You may be used to turning a tap and having water flow, but water distribution networks in urban areas do not always continuously supply water. Undesirable consequences include degradation of distribution system components, compromised water quality, and inequitable water availability. I am interested in intermittent water supply from a modeling point of view. These networks may simultaneously contain empty, partially full, and pressurized pipes. I'm working on modeling the transient flow of water through systems under these conditions. I'm also working on using optimization to identify operating conditions that mitigate certain negative effects. "Optimizing Intermittent Water Supply In Urban Pipe Distribution Networks" ( SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, in review)
