Civil & Environmental Engineering

Jessica T. Newlin

Assistant Professor
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Phone: (570) 577-2903

Fax: (570) 577-3415
jessica.newlin@bucknell.edu

Jessica Newlin's Personal Page

Educational Background

  • BS Civil Engineering, Bucknell University, 1998
  • MS Civil Engineering, University of California - Davis, 2001
  • PhD Civil Engineering, Penn State University, 2007

Teaching Experience

  • Bucknell University
  • Penn State University
  • University of California, Davis

Teaching Areas

  • Water Resources Engineering
  • Engineering Computations
  • The Global Engineer

Research Interests

  • Hydraulics and geomorphology of rivers and streams
  • Effects of hydraulic structures on stream channel response
  • Management and maintenance of stream channels near bridge crossings
  • Groundwater and surface water interactions in rivers, streams, and wetlands

Selected Publications

  • Newlin, J.T., and Patil, G.P. 2010. Application of partial order to bridge engineering, stream channel assessment, and infrastructure management, Environmental and Ecological Statistics, v. 17, pp. 437-454, doi: 10.1007/s10651-010-0162-8.
  • Johnson, P.A., Sheeder, S., and Newlin, J.T., 2010. Waterway transitions an US bridges, Water and Environment Journal, v. 24, pp. 274-281.
  • Newlin, J.T., and Johnson, P.A., 2009. Adaptive management of stream channel maintenance at bridge crossings in the Northern Tier region, Pennsylvania, Journal of American Water Resources Association, v. 45, no. 5, pp.1197-1208.
  • Newlin, J.T., and Bhat, K. Sham, 2007. Identification and prioritization of stream channel maintenance needs at bridge crossings, International Bridge Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. (James D. Cooper Student Paper Award)
  • Harvey, J.W., Newlin, J.T., and Krupa, S.L., 2006. Modeling decadal timescale interactions between surface water and ground water in the central Everglades, Florida, USA, Journal of Hydrology, v. 320, p. 400-420.
  • Newlin, J.T. and others, 2006. Penn State cross-disciplinary classroom in statistical ecology and environmental statistics, Environmental and Ecological Statistics, v. 13, p. 353-363. (invited contribution)
  • Harvey, J.W., Saiers, J.E., and Newlin, J.T., 2005. Solute Transport and storage mechanisms in wetlands of the Everglades, south Florida, Water Resources Research, 41, W05009, doi: 10.1029/2004WR003507.

Selected Presentations

  • Schultz, B.P.* and Newlin, J.T. 2010.  White Deer Creek, PA:  Implications for Understanding Bedload Transport at Bridge Crossings.  American Water Resources Association Annual Conference Proceedings, Philadelphia, PA, November 1-4, 2010.
  • Newlin, J.T., and Patil, G.P. 2010.  Application of partial order to stream channel assessment and bridge infrastructure management.  In JSM Proceedings, Statistical Computing Section.  Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.
  • Newlin, J.T., Meyers, W.L., Patil, G.P., and Joshi, S.W. 2010.  Improving transparency of bridge condition for decision -making and analysis in bridge management.  In Bridge Maintenance, Safety, Management, and Life-Cycle Optimization,  Frangopol, d.M., Sause, R, and Kusko, C.S. (eds).  Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Bridge Maintenance, Safety and Management, Philadelphia, PA, July 11-15, 2010.
  • Stodart, B.B.*, and Newlin, J.T. 2010.  Use of bendway weirs in gravel-bed streams to reduce sediment deposition near bridge crossings.  Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2010, American Society of Civil Engineers, Providence, RI, May 16-20, 2010.
  • Newlin, J.T., Johnson, P.A., Miller, A.C., and Fecko, K.R., 2008.  Sediment transport characterization for bridge crossing design or maintenance.  American Water Resources Association 2008 Annual Water Resources Conference, New Orleans, LA, Nove. 17-20, 2008.  (Presentation)

*Bucknell Undergraduate student

Memberships

  • American Society of Civil Engineers
  • American Water Resources Association
  • American Geophysical Union
  • American Society for Engineering Education
  • Society of Women Engineers.