Slobodan P. Simonović
Slobodan P. Simonović | |
|---|---|
| Born | 26 April 1949 |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade (BSc, MSc) University of California, Davis (PhD) |
| Awards | Camille A. Dagenais Award (2005) Ven Te Chow Award (2013) Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2020) Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (2013) Foreign member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (2021) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Civil engineering, water resources management, flood risk management |
| Institutions | University of Manitoba University of Western Ontario Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction |
| Website | slobodansimonovic |
Slobodan P. Simonović (born 26 April 1949) is a Serbian-Canadian civil engineer and professor emeritus at the University of Western Ontario. His research applies systems analysis to water resources management, with a focus on flood risk and adapting water infrastructure to climate change.[1]
Education and career
[edit]Simonović was born in Belgrade on 26 April 1949. He received a BSc in civil engineering (1974) and an MSc in water resources systems (1977) from the University of Belgrade, and a PhD in water resources systems engineering from the University of California, Davis in 1981.[2]
He joined the Department of Civil and Geological Engineering at the University of Manitoba as an associate professor in 1986, was promoted to full professor in 1992, and directed the university's Natural Resources Institute from 1996 to 2000.[2] In 2000, he moved to the University of Western Ontario as a professor of civil and environmental engineering.[2] Since retiring from teaching in 2019, he has been professor emeritus at Western and director of engineering studies at the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction.[2][3]
Research
[edit]Simonović's work uses simulation, optimization, and multi-criteria analysis to study the planning and operation of complex water systems, including reservoir operations, flood forecasting, and the resilience of urban infrastructure.[1] He has published more than 550 professional papers and three textbooks.[1][4]
His research group has released publicly accessible software tools for water resources practice, including the IDF_CC tool for updating local extreme-rainfall statistics under climate change;[5] ResilSIM, a web-based decision-support tool that estimates the resilience of urban infrastructure to flooding;[6] and a tool for evaluating impacts of global change based on the ANEMI integrated model.[7] In 2021, the group released a publicly accessible web tool mapping projected changes in floodplains across Canada under climate change scenarios, described as the first flood-impact map of its kind to cover the entire country.[8] He has frequently commented on urban flooding, climate change, and infrastructure adaptation in Canadian print and broadcast media.[9]
Simonović and his research group publish the Water Resources Research Reports series, distributed through the Western University library.[10]
Recognition
[edit]Simonović received the American Society of Civil Engineers Ven Te Chow Award in 2013 for lifetime achievement in hydrologic engineering.[11][2]In 2005, he received the Camille A. Dagenais Award from the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering in recognition of outstanding contributions to the development and practice of hydrotechnical engineering in Canada.[12] His other awards include the International Award of the Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources (2001) and an award for outstanding contribution from the European Water Resources Association (2017).[2] He was inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering in 2013[13][2] and elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2020.[14][1] In 2021, he was elected a foreign member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in the Department of Technical Sciences.[2] The same year, Reuters included him on its "Hot List" of the world's 1,000 most influential climate scientists.[15][2]
Selected books
[edit]- Managing Water Resources: Methods and Tools for a Systems Approach. UNESCO/Earthscan, 2009. ISBN 978-1-84407-553-9 (translated into Farsi)
- Systems Approach to Management of Disasters: Methods and Applications. Wiley, 2011. ISBN 978-0-470-52809-9 (translated into Chinese)
- Floods in a Changing Climate: Risk Management. Cambridge University Press, 2012. ISBN 978-1-107-01874-7 (translated into Chinese)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Royal Society celebrates 5 Western scholars". Western News. University of Western Ontario. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Slobodan Simonović". Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
- ↑ "Facility for Intelligent Decision Support". Western University, Faculty of Engineering. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "Slobodan P. Simonovic". Google Scholar. Retrieved 9 August 2026.
- ↑ "IDF_CC tool". Western University. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
- ↑ "ResilSIM". Western University. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
- ↑ "Global change impacts tool". Western University. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
- ↑ "Flood-impact map a Canadian first". Western News. University of Western Ontario. November 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "2nd major flooding in 11 years a sign Toronto is not adapting quickly enough, say climate experts". CBC News. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "Water Resources Research Reports". Western University Library. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
- ↑ "Ven Te Chow Award past award winners". American Society of Civil Engineers. Retrieved 8 July 2026.
- ↑ "Honours, Awards and Fellowships 2004–2005" (PDF). Canadian Society for Civil Engineering. 2005. p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2006. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
The Camille A. Dagenais Award for 2005 is granted to Slobodan Simonovic, Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Research Chair with the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction at the University of Western Ontario.
- ↑ "Directory of Fellows". Canadian Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
- ↑ "Class of 2020" (PDF). Royal Society of Canada. 2020. p. 14. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
- ↑ "Engineering prof named among world's top climate scientists". Western News. University of Western Ontario. May 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Faculty profile at Western University
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- 1949 births
- Living people
- Canadian civil engineers
- Canadian hydrologists
- Engineers from Belgrade
- University of Belgrade Faculty of Civil Engineering alumni
- University of California, Davis alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Manitoba
- Academic staff of the University of Western Ontario
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
- Foreign members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 20th-century Canadian engineers
- Serbian emigrants to Canada
- 21st-century Canadian engineers