David Thompson, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, CFM
Adjunct Professor
No longer on campus — Email Only!
Email me at david dot thompson at ttu dot edu to find out when I may be in town again.
What I Do: My professional life is as a civil engineering and surface-water hydrologist. I have some experience and training in ground-water hydrology, but I generally do not undertake many of those assignments. There are others who are more qualified than I.
My professional experience is documented in my resume [13 January 2009]. I am a generalist and work on a wide variety of projects, ranging from watershed hydrology to riverine hydraulics. I can help with watershed modeling, both event-based and continuous simulation, and with hydraulic modeling of one- and two-dimensional environments.
If you need the services of a professional civil engineer (licensed in Missouri, Nevada, and Texas) specializing in surface-water hydrology and hydraulics, please contact me at any of the phone numbers and email addresses listed in my resume. I'll do my best to assist with your problem.
What's New: Changes to the web site will be noted here until new changes occur.
28 March 2009: I spent a little time today updating my writings page. I added a couple of reports and cleaned up some text. There will be more changes as I upload more of the public-domain reports.
13 January 2009: Because I'm no longer on the Texas Tech campus with any regularity, I'm going to update these pages to reflect that status. It doesn't mean I'm no longer involved with work and graduate students at Texas Tech University; it means that my full-time job is no longer faculty. I continue to work with Texas Tech faculty in the CEE department and oversee the work of graduate students.
25February2007: I updated the code for these pages and corrected deficiencies and errors. I also updated my resume (link at left) and added some tracking code (nothing personal) to see if anyone is visiting these pages. I need to know if I'm attracting visitors to determine whether the effort of maintaining these pages is justified, of if I should simply archive them for posterity.
Greetings! This page is the portal to of my professional interests. The materials contained herein are a reflection of my previous career as a teacher of young civil engineers. As such, these materials no longer represent coursework at Texas Tech University. Nor do these pages represent Texas Tech University in any way other than the historical component of my work there.
But, in historical interest, or perhaps because I'm just maudlin, I've decided to keep these materials around, at least for awhile. Perhaps some of the materials developed as part of my professorial life will be useful to past students and the broader professional community.
As such, therefore, these pages will be dynamic. I will be going through my old materials and decide what should be posted and what should not. So, if you're interested in such things, please feel free to stop by occasionally. You'll find things change at least once each month.
As you explore these pages, you'll discover bits and pieces of my quirky personality. So, grab a cup of coffee, and enjoy the site.
Kickstart: Need a spiritual kick-start for the day? Try a dose of daily reading or a different approach is at Christian Fellowship Devotionals.
Interested in graduate school? I have some information for you. Some of the text is mine; some essays come from other faculty and researchers. Even if you should choose another faculty member to work with, the information is still good.
Notes: These pages (my entire website) are hand-coded in XHTML and CSS using either vi, emacs, or TextMate (was BBEdit). There are no wussy code editors used here. :) Be sure to check out the Firefox standalone browser and support the open-source community.
I'm slowly editing these pages. I have a large number of pages to bring on line and it will take time, especially given my workload. I know, that sounds like a whine and perhaps it is. It is also a factual statement. Editing of these pages will continue.
