Rate My Professor David Rosenburg

David Rosenberg is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Utah State University, affiliated with the Utah Water Research Laboratory. Specializing in water resources, he conducts research on innovative water management strategies operating at spatial scales from individual households to transboundary river basins and temporal scales ranging from seconds, such as toilet flushes, to millennia, including tree rings. His work integrates hydrologic, engineering, economic, ecological, behavioral, institutional factors, and uncertainties to address complex water challenges.

Rosenberg holds a PhD and MS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Davis (2008 and 2003), an MS in International Agricultural Development from UC Davis (2003), and a BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cornell University (1998). His contributions to the field include authoring two books published by the American Society of Civil Engineers: Combating Water Scarcity in Jordan: Adventures in Managing Water-Real-World Engineering Experiences (2019) and Evaluating Storage Carryover in the Weber River Basin using the Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) System: Case Studies in Environmental and Water Resources Systems Analysis (2013, with B. Tesfatsion). Key journal publications feature Adapting Colorado River Basin Depletions to Available Water to Live within Our Means (Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 2023), 40-years of Lake Urmia restoration research: Review, synthesis and next steps (Science of the Total Environment, 2022), and Lessons from immersive online collaborative modeling to discuss more adaptive reservoir operations (Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 2024). Rosenberg has earned numerous accolades, including the ASCE Planning & Management Council Service to the Profession Award (2023), Best Associate Editor Awards from ASCE (2019, 2017), NSF CAREER Award (2012), Best Research Paper of the Year from ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (2015), and Undergraduate Mentor of the Year from USU's CEE Department (2012). He has advanced water resources scholarship through editorial roles, leading the Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management's Reproducible Results Policy, and collaborative efforts on Colorado River reservoirs, Great Salt Lake water banking, and arid region conservation.