Positions

Principal Investigator On

  • WQ Test Site & Public Outreach at the Sutton Rest Area  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2021 - 2024
  • Assessments and Prioritization of Road Crossings in Critical Wildlife Corridors to Advance Restoration for Wetland Connectivity in New Hampshire  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2022 - 2023
  • Monitoring an Engineered Log Jam  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2019 - 2023
  • Scaling Up Living Shoreline Stabilization for Communities and Tidal Wetlands Habitat in the Great Bay  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2021 - 2022
  • Increasing Resilience and Reducing Risk Through Nature-Based Coastal Infrastructure  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2018 - 2022
  • Monitoring proposal for stormwater at the Portsmouth Multi-purpose recreational fields  awarded by CMA Engineers Inc. 2020 - 2021
  • Assessment of Embedded Culvert Low Flow Hydraulics  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2019 - 2021
  • Monitoring Stormwater Systems at Audubon Circle  awarded by Boston Water and Sewer Commission 2019 - 2021
  • Taking it to the Streets: Green Infrastructure for Sustainable Philadelphia Communities  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2013 - 2020
  • USFS White Mountain National Forest  awarded by US DA, United States Forest Service 2016 - 2018
  • Green Infrastructure Techniques for Coastal Highway Resilience  awarded by Maine Department of Transportation 2016 - 2017
  • Evaluate the Quality of Urban Runoff in the City of Boston  awarded by Geosyntec Consultants Inc 2015 - 2017
  • Getting to 10%: Watershed Restoration Through Low Impact Development Retrofits in an Urban Environment  awarded by Dover, NH (City of) 2013 - 2017
  • CZM Project of Special Merit: Climate Ready Culverts and Coastal Communities  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2015 - 2017
  • Heron House Site Development  awarded by Green Mountain Conservation Group 2016
  • Stormwater Management Strategies for Daisy Field, Boston, MA  awarded by Commonwealth of MASS 2015 - 2016
  • Validating Pollutant Load Estimates from Highways and Roads  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2014 - 2015
  • Investigation of Soil's Role in Managing Stormwater Quality  awarded by Stantec Consulting Services Inc 2013 - 2015
  • Stormwater BMP Selection Amtrak Midway Maintenance of Way Facility, Groton, Connecticut  awarded by Amec Foster Wheeler 2015
  • Design and Maintenance of Subsurface Gravel Wetlands  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2013 - 2014
  • Oyster River Stream Crossing at Topaz Drive-NRCS  awarded by Emerald Acres Cooperative Inc 2013 - 2014
  • Upper Oyster River Channel and Fish Passage Restoration  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2011 - 2014
  • Development of a Sediment Rating Curve for the Taylor River  awarded by Hoyle, Tanner & Associates 2013
  • Berry Brook ARM  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2011 - 2013
  • NERRS Fellowship - Iulia Barbu  awarded by US DOC, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2010 - 2013
  • Stream Restoration Design for Southampton Creek, PA  awarded by US DOI, US Fish & Wildlife Service 2010 - 2013
  • Instream Flow Studies & Water Management Plan for Souhegan River Designated Reach  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2004 - 2011
  • Rapid Geomorphic Asessments of the Cocheco and Lamprey Rivers  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2011
  • Lamprey River Instream Flow  awarded by Normandeau Associates, Inc. 2005 - 2011
  • 2007 Stream Restoration IPA  awarded by US DOI, US Fish & Wildlife Service 2007 - 2009
  • IPA Agreement  awarded by US DOI, US Fish & Wildlife Service 2005 - 2007
  • Stormwater Monitoring Analysis, Salem, NH  awarded by Gove Environmental Services, Inc. 2005 - 2006
  • Evaluation Radionuclides Small Water System Treatments  awarded by Vermont, State of 2004 - 2006
  • Characterization of Groundwater Discharge Hampton Harbor  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 2001 - 2002
  • Impact Motor Boat & Personal Watercraft on Environment  awarded by Personal Watercraft Industry Association, DC 2001 - 2002
  • Sludge Testing Program  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2000 - 2001
  • Support for Groundwater Studies  awarded by US DOD, Army 2000 - 2001
  • 1996 Water Resources Research Center Support  awarded by US DOI, US Geological Survey 1995 - 2001
  • Lysimeter Study of Biomix for State of NH  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 1999 - 2000
  • Bioremediation of Petroleum-Contaminated Antarctic Soils  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 1997 - 1999
  • Investigation of Eielson AFB Water Supply Wells  awarded by US DOD, Army 1994 - 1996
  • 1995 Water Resources Research Center Support  awarded by US DOI, US Geological Survey 1994 - 1995
  • Eielson AFB Ground Water Contamination Studies  awarded by US DOD, Army 1994 - 1995
  • Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Cold Region Soils  awarded by US DOD, Army 1994 - 1995
  • 1994 Water Resources Research Center Support  awarded by US DOI, US Geological Survey 1993 - 1994
  • Large Scale Modeling of Tanana-Chena Groundwater System  awarded by US DOD, Army 1993 - 1994
  • Groundwater Contaminant Migration in Permafrost Regions  awarded by US DOD, Army 1992 - 1994
  • 1993 Water Resources Research Center Support  awarded by US DOI, US Geological Survey 1992 - 1993
  • Bottom Ash as Daily Cover: Phase I Literature Review  awarded by Wheelabrator-Frye 1992 - 1993
  • Hydrogeologic Analysis of Spruce Hole Aquifer  awarded by Durham, NH (Town of) 1992 - 1993
  • Land Application of JRC-Groveton Secondary Sludge  awarded by Miscellaneous Business & Industry 1992 - 1993
  • Land Application of Paper Mill Second Clarifier Sludge  awarded by Miscellaneous Business & Industry 1992 - 1993

