David Spelman

Professional Experience

• August 2017 - Present, Assistant Professor, Bradley University 
• August 2012 - May 2017, Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Florida
• June 2012 - August 2012, NASA DEVELOP Intern, NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center
• June 2011 - August 2011, NASA Goddard Intern, NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center

Teaching

• Introduction to Environmental Engineering
• Field trips to the Peoria water and wastewater treatment plants
• Surface Water Hydrology

Scholarship

Research Interests

• Stormwater Management
• Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Unit Operations and Processes
• Hydrologic Modeling
• Nutrient and Sediment Transport
• Water Resources Sustainability
• Irrigation and Drainage in Agriculture

Select Publications

• Spelman, D., Sansalone, J. (In press, 2017). Is the Treatment Response of Manufactured BMPs to Urban Drainage PM Loads Portable? Journal of Environmental Engineering.
• Spelman, D., Sansalone, J. (2017). Methods to model PM clarification of unit operations subject to unsteady loadings. Water Research. 115, 347-359 
• Kinzli, K., Shafike, N., Manana, N., Spelman, D. (2014). Determining the interaction between the Rio Grande and riverside drains using an ADCP. River Research and Applications. 30 (2), 259-267
• Spelman, D., Kinzli, K., Kunberger, T. (2013). Calibration of the 10-HS Soil Moisture Sensor on Floridian Agricultural Soils. Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. 139 (12), 965-971

Service

Affiliations

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI)

Licensures and Certifications

Certifications

• EIT (Florida)

Recognition and Awards

• 2017 UF EES Outstanding Graduate Student Award
• 2013 AWRA Florida Student Research Poster Contest: 2nd Place
• 2010 FGCU Whitaker School of Engineering Honors Society Award