Bruce
A. Tschantz, P. E.
Senior
Research Associate
Water Resources Research Center
Energy, Environment and Resources Center
University of Tennessee
311 Conference Center
Building
Knoxville, TN 37996-4134
Phone: 865-974-2151
Fax: 865-974-1838
btschant@utk.edu
Selected Publications (since 2000):
B.A. Tschantz, T.R. Gangaware, and R.G.
Morton, Guide to the Selection and Design of Stormwater Best Management
Practices (BMPs) - A Guide for Phase II MS4 Communities for Protecting
Post-construction Stormwater Quality and Managing Stormwater Flow,
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation,Tennessee Department
of Agriculture, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA Publ.
904-B-02-900, March 2003 .
J.C. Price, R. Karesh, B.A. Tschantz, et al, Erosion
and Sediment Control Handbook - A Guide for Protection of State Waters
through the Use of Best Management Practices during Land-disturbing
Activities, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation,
Second Edition, March 2002.
B.A. Tschantz, "Public Hazards at
Low-head Dams: Can We Make Them Safer?" National Dam Safety
Conference Proceedings, 2003 Dam Safety Conference, Minneapolis,
September 2003.
B.D. Marks and B.A. Tschantz , A Technical
Manual on the Effects of Tree and Woody Vegetation Root Penetrations on
the Safety of Earthen Dams, Association of State Dam Safety Officials
(ASDSO), December 2002.
K. Hendrick, R.B. Robinson, and B.A. Tschantz, Water quality and BMP Monitoring Report for Tunnel Reconstruction in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, research report prepared for the U.S. National Park Service, University of Tennessee Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Knoxville, Tennessee, December 2002.
R.B. Robinson, J.S. Smoot, B.A. Tschantz, et al, Great Smoky Mountains National Park Water Quality Monitoring Network: Present and Future, paper presented to the Water Resources Division, National Park Service Meeting, Fort Collins, Colorado, November 20, 2002.
B.A. Tschantz, Performance Evaluation of
Constructed Urban Stormwater Detention Ponds in the Knoxville Area,
proceedings and presentation to International Conference on Decision
Making in Urban and Civil Engineering, Lyon, France, November
22, 2000.
B.A. Tschanz, Current Problems, Practices, and Policies on Tree and Woody Plant Penetration of Dams, proceedings and presentation to Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) Annual Conference, Providence, Rhode Island, September 28-30, 2000.
Sc.D. Civil Engineering-Water Resources, New Mexico State University
M.S.C.E., Civil Engineering-Water Resources, New Mexico State Uniiversity
B.S.C.E., Civil Engineering, Ohio Northern University
Dr. Tschantz’ primary
activities center on providing technical assistance and engineering
support services to the Tennessee Water Resources Research Center. His
work focuses on surface water hydrology and hydraulics in the areas of
open channel flow, urban and extreme event hydrology, nonpoint source
pollution, erosion and sediment control, sediment transport, and dam
safety engineering..
Dr. Tschantz is
Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee after retiring in June
2002 following 37 years as Professor of Civil and Environmental
Engineering. He has many years of experience in research, teaching
undergraduate and graduate courses, and practice in urban stormwater
management and best management practices (BMPs), erosion control and
sediment transport, dam saftey, and open channel hydraulics.
Dr. Tschantz has
authored or co-authored more than 100 articles, papers, manuals, and
reports on his work. He contributed to TDEC ’s new Tennessee Erosion
Prevention and Sediment Control manualand has taught in associated
statewide training and certification workshops to hundreds of state
regulators, local officials, design engineers, and field staff. He has
co-authored Tennessee ’s new Phase II Stormwater Design manual for MS4
communities.
Dr. Tschantz maintains
a consulting office in West Knoxville and serves as an engineering
consultant and technical expert to several local, regional, and national
engineering firms, industries, city/state/federal agencies, citizen
groups, private individuals, and attorneys in the areas of urban flooding,
erosion and sediment problems, drainage and flooding problems, dam
failures and safety problems, river drownings at low-head dams, local
stormwater regulation development, and wet basements.
Dr. Tschantz has served
on several national dam safety and stormwater hydrology panels in ASCE,
ASDSO, FEMA, National Academy of Sciences, and Executive Office of the
President. During the Carter Administration, he coordinated dam safety
programs and developed the Federal Office of Dam Safety in FEMA where he
served as the first Chief of Federal Dam Safety in 1980.
Dr. Tschantz is a registered professional engineer in Tennessee, Ohio, and Virginia.
Outside the office, Dr. Tschantz enjoys family activities with his wife and three grandchildren. His favorite activities are biking, camping, and fly-fishing across the country.