Emily Berglund
Professor

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- emzechma@ncsu.edu
- Mann Hall 312
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Dr. Emily Zechman Berglund* joined the North Carolina State University Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering in July 2011. She graduated with her B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering at the University of Kentucky. She is a proud graduate of North Carolina State University, where she earned her Ph.D. in 2005.
Dr. Berglund teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in water resources engineering, hydrology, and systems analysis for civil engineering. She received Best Research-Oriented Paper Awards in 2010 and 2011 for her publications in the ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management.
*Formerly, Emily Michelle Zechman
Education
Civil Engineering
North Carolina State University
Civil Engineering
University of Kentucky
Civil Engineering
University of Kentucky
Research Description
Dr. Berglund's research interests are in the development of new computational methodologies to explore the influence of feedbacks among social and infrastructure systems. Her research creates new socio-technical models by integrating Complex Adaptive Systems modeling approaches with engineering models to simulate feedback mechanisms and adaptive behaviors among consumers, infrastructure, and environmental systems. New Evolutionary Algorithm-based approaches are coupled with socio-technical models to identify optimal adaptive strategies for managing sustainability, security, and resilience of complex infrastructure and water resources systems. Specifically, she is exploring the sustainability of urban water supply and protection of human health in water contamination incidents. Dr. Berglund specializes in water management; water reclamation and conservation; water security; complex adaptive systems; agent-based modeling; evolutionary computation; human behavior; and social dimensions.
Publications
- Simulation of containment and wireless emergency alerts within targeted pressure zones for water contamination management
- Strickling, H., DiCarlo, M. F., Shafiee, M. E., & Berglund, E. (2020), Sustainable Cities and Society, 52, 101820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2019.101820
- An agent-based modeling approach to project adoption of water reuse and evaluate expansion plans within a sociotechnical water infrastructure system
- Kandiah, V. K., Berglund, E. Z., & Binder, A. R. (2019), Sustainable Cities and Society, 46, 101412. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2018.12.040
- Genetic Algorithm–Genetic Programming Approach to Identify Hierarchical Models for Ultraviolet Disinfection Reactors
- Monroe, J. G., Ducoste, J., & Berglund, E. Z. (2019), Journal of Environmental Engineering, 145(2), 04018139. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001492
- Multiphase Procedure to Design District Metered Areas for Water Distribution Networks
- Pesantez, J. E., Berglund, E. Z., & Mahinthakumar, G. (2019), JOURNAL OF WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT, 145(8). https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0001095
- Allocating countermeasures to defend water distribution systems against terrorist attack
- Monroe, J., Ramsey, E., & Berglund, E. (2018), Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 179, 37–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2018.02.014
- An Agent-based Modeling Framework for Assessing the Public Health Protection of Water Advisories
- Shafiee, M. E., Berglund, E. Z., & Lindell, M. K. (2018), Water Resources Management, 32(6), 2033–2059. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-018-1916-6
- An integrated approach to place Green Infrastructure strategies in marginalized communities and evaluate stormwater mitigation
- Garcia-Cuerva, L., Berglund, E. Z., & Rivers, L., III. (2018), Journal of Hydrology, 559, 648–660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.02.066
- Assessing the effects of water restrictions on socio-hydrologic resilience for shared groundwater systems
- Al-Amin, S., Berglund, E. Z., Mahinthakumar, G., & Larson, K. L. (2018), Journal of Hydrology, 566, 872–885. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.08.045
- Placing an ensemble of pressure sensors for leak detection in water distribution networks under measurement uncertainty
- Raei, E., Shafiee, M. E., Nikoo, M. R., & Berglund, E. (2018), Journal of Hydroinformatics, 21(2), 223–239. https://doi.org/10.2166/hydro.2018.032
- Toward effective adoption of secure software development practices
- Al-Amin, S., Ajmeri, N., Du, H. Y., Berglund, E. Z., & Singh, M. P. (2018), Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 85, 33–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simpat.2018.03.006
Grants
- National Priorities: Transdisciplinary Research into Detecting and Controlling Lead in Drinking Water
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)(4/01/18 - 3/31/22)
- Modeling Approaches for Predicting Water Lead Risks in Underserved Communities
- Spring Point Partners LLC(8/29/17 - 12/31/18)
- LAS D05 Berglund Task 5.5 Advanced Concepts
- Laboratory for Analytic Sciences(3/24/15 - 12/31/15)
- National Center of Sustainable Water Infrastructure Modeling
- US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)(9/01/16 - 8/31/21)
- A Research Network on Water Solutions (ReNeWS): the U.S. Southeast and Beyond
- NCSU Research and Innovation Seed Funding Program(1/01/15 - 12/31/15)
- LAS DO3 Task Order 2.8 Analytic Workflow - Berglund
- Laboratory for Analytic Sciences(5/31/14 - 5/15/15)
- DO 2 Task 3.7 - Berglund
- Laboratory for Analytic Sciences(9/13/13 - 12/31/14)
- An Agent-based Modeling Approach to Integrate Social Dimensions and Infrastructure Management for Urban Water Reuse
- National Science Foundation (NSF)(9/01/12 - 8/31/15)
- WSC - Category 3: Collaborative Research: Water Sustainability under Near-term Climate Change : A Cross-Regional Analysis Incorporating Socio-Ecological Feedbacks and Adaptations
- National Science Foundation (NSF)(9/01/12 - 8/31/18)
- An Integrated Framework for Assessing the Dynamics of Population Growth, Land Use and Climate Change for Urban Water Resources Management
- NCSU Water Resources Research Institute(3/01/12 - 2/28/14)