Dave Casson, P.Eng., M.Sc.

Education

MSc, 2017: Water Science and Engineering, UNESCO-IHE, Delft, Netherlands.

B.Eng., 2008: Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Experience

2018-present: Researcher / Advisor, Deltares, Delft, Netherlands.

Short Bio

Dave is a PhD Candidate at the University of Saskatchewan at Canmore and a Researcher / Advisor at Deltares. Dave’s research focuses on improving streamflow predictions through improved snowpack modelling and data assimilation. Dave builds operational hydrological forecasting and Flood Early Warning Systems. He has published his work in the leading international journal Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.

Publications

Casson, D.R., Werner, M., Weerts, A. and Solomatine, D., 2018: Global re-analysis datasets to improve hydrological assessment and snow water equivalent estimation in a sub-Arctic watershed. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, doi: 10.5194/hess-22-4685-2018

Dave Casson, P.Eng., M.Sc.

PhD Candidate, Civil Engineering, University of Calgary

About CAPE: We bring together observations, models, and data science to improve understanding and prediction of hydrological processes across scales from hillslopes to continents.

Land and Water Acknowledgement: We respectfully acknowledge that we live and work on Treaty 7 Territory and the Homeland of the Métis, Tsuut'ina, Stoney, and Blackfoot. We thank these nations for their care and stewardship over this land and water, and we pay respect to the ancestors of these places.