Assistant Professor
University of Jamestown
Dr. Lasco was born and raised in the Philippines. After teaching for two years in his undergraduate university - University of the Philippines Los Banos - he moved to the US to pursue graduate studies. He earned his master's degree at The University of Texas at Austin where he served as a research assistant in the university’s Center for Water and the Environment under the guidance of David Maidment and Ben Hodges. His master's thesis concentrated on the determination of flow directions and accumulations in urban watersheds using a hydrodynamic model as opposed to a static terrain model. He earned his PhD at Texas A&M University under the guidance of Francisco Olivera. His dissertation focused on the application of the NRCS Unit Hydrograph method in Texas and specifically, on its parameter peak rate factor (PRF).
Currently, Dr. Jonathan Lasco is an assistant professor of engineering at the University of Jamestown in Jamestown, North Dakota. The University of Jamestown is a teaching-focused university and in Fall of 2022, it started offering a new civil engineering program in its Engineering Department, with which Dr. Lasco is actively involved. His research interests revolve around the field of hydrology, particularly the area of flooding, and he is currently a member of the Curve Number Hydrology Committee of ASCE.
Empirical Evidence Shows that Curve Numbers Vary from Event to Event
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM PDT
Engineering Conservatism: A Rationale to Resolve the Curve Number Initial Abstraction Debate
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM PDT