    • Investigator On

  • Green and Resilient Infrastructure Implementation Program for Martha's Vineyard  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2021 - 2026
  • Product Testing for the Bioinfiltrator TM at the UNH Stormwater Center  awarded by Hydro International 2020 - 2022
  • Product Testing for StormKleener at the UNH Stormwater Center  awarded by Lane Enterprise 2019 - 2022
  • SNEP Technical Assistance  awarded by University of Southern Maine 2019 - 2022
  • AquaShield Testing  awarded by Aqua Shield Inc 2017 - 2022
  • Monitoring a Living Shoreline for Wagon Hill Farm  awarded by Town of Durham 2019 - 2022
  • Nutrient Pollution Implementation Planning for UNH and Other Great Bay Communities  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2018 - 2021
  • Moultonborough Bay and Winter Harbor  awarded by Geosyntec Consultants Inc 2018 - 2020
  • Country Pond Watershed Based Plan  awarded by Horsley Witten Group Inc 2019 - 2020
  • An Integrated Stormwater Management Approach for Promoting  awarded by Paradigm Environmental Services Inc 2018 - 2020
  • Green Infrastructure Restoration and Resiliency for Linear Transportation  awarded by NH Department of Transportation 2018 - 2019
  • Utilizing In-Situ Ultraviolet Spectroscopy to Measure Nutrients and Sediment Concentrations in Stormwater Runoff  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2016 - 2019
  • Newfound Lake Watershed Plan Implementation Phase III  awarded by Newfound Lake Region Association 2018 - 2019
  • Province Lake Watershed Management Plan Implementation Phase I  awarded by Acton Wakefield Watershed Alliance 2016 - 2018
  • Great Bay Estuary Municipal Bio-retention Education, Resource Development and Implementation, Phase II  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2015 - 2018
  • Monitoring and Design for Living Shoreline at Wagon Hill Farm  awarded by Town of Durham 2017 - 2018
  • Rhode Island Coastal Community Resiliency Planning with Green Infrastructure Guidance  awarded by University of Rhode Island 2015 - 2017
  • Living Shorelines as an Erosion Control Approach for Wagon Hill Farm, Durham NH  awarded by Town of Durham 2016 - 2017
  • B-Lot Stormwater Management  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2016 - 2017
  • Water Quality Monitoring for State Street Green Infrastructure Systems, Portsmouth NH  awarded by Portsmouth, NH (City of) 2015 - 2017
  • Dartmouth College Stormwater Master Plan  awarded by Ramboll Environ US Corporation 2016 - 2017
  • Great Bay Waterbody-Watershed Nitrogen Non-Point Source Study Implementaion: Phase 1-UNH BMPs to Reduce Nitrogen  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2014 - 2016
  • Great Bay Pollution Tracking and Accounting Pilot Project  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2014 - 2016
  • P2 Through GI Pollution Prevention Through Green Infrastructure Requirements in Commercial Land Uses  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2013 - 2015
  • Performance Analysis of Two Relatively Small Capacity Urban Retrofit Stormwater Controls  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2013 - 2015
  • 2006-10 Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology  awarded by US DOC, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2006 - 2012
  • 2006-08 Sea Grant Program  awarded by US DOC, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2006 - 2012
  • 2005-07 Cooperative Institute for Coastal & Esturaine Environmental Technology  awarded by US DOC, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2005 - 2008
  • A Water Quality Assessment of a Swale with Engineered Filter Berms in Contrast with Vegetated and Stone Swales  awarded by Maine, State of 2006 - 2008
  • CICEET 2001-2003  awarded by US DOC, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2001 - 2004

