Contact
- vgriffis@mtu.edu
- 906-487-1079
- Dow 865
Donald and Rose Ann Tomasini Assistant Professor of Water Resources Engineering
- PhD, Civil Engineering, Cornell University
- MS, Civil Engineering, Cornell University
- BS, Civil Engineering, University of Vermont
Biography
Dr. Griffis has degrees from the University of Vermont and Cornell University. Her teaching interests include probability and statistics, stochastic hydrology, numerical methods, water resources, and risk analysis and management. Her research interests include flood frequency analysis and the analysis of other extreme events, uncertainty analysis, and impacts of climate variability, climate change, and land use changes. Dr. Griffis is currently active in the ASCE task committee on statistical distributions. She has published in Water Resources Research, and has a number of papers which will soon appear in the Journal of Hydrologic Engineering.
Links of Interest
Teaching Interests
- Probability and statistics
- Stochastic hydrology
- Numerical methods
- Water resources
- Risk analysis and management
Research Interests
- Flood frequency analysis and the analysis of other extreme events
- Uncertainty analysis
- Impacts of climate variability, climate change, and land use changes