The
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Campus
 |
| Dr. Jason Vogel |
Jason
R. Vogel, Ph.D., P.E., has been selected as the second Director of the Oklahoma
Water Survey at the University of Oklahoma. Located in Five Partners Place on
the University Research Campus, the Oklahoma Water Survey was founded in 2011
and serves as an important focal point and catalyst for the University’s wide and
deep expertise in research, outreach, and education in water topics. Its
mission is to study the state’s water resources and to collect, analyze,
interpret and disseminate research-based information about water to industry
professionals, researchers, students, teachers, citizens, governments,
businesses and organizations. The Oklahoma Water Survey is affiliated with four
other natural-resource state surveys (Archeological, Biological, Climatological
and Geological) as part of the planned Plains Institute at the University. With
its statewide responsibility, the Oklahoma Water Survey works with federal,
state and tribal governments, organizations, universities, industry, communities,
businesses and citizens who have interests in Oklahoma’s water resources. This
is the first of three positions to be announced as part of an Environmental
Leadership cluster hire, which will catalyze, synergize and expand links among
the University’s strong assets and capabilities in environmental research and
education.
Prior
to joining the University of Oklahoma, Dr. Vogel held faculty and research
positions at Oklahoma State University (OSU) in the Department of Biosystems
and Agricultural Engineering and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Dr. Vogel
received his Ph.D. from OSU in 2001 and also has degrees from Texas A&M
University and the University of Nebraska. In addition to his administrative
appointment at the Oklahoma Water Survey, Dr. Vogel will have an appointment as
an Associate Professor in the School of Civil Engineering and Environmental
Science at OU.
For
over 20 years, Dr. Vogel has worked to facilitate and develop solutions to
water issues throughout the Great Plains. While at OSU, he has developed an
award-winning research and outreach program on stormwater and stream management
and is recognized as one of the leading experts in low impact development (LID)
stormwater management systems in the region. In his role at OSU, Dr. Vogel has
presented and/or organized water-related educational programming to more than
10,000 individuals, including water-industry professionals, government
officials, regulators, youth and the general public at more than 230 events.
These activities include founding and organizing the Biennial Great Plains LID
Research and Innovation Symposium and an associated multi-disciplinary LID
Design Competition for local professionals. Prior to joining the faculty at
OSU, Dr. Vogel conducted research on a wide variety of complex water issues as
a Research Hydrologist with the USGS and as an adjunct faculty member in
Biological Systems Engineering at the University of Nebraska.
Dr.
Vogel has served the water sector in leadership positions and on committees at
the national, state, and local levels for a variety of groups including the
Water Environment Federation (WEF), the American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE), the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE),
the American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES), the Oklahoma Clean Lakes
and Watersheds Association (OCLWA), the Disaster Resilience Network (DRN) of Tulsa,
the Green Country Sustainability Forum and the Stillwater Drainage Appeals
Board.
Dr.
Vogel will soon be moving to Norman with his wife, Stephanie, and their twin
daughters. When not working on solutions to Oklahoma’s water issues, he enjoys
watching college football, listening to red dirt music, and fishing. We are
pleased to announce the beginning of Dr. Vogel’s tenure as Director of the
Oklahoma Water Survey.
Kelvin
K. Droegemeier
Vice
President for Research
The
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
15
May 2017
