Susan O'Donnell
Senior Engineer
Contact
Email: susanod@upstatefreshwater.org
Telephone: 315-431-4962 ext. 121
Street address: 224 Midler Park Drive, Syracuse, NY 13206
Education
M.S. Environmental Engineering, Syracuse University, NY
B.S. Environmental Engineering and B.S. in Biology, Michigan Technological University, MI
Research Interests
Eutrophication modeling
Turbidity fate and transport modeling
Long-term trend analysis
Modeling the effects of climate change on lake water quality
Select Publications
Effler, S. W., C. M. Strait, D. M. O'Donnell, A. J. P. Effler, F. Peng, A. R. Prestigiacomo, S. M. O'Donnell, M. G. Perkins and S. C. Chapra. 2017. A mechanistic model for Secchi disk depth, driven by light scattering constituents. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 228(4):153
O'Donnell, S. M., R. K. Gelda, S. W. Effler and D. C. Pierson. 2011. Testing and application of a transport model for runoff event inputs for a water supply reservoir. Journal of Environmental Engineering 137(8):678-688.
Effler, S. W. and S. M. O'Donnell. 2010. A long-term record of epilimnetic phosphorus patterns in recovering Onondaga Lake, New York.
O'Donnell, S. M., D. M. O'Donnell, E. M. Owens, S. W. Effler, A. R. Prestigiacomo and D. M. Baker. 2010. Variations in the stratification regime of Onondaga Lake: Patterns, modeling, and implications. Fundamental and Applied Limnology 176(1):11-27.