Gary Brunner

About Gary Brunner

I currently work for HDR Inc. in their Sacramento, CA office, as a Senior Water Resources Technical Advisor. My work focuses on Hydraulics, Hydrology, and water resources statistics. I am the original author of HEC-RAS. My main focus is solving complex water resources problems that involve hydraulics and hydrological modeling.

Experience

1. Senior Water Resources Technical Advisor

   HDR

   Nov 2021 — Present · Sacramento, CA, US

   In my role as Senior Water Resources Technical Advisor, I perform the following:• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to Jr. staff in development of hydrologic and hydraulic models• Serve as a quality control reviewer for complex hydrologic and hydraulic models• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert and Consulting Review Board member.• Provide expert consultancy in the use and application of HEC-RAS and related software• Develop in-house training, best practices and mentor staff• Dam and Levee Safety Risk Analysis.• Risk and Uncertainty Analysis.• Advanced 1D and 2D modeling of complex settings.• Hydraulic modeling of hydraulic structures

Education

• Penn State University

  M.S.

  1983 — 1985

• Penn State University

  B.S.

  1979 — 1983

Skills

• Gis
• River Hydraulics
• Hec-Hms
• Floodplain Management
• Dam & Levee Breaching Analyses
• Water Engineering
• Water Distribution
• 1d and 2d Unsteady Flow Routing
• Flood
• Watershed Management
• Environmental Engineering
• Water Resources
• Water Supply
• Flood Control
• Hydraulics
• Water Management
• Hec-Ras
• Water
• Sediment Transport
• Dams
• Drainage
• Coastal Engineering
• Stormwater Management
• Hydrologic Modeling
• Hydrology
• Erosion Control