Rate My Professor Denny Johnson

Johnson's research focuses on hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, watershed management, GIS, information technology applications, and technology in higher education. He has authored or presented more than 40 professional papers and served as Principal Investigator or co-Principal Investigator on funded research projects totaling approximately $350,000. Current initiatives include flash flood guidance and threshold runoff procedures, snow water equivalent estimates for the Lake Superior Basin, FEMA Cooperating Technical Partnership activities, Little Juniata River assessment, Raystown Lake and Field Station projects, Michigan Department of Transportation intensity-duration-frequency curve creation, Interstate 99 environmental monitoring, and web-based training for the National Weather Service. Past research encompasses distributed hydrologic modeling with NEXRAD precipitation, river mechanics via FLDWAV model GUI, raster-based hydrologic modeling with NASA, climate variability impacts on the Susquehanna River Basin, FERC Probable Maximum Flood guidelines evaluation, and Pennsylvania bridge scour prediction for PaDOT. As an educator, he teaches diverse courses such as Hydrology, GIS Applications to Hydrology, Hydraulic Engineering, Fluid Mechanics, Engineering Economy and Professional Practice, Senior Design Project Capstone for civil and environmental engineering students, Introduction to GIS, Principles of Information Technology, Surveying, and Water and Wastewater Collection Systems. Additionally, he develops and instructs hydrometeorology courses for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research COMET Program, including faculty training and flash flood basin customization. Johnson engages in consulting as a senior water resources engineer for Riverside Technologies Inc. and through DLJ Consulting, where he designed a public water treatment system for Porter Township, Pennsylvania, and handled flood plain redesignations and dam failure analyses. He also serves as faculty representative to the Juniata College Trustee Advancement Committee with a term ending in 2025.