 16(4), 345-358.
2. Melching, C.S., 2018. “Application of a water quality model to determine instream aeration station location and operational rules: A case study,” Water Science and Engineering, 11(1), 8-17.
3. Melching, C.S., Liang, J., Fleer L.A., and Wethington, D.M., 2015. “Modeling the Water Quality Impacts of the Separation of the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basins for Invasive Species Control,” Journal of Great Lakes Research, 45(2015), 87-98.
4. Liang, J. and Melching, C.S., 2015. “Experimental Evaluation of the Effect of Storm Movement on Peak Discharge,” International Journal of Sediment Research, 30(2), 167-177.
5. Wang, Z.Y., Lee, J.H.W., and Melching, C.S., 2014. River Dynamics and Integrated River Management, Tsinghua University Press, Beijing, and Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
6. Melching, C.S., Ao, Y., and Alp, E., 2013. “Modeling Evaluation of Integrated Strategies to Meet Proposed Dissolved Oxygen Standards for the Chicago Waterway System,” Journal of Environmental Management, 116(2013), 145-155.
7. Missaghi, S., Hondzo, M., and Melching, C.S., 2013. “Three-Dimensional Lake Water Quality Modeling: Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analyses,” Journal of Environmental Quality, 42, 1684-1698.
8. Liang, J., and Melching, C.S., 2012. “Comparison of Computed and Experimentally Assessed Times of Concentration for a V-Shaped Laboratory Watershed,” Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 17(12), 1389-1396.
9. Alp, E. and Melching, C.S., 2011. “Allocation of Supplementary Aeration Stations in the Chicago Waterway System for Dissolved Oxygen Improvement, Journal of Environmental Management, 92, 1577-1583.
10. Alp, E. and Melching, C.S. 2009, “Evaluation of the Duration of Storm Effects on In-Stream Water Quality, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 135(2), 107-116.
11. Wang, Z.Y., Melching, C.S., Duan, X., and Yu, G.A., 2009, “Ecological and Hydraulic Studies of Step-Pool Systems,” Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 135(9), 705-717.
12. Manache, G. and Melching, C.S., 2008. “Identification of Reliable Regression- and Correlation-Based Sensitivity Measures for Importance Ranking of Water-Quality Model Parameters," Environmental Modelling & Software, 23(5), 549-562.
13. Manache, G., Melching, C.S., and Lanyon, R. 2007. “Calibration of a Continuous Simulation Fecal Coliform Model Based on Historical Data Analysis,” Journal of Environmental Engineering, 133(7), 681-691.
14. Alp, E., Melching, C.S., Zhang, H., and Lanyon, R., 2007. “Effectiveness of Combined Sewer Overflow Treatment for Dissolved Oxygen Improvement in the Chicago Waterways,” Water Science and Technology, 56(1), 215-222.
15. Melching, C.S., Novotny, V., and Schilling, J.B., 2006. “Probabilistic Evaluation of Ammonia Toxicity in Milwaukee’s Outer Harbor,” Water Science and Technology, 53(1), 109-116.
16. Tung, Y.K., Yen, B.C., and Melching, C.S., 2006. Hydrosystems Engineering Reliability Assessment and Risk Analysis, McGraw-Hill, New York, 495 p.
17. Melching, C.S., 2006, “Sewer Flow Measurement,” Chapter 2.2, Wastewater Quality Monitoring and Treatment, P. Quevauviller, O. Thomas, and A. Van der Beken, eds., John Wiley and Sons, London, p. 119-144.
18. Xiong, Y. and Melching, C.S., 2005. “Comparison of Kinematic-Wave and Nonlinear Reservoir Routing of Urban Watershed Runoff”, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 10(1), 39-49.
19. Manache, G. and Melching, C.S., 2004. “Sensitivity Analysis of a Water-Quality Model Using Latin Hypercube Sampling,” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 130(3), 232-242.
20. Melching, C.S. and Bauwens, W., 2001. “Uncertainty in Coupled Nonpoint Source and Stream Water-Quality Models,” Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 127(6), 403-413.
21. Melching, C.S. and Flores, H.E., 1999. "Reaeration Equations Derived from USGS Data Base," Journal of Environmental Engineering, 125(5), 407-414.
22. Melching, C.S. and Pilon, P.J., eds., 1999. Comprehensive Risk Assessment for Natural Hazards, World Meteorological Organization Technical Document No. 955, 92 p.
23. Melching, C.S. and Yoon, C.G., 1996. "Key Sources of Uncertainty in QUAL2E Model of Passaic River," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 122(2), 105-113.
24. Melching, C. S., 1995. "Reliability Estimation," Chapter 3 in Computer Models of Watershed Hydrology, V. P. Singh, ed., Water Resources Publications, Littleton, CO, p. 69-118.
25. Melching, C.S., 1992. "An Improved, First-Order Reliability Approach for Assessing Uncertainties in Hydrologic Modeling," Journal of Hydrology, 132(1-4), 157-177.
26. Melching, C.S. and Anmangandla, S., 1992. "Improved First-Order Uncertainty Method for Water Quality Modeling," Journal of Environmental Engineering, 118(5), 791-805.
27. Melching, C.S., Yen, B.C., and Wenzel, H.G., Jr., 1991. "Output Reliability as a Guide for Selection of Rainfall-Runoff Models," Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 117(3), 383-398.
28. Melching, C.S., Yen, B.C., and Wenzel, H.G., Jr., 1990. "A Reliability Estimation in Modeling Watershed Runoff with Uncertainties," Water Resources Research, 26(10), 2275-2286.
Research Grants (Selected last 15 years)
2024.09 – Present Determination of Appropriate Level of Discretionary Diversion from Lake Michigan Once the McCook Reservoir is Completed (Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, MWRDGC)
2021.08 – 2024.07 Upper Peace HEC-RAS Modeling (TWA 21TW0003651) (Southwest Florida Water Management District)
2020.03 – 2023.12 Phosphorus Assessment and Reduction Plan for the Chicago Area Waterway System (MWRDGC)
2012.09 – 2017.12 Evaluate the Allocation of Discretionary Diversion from Lake Michigan (MWRDGC)
2013.04 – 2016.08 Evaluation of the Impact of Lake Michigan Discretionary Diversion Reduction (MWRDGC)
2011.08 – 2014.01 Great Lakes Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS) Water Quality Modeling (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
Patents
None
Professional Certification and Awards
2015: Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
2012: ASCE Outstanding Reviewer, Journal of Environmental Engineering
2008: Marquette University, College of Engineering, Outstanding Researcher Award
2001: Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, ASCE – “For his research on uncertainty and reliability analysis in water resources and environmental engineering, including especially uncertainty in rainfall-runoff and stream water-quality modeling”
Licensed Professional Engineer: Arizona (since 1991), Illinois (since 1992), Wisconsin (since 2015)
Student Awards
1988: Chester P. Seiss Civil Engineering Graduate Student Award for Outstanding Scholastic Achievement and Promise for Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1981: ASCE ‑ Arizona State University Outstanding Senior Award
1981: ASCE - Pacific Southwest Conference (student) Paper Contest, 1st Place 1981 ("Portable Flow Measuring Flumes for Earthen Channels" unpublished)
Professional Society Membership
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
Member, American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists
