ABOUT
In Fall 2008, I started working as a PhD Intern with the environmental consulting firm, CDM, in the water resources division. I am also a PhD student in Engineering Science at Southern Illinois University Carbondale with concentration in water resources engineering.
Currently, my dissertation research focuses on generating alternatives for decision-support in watershed-scale design of best management practices (BMPs)*. Finding near-optimal solutions to single- and multi-objective problems is ideal because often a mathematically optimal solution is, in practice, an unfeasible solution.
At SIUC, I work closely with Dr. John Nicklow and fellow graduate student Prakash Kaini. Results of our research efforts were presented in May 2008 at the ASCE EWRI World Water & Environmental Resources Congress in Honolulu, HI.
*This research is funded by the USGS and the National Water Resources Institute.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Biologically-inspired computation
- Watershed-scale decision support techniques
- Hydrologic ecosystem services
- Sustainable engineering design
PUBLICATIONS
- Moberly, R, Ishii, T, Garcia, MO, Ross, K, and KS Artita, 2006. Enriched, transitional, and normal mid-ocean-ridge basalt glass, ODP Leg 203. In Schultz, A, Orcutt, JA, and Davies, TA (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 203, 1–36. PDF Website
Conference Proceedings/Presentations
- Artita, KS, Kaini, P, and JW Nicklow, 2008. Generating alternative watershed-scale BMP designs with evolutionary algorithms. Proceedings of the 2008 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE, Honolulu, HI. PDF
- Kaini, P, Artita, KS, and JW Nicklow, 2008. Designing BMPs at a watershed-scale using SWAT and a genetic algorithm. Proceedings of the 2008 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE, Honolulu, HI. PDF
- Sears, MW, Artita, KS, and T Shroudt, 2008. Using evolutionary algorithms to predict optimal navigational decisions through thermally-structured environments. 2008 Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, San Antonio, TX. PDF
- Kaini, P, Artita, KS, and JW Nicklow, 2007. Evaluating optimal detention pond locations at a watershed scale. Proceedings of the 2007 World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, ASCE, Tampa, FL. PDF
- Artita, KS and RA Schultz, 2005. Significance of deformation band-like strike-slip faults on Mars. Lunar and Planetary Institute, 36th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in League City, TX. PDF
- Artita, KS and RA Schultz, 2004. Pattern and development of deformation bands near strike-slip fault junctions. American Geophysical Union Fall Conference in San Francisco, CA. PDF
- Artita, KS and RA Schultz, 2004. 3D fault interaction and depth of faulting, Mars. Lunar and Planetary Institute, 35th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in League City, TX. PDF
Contact
Kimberly S. Artita
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Mail Code 6603
Carbondale, IL 62901
Phone: (618)528-0349
kartita@gmail.com
artitaks@cdm.com