    • Teaching Activities

  • Engineering Hydrology Taught course
  • Open Channel Flow Taught course
  • Stormwater Management Designs Taught course
  • Adv Stream Restoration Topics Taught course 2023
  • Open Channel Flow Taught course 2022
  • Stream Restoration Taught course 2022
  • Stream Restoration Taught course 2022
  • Stream Restoration Taught course 2022
  • Stream Restoration Taught course 2022
  • Stream Restoration Taught course 2022
  • Advanced Groundwater Topics Taught course 2022
  • Open Channel Flow Taught course 2021
  • Stormwater Management Designs Taught course 2021
  • Stormwater Management Designs Taught course 2021
  • Pressurized Water Systems Taught course 2021
  • Fluid Mechanics Taught course 2020
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2020
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2020
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2020
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2020
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2020
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2020
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2020
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2020
  • Stormwater Management Designs Taught course 2020
  • Adv Stream Restoration Topics Taught course 2020
  • Fluid Mechanics Taught course 2019
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2019
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2019
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2019
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2019
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2019
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2019
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2019
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2019
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2019
  • Stream Restoration Taught course 2019
  • Stream Restoration Taught course 2019
  • Stream Restoration Taught course 2019
  • Stream Restoration Taught course 2019
  • Pressurized Water Systems Taught course 2019
  • Rsrch Exp/Civil Engineering Taught course 2019
  • Fluid Mechanics Taught course 2018
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2018
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2018
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2018
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2018
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2018
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2018
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2018
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2018
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2018
  • Stormwater Management Designs Taught course 2018
  • Fluid Mechanics Taught course 2017
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2017
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2017
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2017
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2017
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2017
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2017
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2017
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2017
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2017
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2017
  • Stormwater Management Designs Taught course 2017
  • Pressurized Water Systems Taught course 2017
  • Fluid Mechanics Taught course 2016
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2016
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2016
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2016
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2016
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2016
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2016
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2016
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2016
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2016
  • Fluid Mechanics Lab Taught course 2016
  • Stormwater Management Designs Taught course 2016
  • Engineering Hydrology Taught course 2016
  • Project Planning and Design Taught course 2016
  • Adv Stream Restoration Topics Taught course 2015
  • Stream Restoration Taught course 2015
  • Pressurized Water Systems Taught course 2015
  • Project Planning and Design Taught course 2015
  • Advanced Groundwater Topics Taught course 2014
  • Stormwater Management Designs Taught course 2014
  • Pressurized Water Systems Taught course 2014
  • Project Planning and Design Taught course 2014

    • Education And Training

  • B.S. Civil Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
  • M.S. Civil Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
  • Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Colorado State University

    • Full Name

  • Thomas Ballestero

    • Mailing Address

  • University of New Hampshire

    Stormwater Center

    238 Gregg Hall

    Durham, NH  03824

    United States